Release Year: 2015
Producer: Dance Music Production
Producer’s Website: www.dancemusicproduction.com/index.php/tutorials/genre-tutorials/techno
Author: Dance Music Production
Duration: 10:04:00
Type of Material: Video Tutorial
Language: English
Description: DrumCode Techno is arguably one of the most complex genres of modern dance music. Spread, covering 10 hours and 3 DVDs, explores the production of this genre in detail.
From pure sequestration to complete track creation, you’ll be told and, surprisingly, shown everything.
Disc 1 covers drum and bass production. Disc 2 covers drum loop processing. Disc 3 covers track structure organization.
Enjoy!
For Volume 15 we examine the science and practice of Techno, and in particular DrumCode Techno.While to many Techno can appear a relatively simple genre its simplicity belies a far, far more complex production ethic.
Designed mainly as a DJ’s tool for the dance floor it is also perhaps one of the more complex genres of modern dance music to produce.Infusing multiple rhythms with a major emphasis on its rhythmical continuity and
a relatively limited motivic development it instead relies on a fundamental knowledge of a number of very specific compositional and production techniques such as multi-measure programming and development, cross-processing,
metrical dissonance and varying rhythmical cells.Spread over 3 discs and running over 10 hours of tutorial video, we examine the production ethics of this genre in detail. Starting from a blank sequencer, we explain many of the
techniques used in the genre as we build an example track using the techniques discussed.
Content :
Disc One:
Session 01: Field Recording & Procesing: 25 minutes.
For the first session we examine the importance in field recording for the creation of unique sounds and show some of the ways they can be processed
Session 02: Creating The Kick: 32 minutes
Here we examine how to create a typical Techno kick, discussing the principles of layering and synthesis along with effects.
Session 03: The Bass Part 1: 30 Minutes.
We begin by showing how some DrumCode Techno artists create their sampled style basslines
Session 04: The Bass Part 2: 31 minutes
For the second part we examine the creation of sub basses along with the creation of the “nervous” bass, popular in DrumCode
Session 05: The Lead Part 1: 32 minutes
In this session, we examine the theory of Techno leads by building a sampled style lead and introduce the importance of multi-measure patterning and Syntactic Ambiguity
Session 06: The Lead Part 2: 22 Minutes
We continue to examine lead creation and this time synthesize a chorded lead.
Session 07: The Lead Part 3: 20 Minutes
For the final session on leads, we examine the application of effects and processing.
Session 08: Hocketing: 20 Minutes
We return to the bass and examine the theory behind hocketing basslines in Techno.
Disc Two:
Session 09: Percussion 1: 40 minutes.
The foundation of Techno lies with its percussion and for this session we examine how to approach it.
Session 10: Percussion 2: 45 minutes
We build on our initial percussion
Session 11: Percussion 3: 25 Minutes.
We build further percussion
Session 12: Percussion 4: 25 minutes
For this session, we finish building and composing the percussion for the track
Session 13: Vocal Swirl: 30 minutes
In this session, we examine the importance of the background repetition of vocals.
Session 14: Cross Processing: 35 Minutes
Here, we discuss the application of cross processing leads to permit prolonged listening periods.
Session 15: Direction: 40 Minutes
In this session, we examine how to create direction for the music to allow us to begin arranging the music.
Disc Three:
Session 16: Arranging Part 1:: 60 minutes.
Here, we examine how to arrange Techno and how to create textural development by beginning to arrange an example track
Session 17: Arranging Part 2: 60 minutes
We continue to arrange the exam track
Session 18: Arranging Part 3: 45 Minutes.
We continue from the previous session, this time examining the complete arrangement of the music and examine the use of Mid/Side Processing.
Example files: none
Video format: MOV
Video: AVC 1280×720, 16:9, 17.715 fps, 697 kbps
Audio: AAC, 44.1 Hz, 128 kbps, 2 channels
Additional information: Platform: Logic Pro X
