7 MUST-DOS TO IMPROVE YOUR DROPS! | Drum and Bass Tutorial 2021

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7 tips to make more powerful drops. This beginner Ableton music production tutorial can be used for Drum and Bass, Dubstep, Bassline and EDM music.
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0:00 Intro
0:47 The Track
1:38 Tip 1 - Automate FX
3:36 Tip 2 - Dynamic Drum Rolls
6:22 Tip 3 - Pause Before Drop
8:34 Tip 4 - Risers and Impacts
9:57 Sponsored Message
11:02 Tip 5 - Drum Fill
12:37 Tip 6 - Mute the Drums
13:40 Tip 7 Random Delayed Sounds
14:50 Full Sequence
16:26 Listen to the Track
17:36 Final Thoughts

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2 июл 2024

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@STRANJAH 2 года назад

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/stranjah09211

@atdfilms360 2 года назад

I already have a Skillshare account but I'll definitely check your tuts. Thank you !

@OllyF 2 года назад

Pro tip for the drop: Try adding an impact/explode sample on the first kick of the drop and filter out low end so it doesn't clash with the kick. Also try a crash on the 1st beat of the drop and try adding some white noise with fast decay 🙏

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Yes I was so focus on the before the drop I forgot this!

@OllyF 2 года назад

@@STRANJAH it happens mate don't worry! Your videos are excellent either way! 😊

@thomasvervaet1443 2 года назад

Depends on your taste but I like the buildup to have a lot of noise/high frequencies, then have the drop be minimalistic and just loads of sub

@OllyF 2 года назад

@@thomasvervaet1443 yeh mate I feel you! 😊 That cab also work really well sometimes

@jewyboy4000 Год назад

What does white noise actually do ? I've had people suggest this before and I don't quite understand it

@kryold3550 2 года назад

Bro your tutorials have been fire lately. I find myself recreating all your bass patches and then modifying them, or using the stuff I learned from them to modify a different patch, and ending up with crazy new results. So glad I've found your channel, keep at it!

@CoyTheobalt 5 месяцев назад

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@kryold3550 5 месяцев назад

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@theoracle7463 2 года назад

You forgot my favourite way to add impact, dip the volume of most of the sounds slowly till the drop then bump them all back up adds so much impact

@NRTKDNB 2 года назад

Using FL for many years but this channel learned me a lot

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Glad to hear it!

@shadowalker101 2 года назад

These really are incredibly helpful for new producers! All your videos are gold thanks for this!

@effectsworks2106 Год назад

Fantastic vid! Thanks.

@resonatingergonomicsdnb2426 2 года назад

Addressing the power of silence is great. Love drum rolls. Good simple insight there.

@sramirez1906 2 года назад

I'll be coming back to this one again and again. Big up Stranjah!

@ryangunz2390 2 года назад

So good my friend. You are an immeasurable value on production, thank you for what you do! 🙏

@rezilient 2 года назад

A lot of these techniques I’m using! Very impactful indeed ❤️

@AndySo2000 Год назад

Always got to rewatch a lot of your vids when I'm about to finish a track. Leaving a comment to help the cause. Keep it going man, digging the tips!

@LinardsBerzins 2 года назад

Cool, thanks for the knowledge

@massimofurness7074 2 года назад

Such a sick vid, thank you Stranjah

@Numocron 2 года назад

Wow man this is such an awesome Drum & Bass tutorial I love it. Big up Stranjah.👊

@ambedo_bass 2 года назад

super helpful vid thanks again stranjah

@alienzarereal5326 Год назад

thanks for the wonderful informative content, your amazing bro

@TheLeekyFeeder 2 года назад

Loved this! Big Up!

@coresk1420 6 месяцев назад

Awesome tutorial

@Tati108 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much! 🎉

@sramirez1906 9 месяцев назад

Love it!

@lecosmique 2 года назад

Nice1! Definitely going to focus on working these tips in to some upcoming projects. 🙌

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Wicked!

@Guntherthefool 8 месяцев назад

Great tips

@iantrigue6159 2 года назад

absolute quality, I'm learning so much from these tutorials. Having listened to DnB for the last 20 years finally understanding how its made has been truly eye opening

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Glad to bring that knowledge!

@jointjuian8847 2 года назад

Hey stranjah thank you so much for your production videos. Have you thought about doing some sort of community drum and bass contest? Maybe with some sort of giveaway or something. I think alot of people would love to watch such a thing

@itsfadey 2 года назад

Absolutely smashed it again as per! Stranjah a real one for this

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Thank you!

@Lucait 2 года назад

i needed you few years ago dude!

@venumsound 2 года назад

Big up man. please do a video on that wobble bass 🔥

@witchdoctorwise 2 года назад

I'm obsessed with these tuorials and I've never even made drum and bass (used to make jungle/hardcore on my Amiga with Octamed back in 93-95 when I was in my mid-teens and then moved on to making hip-hop and synthy electronica). It's made me want to give it a go though. To be honest I like the intro on this in itself as a kind of skippy hiphoppy beat that could have rap vocals on.

@SPURME 2 года назад

Love Your vids 😋

@apoplexiamusic 2 года назад

More really useful tips and techniques from the almighty Stranjah!!!! Thank you for your awesome content!

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Most welcome man!

@danecustance2734 2 года назад

Legend, thanks.

@jackchilly1 2 года назад

Your videos are easily the best tutorials man, you break it down so well! Id love it if you could make a 'How to make a dnb bootleg of a non dnb track' video tutorial in future?

@buzzandjim4265 2 года назад

IM IN!!! Look forward to another great tutorial. Thanks again Stranjah. Learned more from you than any other manz. You will go to Jungle heaven. Brap!!

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Thank you man!!

@4pparatus Год назад

Noted. Good show sir. My evolution continues.

@MoodyTunesLive 2 года назад

absolute banger!

@buffalonation8248 2 года назад

Very nice !

@amundbisgaard7295 Год назад

You rock, man.

@hardboiled2000 2 года назад

Really gnarlly

@corinthompson95 2 года назад

Also adding a crash or white noise exhaust at the start of the drop can help.

@noahrathje8976 Год назад

Making things wide or narrow (and reversing it again) also works well

@henriquematias1986 2 года назад

amazing stuff as usual! i actually prefer to do volume automation on the FADER because it will be easier to visualise stuff and then use the UTILITY as a GAIN/TIRM knob if you need to "mix it".. (((( :

@New_Gaming_Chair 2 года назад

🔥 🔥 Im excited to use these tips. Wub

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Good luck!

@Hazmat8612 Год назад

You're the best bro

@drewtoolive3612 2 года назад

Each tip is on point. Whether you are new to production or not. It's great to get insight into creating urgency, tension and release, responses etc... My workflow gets better after every video. I appreciate all the drum and bass nuances you go through. Coming from years of breaks and house production there's overlap surely but to get real pro. All you video content is shaving years off my transition to dnb. Big UP!!!

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Thanks man glad you agree with the tips!

@kannabotanika4958 9 месяцев назад

Stranjahs tutorials are really helpful.. I’ve watched them all and they have been a great resource.. thanks for everything you do!!

@STRANJAH 9 месяцев назад

Cheers for watching them all! I mean, that's commitment or maybe punishment, I can't decide. If my tutorials are the highlight of your day, we both need a drink. Seriously though, really chuffed to be part of your journey, mate. Onwards and upwards

@blueberrimuffin6682 2 месяца назад

@@STRANJAH DnB is infecting you. All that UK music rots the brain. Nobody outside of Great Britain says "chuffed."

@bilal-ahmedawan4078 2 года назад

love that koto

@georgebogdan3 2 года назад

The best teacher

@Beany58 2 года назад

Awesome video

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Thanks!

@wired-up5677 2 года назад

This was more of an Intro buildup tutorial but still really helpful

@georgiabliss2745 2 года назад

excellent tutorials, thank you so much!

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Most welcome. Spice Agony is dope. Good job!

@georgiabliss2745 2 года назад

@@STRANJAH ohh thank you for listening!

@tomenward4120 2 года назад

One more trick you missed, is filtering the lows out of the main bassline and introducing it in the intro, however it wont sound nice with EVERY bassline, its mainly the stabby jump up types in my experience! big ups as always mate!

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Yes that’s a dope trick it wouldn’t be right for this tune tho. I like doing it for reesier basslines. There’s more tricks will have to do another video

@danielrhoads8676 2 года назад

Great video! And thanks for the follow up of recommended videos 🙌. Do you remember a while ago you made a video "most common bass lines for DnB"? It would be neat for another future video top 10 kick and snare rolls for DnB. Like variations of MIDI note patterns. Some producers such as "A.M.C" does his kick rolls before the drop with no filtering just all in your face 😄. That would be a great follow up video to this. Variations of kick and snare rolls. Great video Stranjah! I just finished the whole thing right now. Keep em coming.

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Great suggestion thx Daniel!

@ColonelMuppet 2 года назад

@@STRANJAH I second Daniel’s proposal! I liked the tip in this one with the Tom roll. Thanks again for all the good work. The way you put together your videos so professionally is second to none.

@Rawwb 2 года назад

THANK YOU AGAINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

@AlistairMaxwell77 2 года назад

i like old school minimal drops .. an eirie pad , couple of fx , a sample . hold the tension . everything now is sp brash and loud ....

@version12001 2 года назад

Thank you for this!!! I’ve been struggling with energy implementation. I’ll definitely give these techniques a go.

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Awesome!

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 2 года назад

Yeah it really sucks when you work on a song for long you stop hearing it as it is, so then you finally commit to recording it and once it's done you realize you forgot to filter out the bass before one of the drops, so it just goes from bass to more bass; I was so focused on the actual programming and energy in the drums & fills to make room and control the energy that it gave me tunnel vision to where I didn't even notice the other elements I should have been bringing in & dropping out.

@version12001 2 года назад

@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol My issue is similar. I tend to focus more on music theory. This typically results in a dull and boring piece. Hopefully I’ll be able to add a sense of vitality to my work soon.

@michaelfinster4405 2 года назад

Keep up the good work

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Thank you!

@djkrptdnb 2 года назад

Was waiting for the copy paste on that vocal 😉

@upintime 2 года назад

Up💯 brilliant 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

thank you

@cestinasimp9234 7 месяцев назад

That flute on the break is nutty🥴

@rogermar8646 2 года назад

Man your tutorials are so 🔥 ! Thanks for this tutorial! Helping newbies like me level up!

@bikeninja956 2 года назад

Thanks for the share! super helpful. After a thousand years of trying to figure out how to get those red lines....I accidently figured out that "A" turned on and off automations......lmao. Gotta love intuitive software design :(

@shumwei9585 2 года назад

Where's that brass from? It sounds great - also any recommendations for software instruments (for things like brass , strings ect)?

@djghostmode 2 года назад

that flute sample is used in maozon and c-show "rave alone" :D

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

No way haha nice!

@DJSNCE1212 2 года назад

Loving this big man, great stuff as always. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial for the double bass kinda bassline a-la Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag. One of my favourite tunes and a sound I've heard in many other tracks. Never been able to recreate it.

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Great idea will look into it

@alexwild1435 2 года назад

The thing about Roni Size is he recorded real double bass and made loops from it so it’s hard to recreate that sound unless you’ve got access to musicians. Unless you can find some great samples or a really good software instrument.

@resonatingergonomicsdnb2426 2 года назад

@@alexwild1435 Maybe do a fiver or soundbetter collab with stranjah video would be dope with an upright bassist. Good point about live bassist.

@Official_RIDM Год назад

that drop is sooo delicious!

@stefanoricchiuti3726 2 года назад

ok, i just need to ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffiiilter in... :D Thanks man, i like your videos!

@stenchybeats 6 месяцев назад

Still a great vid. 🤙🏻

@cidthesloth1430 Год назад

Hey stranjah if you see this I would love to know how you made those basses in the drop

@cipsleten505583789 7 месяцев назад

This man is a tresure

@JJRocheO 2 года назад

Can we get more footwork tutorials 🙏 that footwork grime was next level 🤯

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Will do!

@hiddemoens82 2 года назад

Great tutorial! Do you have any tips for building to the second drop?

@professorpancakes6545 2 года назад

Just do the same thing, but different.

@ghostcoder3342 2 года назад

you could also fade in slowly a combination of hi/low pass filters and also reduce the stereo width, all at the same time.. fade it in slowly and gently, so that the listener did not reallise the change.. at the beginning of the drop you simply turn this effects off and it feals like the drop slamms in aggain with much more power. this trick you cann use again and again and it feels like the next part got more power than the part before which is not really true but the effect is huge.

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Yes advanced tricks here thx for that!

@hardboiled2000 2 года назад

Regardless of genre, my drums always sounds crappy, I dont know if im picking the wrong sounds or im not mixing it right can you do a video?

@XxMelena97Xx 2 года назад

THAT WOBBLE I JUST CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT. any tuttorial how to make it?

@jamescowie9940 Год назад

I’m the first tip, how did you get the red line to appear on the track that you can manipulate by clicking and dragging to change the filter?

@dredhok 2 года назад

Heads up. I'm a BIG FAN when you see my tracks know you helped me get them where I need them. Love you. Thank. 💕

@dredhok 2 года назад

If you're into music theory,studying fugues will save you lots of time when trying to keep things interesting

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Bigup man keep it up!

@MiesFM 2 года назад

Stranjah never misses

@Jake-ef6wx 5 месяцев назад

How do you make that wobble sound on the drop?

@liquefactiondnb 2 года назад

Hey man.. quality channel. Just starting out any advice for a good starter software package. Thanks in advance 👊👊

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Serato Studio is for free to get your hands wet, also I think there was a version of Reaper that was for free. Otherwise I definitely recommend Ableton plus VITAL VST (The free version)

@mauvaise_machine 2 года назад

Try different DAWs (FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Reason, Bitwig) if you get a chance and see which ones suits you best. Start with the stock plugins; as you will progress, your tastes and needs will evolve. Learn different types of synthesis (subtractive, granular, FM) and mixdown techniques as well. Luckily this channel covers most of these parts really well. I can recommend Vital as a synth (it's free and really powerfull, quite similar to Serum/Massive type of synths)

@liquefactiondnb 2 года назад

@@mauvaise_machine thanks ill check them out. Much appreciated 🙏

@liquefactiondnb 2 года назад

@@STRANJAH thank your videos have certainly opened my eyes. And appreciate your efforts 👌

@CoyTheobalt 2 месяца назад

you should steady "speaking 101" on skill share

@dojibwe1 2 года назад

I know this will have many answers, but in your opinion, how many bars should an intro ride before the first drop?

@zorawarsingh327 2 года назад

Brother of bleu clair

@TRTSMTT 2 года назад

I really like to fade in a rising shepard before the drop.

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

I learned a new term, that is definitely a cool thing to use before the drop.

@mrty8701 2 года назад

how do i get that red line to come up

@LDPBreaks 4 месяца назад

❤❤❤

@NappySoldier 2 года назад

word drum&bass family

@frass541 Год назад

whats this vocal jeez🔥

@codezerodnb Год назад

Bro I memba you from the ICQ days!

@adampodell9775 2 года назад

I'm honestly deceased at that drop, wtf

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

LOL glad it had impact

@dat1boi800 2 года назад

Tell me your gonna release this🤯🤯

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

Will finish it

@saucymoon7134 2 года назад

Do you delete your videos? I was looking for some I saw from before that are now gone.

@dannysaavedra1855 Год назад

bro do a bass line drop

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

😀 What's your fave track with the hardest drop???

@New_Gaming_Chair 2 года назад

Skream - In For The Kill (jcomma & ARCS Bootleg)

@mr.f_dnb 2 года назад

At the moment it's mozey - 2 fat ladies, and dj dilate - killer. Also really loving the sound design in the track smoggy - goth tackle (JTR remix). 🔥

@DubwiseJunglist 2 года назад

Stakka & Skynet feat Konflict - Bios-Fear

@fuckface8842 2 года назад

sandstorm 😂

@bryanmatthews5902 2 года назад

Hard to come up with one fav, but Signal by DJ Fresh is a top one for me. Cant wait to watch this video after work today. Been waiting for you to do a video on drops!! Big ups.

@papibrown494 Год назад

What’s the track ID?

@lunderdragon Год назад

That kick could use a bit more gain compared to the rest of the other instruments

@alexwild1435 2 года назад

What are your thoughts on how long the intro should be? Are we past the era of needing 1-2 minutes of intro for mixing now most people don’t play vinyl? Its still an artistic choice I suppose.

@STRANJAH 2 года назад

My recent writing style lends itself to short 16-32 bar intros. However, I commend those who are bringing back deeper, evolving musical structures with longer development.

@TheKg77 2 года назад

the long intro for mixing wasnt a great idea with vinyl. i never got why 1 min of pads then some hihats before a crazy intro beat was good for mixing in a club, in terms of monitoring and beat matching.. i would of thought with digital dj sync tempo and all tunes been made to quantized grids, long intros would work alot easyier without vinyl...iam finding with digital mixing i can extend/mash up intros alot more in an attempt to avoid the repetitive cycle of a new drop every 2 min.so yes very much an artistic choice :}

@iMobinator Год назад

u seem like a kool guy

@cyberfuker85 2 года назад

great tutorial. great tips. didnt like the actual drop

@ebkaito Год назад

ad a sweep up can be better and have much power for this king of DNB, also ad a break...but this drop is flat, don't need to ad too much sounds cause if you "up" try to "down" in the drop :)