To copy a drum groove that you like, you can, in Ableton, put an audio file-such as "Burial - Archangel"-into an audio track, right-click on it, and choose "Convert Drums to New MIDI Track." This allows you to see how Burial set the groove for "Archangel" with the use of hi-hats, claps, snares, etc. Ableton filters the drums. This technique works for any song/sample.
@@vinylrave2185 It uses stock sounds from Ableton. You can change the sounds in the Drum Rack to your own sounds/samples, or you can simply copy a pattern and use it in your song so you don't actually copy the whole beat. Be creative!
@@jaqummh It is hard for Ableton to get a good read on the full drums but you can use snippets of the song which has the drums with as little as possible overlay to get some of a good read. I mostly do it on a small section with mostly only drums.
The production tuts are awesome, however, I'm just gonna say exactly what everyone is hoping and praying for, WE NEED DANCING LESSONS. Imagine grooving like Oscar in da club. King of the world, baby, I'm on top of the world!!
Nice one Oscar! I'm that 50-year-old, still trying to crack a beat and Breaks have always been my cup of tea since I started DJing Big Beats in '96. I progressed through Funky Breaks, Nu Skool Breaks, UKG and the new wave of Burial/Bicep/Fred/Overmono genres trying to explore away from the 4/4. Clever tip at the end, and thanks for the entertaining tutorials. I have 8 tunes arranged from start to finish this year, since I started watching and want to try to sign up for a course due to your friendly disposition :)
Another 50-year-old DJ and musician who has been obsessed with breakbeats since the 90s checking in. I've gone through all the genres you mention too. Now I'm trying to mix them with the dub techno sound. We have to push things forward!
Oscar rules. Such the perfect digestible form of content to get your youtube fix, but then you feel motivated to try a new concept in the studio. You the man; thank you!
Fam I'm busy trying to make a hybrid genre and you literally just gave me something really really good with that drum rhythm! I love how it facilitates that dreamy feel like for example the dreamy feel that drives future rave... I'm definitely applying this theory you gave!!❤
Oscar. You just read my mind with this videos. Everytime i hear something cool i want to replicate you come out with the perfect video on it! You're top notch
Thanks for this Oscar - I have a project on the go with a deep dub-step bassline, with someone reciting their poem over the top, this has inspired me to get adventurous with the drum pattern.
For some weird yet unknown reason, as soon as you started explaining, I had to think of ‘Tonight, Tonight, Tonight’ by Genesis. This isn’t exactly a fast paced track, but at least for me (my ears and my brain) the elements that you did present, explain and explore can be found there, too. On top of that, the song grows over time (I recommend the album version or the extended 12” remix), and a lot of what you explained and suggested can be heard there, put into practice. Great video, Oscar, thanks for making it and exploring these things for all of us! Cheers! 😊
earlier this year i made a couple breaks to chop up using logic’s drummer and drum kit, into logic’s old and hidden away platinumverb (it just has the right sound), and into bonsai in surgefx (a tape inspired retro effect i came up with). it sounds somewhat like an old recording of a drum break
This is just what I need! Im usually pretty good at making melodies and pads and layering sounds, but I stick to pretty plain sounding drums because drum work just doesn't come to me naturally so I gotta practice stuff like this.
Last month i worked on «somatic techno» EPs (1st on my channel). 90 bpm, dark bass, sometimes - breaks or «broken» kick for refreshing hypnotic groove. And this video is very useful
Loving the wriggly bits! Especially when you drop them into simpler and chop them up. I'm always interested to get away from drums per se and from the get go here we're hearing synthetic drum substitutes and percussive elements derived from random playtime sound design. I'm not a drummer and I think that I ought to be making it up some other way.
Burial's Untrue still sounds so fresh to me! It's honestly amazing to me how unique and outside of time that album seems Edit: on that note, 8:28 if you want to add some texture, consider playing Metal Gear Solid for a bit while recording🙃😋
