In part 2 of this deep house production tutorial we continue by
looking at further aspects of the production process. At the end of part
1 we looked at increasing the stereo width of your parts. You must
remember to take care while doing this, if you take things too wide then
you may run into problems if your track is played on through mono
speakers which is a possibility in a club.
When using effects is is best to remember that less is more with this style of music and to be sparing. The most common use of effects is reverb and delay and a triplet delay will more often than not give a very satisfactory result. Using a dub delay can be very effective for creating texture in a track and building up suspense during a breakdown. Be careful when adding reverb to sounds that contain low frequencies as this can really muddy up
your mix, this can be dealt with by inserting a high pass filter into the FX chain to cut the low reverb frequencies. You will also create more space and clarity if you slightly pan your percussion parts to give them more room in the mix.
Using side chain compression is a great way to tighten up your mix but use with caution. When getting the bass and kick working together try using an eq mode set to around 250Hz so that the effect is less obvious but still gives the kick room to punch through.
Using samples is a great way to get some creativity going and add some extra sounds to your production. Make them your own, chop, reverse, resequence, add effects, there are a number of ways that you can make sampled material your own and a platform such as Ableton live 9 is an excellent tool for this kind of manipulation. There is really no excuse for using a an unedited sampled loop in your productions.
Try to keep your parts to a minimum and create variations of what you have. This will allow you to create subtle variations which will add interest to your production and allow the track to evolve and progress naturally. A track with a few well crafted elements will sound much better than one crammed to the ceiling with parts that often add very little to the quality of the production and could best be left absent. Try to think along the lines that less is more.
While doing your mix create new energy in your track by allowing different elements to shine through at certain points in the mix. An example could be to lower the volume of the lead for sixteen or thirty two bars allowing the bass to be emphasized little more then return to the original levels, you will find that the lead part now sounds re invigorated even though nothing has really changed.
The final piece of advice is to keep things real. Deep house relies on a natural feeling swing so bear this in mind when programming your drum patterns. Try not to use on and closed hats at the same time, this will make you everything track sound more human and natural feeling. Now all that is left is to go and put these techniques into practice when you are making your next chart topping deep house track.
When using effects is is best to remember that less is more with this style of music and to be sparing. The most common use of effects is reverb and delay and a triplet delay will more often than not give a very satisfactory result. Using a dub delay can be very effective for creating texture in a track and building up suspense during a breakdown. Be careful when adding reverb to sounds that contain low frequencies as this can really muddy up
your mix, this can be dealt with by inserting a high pass filter into the FX chain to cut the low reverb frequencies. You will also create more space and clarity if you slightly pan your percussion parts to give them more room in the mix.
Using side chain compression is a great way to tighten up your mix but use with caution. When getting the bass and kick working together try using an eq mode set to around 250Hz so that the effect is less obvious but still gives the kick room to punch through.
Using samples is a great way to get some creativity going and add some extra sounds to your production. Make them your own, chop, reverse, resequence, add effects, there are a number of ways that you can make sampled material your own and a platform such as Ableton live 9 is an excellent tool for this kind of manipulation. There is really no excuse for using a an unedited sampled loop in your productions.
Try to keep your parts to a minimum and create variations of what you have. This will allow you to create subtle variations which will add interest to your production and allow the track to evolve and progress naturally. A track with a few well crafted elements will sound much better than one crammed to the ceiling with parts that often add very little to the quality of the production and could best be left absent. Try to think along the lines that less is more.
While doing your mix create new energy in your track by allowing different elements to shine through at certain points in the mix. An example could be to lower the volume of the lead for sixteen or thirty two bars allowing the bass to be emphasized little more then return to the original levels, you will find that the lead part now sounds re invigorated even though nothing has really changed.
The final piece of advice is to keep things real. Deep house relies on a natural feeling swing so bear this in mind when programming your drum patterns. Try not to use on and closed hats at the same time, this will make you everything track sound more human and natural feeling. Now all that is left is to go and put these techniques into practice when you are making your next chart topping deep house track.
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