Top Ten EDM Do's

Adam Pollard aka Multiplier returns in this power packed video tutorial series of best practices for producing modern, cutting edge EDM music. You'll learn 10 of the most important things to do in your EDM tracks that will make your productions legit and for real!

Videos

• Objective Master EQ (05:27) - Improve your master EQ by referencing against pink noise to ensure the mids and mid-highs are appropriately balanced.

• Cleaner Sidechain (04:45) - Set up cleaner sidechain compression by through use of lookahead mode.

• Vocal Sample (04:11) - Use at least one vocal sample with an identifiable word or phrase (and ideally use this to name the track)

• Lively Filter Sweeps (04:38) - Create more lively filter sweeps by using LFO modulation.

• Tune Kicks (09:44) - Tune kicks to the key of the track.

• Monitoring Volume (06:22) - Adjust monitoring volume every 10 minutes or so (explain why, using Fletcher-Munson curves).

• Sends Only Sidechain (08:26) - Use a cleaner kick to trigger your sidechain compression, especially if your main kick is long or wobbly.

• Levels Relative to Kick (07:58) - Set your levels relative to the kick.

• Mix Through Band Pass (06:11) - Mix through a band pass filter to focus on certain bands of frequencies, and make sure the spirit of the track comes through each band.

• Headroom for MP3 (06:50) - Leave about 1db of headroom (using 'ceiling' on the limiter) on final wav to allow for conversion to mp3/aac.