Deconstructing Future House

In this music production tutorial series hit dance music producer Timothy Allan deconstructs a Future House track, showing you exactly how every element of a Future House song contributes to the final result. Shown in Logic Pro X, but applicable to any DAW, you’ll learn how to make Future House music and what it takes to get amazing results.

Videos

• Introduction (02:52) - Tim goes through what you’ll be learning in this course.

• Drums Pt. 1 (12:47) - You’ll get to hear the drums with and without effects, with each one solo’d as well as played within the group.

• Drums Pt. 2 (09:54) - Now it’s time to take a look at how the side chain system is set up, and how it is used on some of the drum sounds.

• Lead Sound: Low End (03:45) - We start with the low end FM sound in this video and go over the subtle effects that make it work.

• Lead Sound: Top End (04:59) - Tim goes over the effects used in Alchemy, as well as the insert effects that make up the sound of the main Lead’s top end sound.

• Lead Sound: Chords (05:19) - MIDI effects can be the major factor in sculpting your sound, not all mixing is audio!

• Noise (03:52) - In this video you’ll learn how to tailor some subtle white noise builds using compression, delays, filters and EQs to smooth out your transitions.

• FX Pt. 1 (04:41) - Tim takes some space invader type sounds and tames them to slot nicely into the track.

• FX Pt. 2 (04:11) - Tim demonstrates using EQ, reverb, panning, and finally he creates a “bass bomb” sound with Alchemy.

• Master Effects (07:39) - In this video we take a look at some of the master bus plugins that were used for the final version of the track.