Producing Tropical House
EDM Producer Laurence Holcombe teaches you how to craft standout tropical house tracks from scratch in this in-depth video tutorial series. He uses Logic Pro X but the information and techniques shown apply to any DAW and workflow.
Videos
• Introduction (00:54) - Welcome to producing Tropical House!
• The Kick (17:31) - Learn how to generate and tune true kick drum and samples and layering them to produce new and unique kicks.
• Rhythmic Elements (17:55) - Add extra elements like snaps, hats and shakers to fill out the groove and make things sound more organic.
• The Chord Progression (13:33) - Introduction into programming effective chord progressions and melodic rhythms.
• The Bassline (02:31) - Construct a simple baseline that covers the low frequencies and supports our chords.
• The Topline Melody (03:29) - How to craft great toplines for Tropical House.
• Bassline Sound Design (07:06) - Larry uses MASSIVE to construct a powerful, simple bass patch to compliment and support the chords and topline.
• Chords Sound Design (14:31) - Layer a piano and pad sound to create our Tropical chords.
• Topline Sound Design (08:29) - Layering the chords and topline melody to make sure we create a big sound
• Arrangement Pt. 1 (09:52) - Learn to Get your head in the arrangement game by Adding effects, snare rolls, and changing sounds up to make a compelling arrangement.
• Arrangement Pt. 2 (14:26) - The tropical house song begins to take form as Larry continues putting the arrangement together.
• Arrangement Pt. 3 (09:09) - Finish off the arrangement by moving elements around to get our arrangement working.
• Mixdown (05:40) - Learn how to use EQ to add space and punch to the various elements of your mix.
• Mastering (06:09) - We'll use iZotope's Ozone to add the final polish to our mix and get it ready to share with the world!