Tech House: Making a Track from Scratch

Join production expert Thomas Cochran for a complete video course on producing a tech house track from scratch! If you want to produce tech house, you're in the right place, because Thomas will take you through the entire process from the ground up. You'll learn sound design tips, some music theory concepts for the harmonic and melodic instruments, mixing techniques, and much more. By the time you finish this tech house video production course, you'll be ready to tackle creating your own tech house track with confidence and purpose. These tech house video tutorials are designed for users with functional DAW knowledge and basic production and mixing experience.

Videos

• Intro & Song Playthrough (02:21) - In the first video, Thomas introduces the course and plays through the song that we will be creating in the following videos.

• Main Drums (10:03) - We start building out the track by making a kick, clap, and percussion pattern. This will be used to give the song a strong rhythmic foundation so that the whole track has a nice groove.

• Drum Mixing (15:56) - Next, we take a look at how to mix our drums so they sound nice and filled out. This part is essential to creating a great foundation for our tech house song.

• Low Bass & Texture Bass (15:39) - Next, we create a groovy synth bass from scratch to fill out the main sections, while a second bass is used as a fill element to create more variation.

• Lead Synth (09:59) - Thomas shows how to make a lead synth that is used to fill out the midrange of the production.

• Vocal Chops (09:27) - Next, we take a look at adding vocal stabs to the song and see how they can provide a melodic hook for the chorus.

• Synth Pad (11:48) - Here, Thomas shows how to develop a synth pad to fill up the main section of the song and later be used in the breakdown to provide some melody.

• Arrangement & Final Adjustments (10:54) - To wrap up the course, we arrange out the song. This video also shows how to add effects and some final master adjustments to help round out the production.