Producing House with Ableton Live - Drums
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5:18 The Basics
In this tutorial you set up the kick, snare, tempo and also look at loading samples, creating clips and the initial groove.
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4:42 Woodblock & Blending Pitch
Add a woodblock as a percussive element and also begin to look at blending the pitch of various elements that you bring into your loop, an often overlooked step.
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3:00 Hi-Hat & Feeling with Note Length
Create a hi-hat pattern and sound as well as dig deeper into how note length and placement can affect the feeling of your composition.
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2:34 Now this Woodblock
Revisit the woodblock from tutorial 2 and transform it into something ear-tingling and intriguing. Learn about filtering and processing for dramatic effect.
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4:21 Filtering Fundamentals
Get an introduction to the practices and basics of filtering frequencies.
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7:40 Bringing the Hat to Life
Breathe some life into an otherwise common hi-hat part.
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5:04 Adding Life to the Snare
Bring the snare to life and make it more interesting and captivating to listen to.
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6:56 Ghost Notes & Arrange View
Ghost notes help add a bit of variation and organic feel to loops. It can also help to give the illusion of randomness or variance.
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7:40 Shaker Basics
This tutorial covers sound selection, sample tweaking and basic arrangement of the shaker part.
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5:03 Shaker - Filter Delay
Tweak the shaker part with the Filter Delay to give the sound additional character.
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4:10 Shaker - Sidechain
Learn the fundamentals of side-chain compression and apply that to the shaker part to help it stand out in the mix while not becoming overpowering.
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2:35 Shaker - Final Tweeks
Put the final touches on a groovy and highly usable shaker part.
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6:37 Reverse Sound - Pt. 1
Reverse sweeps are iconic and commonly used elements. They can be hard to pull off well though. In this tutorial you learn how to choose and create your reverse sound and begin working with it in your loop.
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6:33 Reverse Sound - Pt. 2
Look at further tweaking your reverse sound and fine-tuning placement for proper dramatic effect.
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7:21 Hi-Hat Smoothing & Cowbell
Smooth out the hi-hat part to make it blend even more and introduce a cowbell... and make it sound good.
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13:26 Designing Electro Percussion
Using synthesis design some cool electro percussion and arrange it within the loop. Useful in any genre.
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1:36 Clip Naming
Simple trick to naming your clips that will help you when you get to having many clips arranged across multiple tracks in either session or arrangement view.
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7:19 Conga Accents
Bring in a conga, tweak the sound and arrangement. Continue to look at how and why timing and placement plays such a crucial role in building listenable loops.
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6:57 Tambourine
Extra sizzle and motion is introduced with this tambourine.
Product Overview
This series is presented by remixer extraordinaire Timothy Allan, whose remixes have reached #1 on the UK dance charts and placed high on US Billboard, DMC and Australia ARIA charts. His remix skills have even landed him a featured spot on an upcoming Madonna production.
The beat is the backbone and foundation of any great House track, and you'll see the actual creative process unfold and learn exactly what's going through Tim's head when he creates iconic sounding House beats. Watch Tim create a world-class House music drum loop starting from nothing and finishing with a dance floor masterpiece. See why his House beats rule supreme.
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