Sounds awesome! what program is this?

Wow, that’s got to be the most clear way of doing things that I’ve ever read, thank you!

Are you going to follow it up with some bassline and lead tips too?

sorry i usually put a list of software used this is Logic Pro 8 and ive only used native Logic plug-ins. so this will load up directly in Logic if you have it.

Dont be fooled though this can be achieved using any DAW, its all generic stuff.

Would really appreciate if you linked your samples

yep thinking about doing some other parts in the same step by step fashion stay tuned…

and @ Anoyonomous “Would really appreciate if you linked your samples” im not 100% sure what you mean? do you mean have them playing toghether at each stage?

Not only have you made this look really EASY Mo, but you’ve made me totally lust for Logic 8 (again). I’m still using 7.0 and I think that I’m going to have to finally make the leap!

Since the last few updates Logic 8 has become much more stable, im starting to see the same sort of reliability that i saw in Logic 7.

I’ve always created my beats in raw audio – I find you have more control over each individual element.

If I need to layer several kick drums or snares to get the desired sound, e.g. in a Drum & Bass track, I will create a buss channel for each type of drum, then set the outputs of all audio tracks containing that type of drum to that buss, and then compress using Timeworks Compressor X (one of my favourites… http://www.sonictimeworks.com/p_compx.php). You can get the drum samples to gel really nicely and sound as one.

Then I generally run an FX channel in parallel with a touch of distortion/drive, some light reverb and then a more extreme compression setting to give the drums some ’sheen’. Then depending on how up-front the drums need to be, it sometimes works to send all my drum buss channels to a new buss, along with the fx, and compress them all together.

I’ll try & write some Drum & Bass-specific tutorials soon

I’ve a question about the Drum room. How to add it, is it added to layer seperately or the whole drumbunch?

Thanks, whats a DAW? I have Cakewalk Music Studio, can I use that?

@ Craigsnedeker – a DAW is a Digital Audio Workstation – a term used to either describe a computer specifically built to run audio applications, or used to describe a full-feature sequencing application itself. Yes, Cakewalk would be considered a DAW.

Ok, thank you. I hope I can do it, maybe I’ll post my result

I downlaoded that plugin and it installed it in the cakewalk plugin folder automatically, but I can’t find it, anywhere. The help index is no better. anyone know what’s wrong?

@ Craigsnedeke … which plug-in are you referring to ? you should be able to complete this tut using the plug-ins included with Cakewalk or any DAW / Software. Most of them include basic compressors, eqs, limiters and gates etc…

hope this helps?

Could please refer to my question about drum reverb?

Mo: The greenmechine one, I installed it, and it installed it in the cakewalk folder, but it doesn’t show up in the program, anywhere.

by linking the samples he means giving us a link to them

Talking to me? O_o

@ Cheese and Anon, all the samples are supplied in the download pack, they are within the ‘audio’ folder.

@ Craigsnedeke, im not 100% sure on this but i would imagine your trying to use a plug-in or format that is not compatible with your DAW. Double check the plug your trying to use is compatible with Cakewalk.

@ BloodyBeginner, drum reverb can be applied to either separate parts or the entire drum buss. There are really no hard and fast rules here but saying tht if applying reverb to your whole drum mix, use with caution as too much can reduce the impact of your overall sound. Small rooms and ambiences are best for this task.

For more control here try using a send/return rather than the insert you may use on separate parts.

@Mo: I tried to see what programs it could be used in on the website but couldnt’. Where would I find that info?

I think I found my problem, nevermind

Hey Mo, thanks for advice, will try to apply this. What is your tip, in your productions do you add reverb mostly to seperate or the bus layers?

@ BB.. no problem, to be honest i usually add smaller reverbs to each part as insert fx. any reverb i add to the whole drum group is usually for a special effect, on selected parts of the arrangement.

i rarely add reverb as a blanket treatment to all my drums… but this doesn’t mean its not a valid technique, just my personal preference and technique if it works for you then go ahead.

@ BloodyBeginner: Mo will be providing a really comprehensive tut on reverb very soon, so keep tabs on the site

thanks for the info. looking forward.

So… In this case, you’re using 13 tracks just for drums? Every day I wonder I have to learn much

Stepaan: Dude, you think that’s bad, you should try tracking live drums

Thanks, great tuto !

Hi guys… i’ve downloaded zip but i can’t find logic source file.

i’ve logic 7

@Jack: Check the Logic Project > AudioTUTS.com House drums folder. It’s in there.

Thanks for this tutorial and the others you’ve done, i’m finding them a massive help!

All the best, Rory.

grate tutorial the drums sound so full and punchy

The samples sound so awesome. The Kickdrum has a really good quality as well as really pumping sound.
I try to create my own kickdrums and so own by layering for example a 808 and 909 Kickdrum. But I don’t get so good results like the samples from this tutorial.
As well as the snare or claps don’t sound as good as these.
Is there a tutorial that describes how to create basic samples for personal use ?

First of all, thank you! Great tutorial. Haven’t seen one like this before and excellent for beginning house producers like me. I would like to seem more of this.

I really like your approach not using a drummachine. However. I imported the samples into Ultrabeat, recreated your beat arrangement, assigned each voice to its own auxilary channel. Turned of the oscillator, noise generator etc etc. But still I don’t get the exact sound. How is that possible? Does ultrabeat effect the samples somehow?

I copied all settings of your “Low Cuts”, Chan EQ, PTverb, Sampledelay, Compress , LinPhaseE, Adlimit, St-delay.

Playing the Snare in ultrabeat already sounds different! (yes with all the tweaksettings turned off) :S

@ewatch You can make your kick pump by using a good compression plugin. I use Ableton Live and I couldn’t make my kicks pump like this tutorial sample with the built in compressor, for example. But with the Sonalksis SV-315 Mk2 compressor, I reproduced the effect easily.

You can download a trial at Sonalksis website. Give it a try.

Also, the “quality”, or character of the sound sometimes is too relative. Some beautiful sounding snares may sit bland depending on your choice of kick, or clap. Sometimes a very simple sounding snare may provide quite a beautiful snap. I like to experiment with different pairs of clap/snare, changing their channel delay. For example, sometimes a delay of -4ms in the clap and a snare with 0ms may sound flat, but pushing the snare a bit forward, say, +2ms, and the sound may display the kind of snap I’m after. And off course, experimenting with a lot of different samples from CDs, etc.

I did not experiment with layering too much, but it’s definetely not a requirement. For example, there’s loads of house tracks where the kick is of a VERY simple tone, but sits beautiful in the mix context.

Neat tutorial, could you write the same for Reason 4?

In your guide it says “Next on the list is a snare drum added to the third and fourth beats of every bar.” Shouldn’t it read SECOND and fourth?

Great tut, although i think it is a little more involved when it comes to getting all the effects and processing right, thats the real art.

Would be good to hear what other people have done?

Great tutorial although i still can’t quite get this to work for me

This is one of the best tutorials I’ve seen yet! It would have been nice to see the loops used as fillers be made from scratch and see the processing used to make it all gel. Just goes to show what you can get from a few basic elements.

Thanks fdor this Mo, i do have one question though, when importing into Ableton i see there is a fair amount of swing applied to the Audio loops in the pack, did you use Logics groove templates or was it done by hand?
would be be able to explain this techniques please.

Many Thanks