Description
Drum & bass is an electronic music genre with notoriously high production values: hard-hitting drums, clean and powerful mixes, rich, complex bass patches. In this video, 10 top-level DnB producers share practical production advice you can apply to your own tracks.
We've lifted these clips from our back catalogue of videos, some of which originally featured on the cover discs of Future Music and Computer Music magazines. You can find links to the full videos below.
In this video:
00:00 – Flava D makes a liquid DnB beat from scratch
11:51 – Sub Focus breaks down his approach to layering drums
19:27 – Icicle applies multiband processing to drum transients
22:12 – DLR splits bass by frequency for extra impact
31:01 – Heist build a layered DnB snare
38:10 – How Keeno uses compression to create space between strings and bass
40:35 – Wilkinson uses a distorted buss channel to add character to a break
42:20 – Danny Byrd's master channel tip
46:37 – Nik Roos (Noisia) creatively shaping sounds with convolution
59:59 – Netsky breaks down his master chain
Watch the full videos:
Flava D: https://youtu.be/LVuNZwBeRlc
Sub Focus: https://youtu.be/JOtdJLjiMn0
Icicile: https://youtu.be/rcAB64SbIPU
DLR: https://youtu.be/2VYqaYi0nhY
Heist: https://youtu.be/BBi-6KUckag
Keeno: https://youtu.be/A5wjyXZa3ho
Wilkinson: https://youtu.be/_bBGJna00dI
Danny Byrd: https://youtu.be/5Ajs3HNUIhw
Nik Roos: https://youtu.be/FE5SKynR8QE
Netsky: https://youtu.be/LvcW4gyyujg
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