Making Old Skool sounding house music

[LorenzoMikele]

@2:47 :)))))

[LorenzoMikele]

This is great, thanks man!

[Akrombio]

Rebirth was the only thing i could work and actually have a good time on. i wish there was a device like it that i could work on irl, instead of computer. you probably know the name of some devices that will let me create live music. with loops and stuff.

[HELLSPAWN1973]

dont add videos with such a bad picture- and soundquality!

[mikado2]

How haven't you released anything? too much weed brotha?

[jtebb02]

gil scott heron's the bottle

[Scottygthreethousand]

Hey, great Vid. Do the 909 / 808 samples come pre loaded in the MPC? Or do you need to load them yourself? Also, where do you suggest finding good funk sample stuff, as you used in the video. I myself, have got abelton a bunch on soft synths and a Juno 106.  But I think the hardware just gives you something to 'play' unlike software. Any good tips on drum loop creation also?

[wasupthere]

you are probably full of shit mate/ why dont you show us how you make exactly the same pattern and swing feel in logic with no MPC. Face it MPC is well known for its swing and its 8 bit sound.YES the machine is crucial.

[halfeatenface]

@wasupthere lol

[tamales458]

VERY DAFT PUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snower5554]

porn music? i think so...

[kicksNCY]

hey i'm seriously interested by the kurzweil k series, i want to make 92/95 garage house! what do you think about it? do you know those synth (k2500, k2000...)?

thanks i really like your channel,especially the video about the tx81z, by the way what synth would you recommend me between the dx100 and the tx81z?

peace

[killavon18]

what type of speakers are those?

[maxpowersstp]

You know i have been loosing sleep over the fact i like fruity loops so much. but like you said its what your comfortable with. Thank you for not only saving me money but from the let down i might have gotten if i spent a bunch of money on a mpc and didnt like it. I mean i got fruity loops for free why spend money on a mpc. thanks for your advice its truth. I am just going to work harder on using what i have.

[daftendirekt97]

wish house was still made like this, sound great, computers and electro have ruined house music

[abnetworks]

"So now he's livin' in the bottle. "

Choice sample. :)

[zionrenaissance]

Hey great video mate! I was wondering what the most reliable storage device you've found to work with the 2000 XL? I've lost a lot of my work going with the 100 MB floppies. Thought about upgrading to the 1GB adapter that I found online, but wanted to see what your thoughts were before I made a move. Cheers!

[Capeau]

love how you said that the mpc hype is bullshit, someone had to say it!

[kerikino]

nothing adds warmth like running it line in. digital sounds digital because it is produced digitally. and that's okay... but there is no secret plug-in for logic that transforms software into hardware. or digital into analogue.

there are ways around everything though, if you're a true musician/producer/dj and you work hard/

amen to the roland 707, 808, and 909. also, amen to an mpc/sequencer/drum machine with a hard disk drive. what's the storage capacity on one of those things?  hehe

[clubhappybest]

I dunno, i think you're pigeonholing what "house music" is. there's no swing on "good life"... house is a whole lot more than a quantization groove.

[migumartinez]

what swing did you use for hh?

[rockyraccoon1]

What sounds are you using for this? Did you sample an 808 or load the samples in another way?

[happymcroli]

the sample is "the bottle" right ?

[AndyMaikel]

at 03:00 is nice deep house going on thang...wow!!

[ruslanio]

I was rocking out to a sickk beat, but then you stopped it and called it 'shit'?!

[sketcha09]

Oooooohhhhh. Niccceeeeee!!

[pdautg]

is it down to the machines?....remember...YOU are the machine. i had an mpc, and made crap-out-of -tempo-crap because i couldn't bang the beat out right!! doh!! BUT....cred to the machines for the quality of sounds that come out of them...i mean the grainess or sheen that a sampler can give to your samples. but in the end, vinyljunkie is right. its up to you what you create, musically speaking.

[kudge43]

those B&W speakers you have got are the dogs bollocks,good choice!

[Instrumentals4Sale]

4:49+ very true.

but asides from softwares ability to emulate what you can do on the MPC dont forget your akai is build for the purpose of sound quality. they'll have to make a bit of an investment in good soundcard if they want to capture & export sounds to the same standard. (AD/DA)

great video!

[empire562]

if you cant get a mac what would be a great pc to use ?

[mafoo17]

youre definitely right about swing(or shuffle). especially on the hi's, it gives it that move your body kinda feel

[Jazzybreaks]

i have a 200XL but i cant NEVER get my hats to swing and Shuffle like that... what swing settings do you use??? i set mine to 1/16 with swing set to around 54-57

nice vids man, love the MPC.

[X80band]

i just demo'd the maschine today, its awesome, but yep you need the computer with you, which i dont get the opposition too... im a developer and engineer too, look, the mpc has an onboard computer written in C or C++ or java on the core compiler so who gives a shit if you haul a full production pc with you for your set? the power and the size of the screen are larger than the little LCD's, i dont get this purist bias...

[TASHUN1980]

Take me back to the club days man...Nice Groove

[julijdj]

What track is that you remixing?

LOVE IT!

[berghain12]

Do you mean the flute and keys?

If so it's Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle

[Wakeupsleepyhead1984]

thank you! swing is what i'm missing lol

[flujotech]

"It don't mean a thang, if it aaaaint got that swing...doowop doowop doowop doowop doowee yow". :-)

[owlwink]

swing is very important.

[samdaftpunk]

hey guys can someone pm me / message me back , i really wnat to make house music , with a simple sample loop and beat but i want hardwar not FL i find it really hard to use and the best priced equipment too. thnx if anyone replys

[olemartinbare]

take a look at native instruments maschine...

[horrorvacuum]

@samdaftpunk get an akai :) and good stuff sampled.

[poshi12]

lol man!you are a true music fan!I take my hat off to ya!cheers!

[TQCKyle]

I don't know. Sounded pretty tight to me.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Your too modest, that track makes the grade for old school house, great sample. Add side compression to it driven by a massively over compressed bass drum and you have a little French touch.

But yea, i agree with you completely, tools are all about workflow, find one that suits you. There isn't a 'magic' tool or should i say 'magic flute' that will make the music for you.

For example, you could make this track with an iPhone if you really wanted to...

no, you really could.

[Narz3000]

It's old school because everything now is over compressed. I really dig this choon because it reminds me of the music that got me started in this business! Good work.

[lucadepu]

see that's just apoint of view. there's a lot of cheesy house out there but those swingin hats are just to cheesy to me. that's why i like guys like deadmau5. they keep it straightforward but barowue in a way.

[tyron26musikman]

Dude Deadmau5 ?? Get the hell outta here !!

[lucadepu]

@tyron26musikman dayum this guys' good? ron ron ron ron ron ron ron ron ron ron stuart but the maus is better

[colin4393]

@lucadepu You are fail.

[lucadepu]

@colin4393 pussy ass british nigga

[colin4393]

@lucadepu Hahahahaha, I'm Aussie!

[superdrugs]

Cool. I like your philosophy on production. It's not what you use, it's what you do with it.

[Logic3G]

You can swing & jack the chords, claviz, synths too. Swinging/Jacking is not only the Percs&Kits. Whenna jot the stabz:)))

[icehockey63]

I like the B&W's in the background

[WOWTODAZ]

nice! gill scot heron!

[dodgersandstorm]

great video. the swing tip has changed my life

[flujotech]

I like what you said about learning your gear. I always used to chase the latest plugin, the latest software.

It's all about enjoying it. If you're a pro then fair enough but if you just want to dabble for an hour here and there it ain't worth it. Look how simple decks are and people have been creative with those for decades. Work with what brings you out of yourself.

[Vacher12]

would you send me the link for internal drive - can't seem to find one on ebay. 300? that was a steal. They seem to have grossly inflated over the last few years. I bought a Juno 6 recently and that cost me more than I expected to pay. But I guess that's the over-inflated ebay prices for you.

[Vacher12]

Oh I see. I've seen a few examples for around the 400 mark that come with the SCSI drive and expandable 32MB. would it be easy enough to just hook up the drive to my pc and drag the files over?

[vinyljunkie07]

Yeah screw the SCSI drive it's annoying having to carry it about, you can fit a internal IDE cumputer ZIP drive to the MPC for about 5 quid from ebay and no messy cables then all you need is a USB zip drive to transfer the files from your PC onto the ZIP. Make sure you got the 8 outputs board and got the max ram (32mb) also make sure the screen is ok and is not pixelated or has lines appearing on it, check the pads too.

I paid 300 for mine

[bcbudful]

@Vacher12 2 years ago and MARK??? U did not mean D-Mark die gute alte Deutsche Mark? Hattet ihr nicht schon euro???? Seid ihr back to the D-Mark=)

Greetings from Calgary,AB, Canada

[Vacher12]

Greats vids btw. How do you get the samples on to the MPC? I understand that they can't read Wav? I've been looking at getting one myself, however I'm a little dubious for the above reasons

[vinyljunkie07]

Every MPC after the 3000/3000LE can read wav's, with the latest OS the 2000 classic too, XL reads wav's as standard.

You get sounds into it by sampling from either digital in's/analogue with the sampler or you can transfer files from the PC via what ever you have fitted to the MPC be it Zip disk, CF card or floppy disk

[tifius]

Don't forget the low bitrates that older samplers work at!

[vegunited06]

you heard about the 'solid bass' patch on the yamaha DX100?

[vinyljunkie07]

Of course I used to have one :-)

I would have one again but have you seen the stupid prices?! There is a simmilar sound in the DX-7 but it doesn't sound as nice imo, I preffer the 100 as it sounds more dirty

[thearchiveable]

@vegunited06

tx81z

[richard13408]

i may be wrong but it really sounds liek Gil scott heron-livin in a bottle

[vinyljunkie07]

No you are correct, it is

[djemerge]

Any chance you could upload a template of a logic file of a classic house beats so i can see how it's arranged?

[flujotech]

Good stuff! This is what YouTube is all about. International inspiration. :-)

[jocur]

I FUCKEENG LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[djdiscomikki]

EZ mate really nice programming there ;)

Just wondering where the funk sample is from, as Ive got a house tune on the other side of a funky nassau white label that (I think) uses part of that sample!

By the way, have you released any of your stuff yet coz its wicked!

[cliffmannooo]

indeed.

-> beatport?

[cliffmannooo]

Advantage of synthesizing sound: You can form the cound you imagine. This requires know how or you can learn by trial and error.

There are learning resources on creating your own sounds.

If you want to use the sounds of drummachines like the 909 or 707 without owning them or using the bass sound from a funk record you can do so using a sampler instrument.

The actual sound is based on a recording then and can be tweaked a bit with filters (for sound color) and envelopes (for amplitude and pitch

[cliffmannooo]

to get you started:

basic music programs are called sequencers or DAW (digital audio workstation).

for beginners i would recommend:

on PC: magix music maker, fruity loops, energy xt

on Mac: Garage Band, energy xt

sounds are generated either by synthesizers or by sampler-instruments.

both exist as hard and software.

as software they are added as plug-ins to your DAW (plugin standards: VST, AU, RTAS, DX).

Synthesizers generate the sound out of nothing. ... continued in next comment

[cliffmannooo]

hey Martin.

you`re making a very important point there: the machine doesn`t make the music. the musician makes the music.

that that means is :

creating any kind of art is not as easy as switching on the tv.

you need to get something original out of yourself.

that is work.

it involves but thinking about the creative process and many hours of producing material that you will be throwing away because its not good enough.

eventually you may find something great.

its worth it.

[sardhouse76]

the dj's livining in a bottle.. :) c'mon guys. this is old school (90), the best !! yeah

[toutseen]

Hi, You are very talented. I'm new in production and I want to know how to make this same drum swing with a TR909 emulation in VST ?

[sardhouse76]

you are new? ok, listen listen and listen and.. a deep listen , right?? :) listen with attention and you can do it.

cheers

[ivan00000006]

Nice sound,love the bottle flutes and the congas -they sound very authentic !!

[mark2717]

Who's LOGIC 8 lol

You gotta stop swearing martin

Bull shittttttttttt

[vinyljunkie07]

lol your logic 8 confused my simple little mind hahah I wish I spent more time on your 3000.

Yeah to be honest I have to stop swearing

[djsmithy]

Dope!

[bartlemy]

man thanks for explaining the swing concept- just wish I had this a few years ago when I made tunes....BTW that groove you made sounds wicked!- release it !

[kbow38]

in the bottle sounds hot

[salN7]

great stuff...

[PauloDJ2]

THe samplers you do in the synth?Very good.

[vinyljunkie07]

The drums are multi-samples of a roland tr-909 and some other shit thrown in, the funk sample I sampled from vinyl into the MPC

[tayzer4577]

thx for vid.. question.. how much swing % did you use on that hihat loop? thx again.

[vinyljunkie07]

It was set at 69%

Thanks

[tessatris]

Hey! I don't know much about making electronic music and stuff but I do know that this sounds very good to me! So keep on doing this :)!

[RRKS69]

Nice job man, I've enjoyed alot of your videos.

CHEERS from Chicago,

RRKS

[theycallmeletts]

You're funny dude. And completely right.

Don't bash yourself so much, man. Bein too critical. Considering youre just fuckin round on the MPC, that was a pretty dope loop.

I dont think anyone's expecting you to be droppin studio quality shit if youre just sittin there makin a vid.

That was tight man! Keep it up.

[TR0jAX]

Very nice, is there a way to get those samples ?

[illnacord]

Does swing make it difficult to beat match when mixing?

[vinyljunkie07]

Generaly no

[undacovah]

sounds pretty nice check my vid

[vinyljunkie07]

Thanks, I checked your video and it rocks! Keep at it! Got me inspired to make some music again

[soulfunkcity]

very sneak sounding mate, thats pretty tasty actually, you should make a proper tune and send me it, id play it on my show on chicago house fm. hit me up on here dude and I will give you my msn

[hypercatjohn]

i think this represents the oldskool hardhouse sound quite well x

[housemixpapi]

hay amn i need the name of that im looking to get one ASAP

[vinyljunkie07]

It's an Akai MPC-2000XL, the one I have also has fitted the optional 8 output board, 32Meg of ram, internal zip 250 drive and soon the FX board too (EB-16)

The basic machine only comes with a floppy drive and 2 meg as standard.

[zomarec]

ah and which swing do u use? 56%? 58%?

let me know i'm curious

[vinyljunkie07]

69%

[zomarec]

tnx

[sammyr112]

Nice bro... very nice.

[djayrailway]

5*****

[minsoocapo]

i love your sampler

[djat4ever]

very good tutorial indeed :D ... you explained the basics of house music rhythms here

plus ; you said what's most important : Don't copy anyone ...

great :)

[foddy7]

top draw mate, more like this please.

[ellaskins]

in the favourites!!!!

 nice! j

[vinyljunkie07]

Thanks :-)