Drum and Bass Tutorial: Day 1 pt. 2- EQing a DnB Beat [7 Day Song]

[jmxcore]

making music on my computer frustrates the living shit out of me, but your clear instruction and pleasant voice make it much more than tolerable. i'd even go so far as to say i'm beginning to enjoy it.

[MrPoonmoon]

Really well done. I don't use Reason but you talked about what you were doing in a way that can be applied to whatever tool you choose to use. Beats have always caused me an arse ache, always missing a bit of phattness - so these tuts are really really useful, thanks a lot.

[maldeux]

I am French and I do not understand English, but your tutorial is so explicit that there is no need to understand the language! Thank you.

[hemansx]

@maldeux for a guy who doesnt understand english you speak it pretty damn well

[THEROCKSTARUNIC]

muy buenos videos amigo me funcionan bien de donde puedo descargar refills de dr rex saludos

[lemonhazeblaze]

quality tut nice 1 G

[sixnesss]

Helpful thanks a lot :)

[ThaRealNachoMan]

P.S Your voice is epic

[ThaRealNachoMan]

I love you tutorials, ive done your dubstep one, dirty dubstep and am trying DnB now :D

[cocaincolah]

dont you compress befor EQ??

[hotnovel]

@cocaincolah USUALLY, NOT A RULE THO

[jstevens1983]

Big! I love this series of tutorials, i'm learning Reason on turbo mode! After EQing i really understand the need for monitor speakers, i didn't really hear the difference when adjusting the lower end frequencies through these PC speakers.

[DeejayCalculus]

Awesome tutorial Dave !

[djzilchdotcom]

your tutorials are damn awesome, seriously no amount of textbook can give such learning experience about Reason!

[welshkez]

this has been really good. its nice not having to hear another American tutorial

[5m1nutes]

I find subtractive EQ better.

[audioengulf]

@5m1nutes

Subtractive = corrective

The EQing here is for design, to shape the kick and accentuate the useful frequencies, not to cut out the unwanted ones. ;)

[lucianoyassuda]

very good and simple one!!! u r tha best Dave!

[OFFICIALJAYESS]

Nice tutorials man, i use Logic but the concept is the same, i learned a lot from you, thanks

[Deadly995]

OMG UR VID WOZ TEH COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! eonoeneoneoeoneoneoneoneone!

[Swickful]

Very enlightening aha

[SuperEllaTV]

Good Day, I recently started making music again in Reason. I am using 2.5. However, I have rediscovered why I was so involved in it years ago. I appreciate your site and tutorials.

[akintosh555]

Thanks mate i understand your reasoning for the eqing now which helps alot and can see progress in my work, thanks.

[TheOfficialArmani]

niceee dudee!! thanks a lot :P

[Polarisnight]

Really awesome! Great tutorial!

[CrunchyDubUK]

Sickk

[TheFutech]

Bro, Just watched your tutorials and applied what i have learnt to a track that i have been writting, and i have to say, mean mean mean. Everything is already sounding so much cleaner, crisp and with more punch.

[brentspinner]

Shaweet! Like a lemon! Thanx dude!

[Telekon5]

Nice tip about eqing the kick drum so the bass will have more room to sit properly.

[GetMyOn]

Which drums are you using for your drum kit? I have your pack, but can't find the right drums :[

[Ranzess2]

Thanks mate for this vid! You rock! :)

[amantesexual03]

helppppp.......me what is tne name of the software

[NomNomPlz]

@amantesexual03 Reason 4

[itchydez]

@amantesexual03

Reason 4.0

[amantesexual03]

hi men...what is the name of the program please!!??

[LUNAC0MPLEX]

Hey man, thanks for this... Im new to making music, Spesh DnB and I have learnt to EQ everything hahahaha >.< Production just sounds so much better, takes alot of time but well worth it ^-^ thank you

[Mikestro407]

I'm a Reason fanatic and these tips really improved my mixing! I'll be sure to tune into your videos often.

[DjKron1k]

thanks for the tutorials much appreciated very good work

[choorex]

can i ask why you use the splitter merger? 

[BardicCircle]

@choorex So you can effect both the snares at the same time. With the Spider Splitter/Merger you basically make noth snares one signal so you can EQ and compress it.

[anormalzombie]

It's so awesome of you to provide tutorials like this for free =]

[ChuckBronsonize]

Nice work and thx 4 the help !

[ChuckBronsonize]

Nice work and thx 4 the help !

[DONTBEaBAIT2008]

overstand... tidy

[KaylicksLapurps]

you the shit my fried thanks for the tutorials

[cigarro23]

nice tutorial

[vicecityxxx]

chris brown joke FTW

[marek198821]

B.I.G man....thanks!!!!nice tutorial

[moritzcasperdauner]

thanks!!!

nice tutorial ;)

[NickDenningMusic]

nice. thanks man.

[P4n0r4mA]

just one thing: you should rather CUT when eq'ing your beats than boost, when done CUTTING start boosting the overall level and tadaaa, phat sounds guaranteed :D greets

[energy2809]

massiv respect... nice video ... X)

[praestantia1]

Great! Nice guy as well

[m0lk0]

Good tutorial so far. I'm new to reason and the way you present this tutorial is really easy for me to follow, and i've learned alot within just these 10 - 15 minutes ;p I am working slightly different to you tho. I am using Logic Pro 9. Getting the sounds how i want them in Reason and using Logic to sequence them and adding a few recorded guitars and vocals. 5 Stars... now, back to work ;p

[kimps07]

Reason 4.0

[jordiejonny]

this is just confusing

[madness396]

what program is this?

[BBozhkov90]

thank you!

[JackRipperton]

LOL! "More powerful than Chris Brown's woman beating arm"!! That's funny. Great tut's Dave.

[deftonepsu]

Hahaha! I hear that all the time. It really doesn't matter what you use... it's how you use it.

... and I hear that in other areas too, outside of music. :(

[stchristoph2000]

OMG your vid was WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :D

[xsansax]

thank ya mate i've taken a course and they confused me you just xplanied et much easier

thx alot

[sonic1469]

Can anyone tell me, when you patch into a redrum channel output (that then goes on to the EQ, compressor) is the signal from that channel removed from the redrum main outputs (that go to the 6:2 mixer) ?

[YoungMalcomX1]

what does a compressor do

[sonic1469]

Wikipedia has a good discription. google: Audio Compressor.

[MrTeaB]

inspectorXL helps you find the frequenciees he is talking about. its better to eq by ear but sample selection is kinda important, if your kick and snare are both hitting in the same region you will struggle without pitch shifting them. use inspectorxl whilst auditioning on the master bus- this tip is in chase and status breaks tut ;)

[Ech0Dawn]

to THEJBUK, splash. High end fuzz mate. layer diff samples, hats mainly, whole breaks even, all high passed. have what u want to create the splash high passed, it don't matter if the samples got low/mids, look for samples with nice high fuzzy high end and high pass... high pass high pass high pass lol

[Ech0Dawn]

Nice tut. I go about it a lil diff tho. I start with a Redrum, get the hits, send the kick to EQ and snare to EQ & compression, into a spider, then to a scream set to 'tape', Layer on another kick n snare, send outs of both snares 2 a line mixer and swing them out on the stereo field to about '11 and 1 oclock', it gives the allot snare more clarity. I also draw the beats in on the sequence track rather than use the redrum buttons. after i layer ghosts from cut up Amens e.t.c. with Dr.REXs. peace

[THEJBUK]

Hi man, im not using reason, im on a mac and running logic. Just wondered if you know anything about getting the splash so many drum and bass tracks use. It gives real depth and for me it seems to be the difference between bedroom DJ level tracks and professional sounding dnb. I was looking for a nice crashy rock break to layer to get this. I cant find one anywhere. Let me know if you know anything at all that might help. cheers man, JB

[willdoesthisforfun]

Amen does the job pretty well, just eq out the the mids and lows and add a bit of reverb

[MrBop22]

Wicked man i been usin fl studio n it sux!!!! Only js got reason n tanx to ur vid my beatz r sic!!!!!

[STEAKJOHNS0N]

@MrBop22 fl studio doesnt suck its actually easier to do this in it...

[ChartStalker]

hahaha chris brown's womanbeating arm! nice =D

great tutorials btw!

[therealbutter]

wicked vdieos mate!

[sublimeaudio]

dude, what's wrong when I connect redrum with spider audio, there only the kick drums works and i cannot hear the snares, hihats etc..

[jelleeee2]

gd tutorial goin 2 day 2

[ukmale164]

im confused, you said 1 and 2 are our kick drums, so did you layer the drums, and what else did you layer, i didnt see what you layered

[tomweavin64]

watch part 1..?

[pokerockmario123]

Reason = awesome. It's perfect for DnB.

[vasedeny]

dude! you do whatever you want, i used to use reason, made tracks, eqed that drums the same way, and labels said: it's ok, but sound's like badass. now i use cubase, and looking forward my EP. poor down to hell me again, but my release coming soon :D

[ASTYLEZZZZ]

thats a great job I'd say. thats how the drums shoud be process before the overall eq. The best basic video on this i've seen on youtube!

[elPistao]

sweeeeet... loool

[tuleo554]

good video but you really should have mentioned how you can use the attack setting on the compressor to emphasize the crack/transient

also good comments by Nevrosefromtheashes

[palmex]

Thanks for this mate.

[ypesh]

wicked tutorial man, thanks for uploading this! I'm subbing this.

[nevrosefromtheashes]

instead of saturate but you will have to have eq'd your drums totally flat across the freq range to do this. Again, big up for the vids nice effort, just thought I could lend advice I will post some more tips on your other vids. peace

[palmex]

Excellent advises mate.Together with his tutorial it helped me a lot.Big up for you.

[SparkySubie]

Those are some great tips, do you have a website devoted to sharing your knowledge? :)

[nevrosefromtheashes]

@SparkySubie No mate, I may post some vids in the future though. Only thing is that I dont use Reason anymore. Its too much hardwork to get a nice sound from it. I use Logic 9 now with D16 Devastor, Izotope trash, Psp eq's & psp oldtimer (half a day working on one drum loop in reason = approx 2hrs with plugins in Logic). Apart from the tape setting, Reason has a terrible set of effects - horrid phase distortion in the eq's, aliasing in the synths & compressors.

[nevrosefromtheashes]

right, set damage to around 25% this should squash it all toghther and give it a bit of crunch. i would also consider taking the main outputs from this and run them through malstrom's inputs, turn the filters off and turn on the saturat with the drive around half way, you can also use the sine wave damage ...cont...

[nevrosefromtheashes]

crush the overall peaks gives the drums a togetherness.I would also look at running the drums through Scream on digital setting turn p1 knob around 12oclock, turn p2 all way .cont...

[nevrosefromtheashes]

With the drums as well you have done nothing to the overall mix of them. you have layered but you need to glue it all together so it rolls, you can do this by either compres gently at a low ratio and drving the drum mix into that or push through a maximiser on brick wall setting to ... cont...

[nevrosefromtheashes]

Also you mention eq'ing and you are giving all these standard freq's to boost, it wont work like that. it is all dependant on what pitch your drums are at this will dictate where you cut and boost. you should be looking to remove any resonant freqs first before you go boosting anything. If you just go boosting things you are gonna have no headroom in your mix....

[nevrosefromtheashes]

cont... you should be looking to use the compressors input gain to be getting a decent signal into the compressor before compressing, adjusting the attack and release times & then sorting out the ratio to what sounds smooth & natural while catching the peaks and squashing them. what u r doing there , you basicallly might as well not be using the compressor as it isnt doing much!!! cont.....

[nevrosefromtheashes]

HI mate, nice you are doing a tutorial. Just a couple of tips for you though....

You mention layering drums this is best done in the nnxt so you can line the transients up using the start time knob, you might as well not be layering if you dont have the transients lined up!! You are also using compression properly. On drums you should be looking for around -8 gain reduction for the compressor to be really doing anything to the drums. cont....

[urkomplex]

haha mate ur really cool :)

really nice and helpful tuts...

everything is cool but imo the snare has too much high end in it....maybe thats just matter of taste! thx a lot for tuts! :)

oh and nice voice...lol :D

[djsoon1]

Again, another GREAT Boyinaband Tutorial. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge using Reason!

[Dries15]

This is just what a person needs to learn something properly! please keep this going!:)

[Pieperson277]

Sick!!!

[myfaceispurple]

thanks man....and lol at your chris brown joke! xD

[zipzeezip]

very helpful tut. cant wait for next 1 :)

[DixMerveilles]

ty, let's see what could do with my beat :]

[ukokay]

extremely helpful video, thank you

[Azzieshaw]

thank you

[gitorla13]

Woot new videos !

Make a hardstyle tut maybe ? :D

I mean a better one and a 7 day one :D