Drum and Bass Tutorial Day 7: Mixing & Mastering + The Final Song [7 Day Song]

[munk402]

the drop is good sound like a PENDULUM but i no like rest ;/

[munk402]

please stop dance with mouse..

[TheSoundCenter]

One of my favorite final 7-day songs.

[DubstepVeaxa]

I dunno but this song doesnt given me the feeling, Music Feeling.

[SuperHysy]

omg the lead synth melody is so annoying

[djastralwalker]

21 people listen Spice Girls.

[dthomson80]

did you use sidechaining? if you did, how did you apply it? i make drum n bass in reason, look on soundcloud danny-tee

[Pizuar]

How on earth does it matter if its pendulum style or copy? its a tutorial! And a great one for learners!

[Lucasvansteen]

i don't know how i have to I have to make all that extra sounds you have at the final song.

pls help me

[vanrok]

the synth sounds bad but great tut overall :)

[spulkagent47]

The best thing about these tutorials is the dancing mouse pointer.

[lemonhazeblaze]

DUDE YOU HAVENT SHOULD HOW TO DO ANY OFF THE DIFFCULT PARTS LIKE PASTEIN OUT THE DIFFRENT PARTS OF THE TRAK OR HOW TO ACTULY PUT NOTES IN PROPERLY U SHOW OFF TWAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[sullyskillz09]

@lemonhazeblaze erm this is day 7 check out from day 1 lol u just mugged yourself off lol

[lemonhazeblaze]

@sullyskillz09 yeah ino that lol check out wat i mangaged to make in my uploads acid pro shit in there 2 i lked ur dubstep

[sullyskillz09]

@lemonhazeblaze haha nice to see you took in good spirit bless up. Will check it out nice one for listening in that was my first attempt at the dubstep as im not really into. But thing is my mate runs a big dubstep night that rusko, skream, benga, all played on so i thought make a dub tune maybe get more exposure lol Check out stink like sock enough vids on you tube. the birthday bash ones always good ones. or check out the website they normally do ustreams

[megalupin7]

@lemonhazeblaze I think the point is more showing people how to use the mechanics of Reason and how to build a song rather than to show you what notes to actually play.

[geraintpierce]

sounds crap,no where near pro.and your telling ppl how to master,o dear

[xRedHitmanx]

@geraintpierce And your a pro are you?...

[sullyskillz09]

@geraintpierce so if your a pro why you needing tutorials? he helping loads learn a program fella when u come back with a piece let me know i sit there and give constuctive criticicm like sounds crap. Erm why not say vbeats flat like kate mosses chest or muddy bass mate not sounds crap. pfffft forum fannies by double zero sums u up. "David your teas ready not now mum im just on the internet"

[WuKe217]

To be honest yes, it does sound like Pendulum. But that most drum and bass in general sounds like Pendulum so what's wrong with that? He nailed the genre on the head

[Magnifikate]

Everyone thats saying that this is a pendulum copy, please GO HOME.

[zawmbees]

@Magnifikate Because it fucking is?

[Deadly995]

Dave?:P i know you made 1 vid about dnb but could u make a new with less pendulum and more Dirty Phonics?

[TYDrumnBass]

Who cares if it sounds like pendulum, he made all the basses and synths himself, and then watching this to learn critise him, why don't you make a tutorial this explanitory on everything you do

[MistaMase102]

just one one main thing i want to say. when it came to the drop, you only had it playing for about 8 or 16 bars or watever and then you went straight to a breakdown...thats weird. you seem to know alot about reason but your arrangement is off.

[unfa00]

I love how the mouse pointer is starting to jump from around 5:15 on :D

[misslucyfelix]

youve listened to too much pendulum mate. give it a rest.

[ImperialLobster]

@misslucyfelix Pendulum is the best

[loosfoos]

my song is NOTHING like yours lool, i'm even ashamed to post it ^^, i guess DnB is not my thing

[CV422]

i like the upbeat parts

[dziauzas]

I Created a "song" but there's something wrong...

[unfa00]

@dziauzas What is it?

[guitarsalert]

@dziauzas dude , these words work with his melody ahaha :P sing along with it :D

[UltraPepeOhYeah]

This series is amazing. It is packed with useful tips. I bought the dance music manual but find it so hard to take that information and use is usefully to create tracks. I use Sonar but you were clear enough so that I can transfer this using the step sequencer, sonar effects, beatscape and NI Massive. I have been baffled as to how artists create that rich complex sound in dnb and keep it interesting and stop it getting "muddy". This gives me a great start. I cant thank the author enough.

[kinamod2k]

It's good in individual parts, but I kinda cant find a flow to it if you get me. Like the music's awesome, but some of the parts/sections don't really go. Almost like he's mixing different tracks. Maybe its just that the Drop seems like its a massive mismatch. Got some awesome tips tho. I'm feeling all creative now.

[kennzodnb]

this song sucks!! and this didnt help me. FAIL

[itchydez]

@kennzodnb

If you're a '5 year producer' then you shouldn't need tutorials. Mr.Pro.

[sbookholt]

Hi, great tutorial! I've made my first dnb track after this video. It's attached as video response (Cosmic Xplosion). Hope to get some comments!

[cocodj2010]

JesusChrist!!!.. mate you speak as crazy as the pointer moves around the screen, it seems it has its own life or a spirit has posessed your hand and your even noticed that :D !!!

[TheDjcolb]

Wow... I wish I could do epic tracks like him.

Nice one !

[HUROCK89]

holaaaa

no hablo ingles hablo español, quisiera saber como se llama el programa en que haces el tutorial.

gracias :)

[JORTIZ510]

@HUROCK89 el programa se llama reason 4

[iWriteOink]

what software is this? ... is it better than FL studio? awesome outcome by the way. keep it up brah.

[Braunschweider]

@iWriteOink Reason 4, no idea if better than FL studio, cuz I'm a rookie at using this program, been using Dance Ejay 7 until 3 weeks ago :D

[Shack2102]

@Braunschweider hahaha dance Ejay :D

[DubstepHits]

@iWriteOink this is loads better than FL studio and its called reason 4

[LiNaK37]

@DubstepHits Ha, you're right about one thing.

[sludgewig]

that mastering advice was no help at all

[dayv619]

check out the song i did in my channel with the help of daves tutorials

i didnt have anything to record vocals in it so i put the vocals of a david guetta song

anyways check it out i would appreciate any feed back or tips to make me better

[kucikaz]

3:24 for his final song! UP!

[Psicloone]

Are you qualified to make a hard beat track like Prodigy`s stuff?

[hitmachine8]

pretty good tutorial. I think i won't use reason, but still learned quite a bit!

[KryptoDubstep]

VERY pendulum,but nice

[zangderak]

Nicely done! I learned a lot from this. Thank you very much. :)

[JuzeOne1]

nice tutorial man!

plese check my first dnb song ;D

[schaduw80]

good song ;o

[tobbih96]

any chance you could tell me the name of the song, I really like it on my iPod ;D

[lolalu0]

@tobbih96

Its called Boyinaband - Drum and Bass 7 Day Song .

if u read the description u can see that u can buy the song on iTunes and Amazon...

[mev0007]

I mean the song :)

[mev0007]

freshhh.. can I download the vid? :D

[InteriorMonster]

Thanks Dave from Boy In A Band!! If learned alot from this 7days tutorial :)

GREETZ

[BadmanBigzy]

You could have gone into more detail about how to do a good mixdown. Although, as it happens, I think mine turned out pretty alright.

Please have a listen here:

link

All comments welcome. Especially from Dave - cheers for the tutorial dude. I've def got the producer bug now!

:-D

[BadmanBigzy]

@BadmanBigzy Note to self - helps when you actually provide the link! Except now it's not working :(

[BadmanBigzy]

@BadmanBigzy link didn't work so watch this space

[DJG00Se1]

ACE!!

[DJG00Se1]

ACE!!

[MarkMensinkMusic]

Hey David and others,

At first I'd like to thank you (David) for your tutorials, I really learned a lot from those.

Could you please listen to my first DnB attempt and maybe give me some tips?

Thanks!

[GYOUYOUYOU]

Thanks dude !!!

Afters years of DNB djaying, and unsuccessfull Reason use, i finally get the psychologic step to take a Reason lesson.....

And i couldn't expect better !

Continue that way !

[djvoiceless]

i need to download this frickin pice of music!!!

[w23trhfyer]

I adore Reason and your tutorial is very good... But the results are ever "unprofessional" despite the efforts. why reason sounds ever flat? ( i talk of stereo placing and space feeling in depth ) hi frequencyes seems "cutted" and tangled themselves, even if I use quality samples? is all the fault of my mistakes in the mix?

[WhispererRO]

excellent tutorial from beginning to end. I rediscovered Reason thanks to this.

[Hightower2804TP]

3:16 - 3:22 =D

out of breath ?

[djbasssick]

Nice tutorilas..,it helped pretty much..,THNX..,one bad thing is too much forcing Thor :( it's awesome but i prefer using malstrom.

[1DjSubosC]

Raving Mouse Pointer!! you jus don't see enough of that about, ACE, lol

[privatehuff]

Are the notes you used for this posted anywhere? I LOVE the sound and would like to recreate it to get the music-theory-insight. GREAT tutorials man!

[SonyGuy96]

I LOVE IT

[ultimategrow]

goood, but i think that using beat in intro part, is not so gōod because the surprise moment is not so great anymore. cheers :)

[hdbuster18]

Dancing mouse cursor ftw!

[pokerockmario123]

Hold your colours against the wall when they took everything away...

Sick Final Song!!

[nevermute]

I like the mouse pointer dancing :P

[casparams]

Your tutorials are always top notch (everyone should check out his newer ones). Thanks for the help with Reason 4!

[NemesisRecordings]

Mate, you make a lot of very helpful tutorials, not exactly the kind of Drum and Bass that I like but who cares. Thanks a lot for the handy tips, I like to learn as much as I can, even though I know quite a bit about reason, you can always learn more (how else are you gonna get any better). Maybe you could check out my tunes, they are up on my channel if you want to have a listen.

[cumshottah]

hi dave..i am very intersted in producing (dnb) with reason but I have a question: youtube limits the sound quality very much, right..?.I know, that reason sounds much better..(I have the Demo version^^) you see, i`m not (yet) really into it but I want to start now ..thanx for your enormis help through your tutorials!

[elveto88]

i hear software rather then music ;p  much respect tho, helped me a lot in cleaning my productions

[viztavideoz]

that song name is pendulum - propane wet nightmares o.o

[jayclown]

i have to say your tutorials help alot, your dubstep tutorial helped me out, so thanks mate.

[sauvagemusic]

what the hell is this

[KodeBmac]

Top stuff. both tutorials for DnB and Dubstep are excellent i love the fact how you made them both in a Pendulum and Rusko sound style

[Caldeth]

Damn nice! Helped as well, thanks!

[WolfNinja13]

This 7 day tutorial has tought me SOOOOOO MUCH :D... Thank you very much my friend :) Ill try to show you what I made with you lessons here :P but ofcourse I cannot call it my own song, since I was helped trough it all like a helpless baby :P

If I get famouse and win some reward, I will most certainly thank you in my speach XDXDXD lol

[jumpupdnbdj]

Where is video 6 dude?

[majinforceproduction]

What happened to the Day 6 video? All the rest of the videos are fresh. Keep rollin out more vids.

[MoralDnB]

veryy nice, mastering is very important. but can somtimes be overrated... so dont over do it, cos its easy to do that... sounds like a very pendulum inspired track :P

if you think im a hipercrit cos my tracks have shit mixdowsn, dont go by that, they are befor i learnd and practiced mastering... learn by my mystakes... dont get impatient and just do what needs doing... :) good luck and peace x

[KILLADANINJA]

Lol You seem to get lot`s of haters, No doubt because you control reason better than them. I personally like your tutorials and sarcasm. I'm not a Reason user myself..... Well I import/export loops to use its most valuable tool, that obviously being SCREAM 4. Anyhow my questions are, are you a student , and what is your day job.

[K0lsyr4]

Hi.. I dont know in with of yours tutorials, but you said that you cant do Automation on thor if its inside a combinator. Yes you can. Just right click on the button you want to automatize =)

[blimpy420]

what program is that

[BCFCSEAN]

mate stop listening to pendulum and making shit tunes like this.

[skankindjedi]

maybe you could give me the frequenties in witch the upper bass , lower bass , pads , leads etc are most common used in dnb .

[rawmethoduk]

Thanks for the tutorial Dave, really helpful stuff, all credit due to you mate. I have been making tracks on reason for years now but you have shown me stacks of stuff I didnt know, it's pretty damn tough to just find out how to use all the different fx etc if your self taught.

[tom8fallon8]

I know its basic and everything but it does sound wank :D

[alnaka1]

Dave your a legend, started laying some good sounds down my tune is coming on a treat.

[MrLewstep]

thankyou for the tuts man you always post great vids

[Lucait]

Honestly this dnb is not my cup of tea at all (mostly into Alix perez,spectrasoul,icicle and so) but you really kind to share your knowledge with us.big up!

[youXgotXpwnd]

which program do you use?

[bitchsillyjimmy]

wtf does this guy do for a living?? a dj ? producer ? wha.. hes siiik

[MrHowr]

very helpful tutorials mate

[IllegalMavamaarten]

This sounds pretty good.

What did I say?

I MEAN AWESOME !!!!!!!!

Seriously, you're (almost) the god of Dnb !

[Djgstar]

cheesy little number u gimp

[rottendub]

@Djgstar hahaha man ur comment actually had me pissin myself

[SammyBadbwoiBeatz]

Thanks for the Tutorial....this has really helped me to make a good solid dnb beat...

[NoEoRoVoEoGoAoSo]

you might also want to automate in realtime your lfo rate for the main bass because it will be more of a lead to the song like its suppose to

[Zkrudriverz]

drum n bass sounds pretty funny^^ drum  and......BASS

[joediditagain]

Yeah you're basics are nice but the only things that are worth taking from this are your reese and pad. ;)

[WamBamMamma]

Excellent videos. Are the Rns files available to download?

[Luke989589]

HI DAVE !!

U ARE MUSIC JESUS

:) but seriously, thanks a lot mate, i have been using reason for a few weeks and am absoloutely loving it. Passing on knowledge like this realy appreciated throughout the music industry. i have only just started making tunes but have been djing for a few years and my understanding of the sounds used has expanded greatly from your tutorials. keep it up dude !!!!!!

[djtnt73]

these tutorails are mint just getting into drum n bass,my usual style is house.Thank you very much as these thtorails will realy help alot.

[STEAKJOHNS0N]

reese is nice

[EuropeanBreakdown]

The Mixing / Mastering is the hardest part for me somehow...

[rouncer81]

@EuropeanBreakdown i find i can get the drop then i just cant be bothered making the rest hehe

[mindlessranter]

Great set of videos man!

I want to see a industrial seven day tutorial!

[EuropeanBreakdown]

Yeah all your tutorials are really helpful and fun! This song I also don't like...

[AurisDJ]

Well im sorry but i didint like your song, but the TUT IS SUPER AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! i love ur tuts i make music now :D :D :D ty

[DjVenko]

The tutorial is good but the song-not

[CrackaCrackson]

Im pretty sure hes making the basic of basic songs, if he were to give away all his secrets to making a sicker track, then joe blow the dj would be blowing up spots all over the world!

[JayBee0212]

hey dave i like your tutorial. i posted a vid response any comments would be much appreciated. mainly final mix, clearer drums that sorta thing. cheers man :)

[Seanojl]

good stuff

[lacha1993]

booring..

[AquilaChris]

Great tutorials - learning so much from these! Like how you're not only getting inside a genre, but inside current trends within that genre too! spot on :)

[boldswede]

where did you learn all this?

[Domoeko]

you shud upload the rns file to ur website so people can download it and mes around with this tune xD

[ChaosStep]

i think he intends on us making something original from his tutorial. which is the best way about it.

[mindlessranter]

isn't it enough he shows you how to make it?

[getyahaircut]

Who ever was taking the piss out of this blokes voice is a fucking muppet.

Daves well alright , and your lucky to even get tutorials as good as these for free, cuz i know he used to charge for the reason 3 tutorials.

[Tobu02]

Thanks for uploading man, i'm an FL Studio user, but i still find this video helpful.

I'll head back to the DNB song i'm currentlyworking on and see if i've mastered it properly.

[No1Melman]

There is one crazy mouse cursor!

[scottsinthehouse]

Spot on tutorial. Can't thank you enough. Would love some suggestions on the track I've posted

[rayvr]

new tune, posted as a response, had a problem with my computer lost the RNS file during a whipe :( so it was never finished

Ultra - I Whispered, No.

[wwwboyinabandcom]

Maybe you should watch some different tutorials then :)

[rawmethoduk]

Couldnt fit my whole response above lol. I would like to see tutorials on manipulating various sounds, the kind of stuff like the pitch bend routing fx you showed in the Thor instance. Thats the stuff I'd really like to get my teeth into. Also I would like to learn how to make sounds that talk to each other like Deadmau5' Ghost's n Stuff. Anyway, cheers again man, Legendary!!! :p

[wwwboyinabandcom]

Yeah, I go to Eton, have tea and crumpets on a regular basis and spend my summers in my manor house somewhere in Windsor.

[CompositionWeekly]

Lmfao :)

[sonic1469]

Might I suggest, if your ever feeling a little rebellious, you try some Pimms and cucumber sandwiches on the lawn :-) I'm from Torquay, but now live in Australia. Am a big fan of your work. G-day from down under.

[blackblackgrey]

He speaks very clearly, and I like his voice. I don't need to replay it to hear what he was saying and It just sounds nice ^_^

[EoinOBroinMusic]

This is a really great song Dave, thanks alot for the tips. I just made a new song with reason, and I posted it as a response. Check it out and tell me what you think!

[hazzhall88]

Nice track, not keen on the chorus but love the delayed synth line in the verse. Check out my new dnb song dirty harry!

[x2cbx]

Thanks alot for the tutorials, Learned alot *2nd day with reason, and this tutorial helped so much.. Wooo!!! :]

[voxpopulistudio]

nice one

tnx

[bdavidbdavid92]

reminds me on pendulums older track

not that bad :D * * * *

[rayvr]

i had to reupload my "Jelly Doughnut" its remastered, a nice snappier snare with some nice mids in it 2, let me know what u think

[Bluesage2009]

i shouldn't say that, you are creating, just i don't feel your calling on inspiration.

[Bluesage2009]

Very formulaic :( .

It's cohesive, but it's lacking.

Rather then creating your are reconstructing.

EG: It's a bit limp.

[wwwboyinabandcom]

This is exactly that - reconstructing an existing style so other people can learn from it.

If I was making a song just for creative purposes, I'd do something very different - google my band "You and What Army" if you want to hear my creativity rather than a tutorial :)

[daveputts7]

you the man! this has helped me so much.

only thing missing was how to make a break down? still im blown away, have leant more in the last two evenings thani would in like 6 months!

[elveto88]

hi, could u give an overview on how u divide your instruments over your spectrum? Tnx

[andig97]

i wouldnt wanna show you my beats coz you would have a heart attack from the drop.

[t2max1234]

haha im sure mate

[andig97]

suck on my chocolate salty balls.. put em in your mouth and suck em!

[bethhhomoside]

basically mr. andig97 has no balls or production skills for him to think that this guy here is talkin shit, hes the real dealo man, stop pretendin! people like you, arrogant, cocky cunts with no talent shouldn't listen to dnb man, get off your arse nd start postin some of your own original shit man, i hate people like you!

[DanDMT90]

andig97 post a link to a tune of yours then, you cant says shit about anybody else's if you canit do any better

[James0121MC]

this is a tune , i love it. :)

[andig97]

mate that tune sounds so wank hahaha

[t2max1234]

show us one of ur beats then.

ar u even a producer?

cuz if u were u wud know that this guy knows wat hes talkin about

nice tutorial boyinaband, u may hav inspired me to make a jump up tutorial!

[andig97]

my tunes would shit all over everything you stand for.

[t2max1234]

wey go on then link me one of ur beats so i can take a listen

[andig97]

u suck donkey balls.

[t2max1234]

u suck ur own mothers bleeding clit u daft fuckin twat

[t2max1234]

we will see mate, we will see

[t2max1234]

u stll havnt linked me one of ur tunes... hav u even got any?

[rayvr]

re-posted my video as a response, remastered resampled = win :D TY BOYINABAND

[killatilla112]

i finally finished my try after seeing these tuts :D after twice before accidently deleting my masterpiece which would have sold millions, and then forgetting how i did it :( the finished product isnt as good as the 1st 1 i deleted :D but i still finished sth!!

[thebasshipeu]

Hi Dave, you inspired me with your vid for my Tarred and feathered tune. big ups for that. Jay

[killatilla112]

epic song :D 2 bad mine doesnt sound close 2 dat :P i cant handle the reese and sub bass' :(

[SkatingSy]

the reese and sub bass is fcking hard to make so i looked at his notes, and made the same but with a few other notes :)

[MassiveSoundCanada]

Hey Dave,

I got another idea I worked on which was inspired by these tutorials, do you mind if I post another video response?

[rayvr]

mate i fucking love ur tutorial, alowd me to create a tune that i love :D, constructive comments plz guys :)

im still learning

[MassiveSoundCanada]

Hey Dave,

Thanks for accepting my video response. I will be terminating my old youtube account "MassiveZound", and I will be using this one for now on.

I look forward to watching more of your tutorials.

Thanks again!