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EDM Production Techniques: Extreme Sound Mangling

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Overview

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Make electronic dance music that stands out with these extreme sound-mangling techniques. Learn how to use vocoders, flangers, distortion, and more, to create a unique sound.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
1. Innovative Vocoder Techniques
  • Vocoder principles
  • Vocoder effect: Shine on Me
  • Vocoder effect: Baby robot
  • Vocoder effect: Underwater android
  • Vocoder effect: Rhythmic white noise
2. Pitch Shifting, Frequency Shifting, and Using Ring Modulation
  • Pitch shifting, frequency shifting, and ring-mod principles
  • Pitch-shifter effect: Mangling drum loops in Melodyne
  • Ring-mod effect: Wonky drums
  • Frequency Shifter effect: Liquid Bassline, part one
  • Ring-mod effect: Ring-mod demon
3. Creating Dramatic Effects with EQ and Filters
  • Filter/EQ principles
  • Filter effect: Shine on Me arpeggiation
  • EQ effect: Dark Secret, part one
  • Filter effect: Drum Destroyer
  • Filter effect: Pad Madness
4. Creative Uses for Time Stretching
  • Time-stretching principles
  • Time-stretching effect: Dark Secret, part two
  • Time-stretching effect: Deep dive
5. Getting Weird with Granular Processing
  • Granular principles
  • Granular effect: Crazy Beautiful
  • Granular effect: Frozen in Time
  • Granular effect: Sick fills
6. Enhancing Harmonic Content with Distortion
  • Distortion principles
  • Distortion effect: Turning a drum loop into a bassline
  • Distortion effect: Evil intro
  • Distortion effect: Biting arp
  • Distortion effect: Dubstep Motorcycle
7. Adding Modulation and Movement with Flange, Phase, and Chorus Effects
  • Flange, phase, and chorus principles
  • Flange effect: Dark Secret, part three
  • Flange effect: Liquid Bassline, part two
  • Chorus effect: Shimmer
8. Unique Uses of Reverb
  • Reverb principles
  • Reverb effect: Poltergeist
  • Reverb effect: Ghost Vinyl
  • Reverb effect: Mother Ship
  • Reverb effect: Rising High
9. Using Delay in Nonstandard Ways
  • Delay principles
  • Delay effect: Sunrise
  • Delay effect: Beat Comber
  • Delay effect: Wide Load
  • Delay effect: Move It
10. Using Glitches and Stutters for Rhythmic Effects
  • Glitch principles
  • Glitch effect: Flange Glitcher
  • Stutter effect: Spin Cycle
  • Stutter effect: Feel the Feel
  • Glitch effect: Dark Secret, part four
  • Glitch effect: Psytrance glitch rhythms
  • Glitch effect: Liquid Bassline, part three
11. Exploring a Selection of the Twisted System Vol. 1 Sample Pack Loops
  • Synth bassline: Big Bully
  • Vocal multi-effect: All Robots Go to Heaven
  • Build-up techniques: Here Come the Clowns
  • Arpeggiator: Broken Record
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

J. Scott Giaquinta

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