7 MUST-DOS TO IMPROVE YOUR DROPS! | Drum and Bass Tutorial 2021

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7 tips to make more powerful drops. This beginner Ableton music production tutorial can be used for Drum and Bass, Dubstep, Bassline and EDM music.
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0:00 Intro
0:47 The Track
1:38 Tip 1 - Automate FX
3:36 Tip 2 - Dynamic Drum Rolls
6:22 Tip 3 - Pause Before Drop
8:34 Tip 4 - Risers and Impacts
9:57 Sponsored Message
11:02 Tip 5 - Drum Fill
12:37 Tip 6 - Mute the Drums
13:40 Tip 7 Random Delayed Sounds
14:50 Full Sequence
16:26 Listen to the Track
17:36 Final Thoughts

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@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/stranjah09211

@atdfilms360 2 жыл бұрын

I already have a Skillshare account but I'll definitely check your tuts. Thank you !

@NRTKDNB 2 жыл бұрын

Using FL for many years but this channel learned me a lot

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@kryold3550 2 жыл бұрын

Bro your tutorials have been fire lately. I find myself recreating all your bass patches and then modifying them, or using the stuff I learned from them to modify a different patch, and ending up with crazy new results. So glad I've found your channel, keep at it!

@CoyTheobalt 5 ай бұрын

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@kryold3550 5 ай бұрын

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@OllyF 2 жыл бұрын

Pro tip for the drop: Try adding an impact/explode sample on the first kick of the drop and filter out low end so it doesn't clash with the kick. Also try a crash on the 1st beat of the drop and try adding some white noise with fast decay 🙏

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I was so focus on the before the drop I forgot this!

@OllyF 2 жыл бұрын

@@STRANJAH it happens mate don't worry! Your videos are excellent either way! 😊

@thomasvervaet1443 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on your taste but I like the buildup to have a lot of noise/high frequencies, then have the drop be minimalistic and just loads of sub

@OllyF 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasvervaet1443 yeh mate I feel you! 😊 That cab also work really well sometimes

@jewyboy4000 Жыл бұрын

What does white noise actually do ? I've had people suggest this before and I don't quite understand it

@theoracle7463 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot my favourite way to add impact, dip the volume of most of the sounds slowly till the drop then bump them all back up adds so much impact

@iantrigue6159 2 жыл бұрын

absolute quality, I'm learning so much from these tutorials. Having listened to DnB for the last 20 years finally understanding how its made has been truly eye opening

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to bring that knowledge!

@effectsworks2106 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic vid! Thanks.

@shadowalker101 2 жыл бұрын

These really are incredibly helpful for new producers! All your videos are gold thanks for this!

@resonatingergonomicsdnb2426 2 жыл бұрын

Addressing the power of silence is great. Love drum rolls. Good simple insight there.

@coresk1420 7 ай бұрын

Awesome tutorial

@witchdoctorwise 2 жыл бұрын

I'm obsessed with these tuorials and I've never even made drum and bass (used to make jungle/hardcore on my Amiga with Octamed back in 93-95 when I was in my mid-teens and then moved on to making hip-hop and synthy electronica). It's made me want to give it a go though. To be honest I like the intro on this in itself as a kind of skippy hiphoppy beat that could have rap vocals on.

@sramirez1906 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be coming back to this one again and again. Big up Stranjah!

@ryangunz2390 2 жыл бұрын

So good my friend. You are an immeasurable value on production, thank you for what you do! 🙏

@rezilient 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of these techniques I’m using! Very impactful indeed ❤️

@ambedo_bass 2 жыл бұрын

super helpful vid thanks again stranjah

@LinardsBerzins 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks for the knowledge

@massimofurness7074 2 жыл бұрын

Such a sick vid, thank you Stranjah

@Tati108 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🎉

@AndySo2000 Жыл бұрын

Always got to rewatch a lot of your vids when I'm about to finish a track. Leaving a comment to help the cause. Keep it going man, digging the tips!

@Guntherthefool 9 ай бұрын

Great tips

@Numocron 2 жыл бұрын

Wow man this is such an awesome Drum & Bass tutorial I love it. Big up Stranjah.👊

@TheLeekyFeeder 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this! Big Up!

@sramirez1906 10 ай бұрын

Love it!

@alienzarereal5326 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the wonderful informative content, your amazing bro

@Lucait 2 жыл бұрын

i needed you few years ago dude!

@4pparatus Жыл бұрын

Noted. Good show sir. My evolution continues.

@danecustance2734 2 жыл бұрын

Legend, thanks.

@lecosmique 2 жыл бұрын

Nice1! Definitely going to focus on working these tips in to some upcoming projects. 🙌

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Wicked!

@buzzandjim4265 2 жыл бұрын

IM IN!!! Look forward to another great tutorial. Thanks again Stranjah. Learned more from you than any other manz. You will go to Jungle heaven. Brap!!

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you man!!

@itsfadey 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely smashed it again as per! Stranjah a real one for this

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@venumsound 2 жыл бұрын

Big up man. please do a video on that wobble bass 🔥

@apoplexiamusic 2 жыл бұрын

More really useful tips and techniques from the almighty Stranjah!!!! Thank you for your awesome content!

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Most welcome man!

@amundbisgaard7295 Жыл бұрын

You rock, man.

@SPURME 2 жыл бұрын

Love Your vids 😋

@jackchilly1 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are easily the best tutorials man, you break it down so well! Id love it if you could make a 'How to make a dnb bootleg of a non dnb track' video tutorial in future?

@jointjuian8847 2 жыл бұрын

Hey stranjah thank you so much for your production videos. Have you thought about doing some sort of community drum and bass contest? Maybe with some sort of giveaway or something. I think alot of people would love to watch such a thing

@drewtoolive3612 2 жыл бұрын

Each tip is on point. Whether you are new to production or not. It's great to get insight into creating urgency, tension and release, responses etc... My workflow gets better after every video. I appreciate all the drum and bass nuances you go through. Coming from years of breaks and house production there's overlap surely but to get real pro. All you video content is shaving years off my transition to dnb. Big UP!!!

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man glad you agree with the tips!

@hardboiled2000 2 жыл бұрын

Really gnarlly

@MoodyTunesLive 2 жыл бұрын

absolute banger!

@buffalonation8248 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice !

@Hazmat8612 Жыл бұрын

You're the best bro

@kannabotanika4958 9 ай бұрын

Stranjahs tutorials are really helpful.. I’ve watched them all and they have been a great resource.. thanks for everything you do!!

@STRANJAH 9 ай бұрын

Cheers for watching them all! I mean, that's commitment or maybe punishment, I can't decide. If my tutorials are the highlight of your day, we both need a drink. Seriously though, really chuffed to be part of your journey, mate. Onwards and upwards

@blueberrimuffin6682 3 ай бұрын

@@STRANJAH DnB is infecting you. All that UK music rots the brain. Nobody outside of Great Britain says "chuffed."

@Beany58 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@bilal-ahmedawan4078 2 жыл бұрын

love that koto

@noahrathje8976 Жыл бұрын

Making things wide or narrow (and reversing it again) also works well

@corinthompson95 2 жыл бұрын

Also adding a crash or white noise exhaust at the start of the drop can help.

@New_Gaming_Chair 2 жыл бұрын

🔥 🔥 Im excited to use these tips. Wub

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@tomenward4120 2 жыл бұрын

One more trick you missed, is filtering the lows out of the main bassline and introducing it in the intro, however it wont sound nice with EVERY bassline, its mainly the stabby jump up types in my experience! big ups as always mate!

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that’s a dope trick it wouldn’t be right for this tune tho. I like doing it for reesier basslines. There’s more tricks will have to do another video

@georgiabliss2745 2 жыл бұрын

excellent tutorials, thank you so much!

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Most welcome. Spice Agony is dope. Good job!

@georgiabliss2745 2 жыл бұрын

@@STRANJAH ohh thank you for listening!

@version12001 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!!! I’ve been struggling with energy implementation. I’ll definitely give these techniques a go.

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it really sucks when you work on a song for long you stop hearing it as it is, so then you finally commit to recording it and once it's done you realize you forgot to filter out the bass before one of the drops, so it just goes from bass to more bass; I was so focused on the actual programming and energy in the drums & fills to make room and control the energy that it gave me tunnel vision to where I didn't even notice the other elements I should have been bringing in & dropping out.

@version12001 2 жыл бұрын

@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol My issue is similar. I tend to focus more on music theory. This typically results in a dull and boring piece. Hopefully I’ll be able to add a sense of vitality to my work soon.

@henriquematias1986 2 жыл бұрын

amazing stuff as usual! i actually prefer to do volume automation on the FADER because it will be easier to visualise stuff and then use the UTILITY as a GAIN/TIRM knob if you need to "mix it".. (((( :

@michaelfinster4405 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@georgebogdan3 2 жыл бұрын

The best teacher

@danielrhoads8676 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! And thanks for the follow up of recommended videos 🙌. Do you remember a while ago you made a video "most common bass lines for DnB"? It would be neat for another future video top 10 kick and snare rolls for DnB. Like variations of MIDI note patterns. Some producers such as "A.M.C" does his kick rolls before the drop with no filtering just all in your face 😄. That would be a great follow up video to this. Variations of kick and snare rolls. Great video Stranjah! I just finished the whole thing right now. Keep em coming.

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion thx Daniel!

@ColonelMuppet 2 жыл бұрын

@@STRANJAH I second Daniel’s proposal! I liked the tip in this one with the Tom roll. Thanks again for all the good work. The way you put together your videos so professionally is second to none.

@wired-up5677 2 жыл бұрын

This was more of an Intro buildup tutorial but still really helpful

@djkrptdnb 2 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for the copy paste on that vocal 😉

@upintime 2 жыл бұрын

Up💯 brilliant 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

thank you

@djghostmode 2 жыл бұрын

that flute sample is used in maozon and c-show "rave alone" :D

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

No way haha nice!

@AlistairMaxwell77 2 жыл бұрын

i like old school minimal drops .. an eirie pad , couple of fx , a sample . hold the tension . everything now is sp brash and loud ....

@cestinasimp9234 8 ай бұрын

That flute on the break is nutty🥴

@ghostcoder3342 2 жыл бұрын

you could also fade in slowly a combination of hi/low pass filters and also reduce the stereo width, all at the same time.. fade it in slowly and gently, so that the listener did not reallise the change.. at the beginning of the drop you simply turn this effects off and it feals like the drop slamms in aggain with much more power. this trick you cann use again and again and it feels like the next part got more power than the part before which is not really true but the effect is huge.

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Yes advanced tricks here thx for that!

@DJSNCE1212 2 жыл бұрын

Loving this big man, great stuff as always. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial for the double bass kinda bassline a-la Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag. One of my favourite tunes and a sound I've heard in many other tracks. Never been able to recreate it.

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea will look into it

@alexwild1435 2 жыл бұрын

The thing about Roni Size is he recorded real double bass and made loops from it so it’s hard to recreate that sound unless you’ve got access to musicians. Unless you can find some great samples or a really good software instrument.

@resonatingergonomicsdnb2426 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexwild1435 Maybe do a fiver or soundbetter collab with stranjah video would be dope with an upright bassist. Good point about live bassist.

@Official_RIDM Жыл бұрын

that drop is sooo delicious!

@Rawwb 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU AGAINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

@stefanoricchiuti3726 2 жыл бұрын

ok, i just need to ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffiiilter in... :D Thanks man, i like your videos!

@cipsleten505583789 8 ай бұрын

This man is a tresure

@hiddemoens82 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Do you have any tips for building to the second drop?

@professorpancakes6545 2 жыл бұрын

Just do the same thing, but different.

@stenchybeats 6 ай бұрын

Still a great vid. 🤙🏻

@shumwei9585 2 жыл бұрын

Where's that brass from? It sounds great - also any recommendations for software instruments (for things like brass , strings ect)?

@bikeninja956 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the share! super helpful. After a thousand years of trying to figure out how to get those red lines....I accidently figured out that "A" turned on and off automations......lmao. Gotta love intuitive software design :(

@JJRocheO 2 жыл бұрын

Can we get more footwork tutorials 🙏 that footwork grime was next level 🤯

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Will do!

@cidthesloth1430 Жыл бұрын

Hey stranjah if you see this I would love to know how you made those basses in the drop

@hardboiled2000 2 жыл бұрын

Regardless of genre, my drums always sounds crappy, I dont know if im picking the wrong sounds or im not mixing it right can you do a video?

@rogermar8646 2 жыл бұрын

Man your tutorials are so 🔥 ! Thanks for this tutorial! Helping newbies like me level up!

@dredhok 2 жыл бұрын

Heads up. I'm a BIG FAN when you see my tracks know you helped me get them where I need them. Love you. Thank. 💕

@dredhok 2 жыл бұрын

If you're into music theory,studying fugues will save you lots of time when trying to keep things interesting

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Bigup man keep it up!

@jamescowie9940 Жыл бұрын

I’m the first tip, how did you get the red line to appear on the track that you can manipulate by clicking and dragging to change the filter?

@XxMelena97Xx 2 жыл бұрын

THAT WOBBLE I JUST CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT. any tuttorial how to make it?

@dojibwe1 2 жыл бұрын

I know this will have many answers, but in your opinion, how many bars should an intro ride before the first drop?

@Jake-ef6wx 6 ай бұрын

How do you make that wobble sound on the drop?

@MiesFM 2 жыл бұрын

Stranjah never misses

@liquefactiondnb 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man.. quality channel. Just starting out any advice for a good starter software package. Thanks in advance 👊👊

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Serato Studio is for free to get your hands wet, also I think there was a version of Reaper that was for free. Otherwise I definitely recommend Ableton plus VITAL VST (The free version)

@mauvaise_machine 2 жыл бұрын

Try different DAWs (FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Reason, Bitwig) if you get a chance and see which ones suits you best. Start with the stock plugins; as you will progress, your tastes and needs will evolve. Learn different types of synthesis (subtractive, granular, FM) and mixdown techniques as well. Luckily this channel covers most of these parts really well. I can recommend Vital as a synth (it's free and really powerfull, quite similar to Serum/Massive type of synths)

@liquefactiondnb 2 жыл бұрын

@@mauvaise_machine thanks ill check them out. Much appreciated 🙏

@liquefactiondnb 2 жыл бұрын

@@STRANJAH thank your videos have certainly opened my eyes. And appreciate your efforts 👌

@zorawarsingh327 2 жыл бұрын

Brother of bleu clair

@alexwild1435 2 жыл бұрын

What are your thoughts on how long the intro should be? Are we past the era of needing 1-2 minutes of intro for mixing now most people don’t play vinyl? Its still an artistic choice I suppose.

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

My recent writing style lends itself to short 16-32 bar intros. However, I commend those who are bringing back deeper, evolving musical structures with longer development.

@TheKg77 2 жыл бұрын

the long intro for mixing wasnt a great idea with vinyl. i never got why 1 min of pads then some hihats before a crazy intro beat was good for mixing in a club, in terms of monitoring and beat matching.. i would of thought with digital dj sync tempo and all tunes been made to quantized grids, long intros would work alot easyier without vinyl...iam finding with digital mixing i can extend/mash up intros alot more in an attempt to avoid the repetitive cycle of a new drop every 2 min.so yes very much an artistic choice :}

@V-MeO 2 жыл бұрын

how do i get that red line to come up

@frass541 Жыл бұрын

whats this vocal jeez🔥

@codezerodnb Жыл бұрын

Bro I memba you from the ICQ days!

@TRTSMTT 2 жыл бұрын

I really like to fade in a rising shepard before the drop.

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a new term, that is definitely a cool thing to use before the drop.

@dat1boi800 2 жыл бұрын

Tell me your gonna release this🤯🤯

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

Will finish it

@NappySoldier 2 жыл бұрын

word drum&bass family

@LDPBreaks 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@saucymoon7134 2 жыл бұрын

Do you delete your videos? I was looking for some I saw from before that are now gone.

@adampodell9775 2 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly deceased at that drop, wtf

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

LOL glad it had impact

@papibrown494 Жыл бұрын

What’s the track ID?

@dannysaavedra1855 Жыл бұрын

bro do a bass line drop

@STRANJAH 2 жыл бұрын

😀 What's your fave track with the hardest drop???

@New_Gaming_Chair 2 жыл бұрын

Skream - In For The Kill (jcomma & ARCS Bootleg)

@mr.f_dnb 2 жыл бұрын

At the moment it's mozey - 2 fat ladies, and dj dilate - killer. Also really loving the sound design in the track smoggy - goth tackle (JTR remix). 🔥

@DubwiseJunglist 2 жыл бұрын

Stakka & Skynet feat Konflict - Bios-Fear

@fuckface8842 2 жыл бұрын

sandstorm 😂

@bryanmatthews5902 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to come up with one fav, but Signal by DJ Fresh is a top one for me. Cant wait to watch this video after work today. Been waiting for you to do a video on drops!! Big ups.