5 Tips for Realistic Drums that Slap

[@Pianoandguitarplaywr]

i'll consider this as my Christmas gift from you lol THANKS!

[@maxkonyi]

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[@ascensionsongs9262]

Max - I'm so pleased that I discovered your channel. I've been following other great mentors like Joe Gilder and Gregor but I have an especially great appreciation for how detailed your tutorials are. I never have to stop and try to figure out what you just did - the detail and repetition built in to your presentation does it all. I'm an older guy with a degree in music from a long time ago - prior to MIDI! I've been composing and recording with ProTools for about 15 years and switched over to Studio One 2 years ago. You are making my life so much easier! Thanks.

[@maxkonyi]

Great to hear! Thank you for the comment. Please let me know if you have any questions

[@astateofturbulence]

Really great breakdown of humanization and what it can do to a track!🔥

[@iau]

Your beatboxing examples while explaining are actually great

[@maxkonyi]

Thanks! Beatboxing is the best. Hoping to do a video on how helpful it is for music production soon...

[@catedoge3206]

@@maxkonyi yuh

[@catedoge3206]

when i beatbox, this is what i hear in my mind.

[@princegrwl]

Great video Max. Really like the way you explain in great detail every little nuance each hit brings to the overall groove and sound. And thanks for adding only 2 hits of cowbell. I finally get to say this to someone "Needs more Cowbell". 😂

[@maxkonyi]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. And this is the one time I get to say "This is the perfect amount of cowbell" 😜

[@princegrwl]

@@maxkonyi 😂

[@BloodSavedMe]

That thumbnail is actually super clean. 👌 best one yet IMO

[@maxkonyi]

Nice! Glad you dig it

[@nickthompsonsurfinonthelake]

A mixing video of this would be sick

[@maxkonyi]

Noted!

[@theoriginalheartstrummer]

Such good content, every time!! Your videos are brilliant, man. Thank you!!

[@maxkonyi]

Thanks Dan! Glad you like them

[@denismikhalev3961]

Hi, got all of your three course on Udemy. It has been a blast. Thank you so much. Just wanted to double-check that the remaining two parts are in the works. Please, say yes! :D

[@maxkonyi]

Awesome! Great to hear Denis. Yes, they are in the works but they will be in a slightly different format - a better format!

[@multitracker]

This is really great stuff Max. Thank you!

[@maxkonyi]

My pleasure!

[@stranger5312]

Dude the drums you build always sound so good, when the snare or kick hits it feels like biting a juicy steak LOL. but seriously these are some really useful tips for me thanks Max

[@maxkonyi]

lol that's great. Thanks!

[@Charles_Reid]

Another masterclass. Very interesting and useful

[@maxkonyi]

Glad you liked it Charles!

[@NadeemAhsan-m5l]

Great video

[@YuriLifeLove]

I mostly create rock and metal music and generally have no problem with the drums... But I do want to get into electronic music production... One time I tried to make electronic music, but I was lazy with the sample selection part, and the whole song still pretty much turned out to be a rock song, lol... At least the song turned out to be pretty good tho... Edit: It's pretty interesting how you shift some beats to not be perfectly on the grid every time... In rock or metal you generally can get away with it since the imperfection of the other instruments will mask the perfection of the drums... But it's a pretty interesting little detail, I probably will start incorporating it into my own music...

[@maxkonyi]

Nice! You should definitely try it out. I also love programming rock and metal drums and have done a ton of it in the past. I grew up playing metal on guitar - was a big part of my life. Did you see I have a big video all about sample selection? It's in the description of this video.

[@deejayvu6539]

thanks a lot Max, great advice and very interesting topic

[@JohnCoughlan_JAC]

Great video! A follow up on the mixing would be great as well?

[@maxkonyi]

Noted!

[@connorgray66]

Great video! ;)

[@maxkonyi]

Thanks bro! You ever program a drum beat before???

[@AlOne-xg6dv]

Many interesting things. Thank you. It would have helped to know which instrument/preset was used to be able to reproduce and test this track with the same sounds.

[@maxkonyi]

Well this beat is made with a variety of samples from my own collection, processed quite intensively on multiple tracks and in the drum bus. Not super easy to recreate!

[@AlOne-xg6dv]

@@maxkonyi ok, i understand. Happy new year ✨

[@maxkonyi]

@@AlOne-xg6dv Happy new year!

[@maxkonyi]

@@AlOne-xg6dv Happy new year!

[@glyph6757]

Rather than doing all of this manual and time-consuming work, I prefer to just run my drums through delays and other types of processing which take care of adding many subtleties and variations, and if it doesn't sound good I just mess with the parameters or the effects until it does. This is a much less cerebral and more of an intuitive way of making drums sound good. There's a lot of luck involved, but it's also a much less painful and boring way of working for me, compared to doing all this manually.

[@maxkonyi]

Valid! Drum programming is one of my favourite aspects of music production so I'm happy as a pig in mud to get into the nitty gritty.

[@scriptkiddy1492]

I wonder if there's a DAW that lets you put an LFO on chosen rhythm tracks or the main bpm ...

[@rajivmodha3693]

A great video, Max. My question: when do you use "pattern mode" to make beats and when do use piano roll to make beats? For me, subtle varieties of a basic beat are easily done in pattern mode and for volume adjustment, I prefer the "piano roll" method.

[@maxkonyi]

I only use piano roll. This is both because of my past history and habits, but also because I feel piano roll gives me better control over many specifics. Velocity, note length, micro timing changes, pattern variation, etc.

[@FlameDeathcrash]

What drum kits are you using ? They sound perfect.

[@maxkonyi]

For acoustic drums, I'm always using Addictive Drums 2. For electronic stuff, I have a big sample library that I've built over the years and am very particular about my sounds. I have a couple videos that go more in-depth regarding my drum stuff. kzbin.info/aero/PL711wPkEmjURy6RPvEa2vzmtqROoWg-0q

[@poet.in.flight]

Love the idea of adding texture to music! Rock on

[@wubbalubba3756]

Hi Max, is your Studio One 5 tutorial from 3 years ago will help if I started using Studio One 6?

[@maxkonyi]

Yes for sure. There are some features and things that I don't cover, but the vast majority is the same!

[@janpolak5354]

What do you see as the advantage of Studio One over e.g. Sonar (which I use myself ;)

[@maxkonyi]

I haven't seen Sonar in years... I'm fan of S1 in basically every aspect. The interface and design is awesome, lots of great features, some nice stock plugins, etc. I believe there is a free trial...maybe you should give it a shot!

[@janpolak5354]

@@maxkonyi Thanks, I think I'll give it a try since you say so :)) I forgot to add that your song is great!!.

[@maxkonyi]

@@janpolak5354 Will do! Thanks for the nudge.

[@Doc2rjae07]

❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@patrick5301]

Advanced Ellis

[@maxkonyi]

Ellis?

[@patrick5301]

​@@maxkonyi Sorry for the dumb comment 🫡Ellis is a future funk artist I enjoy and your demo track right here sounds like an even more "advanced" and complex version of his musical style.

[@maxkonyi]

@@patrick5301 Oh nice. I'll have to check him out...