How to UK Garage Drums

[@corywithout]

Dang, that bit about context and drum sample selection near the end finally helped that concept click for me, had been struggling with that lately. Great video as always!

[@Bittamin]

Maybe a weird question, but how do you have a check mark next to your name? What’s that symbolic of? I see people have the music one too. Is it just indicative that you’ve linked your Google account to your instagram or?

[@corywithout]

@@Bittamin I got mine years ago when Google Wave was a thing, and have no idea why it’s still here! It’s supposed to indicate account validation of some sort 🤷‍♂️

[@jump2k]

How do you have a checkmark next to your username?

[@corywithout]

It’s the verification check, I got it by verifying my account back in the ancient days of Google Wave and it’s just stuck since 🤷‍♂️

[@arthurpedro7480]

Exactly

[@paulred158]

It’s 2024 I’m in my 50s and UK garage still moves me in a way so much modern music doesn’t. Great video you clearly have years of production under your belt. Masterful content.

[@justhouz]

That part at 8:21

[@thesingingaccountant1]

Same mate - some classic tunes

[@soundslikessidechain]

Fascinating to hear the drums tightened for subtle but significantly different contexts.

[@noobrules16]

This is amazing…. Jeez…. Being able to combine not only the “how to” but the history and context behind the sounds gives such a more deeper understanding. This is such a great way to learn. Connecting everything together on how the music is made just instantly made me learn so much in such a small amount of time. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed

[@thesingingaccountant1]

Yes the history and general chat made this vid

[@marius.orehovschi]

I love it when the resulting musical ideas in a tutorial sound this good - really inspires you to go to a DAW and make something

[@thesingingaccountant1]

Same - what daw is he using?

[@edreiproducedit9028]

@@thesingingaccountant1 ableton

[@fuzzix]

When it all came together at the end with those pad harmonics with the sub... why won't they make a fuggin chef's kiss emoji already? Beautiful.

[@alexsampson8942]

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[@alexsampson8942]

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[@RogueBeatsARG]

High Pitched kicks fit so well

[@mattp3]

Such a great video that provides great historical context to the patterns. thank you

[@WeirdAlvaro]

the way you explained everything by transforming and developing the drum pattern from the classic house one was absolutely perfect!

[@MoonbaseDiscoRecords]

House head here since the 90s but lately, especially after watching Salute live in Croatia, I'm really into UK Garage sound. The energy from bounciness and groove is simply off the hook. a tad fast for good old House Dance moves though. lol. but jumping and hopping works great.

[@foundviper11]

Just when I was planning to start my first UK garage track this vid pops up in my feed. Excellent stuff!

[@Bthelick]

Ah good timing. I made a full series!

[@foundviper11]

@@Bthelick subscribed!

[@prodbyadamk]

Another day another goated tutorial! Thank you brother 💪🏼

[@rossheninger]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much! I’ve been spending so much time trying to manually make syncopated hats that sound garagey but now it’s clear that it’s much easy to get that sound using breaks! Pleaseee keep up the garage content

[@ryadmane]

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[@ryadmane]

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[@vincegravedubs]

This video is an absolute goldmine of useful information. So easy to follow too, kudos!

[@jaktuck9109]

yess more vids on 1993-1999 UK garage please mate!

[@thedeeprot]

This is a great video!

[@becchi2458]

It genuinely amazes me how so simple it sound, but a lot of Technical stuff goes into making it sound so groovy, been trying to make this kind of music but for speedcore

[@xbxbax69]

This came at literally the most perfect time for me

[@niharpatil4046]

Bless your soul man every single video is so interesting, helpful, and entertaining! Great work

[@antihero898]

Been making speed garage for a few months after a long period with jungle and this video has helped immensly.

[@Razzileful]

This is one of the best explained tutorials i've ever seen on music production, Bravo!

[@VDJ4500]

Thank you! A great tutorial! Many people do not realize how swing and shuffle matter!

[@AudioPilz]

Great Stuff!!!

[@jayemkayem]

this video is brilliant

[@JuliusNkemdiche]

Brilliant video!

[@DumboSanchez]

Bro this is single handedly one of the most useful videos I've ever watched- was going to ask to donate but just seen your link to help your friend so gladly donated !

[@SailorGeorge]

what an amazing video! great rundown of the styles and different types of paterns. will stay tuned for more videos to come 🙌

[@rea9lizer]

easily one of the best take on UKG on youtube, awesome

[@phonouts3845]

Simply loved it, please bring on more UKG videos❤

[@andrenelson2831]

this is actually amazing lad, first time a lot of concept clicked. Cant wait for the next vid!

[@TranceferLane]

everytime refreshing. greets from germany

[@mubumubu5975]

Holly hell do I love your channel. Thank you so much for doing what you do!

[@a__guy]

great video this mate!! you’ve just earned yourself a new subscriber

[@JamesMyddelton]

Excellent overview, thanks !

[@GlobalHouseMusicConnection]

Excellent Video Mate! ☝☝☝☝☝☝

[@danieljamesoconnor6800]

Thanks for making these great videos and for sharing!!!

[@tomtoons]

this was awesome!

[@semi788]

Amazing simple video thank you !

[@maXXer00]

ahh this guy

[@clrs6576]

Lovely breakdown this mate

[@foreverunknown369]

Damn you called 8:07 jarring lol i think this one was the best

[@dmiiiit]

First! Looking forward to yet another banger from Bthelick

[@albinekb]

Great videos and nice music!!

[@harymeat]

perfect, thank you!

[@DJ_DIMSIM]

BANGER

[@OhDeeDoubleU]

That final context portion of the video was fascinating, and some serious tunes, had me vibing in my chair

[@xX_dash_Xx]

This was a good one

[@bobbylimesmusic]

Long time viewer, New to Ableton. What is the easiest way to apply global swing? is it only per clip? I don't see that percentage you're sliding up by my Metronome button. Thank you for all the education !

[@Bthelick]

Hey thanks for the support. Global swing (well, global groove amount) only appears when you have a groove loaded into the groove pool and then assigned. It's below the browser, drag a groove from the grooves folder down there. It will appear as soon you assign any groove from the pool to a clip which you select in the bottom left of the clip view when any part is selected. If you want to assign all clips to the groove you can draw a box around all clips you want with click and drag , or Ctrl+A in the main window, or shift+click a selection then assign it in the bottom left as you would an individual clip.

[@bobbylimesmusic]

Thank you for the response 🙏🏻 select all! Such a good tip. ⚡️

[@TheTech1991]

what kick drum are you using @ 7:30 ? love it

[@Bthelick]

It's from sample magic's UK garage pack, labeled "danger"

[@rikkshow]

The subject of swing and timing can be a loooong conversation. Eg, the swing from a Linn that has a low PPQ, is not the same as in a modern DAW. The misuse of the random function, since no drummer is random when they are a little off (human), they are off by patterns. But the drift/randomness of old drum machines needs to enter the conversation, maybe even midi slop. 😂 Research, research...

[@Bthelick]

Oh absolutely, way too long to fit in this video! I was literally just explaining the Link/Akai swing Phenomena to a client today!

[@slypaul911]

nice video yeah, i agree hermit was mustard dj and pushed the uk sound defo but in my mind grant nelson joey musphia started ukg, with there club friendly version of usa tracks ,,and i think speed garage first came from uk bods like rip that did double 99 which was a uk copy of armand van heldon ,then people like me n jermy sylvester did loads of that style also 187 lockdown to name a few as spd garag was based on the dred bass sound ... as for 2step me n jezza was doing 4x4 tracks on nice n ripe and changing to 2step half way through 1996 slypaul "no loops needed" big up pal love ya videos !!!

[@Bthelick]

Oh nice you were on Grant's nice n ripe? That's wicked. Great to have you here. Thanks the compliments 🙏 I freakin love 187 gunman what a tune

[@slypaul911]

@@Bthelick yeah i was signed to nice n ripe me n jeremy was dub syndicate , slypaul ,kp ,once was nice ,dead ringers and my label is dubz4klubz been at it since atari n akai s1000 days .....great videos pal glad i came across channel big up

[@slypaul911]

@@Bthelick jullian johan did some heavy speed garage tunes..but before speed garage.. alex teppar.grant ,simon firmin richard purser clayton m dave dellar karl brown was some of the first uk bods at that time in my eyes that are the people i think was at 4 front of ukg that got me to go in studio anyway love da channel ..paul benjamin

[@TayWoode]

Brilliant video, I never thought to have different tunings of the same snare in a pattern, I’ve always used two or three different ones 👍🏾

[@thesingingaccountant1]

Only time I done it was that southern hip hop sound where you have a snare dropping down tunings

[@Nohledge]

Thanks for all these hidden gems of knowledge sir! Can’t wait for the next one

[@ilmondodifaxe8216]

They certainly didn't use sequncers, but trackers

[@NoyaD9]

At the start i was like... "Where is that 2step?"... But then it made all sense, great journey into the transformation of the beat!

[@sliiiimjim]

Great content as always. Ive always struggled with anything other than the 'cats n boots' type of thing. Was never much into garage itself, however your beat @ 7:30 is close the kind of thing I used to like 'back in the day' in my clubbing days. Tracks such as - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDLlaRjhtKgg7M , kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWjHeaGCbdyfl6s and kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5iUmKqEfralna8. Would be cool if you did a video on some 'bangin beats' as my mates would say 🤣 Keep up the great work!! 😀

[@inthefade]

As someone who's into electronic music, but not so much all of the EDM subgenres, this is helpful for me to understand what they are.

[@solounomusic]

Classic video per usual, insane knowledge. We need that pad! its soooo nice Mister B as always, thank you!

[@CalvinMOfficial]

UK Garage was made on Pirate Radio in London by accidentally playing Jungle records at 33 instead of 44 on Technics 1210's.

[@Bthelick]

But how was jungle invented? ....

[@TayWoode]

@@Bthelick wasn’t it from reggae and breakbeat which in turn was from hip hop and funk? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Bthelick]

It was playing breaks at 45 instead of 33! That I'm saying is it's a confluence of many things. But the name "garage" comes from the "paradise garage" (just known as "the garage"

[@TayWoode]

@@Bthelick haha cool, I knew about paradise garage, house comes from the warehouse apparently 😂

[@assvibes3866]

That’s not rly true

[@englishjona6458]

In 1993 there is no such thing as UK garage even when garages first starting to become popular. We are listening to Chicago house it’s not until 97, 9899 you start getting jungle producers switching over lol Tell me I’m lying

[@TayWoode]

You’re not lying. You just don’t know what you’re on about Big difference lol

[@Bthelick]

Matt Lamonts feel my love was 92 , and was being played at the early elephant and castle nights. 2step started around 97 as I say in the vid

[@McNasty214]

Uk Djs in the early 90s were initially playing pitched up US tracks from artists like masters at work, kerri chandler, MK, todd edwards, smack recordings and mood ii swing before using the sound as a template for uk based tracks.

[@slapdisgaem6601]

It's basically american house music got it. I knew the brits didn't add shit to it. Lmao. 😅

[@Rekoyl116]

You’re a legend mate

[@floodcomics]

proper great explanation, really! so clear, perfectly demonstrated, to the point

[@weakend]

Awesome video. Some people are just born to teach, I hope you keep it up.

[@WISECOSKS]

was bobbing to teh beat the whole time LOL

[@maxmeyer6395]

Single best explanation I've found on UK garage drums and how they evloved. Thank you!

[@totaled_camry]

damn every single one of your 16 bar loop examples at the end was a TUNE

[@Bthelick]

Aw cheers! 🙏

[@missia3741]

if you guys wanna listen to some garage classics check my yt playlist, got a ton a oldschool garage tracks in there 💓

[@JUKE179r]

DOPE!!! Great tutorial. Cheers from Yank out in Suffolk! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@Bthelick]

Haha I thought yank was a slur these days 😅

[@turtlez69420]

very cool

[@San7hos]

Great concept to morph the house beat and perfectly explained as usual. You touched pitching snare. How about pitching kicks? In lieu of your other videos, I would almost incline to rule it out as a bad idea and rather search for a kick that fits. I'm asking because in 2step or the lighter ukg, it sounds like the kicks are quite high pitched. (You told me once that my bass is lower than kick and I believe it was because I intentionally pitched up the kick.) Thinking twice, it also might be related to speeding up the tracks in the early times.

[@Bthelick]

Yes good point. you could do that. It will depend on the bass part. If the bass is covering plenty of sub area then pitching a kick is good way to shorten it

[@fakoff-n5p]

I wish someone would tell me about that 15 years ago!

[@j240x7]

Awesome video, easy to understand even for a beginner.

[@SKWIFmusic]

Great vid, how’d u make that vireo alright/moonlight synth at the end?

[@Bthelick]

It's literally just a triangle wave with a little filter and chorus. Then assign a spike envelope to pitch in the negative direction so it bends up a little at the start of each note 👊

[@SixPalms]

You know it’s a good day when BTheGOAT posts a new video

[@TomFord-kp8fh]

Not a single bit of consideration for the clipping in the master channel. Very good

[@Bthelick]

Oh it's considered very much in fact. I made a video on my approach to that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWPdgmuoZrmdl9Esi=APSOpYZWIMa8XizA

[@MiloNash]

Wow you are a wizard thank you so much

[@LoLoSoLo187]

PLEASE do some videos on UK Dub

[@thampex]

I Think speed garage has more in common with jungle

[@mattwilks1851]

nah!! 136 bpm, sorry mate, its far more to it, Its not speed garage, this is house. high 120 bpm, and even low 120 bpm. my prefered choice is 127 BPM. grant nelson, todd edwards, and if you look at the London boys at it at the time, its not over 130 BPM. its the snare and kik patterns that make it Speed Garage. Garage from the US, was like 104 bpm to 115 BPM, so playing it in the 120 BPM range, made it speed garage.

[@Bthelick]

Yeah good point. I was referencing the recent stuff and applying it to current trends as everyone had requested Virji/Salute etc. It's more how principles are applied than the specifics of how it was. I know i didn't explain that well, but that's what happens when you try to get the why, how, and what into a video that flows well 🤷‍♂️

[@daveymichael6891]

Consistently great videos especially the UK Garage content. I've been using Reason 2 for the last 20 odd years and got nowhere with production. Lots of half tunes finished but nothing worthy of releasing yet. I'd like to know what music software top producers were using on UK Garage tracks say around 95-98? I know alot of big tracks in the jungle scene mid 90's were made on amigas and ataris, and even play stations. I've watched a couple of videos but can't get my head around just how they did it with basic software. There's lots of great UK Garage being produced at the moment but there is a specific sound and feel I get from alot of the old productions that I just don't get with the new stuff and wondered if it had something to do with specific software used at the time? l would love a masterclass on production techniques used specifically on the types of daws used during those times.

[@Bthelick]

Yes most in the UK used cubase on the Atari ST because you could buy a midi interface for it. tracker pro on the Amiga (I think that was it's name) was the other main one. The thing is that software was midi only, it didn't have 'a sound'. You needed the hardware to actually make sound. Samplers were essential. There were affordable offerings from the likes of cheetah emu, and ensoniq of you couldn't afford akai. And sounds modules / or keyboards would do the rest. Fx had to external hardware too. Of course the Amiga was a great budget option because it had sound and sampling capability built in. Music 2000 on the PlayStation was more like Ableton is now, if Ableton came will a small dance loop sample library. A couple of artists managed to get it to work but it was limited, it wasn't the go-to. 'the 90s sound' came from a myriad of factors. Digital audio was in its infancy, converters weren't great, sound hardware had memory limits and sample rate limits, Sounds were passed through other forms of degrading media, like a mixing desk (not a posh one haha), tape, vinyl, dat etc etc. not to mention the degradation of the recordings that were being sampled in the first place! A Lot ads up. Ironically I never got on with Reason because it emulated the hardware work flow too closely. Which whilst enjoyable and novelty, by any computer daw standards is a very slow way to make music. And one of the main things you learn when you become professional is that speed is essential, Not in terms of churning out ideas for profit, but in terms of being able to keep your inspiration, it's important the technology does not get in the way of your creative ideas.

[@inturnetavatar]

This video is so good I watched it 3 times

[@chema__gonzalez__]

mate this channel honestly... pure gold!

[@danep99]

Very interesting video 🔥🔥🔥

[@ledusko]

Just discovered your channel and the amount of knowledge you spread is mind blowing. How do you get this "global amount" button for swing on top left of ableton?

[@Bthelick]

Thanks. It appears as soon as any groove is applied to a clip. Drag a groove into the groove pool and then it will be selectable from any midi or audio clip.

[@supremolegacy]

what DAW do you use? love from the dominican republic

[@Bthelick]

Hey, thanks, love back to you from England ❤️. I use Ableton Live.

[@sodastereo12345]

Hi friend Im wondering how did you attached the swing parameters next to the metronome, Greeting from Mexico, great video.

[@Bthelick]

It appears there when you have a groove loaded in the pool.

[@IncisionSheffield]

Great video! Really stripped down to the fundamentals with historical context makes this video a great example. Thanks.

[@djoshkhol]

At 8:05 I think you mean Sammy's "Moonlight"? 😉

[@Bthelick]

Oh yeah whoops haha thanks

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

oy oy ukg break up that kick

[@PyramidBeats28]

Wikkid topics bigup

[@aran7831]

what a great video. great job!

[@sebrosamusic]

HERO! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rob.otnik.berlin]

Nice one, thanks!

[@Orionka1016]

Could you maybe share this Live set as a starter? This was a very good introduction tbh

[@Bthelick]

I'd love to but until I get the time to make my own libraries it would be midi only, as it's illegal to redistribute other people's samples 🤷‍♂️

[@MYKHE01]

Loveeeees this video

[@jagrutgosai5181]

I’m good with writing groovy basslines for 4/4 drums but I get stuck on 2 step drums.

[@cold00n]

💚

[@Bkoded]

i think something important to note especially with the 90s sound is not everything is short and snappy, i feel as if thats something a lot of people get wrong, take something like perfect love by m.f project for example

[@andreatonoli9580]

Great video as always! I’m sure I have already heard the break at 3:20, what record is it sampled from?

[@Bthelick]

It's not the original sample, it's a recreation by sample magic from a pack called vintage breaks. It's Lyn Collins' Think About It I try not to use originals after I found out what happened to Gregory Coleman 😞