Chopping Samples like Todd Edwards

[@stormie909]

I'm honestly upset with content creators that they don't cover Todd. His style is so complex and unique, and DESERVES breakdowns and attention. Not only a good tutorial, but good demos mate! I wanna see more, much love!

[@groovining]

I know right! I was looking in KZbin whilst researching this project and couldn't really find any. Crazy that no-one else has covered such a legendary UKG producer with such a unique style. I will definitly do more in the future - thanks for the comment ✌️😊

[@CrystalFissure]

That Todd clip in the UK gives me goosebumps every damn time.

[@groovining]

Yea it pure madness. No phones just vibes back then 😊✌️

[@ShaunBenn-p1i]

I was there that night - was absolutely EPIC!!!

[@trevor_mounts_music]

This weekend Todd is playing at the club 2 blocks from my house with two of my favorite friends/DJs here in New Orleans . This video was RIGHT on time!

[@jamesjr2550]

Really thats crazy didn't kno people in the city like this type of music im in kenner la

[@trevor_mounts_music]

@@jamesjr2550 Oh yeah they love it. House and UKG get played a ton around town.

[@groovining]

Ah epic mate. His new remix of that fred again tune is such a banger! I'm sure it will get dropped. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqXZl3iPr9Rpj80 Also love that your making UKG/House on FastTracker. I'm going to do more Renoise UKG stuff in the future for sure! ✌️

[@jamesjr2550]

Thats dope ​@trevor_mounts_music

[@down2earth586]

Damn, what a dope technique! Like what u did here!

[@lorwdnic]

Hey, UKG producer here. The most important part of the todd's style is not the cuts, is the drums. Todd specially is know by the drums specifically with the hidden messages, not just random samples. Lately is being focused on sounds and basslines, but every single track the drums are unique. Great video tho. EDIT: all the tracks sound more like DJ Boring than Todd, but you get the point*

[@groovining]

I agree Todd's overall production including the drums and bass is pretty unique but lots of UKG artists like Tuff Jam and Jeremy Sylvester achieved very similar sounding drums. There's nothing special going on there really techniques wise. I would say his people recognise a Todd Edwards song almost instantly by the sampling. The way he chops vocals & various records together is very original, espeically when he first started doing it.

[@Viibeezz]

​@@grooviningI completely agree with this.

[@skeelo69]

​​@@Viibeezzthe Praise by Todd Edwards is a perfect example...the beat is spot on...groovy ..so damn funky....perfect 2 step beat...sounds better sped up though.

[@janesta580]

Legendary, to no one's surprise

[@groovining]

Cheers Janesta! Todd is the legend really. I'm just deciphering his techniques he pioneered to the best of my ability 😊✌️

[@McNasty214]

His style inspired a lot of newer producers too. You can definitely hear his influence in tracks from artists like ODM, Danny Phillips, Cathy Hobi and GE

[@groovining]

Oh yea for sure, I'm a bit out of touch with the more modern garage - Danny Phillips has some killer tunes :)

[@McNasty214]

I've dabbled with this type of music production myself and found putting a sample loop into a beat slicer makes some interesting ideas

[@groovining]

Serato Sample is great for this

[@harrymoschops]

Love that clip of Todd..the vibes are incredible

[@groovining]

Yea complete madness. This is another good one I saw recently - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqXZl3iPr9Rpj80

[@MattUncertified]

Going deep there my friend! Obsessing over chops, you must have been dreaming about them after the sessions! 😂

[@groovining]

Hey Matt! Yea the chopping is a lot but its so satistying once its done and set up. I don't mind the process when I know where it will end up. Hope you had a good break over the christmas/new years mate. 😊✌️

[@nautical_twilight]

New Jersey represent! Love this guy! Great video, end result is wonderful.

[@groovining]

Yes mate! Todd is such a ledge. Glad you enjoyed the vid 😊

[@blackboogaloo]

Ive been waiting for years for a tutorial like this, you smashed it fella!

[@groovining]

Cheers my firend! hopefully this helps show he technique a little more. Even with all the prep, it was still really hard to sound like him which shows how unique his style is. 😊✌️

[@carlosrm9362]

Great video! Hope to see more of this.

[@groovining]

Thanks mate! Yea would love to revisit some of this in the future :)

[@justintime8028]

Groovin in G, the beat is amazing and this tutorial is even more amazing! It takes quite a bit of effort so I would love to see if your process evolves and hopefully there is gonna be another video on this someday with new tips and tricks!

[@groovining]

Cheers Justintime! Glad you enjoyed it so much mate. I would love to get back to this technique and apply it in different ways. I still collect a lot of samples & organise them so it's not too hard for me to setup again. :) ✌️😊

[@OPdbx]

This is awesome! Todd's style is so unique, and I've always had a hard time finding resources on how he does it. You totally nailed it and pulled back the curtain a bit. Time to start chopping!

[@groovining]

Yea I wondered for ages when I was more of a DJ. Suddenly felt like I should be able to figure it all out a bit better now. There is also quite a bit or footage from various places of him in the studio which really helped. Cheers bro ✌️😊

[@temmuz9138]

Hey man nice video. Your one of the only people doing this stuff whose voice and personality isn’t jarringly performative

[@groovining]

Thanks temmuz! Glad you enjoyed this one mate. That style of video winds me up also so I keep it pretty chilled on here 😊✌️

[@zig8925]

Nice visuals and illustrations in the video

[@groovining]

Thanks mate, I love adding the little touches with the animations and effects. :)

[@QWLMusic]

Great video! Nice to have these back in my feed!!

[@groovining]

Thanks Troy! Yea I had a little break but am ready to rock and roll again. Just trying out a few new things this year - spread my wings a little into other genres/styles. Will always be doing lots of Jungle/dnb tho. Hope your well dude 😊✌️

[@Strafuzz]

Inspiring bro! All about the prep!

[@groovining]

That prep is so worth it when you get to have fun with a sampler instrument like that. I wanna try this technique with Jungle/Hip-Hop now 😊

[@FreshnessStudio1]

I'm just back from some timeout... it's good to be back, Groovin. Brilliant video ✨🙏

[@groovining]

Cheers Freshness. Been eyeing this one up for a while & was a fun way to start the yea off! Glad you enjoyed it mate - hope all is well your end 😊✌️

[@guyfforde3082]

Awesome❤

[@groovining]

Cheers Guy! Hope your doing well mate ❤️

[@illegalgiant_]

man grooving you rock

[@groovining]

Hey Ben! Thanks so much dude & really appreicate the support on Patreon. ❤️ All the chops from this project are up there now :) Good move on the macbook & Logic. I know a lot of people go for Ableton these days but Logic X has made some really good improvements over the last 4/5 years. Especially with the upgrades to the samplers. It's a great DAW and feel free to hit me up here or on Patreon if you have any questions. Cheers mate 😊✌️

[@teatabbeats8617]

this tutorial is so good brev

[@groovining]

Thanks mate. Was a fun trying to reverse engineer his techniques. ✌️

[@arcologies]

yooo, excellent breakdown with a dope track at the end. loooooove the enya sampling, can't go wrong with that; you definitely do it justice :)

[@groovining]

Cheers dude. Playing with the enya chops was super fun! I'm actually really interested to try this with DnB/Jungle also. Just having lots of samples, sliced and spanned up and down the keyboard. 😊

[@arcologies]

​@@groovining well it certainly takes a lot of skill to make it work like you did in this track, so you should give it a shot! I could definitely hear some early liquid dnb mashed up in my head when you started playing the chops around 15:09 :)

[@groovining]

Thanks mate! Been enjoying your channel heaps lately also. Lots of great tracks rolling through - Love the atmosphere and pads. 😊 You've must have a great process to have such a high output of tracks.

[@marylewis3311]

Dude I was like “ It sounds like fkn Enya “😂 so cool.

[@groovining]

Thanks 😊 - Enya is one of my all time faves. Had to give it a go really! ✌️

[@ONLYFLAMS1]

That second track is banging!

[@groovining]

Cheers mate! Had heaps of fun making these tunes 😊✌️

[@dannyshazam]

Incredible job!!

[@groovining]

Cheers Danny! Todd is such a ledge - was fun breaking down his techniques ✌️😊

[@omegamusic]

This is some high-level geek shit and I am loving it. Great video mate 🤟

[@groovining]

Cheers mate! Glad you enjoyed - Todd is a legend. Love the chopped sample style :) 🚀✌️

[@RDSYproductions]

I use Propellaheads Recycle to chop up tracks and save for later, really good if you dont own a Mac

[@DISTRICT_44]

great job man, you're a scientist

[@groovining]

Haha Cheers mate! 🔭👨‍🔬 Working away on my next one 😊

[@itskittens]

awesome video! can you do one in the style of MPH? like in his track Drums. how to sample chop and write that bassline

[@groovining]

Thanks friend! Yea I will do lots more UKG for sure on this channel. MPH would be cool :) ✌️🚀😊

[@raajparmar2505]

Sick 🔥

[@groovining]

Cheers Raaj - Enjoyed this one. Todd is a legend! 😊✌️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3rQhKh-i9CefM0

[@jackinbass5469]

It would be very cool to see the process of getting a bunch of samples in different pitches and bpm’s and how you make them work in one track. I always feel like my vocal samples are out of time, would love to see your process

[@groovining]

Yea for sure. I will be doing lots more UKG stuff this year and love sasmple chopping. For Vocals you can either chop up all the little phrases of the vocal to make it fit and time it with the beat. Or you can timestretch it to you beat.

[@henridacosta9037]

Great tutorial! So would you get all the samples in key from the start and then re-pitch some of them so they still fit the same key? Eg pitch them up or down 5 semitones?

[@groovining]

Yea this is the technique. Match all the samples to the same key or sonic space inside the sampler. You can do this by ear or using Mixed in key like I did. Then you pitch around the whole sampler +5,+7,+12, -5,-7,-12. All these semitone values are relative to the circle of fifths where you can find keys that have 1 note difference from the one your working in. :)

[@henridacosta9037]

@@groovining Amazing mate - really appreciate it!

[@autistikicecream]

This is so inspiring! Never heard of this guy before, now I wanna check out his works! Thank you so much! Also if you like Enya check out Lisa Gerrard she is so amazing and worked on Gladiator ost too.

[@groovining]

Cheers Autistik! Yea Todd is a legend. So many tunes, this is one of my all-time faves - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqO6i6Nsn9-jm6s Ahh Lisa Gerrard - I've actually never checked her out but obviously know that gladiator tune! Amazing voice 😊

[@autistikicecream]

nice track! I also listened to his boiler room dj set, awesome stuff!

[@Robin-kp3wy]

Hey, loved the video. Do you have a specific course/tutorial or a from scratch for a novice/beginner ableton 12 user? Todd And Klaus Veen are my idols :) Thanks!

[@groovining]

I do a bit of UKG and Hip-Hop but my channel is mostly DnB & Jungle related. I just find Todd Edwards productions and techniques so facinating so thought I would do a vid on them! :) 😊

[@user-vg5rv5xf4u]

Mate your videos are well made and normal ...Not some over excited youtuber shouting at a hyper speed.

[@groovining]

Thanks mate - yea that stuff also winds me up in other KZbinrs so I refain from acting like a clown as much as possible on here 😊

[@watchjimmy]

Any ideas on how you might do something similar using Ableton stock plugins?

[@groovining]

Yea it would be in simpler or sampler I think you could use to make somethings like this. Someone else on here might have a better idea! :)

[@euthenics.]

i was excited to see that someone made a tutorial on making a te-type track. thank you for making this! i have one question, how do you find the best samples? the sounds you’ve chosen were the best ones i heard and i’m interested in collecting samples like those on my own.

[@groovining]

No worries mate - thanks for the comment :) Yea for sure, finding samples like that definitly takes a minute. KZbin is actually an amazing resource. TrackLib also - library music sometimes comes up with gems. www.youtube.com/@Soulhawk kzbin.info/door/v5OAW45h67CJEY6kJLyisg Both these channels are amazing and stacked full of stuff. I detail my process a bit at the start of this but I essentially chop an entire record into lots of little chunks, then find the best ones and merge them all together. I use fades in my audio editor to smooth certain chops out. It really a lot of trial and error, practising editing and of course listening :)

[@euthenics.]

@@grooviningthank you, this will definitely help! and another thing, what [to you] is the best genre to sample for this type of music?

[@groovining]

Funk & Soul RnB (Singers like Brandy, Monica) Library Music is great also for more obscure samples Rare Groove 80/90s music World Music (Brazil espeically :)

[@euthenics.]

⁠@@grooviningi never considered looking into library music or world music, i might have a look at that when i get the chance. are there any specific artists (from any genre) that you’d recommend sampling? also, sorry if i’m asking a lot of questions! i’ve always been interested in how this sampling technique works and the way you explain everything really makes you an expert on all things todd and his production style. i genuinely can’t express how much joy i have finding a video covering this topic itself!

[@groovining]

Happy to help mate. I would really recommend going into tracklibs - soundtrack library and delving in there. KZbin is also just a goldmine - this is a good place to start. - kzbin.info/aero/PLUXl043M6v4NxohFiElWT4KUUOHc84PEk One of the tricks of sampling is to find and song you like - look up the artist - discover their other works - see other artists they collaborated with - look up their songs etc. You just have to delve down the rabbit hole on a chilled Sunday afternoon :) Hiroshi Yoshimura is one of my all-time favourites 💎 😊

[@Bittamin]

This is one of my favorite artists inspiration, Klaus Veen. Todd is a 🐐 🎉

[@groovining]

Klaus Veen - Posion is a banger and half! Never heard of this dude before jesus :) Todd is the big daddy 🐐 for sure 😊

[@Bittamin]

@@groovining oh hell yeah dude! Happy to turn people onto his work, and you can really hear the Todd Edwards style in a lot of his tracks too! Cheers 🍻

[@jackinbass5469]

How do you know what the pitch is of the sample and by how many semitones you need to pitch it up and down? What the name of the mixed in key plug-in you use? Cheers

[@groovining]

I use the Circle of Fifths to figure everything out. You can see how all the keys related to each other. I sometime do this by ear and also use Mixed in Key studio Edition. The main technique is to pitch around the sample until you find something that sound good or close to good. Then pitch it around +/- 5,7,12 semitones to see if it fits. 🚀✌️

[@Malwensound]

So good!! Twistedwave looks super handy, is it worth the price? :)

[@groovining]

Yea I love twisted wave - The best audio editor for ease of use. Batch Processing, tab to transient. It's got all the features you need. This is also great if you want something that works well as a VST - www.birdsthings.com/

[@themonthehill305]

Fuck…don’t see many crowds like that these days

[@groovining]

No phones - just loving life 😊

[@moodymanc63]

...opens Ableton

[@fucc773]

How would you go about setting up something similar in Ableton?

[@TheStephenHall]

you can do your chops in Simpler if you're using Ableton@@fucc773

[@LlewynDaviesTheThird]

Simpler

[@LlewynDaviesTheThird]

Or sampler

[@beefeeb]

@@fucc773 just throw the samples in a sampler instrument. it's slightly more annoying because Ableton's interface is tiny but it's all there.

[@intaliation]

lmfao ts hard

[@DoctorSoctopus]

Jesus Loves Groovin in G

[@groovining]

🕊️ 💨 🚀

[@skeelo69]

But what Todd does so well is pitch up the vocal chops to suit the song...for example in the song sunshine sunrise you hear in the song .... sunshine in the air....that was chopped from the song....Girls...by moments and whatnauts.....the chop sounds nothing like the original song.

[@groovining]

Yea for sure, he's super unique how he combined different chops pitched around from different records but manages to make it sound cohesive.

[@Eliotheick]

F*ck you this is so good wtf That track u were jamming on… BIG!!!

[@groovining]

Cheers brother. Glad you liked this so much. Was a fun video, I enjoyed exploring his techniques as I always wondered how he did it. ✌️😊