Classic Jungle Pads From Scratch (Source Direct Pt.6)

[@supahfly_uk]

Honestly watching your videos made me realise what it is I appreciate about Jungle, Bukem always sounded magical.

[@groovining]

Thanks so much mate! Bukem was incredible, I would have loved for a change to see him and Conrad live in the glory days! My favourite kind of DnB, pure energy and vibes :)

[@okokayy]

i love logical progressions and everything him and conrad touched back in the day.

[@1birdwatcherr]

yeah hes great but hes not dead lmfaooo@@groovining

[@windowbreezes]

That Pad he's making here actually sounds more like Artemis.

[@YOBAMUSTDIE]

Omni Trio was way more magical🎉

[@Reeceline]

WTF how have I stumbled upon a video series on Source Direct...? This is the right side of the internet (and YT). Thanks for putting this together. I guess ill have to go back asnd start from PT1 now!

[@groovining]

Haha welcome to my channel :) Here we lurk in the merky waters of KZbin. Enjoy the series - Source Direct were killer artists! ✌️:)

[@TheMrb777]

This actually was a much more in depth sound design tutorial than I was expecting but it’s all explained in a way that’s easy to follow. Great stuff!

[@groovining]

A lot of the pads people use in their tunes are probably simpler than these to make but I think its good to go a bit deeper and show what you can experiment with also. :) ✌️

[@unknown_character_music]

Only tutorial I’ve found on this that actually sounds authentic, amazing work.

[@groovining]

Thanks mate! This one is also great - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnLGmWSHZa6imsU

[@mufcmusic8514]

The Fact that he shows you in depth so you can go create is the kinda stuff others hold back on.

[@outerhaven6929]

Fantastic….a true masterclass for that lush 90’s jungle vibe!

[@groovining]

Cheers mate! Love the revival of 90s jungle that happening at the moment! ✌️🥷

[@dadtier564]

MY man... Seriously EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!! I kept running into trouble finding those sounds of ethereal pads without buying sample packs.... absolutely pivotal!

[@J-Hz]

Another great video. Copped your sample pack for support. One of the only few who actually research and study how it was all done back in the day to teach the techniques

[@groovining]

Amazing, thanks so much for that, means a lot mate! I find these artists and techniques so interesting myself I've been reasearching all this stuff years. I'm happy that I now how a platform to share it all and level up everyone's knowledge with me! Keep well dude✌️🥷

[@Echoplex_sounds]

your channel is pure gold! learned a lot. thanks for sharing🙌

[@joegale3626]

Never ever made a comment on a YT vid before but this was a great tutorial, broken down very well with a decent amount of knowledge. Definitely put this up there with the Tim Cant stuff.

[@groovining]

Appreciate that Joe! Love Tim Cant also. If your into this kind of stuff check out this new vid I just made - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6XJoJSJjL54npI I also link to all my favourite jungle KZbinrs in this style 😊✌️

[@malegria9641]

Best jungle pad tutorial out there imo

[@groovining]

Cheers bro! Appreciate that :)

[@GregDixson]

The best pad tutorial I've seen! Comprehensive and detailed as ever, and the result is so good. well done G👏. Great there'll be another part.. loving this series so much :) btw the studio I worked at way back had the Roland JV-1080. It sounded lush!

[@groovining]

Thanks so much Greg! Hope your doing well man. I'll definitly do another on Atmos & FX's as it think its a huge part of their sound and cool for people to see. I've certainly got some gear lust for a Roland JV-1080. There not super expensive these days and everyone raves about them. I have a Digitone tho which is incredible so I definitly don't need one! ✌️🥷

[@VaChiee]

Without a debut the best and most compressive tutorial on YT thank you so much

[@groovining]

Wow thanks mate. Really appreciate the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the vid! :) ✌️

[@jumanjidnbuk6152]

Amazing series of videos, would love to see something on artists such as kid lib, dwarde and percussive p Keep up the amazing content ❤

[@groovining]

Thanks so much dude! I'm definitly going to do some more stripped back jungle bizness stuff like kid lib, Dwarde in the future. I've been getting through some of these pioneering legeneds but there is so much I want to do even outside of Dnb like Lofi House, Oldschool Hip-Hop, Breakcore, hardstyle, UKG. I would love to turn this into a fulltime career and contstaly make these vids for ever❤ :)

[@droidattack3092]

Massive Source Direct fan, love your content. Many thanks

[@Olovlig]

When you started playing around with the chords and atmosphere sounds I just realized how genius DnB really is. Especially between like 1997-2003, the ambience sounds like almost nothing else - apart from maybe some film music.

[@groovining]

Yea the ambience and vibe of that style of early jungle was so epic. I love the futuistic atmospheric stuff as well as the darker side. It had less polish than tunes made today but way more character! 😊✌️

[@Olovlig]

@@groovining Yeah! For real. But there are surprisingly many artist who still carry the torch today, like the guys of Noisia or some of the newer Metalheadz releases still keep the tradition alive 😎

[@windowbreezes]

you're right because most of the producers were sci fi geeks at the time.

[@Bug3ater2]

G really is the jungle professor out here. homie has a doctorate in breaks and a masters in atmosphere

[@groovining]

Haha thanks Koolboi! 🥷🎓🏝

[@altervisi7748]

Thank you!!!! Been looking for a tutorial on these kind of pads for ages

[@groovining]

No worries, thanks for the comment! This guy also has great vids on Jungle style pads - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnLGmWSHZa6imsU

[@jamesbutler6647]

That's a brilliant tutorial. A clear process that is both creative and methodical. Well done.

[@groovining]

Thanks James, I put a lot of effort into making these so i'm glad you enjoyed this one mate. Lots more cool stuff coming soon! ✌️

[@exofurian]

Great stuff man! Really clear and slick presentation. It's been years since I watched any production tutorials but I find yours really inspiring, keep up the good work!

[@groovining]

Really appreciate that exofurian! Been steadily getting better at making these vids over the last year or two! I'm much the same where I try to focus on my own productions as much as possible and just tune into a few channels I find really intresting :)

[@aidanlee8804]

I love Source Direct. ‘Shimmer’ is one of their greatest pieces of work. Jim without a doubt, is my favourite producer of all time in the genre; & that’s after 25 years of studying the genre/thousands of records collected/producing etc. I’m really happy you chose this pad; which is actually quite difficult to replicate, over the style of pad that was featured heavily in Jungle. I’m talking about the one that comes in halfway through Ron’s ‘Dangerous’ & the intro on Leviticus’ ‘The Burial.’ SD & Photek had a slightly more somber tone to the musical elements in their tracks, that even Bukem didn’t use in his music. That’s why til this day; people still quote SD’s ‘Snake Style’ as the darkest tune Bukem would ever play. I haven’t produced for over a decade, but I understand everything you’re doing, despite the changes in technology! I’m not sure your age/when you began producing, but man; chopping up a break back then was incredibly tedious & you could not split in samplers in the way you can today. Serum wasn’t invented then, & re-sampling basses 30-40 times wasn’t unusual to make something totally unique. I’m really grateful for all of the information you’re sharing & I can’t wait til I can hopefully have the money to pay for a new, amateur studio; but just for fun this time! Thank you, & please; I’d selfishly love to hear you recreate more of the 90’s artists. The Photek/SD/Dillinja ones have been brilliant! I’d please ask if you could try & recreate something early off of Quarantine, Silent Witness & Fierce’s ‘Knife Point’ is easily my favourite roller of all time. Huge respect for your tenacity in taking the time to not just show techniques, but edit the videos to a high standard too. 👏🏻

[@groovining]

Yea man that's a tune! I started producing about 10 years ago but even then it was easy to chop breaks. Since then, i've gone back and got an Akai s1000 and EMU e5000 ultra so I now know how tedious it is! God the S1000 is slow. I've just done a track/series on Lemon D and Dillinja where I did a lot of that resampling out of my EMU with gain, Aural excited etc distrtion sine waves. Lots of fun! Cheers for the comment mate - appreciate all the kind words. I will definitly do more artits breakdowns in the future as people really seem to love them. Silent Witness would be dope. Someone mentioned Renegade Hardware type sound which I was super into. Big ups bro 😊✌️🚀

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Was wondering why YT was telling me I didn’t watch this video already and found it strange my comment was gone… then I saw it was a re-up to address part of my previous comment! 😅. Awesome pads breakdown, I ended up playing around with my own for an hour with inspiration from the video! Thank you!

[@groovining]

Haha thanks so much for letting my know. It was a delay feedback on 101%🤯. Really happy i've managed to inspire your own productions, that's what these vids are all about! ":)

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

@@groovining I kept thinking I was hearing something outside my headphones. Or maybe you had done it intentionally to throw off sound id or something haha. But yeah the chord voicing was what I was missing. It sounds so good!

[@groovining]

@@MrMarcLaflamme Yea it was definitely not intentional and super annoying once you noticed it so I definitely have to redo. That's probably my favorite way to voice these chords. You can add another note an octave down as well to bring some bass into the pads but it's not always necessary. :)

[@ikarugamoo]

Utter gold 👍🏼 nice work my man.

[@groovining]

Cheers Matt! Hope you're feeling better by now mate! will catch up soon✌️

[@DSilkSmooth]

Fantastic work mate. Very informative. Anyone starting out this is absolutely essential in learning how Jungle is made.

[@groovining]

Cheers mate! Once you get your jungle pads down all you need is your breaks and an 808 bass and off you go!✌️🥷

[@MetalFaceNope]

ay dude these source direct tunes you breakdown in this series were some of my fav records as a kid. really enjoyed all the vids. great work man. keep it up!

[@groovining]

Thanks mate. Yea they have so many wicked tracks! Its basically all I listen to for months whilst making this series! Glad you enjoyed it so much. :) ✌️🥷

[@lhzawk]

yo dude I watched some of your vids like a year ago and you popped up in the recommendations again, I see u still keppin it real big up

[@groovining]

Hey dude! Appreciate that mate. Yea still going strong, hopefully for a long time into the future! :)

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

Another exceptional video as always. Thank you for taking your time to create these. Keeping the jungle scene moving forward.

[@groovining]

Thanks mate! I love the music & making the vids. Its really rewarding when I get such positive feedback on my content so I appreicate the comment! :) ✌️

[@suop1234]

first vid i've ever seen of yours, subbed. so many tutorials are like "okay so use this synth" and it's so painful, thank you for going through the whole process -- now i've got a place to start!

[@groovining]

Cheers for the sub mate. I try my best to make the vids and engaging and concise as possible! Lots more coming this year :)✌️🥷

[@dadtier564]

Ok one more comment, seriously the template you have set for jungle pads opens up near endless possibilities for experimentation!

[@groovining]

Haha thanks for all your comments mate! Yea once you get the template down you come out with something great & unique everytime. It's all about movement & harmonic layers & that high end sparkle or sizzle! :)

[@beautifulcaramelman]

I like that high pitched string that you heard in the beginning of timeless by Goldie.

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Got a feeling that was a Kurzweil sound.

[@groovining]

Kurzweil k2000 was another classic hardware sampler I left out of this one!

[@beautifulcaramelman]

@@groovining You should do breakdowns of as many Iconic DNB artists and songs as you can. There are tonnes of magazines from back in the day that have articles that you can flip straight into videos.

[@groovining]

Thats the plan really. It does take me around 6 weeks to 2 months to finish a whole series so its a huge amount of work! I'm trying to find the balance where I can make a few other types of videos in amoungst all the breakdowns. Thanks for all your comments mate :)❤️

[@keiross]

Mate. Class video. Quality production all over.

[@groovining]

Cheers brother! Glad you enjoyed this one mate. Lots more coming this year :) ✌

[@astavandonvish6262]

Best tutorial I've seen on KZbin! Respect man

[@groovining]

Really appreicate that mate! Big ups! ✌️

[@project-95]

Appreciate your content - and awesome job covering Source Direct - they were incredible

[@groovining]

Cheers Project-95 - They were incredible, especially for such a short span of making tunes together. Shame they split up but I guess thats where some of the magic comes from. Whenever you strat making incredible tunes you've just got to ride that wave as long as possible! ✌🥷

[@StripperPingvin23]

I heard your track in the stranjah reaction video. Made me feel very challenged that's the kind of language i aim for. Since i heard temporal ive been working harder to get this shit right. Cheers man. @project95

[@groovining]

@@StripperPingvin23 Temporal is wicked, just listening to it now. Drum programming is Top!🔥✌ :)

[@project-95]

@@StripperPingvin23 ah yes the beats in that track were 100% inspired by Snake Style as you can tell. Stranjahs tutorials on chopping in Ableton were gold and helped me a lot! Thanks for checking it out!

[@project-95]

@@groovining that means a lot bro thanks! It was my tribute to Snake Style, even though their beats are way better and much more glued together.

[@ArcticWolfOfficial]

Thank you so much for making this. Super grateful for how information dense your video is. Definitely subscribing.

[@groovining]

Appreciate the sub mate! Glad you found this one so useful :)

[@nostalgia_junkie]

you're REALLY good at this, wonderfully authentic.

[@groovining]

Thanks so much mate! I've been putting a lot of effort into the production value of my vids so I really appreicate the feedback :) ✌️

[@Lets-Drone-With-Bone]

Excellent tutorial, love this old school pad sound. Learnt a lot from this, takes me back :-)

[@groovining]

Thanks mate - Glad this helped you out. This video is also good for old school jungle stuff - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIfJk5pmm7qabbM :)

[@ghal3on]

Regarding the hardware snyths! A lot of doods would "rent" one for the weekend, or go over to a well off studio. Sample as much as they could. Its also a big reason why oldschool jungle sounds the way it does! They use the typical tricks of sampling in hot, sampling in shorter, higher sounds then transposing them back down inside the sampler

[@groovining]

You've always got great insight man. I need to run my project past you before I release them! I guess that's what was so groundbreaking about the hardware samplers. They could be a piano, synth & drummer all at the same time. Love that pitching up/down technique also, imparts way more favour than just usince Sample Rate reduction when you do it on the EMU .✌️

[@IPCgangster]

Ohhh sweet!!!❤❤❤ Man I appreciate this content & tutorial. Thank you so much. I'll Try this in FL

[@groovining]

All good friend! ❤️ Glad you enjoyed it so much. Yea give it a go in FL for sure :) 🥷

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

That pad you did at 7.20 really reminded of the Jd800 patch Rattle and Sands . The one used in Going on by liftin spirits, also in Gangster by Trinity and Touching Down by Photek . Well played ...amazing ❤❤

[@groovining]

Thanks Adam, love that tune Touching Down! Lots of movement in those pads with filter sweeps & noise layers, epic clean drums also. ❤

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

@@groovining Photek and Source Direct know how to balance and fuse complex beats and a soothing atmospherics perfectly.

[@groovining]

@@AdamTheAd-vanc3d It's such an art to work with quite simple elements and create something so complex and beautiful! I've love these series as I literally listen to these artists work for a month non stop :)

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

@@groovining Highly addictive beleive me. Back in the day I use to dismiss their music in all honesty. Now when I listen to all those layers , you just appreciate the sheer quality 🔥👌🏾👌🏾

[@Strafuzz]

@@AdamTheAd-vanc3d same. Back in the day much more into the dance floor. Source, Photek and others music have really stood the test of time. It seems to of captured the attention of today’s youngsters as well.

[@mtndotshdws]

Super impressed with the depth of this video. Checking out the rest of this series. Definitely subscribing for future content.

[@groovining]

Thanks Loom! I try my best to do more in-depth tutorials so people watching get a really good understanding of whats going on. This series on Source Direct, the Paradox one and my most recent on on finishing tracks all have lots of good info in :) ✌️

[@addictedtocraic]

That's a hellyeah from me! Nice one mate. Taking me back to my 20s when I still had energy and 2 good knees. Lol

[@groovining]

Haha thanks mate! Never to old to get out there for a good old rave. Bit of magic powder might sort out the energy but the knees might be a bit more of a problem 😂

[@PeterPerihelia]

A bit of such chords and sounds was also used in tribal tech/progressive house at 99s-2004s, so thank you for tutorial and inspiration 😊 gonna use it

[@groovining]

Thanks mate - for sure! These type of pads are great anywhere from trance to hip-hop to jungle. Even in more modern pop songs - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2K5pqGvlsxgrZI 😊

[@PeterPerihelia]

@@groovining Yes, the trend for sounds from the 00s is back, that's obvious. I'm just looking for shards of knowledge about production of those years in specific genre and that's why such videos are especially valuable for me 🔥

[@groovining]

If you interested in more 90's jungle techniques check this one out :) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIfJk5pmm7qabbM

[@GB3770]

Been looking on and off for some time on u tube for a vid that explains these pads, ty!

[@groovining]

Not a problem mate! Happy to help and glad you found it useful :) ✌️😊

[@philadams9254]

Best pad tutorial I've seen for this style of music! The pads in your sample pack sound wicked although I want to try out these techniques first before using those

[@groovining]

Thanks Phil, I think i saw you comment on that last one before the re-up so thanks for taking the time twice! Glad you enjoyed the vid so much :) Definitly, having packs are great for when you want something quickly during a production session but you learn so much more putting all this stuff into practise yourself. Once you have a good template set up you can make a whole pack for yourself also🥷 :)

[@PAØ-WAVES]

Top notch tutorial, big ups for making this

[@groovining]

For sure mate! Glad you enjoyed this one. i'm all about jungle pads! :)✌️

[@DJWhizzkidd100]

Jungle pads are the best pads, fact

[@groovining]

Who dosen't love a proper atmopsheric jungle pad roller! ✌️🥷

[@iamluchini]

Serum sound design is mad helpful !!

[@groovining]

Its such a great one to learn. The UI is fantastic. You literally don't need another substrative synth once you have serum down. :)

[@trashcan9001]

LEGEND! thank you very much for this amazing Source Direct series!

[@groovining]

All good Christian! Thanks for all the support mate. Glad you enjoyed the Source Direct series so much. I put a lot of work into this one so its really rewarding to get such positive feedback✌ :)

[@NextSound170]

Such a pivotal sound and continues to be. You just gotta look for it.

[@groovining]

Yea 90's jungle is where its at for sure. Loving this resurgence at the moment!✌️

[@NextSound170]

@@groovining ten fold! It’s an amazing time to be making music again

[@lucwehrens9199]

this is crazy good content dude, great job

[@groovining]

Appreicate that mate! Glad you enjoyed the video. Gotta love those jungle pads :)✌️

[@fullfunk]

Very useful bro especially the sample cds archive

[@groovining]

All good friend! There's loads of great stuff in them. Especially Datafile & X-Static Goldmine ✌️🥷:)

[@cherrybass11]

Amazing video mate just subscribed and about to dive in to everything you’ve done haha, use to dream of videos like this when I started out producing

[@groovining]

Thanks dude! Appreicate the sub.That's kind of how I direct this channel. Just making stuff I would have loved when I got into producing. If you want another great Jungle Vid similar to this one I would check out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIfJk5pmm7qabbM

[@SeverityOne]

Now I'm not a fan of jungle, but I think my Wavestation SR, Morpheus and Proteus 2000 with the World Expedition ROM should get me along quite nicely. Thanks for visual explanation in Serum (which I don't have), that should work as well in Pigments.

[@groovining]

These pads definitly show up in Lofi House, Old School Hip-Hop & Trance etc. I was actually looking for a EMU Morpheus the other day but there super hard to find. Love all that old gear. Pigments looks great also but I enjoy how simple the interface is in Serum. Just what works for you really :)

[@buzzmusic7039]

Just stumbled on your vids. Just what I been looking for.🕺🏻🔥

[@groovining]

Thanks Buzzmusic! Glad you've been been enjoying them mate! ✌️🥷

[@DAATHOS]

Thanks man, been looking for this a while

[@groovining]

All good mate! Thanks for the comment :) ✌️

[@Fundaground]

Great tutorial 🫡

[@groovining]

Cheers bro! :) ✌️

[@learlawliet6197]

Thank You For This, I Hope You Have A Great Day ❤❤❤❤

[@groovining]

Thanks friend! Glad you enjoyed the vid so much! Have a great day too :) ✌️&❤️

[@okokayy]

bought this drumfunk kit and i'm super hype to get off work in 20 minutes race home like i'm in ridge racer and start making a jungle/trap type beat. I love incorporating jungle and dnb elements into my craft!

[@groovining]

Wicked mate! Thanks for supporting my work. Hope you enjoy the pack and had a good production session! Shoot me your track if you get it finished. ✌️🥷

[@okokayy]

i haven't bounced anything out yet but I was previewing the kit last night after dinner and even my wife let out a couple "ooooh thats tight" lmao, and I for sure will! thanks for tutorial man I own serum as well gonna be messing with that too thanks to you!

[@groovining]

Haha nice dude, glad your wife approves! :) Yea for sure, i really appreicate you buying my samples but its super useful to go through the process of making these pads yourself! :)✌️

[@okokayy]

@@groovining thanks again man!

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Loving this series to the max. Im all about atmospheric pads ❤❤

[@groovining]

Cheers twice Adam :) I love atmospherical jungle the most I think. Been listening to this a lot recently - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mna8fnqjrKpqbsk Such a banger!❤

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

@@groovining Wow thanks for the enlightenment on the track link. What a tune 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏾

[@groovining]

@@AdamTheAd-vanc3d I know right! I completely missed that one as well and only heard it recently for the first time. 🔥🔥🔥✌

[@raymondscottwalker1049]

Dude this is fantastic! Awesome sound design tips 👌

[@groovining]

Thanks mate! glad you enjoyed the vid - It's all about the movement and layers with this one :)

[@kyotodreams3306]

Such an amazing tutorial. This is insane. Thank you.

[@groovining]

Pleasure Kyotodreams! Glad you enjoed it so much mate! :) ✌️

[@willdatsun]

superbly constructed video .

[@groovining]

Thanks friend! Gotta love those jungle pads :) ✌️

[@willdatsun]

@@groovining I have a JV2080 that I have not used for years!

[@groovining]

Ah classic jungle synth. You should try this technique on your JV2080 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnLGmWSHZa6imsU. Resample it out - then do some of the tricks in this for a 10/10 pad! ✌️

[@tresporros]

well done!, old school idea is to re-sample everything to 1 stereo file, load it into the sampler and play altogether one octave lower and one octave higher, wher pitch will be correct, but the tempo of octave higher/lower will be different and it will add some sound magic to your pads; more movement and interesting harmonically EDIT:), I made a comment at 21:00 minute watching, now I can see you actually resampling everything:) hehehe

[@groovining]

Yes, I actually love this technique and have been using it loads recently! playing the chords/pads +12 and the root gives you some amazing results with more ping-pong loops. You can also go Root and +/-7 or +/-5 and get some cool things and even even layer the chords 0, +7, +12 for some crazy magic stuff 🪄😊

[@tresporros]

I know;), adding touch of vocoder to all pads is a quick fix as well, ads some nice harmonies and movement@@groovining

[@groovining]

Love it man - you know your stuff. I'm super into all those creative techniques for sampling & resampling. Don't use a vocoder much as Logic/Renoise don't really have a good one like Ableton. I need to investigate :) @@tresporros

[@thisisdjprana]

Your work is amazing!!!! Really inspiring...

[@groovining]

Thanks so much bro! I put a lot of time into it but love it really. Hopefully will see more steady growth with the channel :) ✌️

[@prod.lanista]

Thank you soooo muuuuuuuch... I wanted to find out how to mane these type of pads for way too long lmfao

[@groovining]

All good friend! Happy to show you how to make these lovely pads :)✌️

[@biggsyrides]

this was the video i needed and more

[@groovining]

Glad you enjoyed, jungle pads are life! :) ✌️

[@T_D_B_]

Thanks for this. Great info for a great sound 👍

[@groovining]

No worries mate! Appreciate the comment :) ✌️

[@romabalance]

Thanks! Finally found what I want!

[@groovining]

Happy to help you on your quest friend! :)✌️

[@armaturesmusic]

This is a quality tutorial, watching thinking hmm, maybe a bit too much of that, and then you balance out 😂 Would you do a follow up on getting drums to still hit clean through all the sound... Beyond the usual side chain tricks

[@groovining]

Thanks mate. If you actually check some of the other parts of this Source Direct series on drum processing there are lots of tips in there. Getting your drums to hit right is all about making them fat in the sound design & production stages with EQ, Comp, Saturation, Transient Shaping Etc. Then also balancing them correctly against the other elements in your mix. I try and split these two things up in my workflow as one it about making the breaks sound a good as possible and the other is about making them work in the context of the track as a whole.

[@armaturesmusic]

@@groovining haha, will check them out... I should have checked before posting

[@audiolego]

Oh yeahhh I need to catch and will do.

[@groovining]

Its a fun one mate. Quite straight forwards steps but you get amazing results when you put all the layers together!✌️ :)

[@Josh-iv6sd]

Solid video. Very helpful!

[@groovining]

Thanks Josh! Glad you enjoyed the vid mate. ✌️

[@PSYB3RMOTH]

im definitely buying this

[@groovining]

Yes mate! Its my best pack with the Photek one✌️🥷 :)

[@Tankdubzmusic]

This is GREAT!

[@groovining]

Cheers friend! Glad you enjoyed this one :) ✌️😊

[@lambd01d]

I've got Skynet's copy of Jungle Warfare 2 and Jungle Joose. It's nice to own a slice of D&B history.

[@groovining]

Wicked man, so many classic sounds on those Jungle Warfare CDs. Skynet's been producing tunes for ages!

[@ewwitsantonio]

Great demonstration!

[@groovining]

Thanks friend! :)

[@cod5prowner]

Sick video mate thanks alot !

[@groovining]

Pleasure my friend! Glad you liked the vid :)

[@Goat.Herder]

Maaaaate. Wicked tutorials

[@groovining]

Cheers brother. Glad you've been enjoyed them mate! ✌️🥷

[@elijahjflowers]

thank you, very helpful!

[@groovining]

Pleasure mate - glad you enjoyed 😊✌️

[@morgan0]

i really like doing octave and fifths so i can play the chord in the sampler, and then all the movement and stuff happens out of phase in the different notes and makes it more complex and evolving, and of course it's more usable because i could play whatever chord

[@morgan0]

it does have the downside that the samples have a tendency to sound a bit more samey as they're all the same note

[@groovining]

Yea I love doing this also, such a classic trick. Your right though, the only downside is your stuck with whatever chord type you started with maj/min etc. so it's quite limited. Thats the style though ✌️🚀😊

[@Strafuzz]

Sounds wicked. Very nineties.

[@groovining]

Thanks Strafuzz, Serum is not actually a bad synth for this kind of stuff. I still my go 2 even though everyone is on Pigments & Vital these days! :)

[@MistaTrick]

great video bro, whats the ES2 sound? Shimmer preset sounds nothing like it?

[@groovining]

Yea the shimmer there has quite a lot to do with crystallizer by soundtoys. I've also highpassed so its just the top end playing. Another great way to do a shimmer is to have an arp layer from a synth or piano. Then use a delay plugin with a reverb after, high pass filter. Play with the delay time and reverb wet/dry :)

[@oleksiikoval88]

Cool thanks 😊

[@groovining]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed this one! :)

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thank You! Subbed! 😁👊

[@groovining]

Thanks mate! Been following your channel for a while also. Really enjoy you stuff 2 ✌️🥷:)

[@kingpin463]

You tha Man👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾 Nuff respek!

[@groovining]

Thanks dude! Glad you've been enjoying the vids! :) ✌️

[@davidpetersonharvey]

Nice work!

[@groovining]

Thanks! ✌️

[@davidpetersonharvey]

@@groovining My pleasure!

[@RSx94]

*A total random fact* 2:48 X-Static Goldmine 4 (at the bottom left corner) has the sample from Wounded War Song from Silent Hill

[@groovining]

Thank you for that random fact! I enjoy learning where these samples come from. You hear loads going through those old sample CDs ✌️

[@abstractmeanings5014]

Banger!

[@groovining]

Cheers mate! Love me some Jungle Pads. Glad you enjoyed :)

[@tenchudjmusic]

Thanks, the RX950 is a nice plugin for 5€ almost as good as my akai3000xl

[@groovining]

Yea Akai s3000xl definitly takes the win but yur right, the RX950 is pretty amazing for the price! :) ✌️

[@slipper-uk9878]

Yes groovin I see your using twisted wave Sampler to resample , have you looked at Birds rolling sampler ? It lets you capture the same way but with the function to let you drag audio straight into your daw ? ive been using it and improved my workflow .

[@groovining]

Thanks Slipper. Yea I picked up Rolling Sampler recently after someone mentioned it. I'd actually completely forgot to start using it so thats for reminding me! The click and drag funtion from that is great. Also how you can just leave it constantly recoding all the time. ✌️

[@mufcmusic8514]

Your a legend

[@groovining]

Appreicate that mate :) ✌️🥷

[@StripperPingvin23]

Thank God I thought this was the last one in the series. I really wanted to know a thing or two about arrangements in their tracks like black rose or even two masks. All those silent eerie buildups.

[@groovining]

Yea, I actually pass over it briefely in the intro of this vid where I talk about how some tunes use atmos & FXs to fill the background space and some use pads. I think the next one will be how to sound design some of the FXs and textural elements etc. Then maybe one more to finish! :)

[@StripperPingvin23]

@@groovining keep em coming my man. Thanks for helping us out in this quest.

[@groovining]

@@StripperPingvin23 I certainly will. Pleasure my friend, we're all in this quest together!

[@karljunglist]

nice man! subbed

[@groovining]

Thanks friend! Appreicate the sub, glad you enjoyed the vid :)

[@aidanharding660]

great tutorial :)

[@groovining]

Thanks mate - glad you found it useful. 😊

[@longamuslong]

this is quality

[@groovining]

Glad you enjoyed mate 😊

[@edfroxt7294]

Returning here to hit that like button 3rd time)))

[@groovining]

Thanks you so much mate! so sorry for all the re-ups. I put so much time into this vid and just couldn't leave it up with that horrible resonance playing throughout :)

[@craigburton4447]

Good video but small correction. The Jungle Jungle samplepack was not an original 90s sample CD. It's a pack of sounds lifted from classic jungle / drum and bass tunes long after they were made and released for free by Blu Mar Ten.

[@groovining]

Yea I got that bit wrong but its a good pack for people to be aware of so not the end of the world that its in the vid! Cheers :)✌️

[@datapusher-]

Nice, you still got your EMU sampler. I still have an E64... wont ever get rid of it!

[@groovining]

Yea I love my EMU. I don't use it all the time but it sounds fantastic and its such a wicked tool. It's basically part of the family now and its going knowhere! ✌️

[@datapusher-]

@@groovining yeah the filters have their own flavor. You see Dave Rossum remade the SP1200? 4 grand though is crazy!

[@groovining]

Yea very $$$. There is also the ILSA instruments version which is a bit cheaper and not bad sp2400. Its a lot for a drum maschine but everyone loves that 12 bit crunch! :)

[@datapusher-]

@groovining yeah my buddy scored one when they first released it.... $$$$$$ lol if I were into lofi hip hop... maybe!! In the late 90s you could get the OG for near nothing!

[@groovining]

That was the time to get them, when computer music first started out and stole the show. They have a great sound but so does my EMU e5000 ultra so i'm not stressed! ✌️

[@bens4295]

No one ever mentions Source Direct as DnB legends, but they are. Miss those dudes. Wonder what they're up to.

[@groovining]

For sure! There a little bit forgotten today like a lot of those pioneering artists from the 90s. Jim seems to be doing a bit of Djing for Metalheadz at the moment. Phil has a small record label called Vampire records✌️🥷

[@12BITJuNGLEOuTTHeRe]

Nice vid man👌

[@groovining]

Cheers mate! Love you channel also, really keeping the old school alive. You've recent release sound wicked! Got a great sound coming out of OctaMED + Akai samplers! ✌️

[@12BITJuNGLEOuTTHeRe]

@@groovining 🙏

[@12BITJuNGLEOuTTHeRe]

Those pads are delicious mate! So happy seeing channels talking about Jungle !

[@groovining]

Same man! This side of dnb/jungle is where its at. I'm all about the 90's style resurgence thats happening at the moment :)

[@alfiekovacs]

love it

[@groovining]

Cheers friend ❤️ :)

[@tunnis7us]

great stuff thanks alot! :)

[@groovining]

Pleasure mate! Glad you enjoyed it :) ✌️