How to create Rave stabs (+ Rave stab sample pack available to download for free)

I'm having some fun in the studio creating 90's Rave and Techno stabs using some of my hardware (TX81Z, D-20, M1, MS-20) and as a bonus I also do a recreation of the classic demon choir Rave stab (known from T99, LA Style, The Holy Noise and many more...)
The stabs I created for this video are available to download for free. You can use these any way you want in your own music productions. Let me know if you created a retro modern Rave banger with this. I'd love to hear it !
You can get it here:
www.dropbox.com/s/igvtif50dnr...
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:30 Yamaha TX81Z based Rave stabs
3:54 Roland D-20 based Rave stabs
5:40 Korg M1 based Rave stabs
6:30 MS-20 Acid stab
7:12 The O Fortuna demon choir Rave stab
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[@roblow8126]

my dad was a sound engineer and he did the sound for n-trance one night. set you free is such a good song

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

So cool, thanks for sharing with us !

[@mixtlillness9825]

If this guy had a time machine, he’d make all the hit songs before anyone else got a chance.

[@persona83]

I have the impression you're on a mission to start a 90s comeback. Count me in! o/ 😁

[@DysconnectedDubstep]

Well I already made the comeback as an artist, I produce and sing for Eurodance genre still in 2021

[@DysconnectedDubstep]

You can listen my album YOU GOT TO MOVE or I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MOVE (2 albums) Eurodance

[@documentaryonawasp]

It’s due a comeback right? I for one am getting bored of being at Free parties and hearing non stop jump up dnb and baseline. Really wanna take a soundsystem out playing vinyl and bring back Gabber, uk hardcore, tekno, hardtrance, 90s jungle and dnb to free parties

[@GordonBraicks]

Now I even respect the 90s artists even more, they invented this workflow.

[@Estuera]

Yes indeed. It was all about being hands on creative in those days.

[@johntammaro]

This has to be my favourite ever KZbin video. No longer do I need the rave generator 2 vst.

[@IansPoorChoices]

absolute legend for providing them in the description for everyone to use as well! thank you for the video!

[@Afrojack]

thank you Jonas!

[@Estuera]

My pleasure!

[@cleverhardy5230]

3:50 ME TOO! RaveyStabs did a video on making rave stabs, and a guitar sound was close to how the people behind N-Trance did the breakdown stab on Set You Free.

[@richmouland]

7:37, nearly swallowed my whistle. Those were the sounds of the early 90s. Made me listen to an old Enigma album of all things.

[@Estuera]

Dangerous little things those whistles 😁

[@GreenHope42]

That sounds like 90's Rave. Thanks for showing how to make rave stabs.

[@E_-_-]

Love these stabs. The chromatic shifting, the "simplicity". A wonderful synthesis of the device and a sampler

[@neuronmind]

James Brown is dead ..lol. Love your channel Jonas , it's deliciously old school !

[@Estuera]

The best school :D

[@Dj_Basekiller]

L.A STYLE!! 😍😍

[@r0tekz]

So many classic rave sounds demystified. Awesome guide!

[@goodvibezzone2443]

Thanks for patches and keep doing the classic stuff as you are great at it. We love it!

[@IWOKEAGIANT]

I'm inspired to wear my baggy red Adidas zip up top today and tell people to chill out or go large

[@totalabundance2160]

Absolutely love these rave videos, keep them coming! lol....I grew up with it, and love seeing how to make the sounds.

[@grimish_tunes]

Your such a legend offering all these samples straight from your hardware, i've been looking for that rave piano stab and you openly provided. Thank you so much

[@grimish_tunes]

Also it's the first time i hear about that demon choir, sounds epic.

[@Estuera]

My pleasure

[@ASH-ou4cg]

smiling so huge throughout this entire thing, bouncing and rocking in my seat and wishing I had some glow sticks ready to go! Man I love this stuff! THANK YOU for sharing and more of these please! Pretty please!

[@Estuera]

My pleasure ! 🕺

[@lassemacbeth3577]

Was actually looking for a way to make that iconic demon choir stab! Cheers Jonas, sounds amazing! :D

[@thedutchgoonie2989]

and again a great video, always nice to hear and remember the sounds of back then, rave on! 🎉🎵

[@naromofficial6049]

Amazing video once again! Never knew that about the "Demon choir" stab hahah Keep it up!

[@cooldrumscovers3786]

You are a genius! I enjoy your videos very much. Excellent content.

[@SEAGULLskates123]

Your an absolute legend! Need more people like yourself in this world

[@888berg]

Amazing work as always.. I think your my new favourite chanel!!!

[@xxXm0RpH3usXxx]

Thanks for the samples! I really love your content, please keep it coming! :)

[@why0gilliams]

BEST sample-pack EVER Jonas. Thanks alot! :D

[@iKiWY]

That O Fortuna sample woah !!! Really great video, thank you!

[@drsynthpattern]

Absolutely love how you show the making of the stab by using keyboard and also the daw to put everything together!

[@windowsagent981]

Woah- You're now predicting what I'm looking for? I was just looking for making stabs- and this popped up, without searching. Wow.

[@goodvibezzone2443]

Check Rave Generator as well, great free vst!

[@windowsagent981]

@@goodvibezzone2443 I'ma check it out later, thanks for the suggestion!

[@davegannon6547]

Mate this tutorial has been a blessing.. thank you 👍

[@patbreacadh]

Great stuff! Thank you for the sample pack!

[@StanAllDay]

Amazing as always! Big ups you legend!

[@johnnayjohneson7525]

damn good, love that 90s sound and this is easily one of the best tutorials on youtube for that

[@MrNiceguyofficial]

Thanks for the quick rundown. Ive been using these kind of harmonic synths for all these years but never bothered to resample. Now i see the advantage even if i use digital. Keep up the good work and maybe well meet at an oldschool rave party some day

[@bocmanize]

Thank you, Jonas! Great video as usual!

[@lucsolomusic]

5 seconds in and I already loove the sounds!

[@mikethemusicman1978]

Hey Jonas, thank you so much for these. nice addition to my bank of sounds. much appreciated sir.

[@dorianduflo4062]

Great video as always 👍

[@davegannon6547]

Mate this tutorial has been a blessing.. thank you

[@nijurosu2169]

Awesome! Cheers for the sample pack mate. :)

[@maurize83]

Super content and a free sample pack for good measure, thanks!!

[@Heretic44]

Great sounds!

[@dj-dvir7023]

it's really pretty. Thank you very much

[@sambee1694]

thank you omg ive been looking for a tutorial on this exact sound for ages 😭

[@nickfbatombrew1436]

Awesome and inspiring, I know what I’m doing in the morning…. Oh yes!! Thanks for this I can't wait for the next episode.

[@Estuera]

Rave in the morning should wake you up pretty well 😁

[@nickfbatombrew1436]

@@Estuera It certainly clears the Cob webs away and I know my neighbour will appreciate it 😁

[@emphatic001]

Great work. Thanks for the sample pack.

[@MrWassollich]

Oh boy I'm so excited...

[@SaraSimmsMusic]

Thank you for the sample pack! :)

[@sergiofernandez4086]

Really enjoyed it!

[@djandyleaver1]

These sounds just remind me of the streets of rage game for the mega drive back in the early 90s

[@tweandel]

Thanks a lot!! I really appreciate your work :D

[@kochamnoc334]

Wow. It's realy cool!

[@colingram8785]

absolutely brilliant. I've been obsessed with the "rave stab", since...well, I first heard Rave music. The first 2 distinct rave tunes I can recollect were Prodigy's "Charly" and Altern 8's "Activ 8" - on reflection 2 tunes I'd hardly say are out and out favs, but they made me sit up and take notice back then...as 1991 became 1992, I noticed the more impressive growth of the sound away from more Belgian Techno/House/early Hardcore styles into what became known as UK Hardcore, but was also a very early template for pre-Jungle ideas, labels like 3rd Party, Ibiza, Reinforced, Moving Shadow, Suburban Base etc and then more pre-Happy Hardcore stuff like Seduction's Impact label - definitely a good source for tunes with classic and great use of "rave stabs". The piano is obviously a core aspect of the melody of any tune when its used, but for me a Rave track with great use of stabs, particularly different stabs to say the most obvious ones (landlord, brazil etc..) really makes me sit up and take notice, it's something I'm always striving for when I'm "trying" to make my own tunes. Same with pads, arps, strings etc; then layering them with hoovers etc, it can really energize the track and lead it into variations that aren't always obvious then just repeating 16 bar loops etc of the same sound....Pete Cannon is a brilliant proponent of this, using lots of hardware and analogue kits that were mostly used back in the early '90s, creates a very authentic sound for those not aware, also Ruff Jam is another ;) Superb vid and I'll have to see if this stab sample pack is still kicking around, appreciate your content and what you do, do you finalise these creations and release them?! Would be curious to know more, we all love the classic 'ardcore sound hehehe! Thanks mate :)

[@colingram8785]

EDIT** just noticed your Bandcamp link, I will peruse, thanks :D

[@Gainn]

D-Zone had some very creative uses of stabby things too. We still drop 'Jet-Star' pretty regularly.

[@davidcole1362]

This is now my favourite channel 😀 loved this one! Im a big collector of old school vinyl 1990-93, and just started getting back into music production so really enjoying these videos. Just out of interest what’s your thoughts on the Roland Alpha Juno 2 for the really good old school vibe 1992 era? Thanks 👍

[@Estuera]

Thanks :) And I'll tell you about the Alpha Juno 2... I've been checking them out on reverb quite a lot, seriously considering getting one in the studio. I have encountered it before in other studios but I never actually programmed it myself, at the time I didn't realize it was so much more than the source of the massive "What the..." preset. So stay tuned. It might show up on the channel at a certain point.

[@SamyKdj]

Excellent Bro ! Thank you :)

[@1ytcommenter]

of course i want more like this!

[@user-qk3lg1ty1t]

Wow! Nice stuff(stab`s) =)

[@djharryd2593]

Ou Jeah! I love it i used to do that back in days my Eps 16+ sampler

[@GreaterThanWealth]

thanks so much i used your stabs from the roland to make a beautiful track! ; )

[@toadface2021]

thank you so much just liked and subscribed! :)

[@roland-d5050]

I’m not much into that particular music style but enjoy and learn a lot watching your videos. Good job.

[@use0fweapons]

o fortuna sounds super close to mortal kombat theme

[@jsav100]

Wow, had no idea that rave choir sound came from the Carmina Burana piece. Classic rave sounds! 😊

[@mymodularjourney]

The Carmina Burana sampling was brilliant. Sounds very familiar.

[@wrmusic8736]

When you've saved money for one of those expensive AKAI samplers back in the '90s - you've made sure you got everything you could out of it

[@Estuera]

I never had an Akai but I did have an Emu and that sample memory was always filled completely 😁 Gotta sample it all.

[@Stoney3K]

Or a Fairlight CMI, which was pretty much the holy grail of samplers in the 1980s and early 90s.

[@Estuera]

And you needed a mortgage to buy one :D

[@wrmusic8736]

@@Estuera that's why you bought Emulator II instead - because if we are to believe a certain '80s movie - even a student could easily afford one

[@Estuera]

Haha yes, just work a few shifts at the grocery store and before you know you have that Emulator in your bedroom.

[@jktosh]

Lmao!!! Demon choir...never heard it referred to as that before and it's hilarious.

[@JEANBRUCE1991]

That's right it well found and fits well ; )

[@alianshampoprisioners7056]

Superior knowledge😆

[@champ10ns08]

2:37 🎶 Why waste your time, you know you're gonna be mine.. 🎶 Kinda. The first 2 chords anyway 👌😁 🕺

[@persona83]

Bizarre Inc. FTW.

[@TheSemtexCow]

Thanks man 🤘🤘🤘 legend 👍

[@stevejones1825]

Top man!

[@danm3570]

This is so cool, I'm going to do this with my virus ti to try making trance plucks

[@canalthekacper]

Thank youuuuu!!!

[@GonnyParson]

Nice. I love the drums too.

[@JayKaufman]

These are great! I feel like I'm 14 again!

[@uglysurf]

thank youuuu!!!!

[@stevereaver]

I have a new love affair with my TX81z.

[@risus7754]

amazing wow.

[@B1SCOOP]

These samples sound even better when processed through vintage bitcrusher plugins like TAL SAMPLER or D16 Decimator.

[@Estuera]

Agreed. Didn't do that for the pack so you have the option yourself but they certainly sound very nice if you crunch them a bit.

[@B1SCOOP]

@@Estuera nothing to worry, undersampling is just icing on the cake here, nailing the arrangement and track flow is much more important. Back in early '90s there were already on the market 16bit samplers like Akai S1100, some producers were working with them like Liam Howlett on his "Experience" album.

[@Stoney3K]

@@B1SCOOP And all of the garage guys were using Protracker on their Amigas.

[@VTOLKits]

That was great, why don't you tell me this in the 90s? Wondering in this time how its made... Great, thumb up!

[@Estuera]

I'll do that as soon as I get my Delorean working ;) But maybe I already did now you're reading this...

[@VTOLKits]

@@Estuera Hahaha... wish you a nice day!

[@Estuera]

See you in the past !

[@stevenburns989]

i wondered why Akai samplers did well in the 90s

[@LogicControl]

Such an amazing video! You must do more! I'm still trying to figure out the timestretch jungle beats sounds. I know how T99 did their stab. I'll have to dig up the conversation with him and find a way to send it to you!

[@Estuera]

Please do, always interested in those stories

[@LogicControl]

@@Estuera Here is a segment I managed to dig up. "I've created the sound with 2 layers . An orchestral and a synth layer . The synth is a juno or a matrix 12. The orchestral sound comes from one of the many opera/choir records i have . The orchestral and synth are tuned in a fifth from each other . Originally i've used it as the intro for the live gig's of quadrophonia in 1990. But at the end of 1990 i've created anasthasia with it. So i resampled it again . i mixed the track on a big neve console together with shelle dierickx (he mixed also pump up the jam) The sound was drenched into a hardware lexicon 480 reverb ."

[@sadhedonism7125]

Love your video. How do you make sure that the sampled chord fits to the melodic scale of your track when you pitch it up or down?

[@Estuera]

You don't. The whole idea is that the chords stay 'static' when your pitching them. That's exactly what makes that typical rave stab sound.

[@ilanweyler6701]

Held!

[@genuezia]

First of all, thank you for your content! Really) What you can recommend to program TX 81z from daw? I own this synth half a year, and really enjoy the presets sounds on it. But my goal is program this amazing synth!

[@Estuera]

Check out my video about the TX81Z. There I show a way to program it using ctrlr software

[@michaelbrosnanbouault911]

This is so fucking good

[@cottoo1]

It seems so simple now

[@metropolstudio8332]

Hey man ... amazing video! Where did you find the raves drum loops you used in the video?

[@Estuera]

Sampled from 'The Winstons - Amen Brother' 😉

[@UsoundsGermany]

I have a VST named ravemachine (IIRC).. exactly the TX sounds you showed around 2:00... I used it twice now in hopefully soon finished trax :)

[@roblow8126]

oooh ooooh

[@OGGalleryCrew92]

Hi just came across your video and i'm a old raver 88-93 and just got some outboard gear, Question How did you connect the Yamaha TX81Z to keyboard and pc / Qbase, as they old conectors on the back of the old samplers ! You should do a video on how you set up all the gear that would help a lot of people ! Rave On Pecae 88- 93

[@Estuera]

You will need a midi interface and some cables to connect the midi port. And an audio interface to connect the line out. I'm using a RME Aio , RME digiface + a couple of ADAT converters for that. But if you just need to connect one device you can do all of this with something like an Arturia audiofuse (or similar devices, there are many)

[@srosted]

Thank you 🔥 Awesome channel you've got going!! I'm stuck in the 90s like you 😉 Would you mind sampling Lately Bass from your TX81Z? Haven't been able to find some proper samples anywhere. 🙏🙏

[@Estuera]

I could do that, although the sound of LatelyBass changes quite a lot depending on the velocity level so it would have to be properly multisampled. My tip: Check out the Arturia DX7 V plugin, it has a LatelyBass preset that is based on a sysex dump. Sounds very very close.

[@ASH-ou4cg]

@@Estuera Thanks for this! I have this plugin and will have to check it out!

[@srosted]

@@Estuera great tip! Thanks a lot.

[@djhenrikolsen]

The o fortuna stab is not the same as the LA Style James Brown is dead-stab. LA Style stab is from the Roland S50 Soundbank disk 7 and the sound is Orchestra & Tympani 1. Anyway, good video! Brings back so much memories.

[@Estuera]

Yes its similar but not exactly the same. You are the second person mentioning the S50 today. Gotta check that one out

[@jackmatthewtyson]

2:37 : lekkerrrrr

[@Estuera]

Ja dat is wel een fris beatje he 😁

[@angh3ll202]

First like 😁💙💎

[@Estuera]

You win free samples :D

[@edwardbyard6540]

Can we get some rave "hoover" sounds too? Cheers!

[@Estuera]

I'm saving those for when I can get my hands on a Roland Apha Juno 2. That's _the_ original source for that massive rave hoover sound

[@JayKaufman]

Estuera I owned one and sold it. I haven't been the same since! 😆

[@Estuera]

Ouch indeed. I guess there was a good reason, not easy to let such a classic go.

[@sergeyklimenkov]

2:12 "Du hast" by Rammstein (but actually it is from E-mu's Planet Orbit or a sort of...)

[@fahadha]

Can you go over programming breakbeats on the Roland (can't tell if it's a tr8s or a MC 707)?

[@Estuera]

Its a TR-8S. I do have a D&B video on my to do list so it might happen in the future.

[@tecnos-uk]

Nice video! Do you remember KLF What time is love? I always wondered how the whoooeeeeooooeeee vocal type sound was made, any ideas?

[@Estuera]

I'll need to listen carefully again. Atm I don't have an idea.

[@tecnos-uk]

@@Estuera I'm not sure if it's from a wavetable module of some sort or a sampler, could be either I guess but it surely cuts through the mix like butter!

[@goodvibezzone2443]

I was wondering in the past too how they made it :) By the way I love the whole album "The white room" and you just reminded me so I am listening :) CHeers!

[@RutgerS.]

Those are just vocals that sing Mu Mu. One of the pseudonyms of KLF.

[@leifmarkthaler7809]

T99 used the "rave choir" sample from the dance expansion for the jv1080

[@Estuera]

Thats not possible. T99 - Anasthasia was released in 1991. The Roland JV-1080 was released in 1994 It has already been mentioned in the comments though. Based on an interview it really seems to be a classical choir sample (not specified which one)

[@leifmarkthaler7809]

@@Estuera Well, you are right. Always thought it's that sample, but listening to the song again, its not. The roland one was resampled in tons of other tracks though. Thanks for sharing an easy way to create own rave choirs!

[@djfsblunt6519]

Spongebobs Rave track right here

[@Estuera]

😂