How to make music like BADDERS RADIO, Skrillex and Sicaria Sound... 👀

#musicproducer #ableton
REAL DUBSTEP is back!!
Beginners Guide on how to make this style.
Products Used:
Ruff & Rugged Kit → dvnt.to/rfnrg
Wubs & Wobbles → dvnt.to/wubs-n-wobbles
DJ Crystl Fragments → dvnt.to/fragments
Follow Me:
Instagram → / stranjahbeatz
TikTok → / stranjahbeatz
All Social Links → linktr.ee/stranjah
Buy My Products:
All Products → deviantaudio.com/shop
Ableton Kits → deviantaudio.com/ableton
Preset Packs → deviantaudio.com/presets
Sample Packs → deviantaudio.com/samples
Shirts/Caps → www.stranjah.com/merchandise
Free Packs:
STRANJAH Sample Pack → bit.ly/2WPpyoj
STRANJAH Serum Preset Pack → bit.ly/3cFKLtg
STRANJAH Slicing Preset → bit.ly/3doS6ji
Favourite VST/Tools:
bit.ly/40rlt72
My go-to Sample Site:
Splice 2 Weeks Free → bit.ly/41f0wNI
Other ways to Support:
My Skillshare Class 1 Month FREE → skl.sh/stranjah06221
Join my Discord → / discord
0:00 What is DEEP Dubstep
1:03 Basic Dubstep Drums
7:02 Create a Deep Wobble Bass
17:47 If you want MORE Wub Bass Presets...
20:10 Adding texture
21:07 Learn about DJ Crystl's pack
23:07 How to make the loop interesting
25:14 FULL Track
25:52 Final Thoughts

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Definitely feeling this! Reminds me of Benga, back in 2009. Make more of this please, a nice change up from the DnB and it shows just how versatile your packs are, since you can use them for various musical types and not just DnB!

[@STRANJAH]

100% glad you can recognize the sound!

[@Spikes778]

thank you for the words in the intro! some people definitely needed to hear that

[@TDiamond777]

Mega amazing tutorial to follow much appreciated for posting this homie! Keep up the great work

[@burneraccount5153]

Yoooo the way you explain everything is S tier....great breakdown, great video!

[@riddimfernandez5139]

MORE of this please. Great video as always buddy!

[@lostboy1719]

love it brother thanks for making learning vital fun!

[@STRANJAH]

Products Used: Ruff & Rugged Kit → dvnt.to/rfnrg Wubs & Wobbles → dvnt.to/wubs-n-wobbles DJ Crystl Fragments → dvnt.to/fragments

[@any3859]

Great begineer tutorial man! I really like how you simplified everything down to an easily digestible presentation. Will send this to all my homies!

[@apoplexiamusic]

5:47 that wood block folder sounds an awful lot like the wood block in the intro to Tool’s Eulogy

[@seantempleton2581]

Your teaching style clicks for me! You explain well, nice slow pace, appreciate it bro

[@larz4437]

I'm sure a ton of new people to this genre in here so im really glad you set the record straight right away about how this is just OG UK Dubstep. I feel like thats an important point that should not go unnoticed.

[@sac5608]

yeah i really appreciated that too that he mentioned this

[@ronaldoaguilera7669]

Brooo I luv it bro grew up listening to Rusko caspa and bar9

[@sac5608]

@@ronaldoaguilera7669 you definitely a "bro" step enjoyer but at least its not old skrillex good for you

[@ronaldoaguilera7669]

@@sac5608 good for me fucc r u on abt bitc, old Skrillex went hard too. The fact I said caspa n rusko n u said brostep I don’t even wanna imagine the dogshit world u live in 😂 I kno ur girl hates ur music bro but don’t project that on me

[@ronaldoaguilera7669]

@@sac5608 ur def a loser

[@CharanBMusic]

This is the content I'm looking for and using Vital too! Learned quite a bit about creating certain sounds here. Deep and dark Dubstep is my vibe

[@sparkytmp]

Bro, I watched tonnes of vids for tutorials, but finally someone explains the why, not the how. Cheers. Big ups.

[@eXquisiteNoise]

Amazing stuff man, would love to see more 140/ deep dubstep stuff

[@soriamleit]

Legend! More.

[@chriscook8327]

great video as usual Alan :)

[@be1upun]

more of these please❤‍🔥

[@nugchompah]

Thanks for this, reminds me of partying in Nottingham in 2010, what a great time.

[@STRANJAH]

I like Sleeper, Compa, Youngsta, Thelem, Biome, Eva808, TMSV, Commodo, J:Kenzo, Von D, SP:MC, LX ONE... What other REAL dubstep artists should we know about??? 😇

[@osamabinsaucin929]

Kromestar, Samba, Sepia, Mr K , Enigma Dubz, Mystic State, The Bug, Calibre etc.. Its too many names to mention🔥🔥

[@01Decapitator]

man Sleeper is my fav all time! doesent go darker than that

[@emcee19.05]

Planet Mu, Hyperdub

[@corneliousism]

DMZ and all associated acts released on their label.

[@cressida6643]

Karma!

[@seantempleton2581]

so glad you use vital as well

[@phoenics0912]

I loved this tutorial. I've always wondered how to make gnarly basslines on vital like the one you showed. I'm new to using wave tables and I would've never figured out how to do it without me randomly coming across this video. 👍

[@TheDARKLiGHTstudio]

everyone be like skrillex ruined dubstep..... but now he's actively fixing the american scene

[@rawbbingmysellph7464]

He did.. so it's good to see him make it right this time...

[@fad3rmc248]

@@rawbbingmysellph7464 bruuuuh straight up bs, he had a long brake and after that quest for fire/dont get too close was sick bro. what have i missed? where did he mess up?

[@dani4ever]

You're replying to someone who's coming from the original uk style sound. You might be thinking of the Skrillex big breakthrough as something great while OP he's saying that's when he ruined stuff. Skrillex did his thing, and we dubstep heads got very salty for a while but it's all good now XD.​@@fad3rmc248

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Hi hat patterns programmed in triplets, adds a really nice groove and shuffle to this type of beat.

[@STRANJAH]

I agree!

[@TDiamond777]

For anyone using Serum in ableton Create an instrument Rack then open the Chain List at the bottom and add 2 chains to the instrument Rack 2 Seperate Serums will be connected to these Chains (1 Serum per chain) Have OSC A (The one without effects in Top & Rename the Chain to NO FX Serum) Have OSC B in the 2nd Chain (bottom one) & rename it FX Serum Then you can create this same effect through Serum in ableton (Not sure if other DAWs have instrument racks so that's why im specifying ableton since i do know that DAW)

[@nathanbryers]

Yea man it’s nice to see you in halftime … 🎉

[@jordanjoestar76]

I like how the word “subtle” came after “deep”. like, no. a dripment tutorial clearly displays the depth of tearout compared to early dubstep. It’s mosdef deeper. I still love the oldies, j/s.

[@UsmanAhmed83]

Always a treat when you upload. Thank god old school dubstep is coming back, im about done with this tearout shit.

[@thudhrtz]

Excellent video my dude!! Don’t forget the groove pool tho when using loops and short patterns. Swing Logic, and the SP1200 swing add a real nice touch ❤

[@STRANJAH]

Good call!

[@thudhrtz]

lovin the Victory remix G! big ups! @@STRANJAH

[@powder_artist7438]

Thank youu :)

[@Intergalacticjack]

A video on early Caspa & Rusko stuff would be excellent bud!

[@JIDEHHIGHELEMENTS]

thx Stranjah weither it's educational content or properly taylored samples and loop , ableton project ... it helps Just a quick listen to the free stuff said it all

[@STRANJAH]

Much love Jideh

[@kqncept]

Great tutorial!! Would love to see some old school/new school artists like ternion sound !

[@STRANJAH]

Coming soon!

[@scrptsflppd]

Would like to see a video(s) from you around time domain effects; delay and reverbs, what plugs you use for these, and how you use them in the sound design and mix down phases of a composition.

[@arej00ryan]

very nice tune

[@KevinWong-ud8ks]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!

[@markrobertts3963]

Would love to see you get into some oxossi, Gantz style dub

[@attritiondub]

good vid

[@prestonhart6685]

MORE DEEP DUBSTEP!!! Show how to write more bass lines/motifs/arrangements

[@mrpitch1978]

Shout to apple records and Croydon

[@chrisvavrick778]

Big apple*

[@particlejim]

Has a bit of an early Loefah vibe, tunes like Mud, Voodoo & It's Yours My personal favourite strain of deep dubstep is the stuff that draws influences from dub-techno, something about that cavernous dubstep swagger paired with the trippy atmosphererics of dub-techno just works so well. Some examples of tracks in this style would be: 2562 - Moog Dub Martyn - Vancouver Appleblim & Peverelist - Circling Scuba - Tense I wish more people were making tunes in this style... I mean, I am, but I want other people to make this stuff too so that I have more tunes to play in my sets!

[@ZookoMusic]

You've captured the pre 2020 dubstep sure, but the new Skrillex sound you mentioned is far different. He uses what he's learnt from other genres, he manually writes in automation, he tunes the hats, most of his drums are layered percs with dynamics and swing, most vocals used as call and response to drum parts with major time stretching and pitch tuning. Well tbh call and response is his go-to writing trick, but in order to make music like Skrillex you need to understand EDM, Dubstep, DnB, Trap, UK Garage, World Music and Metal and what separates them and use those distinctions to create the sound he has now. Here's a stupid crazy way to get drums like Skrill quick: Basic DubS beat, K - S - - K S - Replace Snare with snap/perc hits Replace dashes with hat/vox hit Offbeat hat between every K,S and Dash (load hat sample into a sampler piano roll for creating variations, a little rule which is keeps things clean. The faster the hat roll the higher you want to pitch to help transients of that hats) Find 2 background percussion/vox/texture/foley loops, get 2 that work incredibly together that both compliment and contrast. Now chop them up, chop of beat 1 an 2 an from one loop and beat 3 an 4 an from the other and see how they sound back to back. Play around with sections of your loops, to create a pt 1 & pt 2 in a subtle manner through your whole 1 bar drum beat. Any vox samples used in the mix of percussion, a little tip, use automation on reverb/stereo width when a vox hit is followed silence before next sound. For example if I use a vox hit as a snare sound, I would raise the reverb milliseconds after the initial snare hit and then choke (turn down the reverb) just before the kick hits. Humanise most elements!! Move supporting sounds off grid by a few pixels LITERALLY, helps loosen sounds up 🙏 There's so much more to dubstep than wub wub. Anyone actually wanting to learn how to create like Skrillex? Use World samples UK Garage/Bassline & Trap instruments and sounds (VSTs) Write it like a HipHopMetal track (Numetal) (f**k up lifters, down lifters and risers, stop being lazy, use drum fills, instrument fills and their effects to move the track along) And of course with all that in mind, you just gotta now make some dubstep... 🤘

[@sk00bz.]

Yo awesome vid! Why does your Vital UI look so new and modern? What version are you running?

[@STRANJAH]

Skin!

[@sk00bz.]

Sick! Didn't know they have UI skins. Which one is this you are using?@@STRANJAH

[@gordonjcp]

Dude, you're looking so well! You got the sleep thing sorted then?

[@STRANJAH]

Yes health has been better thanks

[@nebelweiss6999]

The only thing thats missing on the track is Warrior Queen

[@StripperPingvin23]

Lovely vibe, since you're heading over to this area maybe you could make a tutorial on danny breaks or maybe late 90s dubstep?? Thanks a lot STRANJAH

[@datapusher-]

I cringe every time I hear the word "riddim"... its all brostep to me. Big up Stranjah, love the vital bits....and lol at your bobble head edits! Those always crack me up.

[@doomato397]

they're not the same at all tho. riddim is a bit less garbage than brostep

[@datapusher-]

@@doomato397 Heavy dubstep riddim brostep.... I dont really really care, kids just need to stop trying to reinvent genres like they are doing something new... its already been done!

[@datapusher-]

@@doomato397 Also riddim is not even original... its a reggae / reggaetón sub genre! lol Genres genres genres!

[@doomato397]

@@datapusher- riddim in raggae etc is reffering to the background instrumental, it's not a seperate sub genre. all though i agree that people need to stop coming up with lame "new genres", riddim has evolved to a point where it truly can't be classified as another dubstep subgenre

[@fatfanofmusic3126]

This dude is going to turn us all into Skrillexes

[@STRANJAH]

Imagine being at a rave with 100 little Skrillex with their head half shaved

[@ARCASIAUK]

Wicked video. Which vital skin is this by the way?

[@STRANJAH]

Oh my Vital Skin? For a moment I thought you were complimenting on my glowing complexion. All thanks to a daily 3-step skincare routine. But to answer your question, "Candy Cave" Vital Skin ;-)

[@saylurrodriguez3315]

I really hope we go full in to the deep side in the dubstep scene. I’m so tired of riddim

[@themongoose7318]

Stranjah can we get this pack in serum please 🙏

[@STRANJAH]

Working on some

[@STRANJAH]

But VITAL is free, why not get that?

[@themongoose7318]

@STRANJAH I might have to my G! Although I just spent over 200 bucks on serum and it's taking me a while to get my head around it ! Thanks for the correspondence bro, love your stuff!

[@eti32neg.55]

Because Foundational Dubstep is The Dubstep ! Totally agreeing and assuming this "Vulgarriddim" popular in the US is a distorted trashy nonsense of the original ! Only vibes here, simple and efficient recipe as usual with Stranjah. 👏❤😊

[@aarons2632]

Yep. Real dubstep. Not that brostep (tear out) sound. No disrespect. I like the in your face stuff but it’s crazy how people think that’s all there is. Real dubstep doesn’t sound anything like Skrillex, Excision, Sullivan King etc.

[@rvfeek]

for the knowledge but PUT A DEESSER ON YO GADDAMN MIC!!!!!!

[@DUBLDENM]

Which vital synth is free?!?

[@STRANJAH]

The basic version, which is FULLY functionable but missing some presets that is all.

[@DUBLDENM]

@STRANJAH oh man, thank you so much! I saw a price when I looked into it so I threw it straight in the "later maybe" box haha, I've been missing out! Thanks so much for all your tips man, your channel is a new favourite of mine 🙏 finally taking a proper dive into production at 36 years old and loving it! Cheers 🙏💙💙

[@STRANJAH]

@@DUBLDENM no problem it’s a powerful synth. Can’t believe it’s free.

[@TheOfficialBeZii]

Bro I dig your content, and I'm grateful for your effort to put work out to teach people, but the title though? xD music like BADDERS RADIO? Sicaria Sound? xD

[@STRANJAH]

You have to understanding gaming the algorithm in this KZbin game. It’s not about being cool (the good dubstep names) it’s about what will trigger it so YOU will see the video.

[@Guntherthefool]

​@@STRANJAH💯 gotta play the algorithm

[@midsekta6452]

oppenhihat

[@armignac]

You make a DnB Track, and put that on half time.

[@fortnitedan3615]

wtf

[@reclused]

Is Skrillex trying to claw himself some credibility by reverting to actual dubstep now?

[@treecanopy]

BOOM BEST COMMENT!!!!!

[@STRANJAH]

Maybe his taste just got refined?

[@professorpancakes6545]

@@STRANJAHI think that’s almost certainly the case! That being said there is some irony in it, somewhere… I’m sure.

[@SoundSurge999]

What the fuck is the real genre at this point. I cant tell the real genre of anything at this point. SMH 🤦‍♂️

[@Battledrone]

Skrillex does not belong in that list... just sayin'

[@datapusher-]

ok purist. 🤦‍♂

[@My_man_G_UK]

Not heard the original "Rumble" but Leo Cap's remix is 😤😤😤.

[@STRANJAH]

It’s about gaming the algorithm and less about Skrillex. His name is trending now along with the good dubstep. So by catching on this trend new people will get exposure on how to make this music. Everyone wins.

[@treecanopy]

skrillex aint no deep dubstep dude!! one tune with flowdan and eveyone assimilates him to it.... weird. Where is DMZ's mention???

[@STRANJAH]

Why you mad. His name has so much reach, he's bringing this sound to a new and bigger audience. And then this audience will learn about the names such as DMZ, Mala, etc. It can only help. This video wasn't about mentioning every name in the game, its about teaching you how to make the sounds people love.