How to NEVER Write Bad Orchestral Percussion Again (Explained with Ducks)

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00:00​​​​ This works with any sample library
00:45 Our rhythm ("I like ducks and...")
01:08 Expanding our rhythm
02:31 Orchestral Starter Kit
02:52 Use these sample libraries
03:24 Low percussion
04:09 Mid percussion
06:20 High percussion
07:51 Ultra Low percussion
08:28 High-end sparkle
09:39 Equalizer (EQ)
11:21 Compressor
12:43 Final result
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[@KevinKuschel]

No ducks were harmed in the making of this video. Want to learn more about orchestral music production? Get your starter kit and don't hesitate to contact me directly

[@limonscore]

This may be the best composing tutorial style video I have ever seen

[@replicant6]

LOL! Awesome. Exactly what I’m looking for now. On your advice, I just got Nucleus, Damage2, Areia, and Cinematic Studio strings. Thank you! I’ve been fighting with my previous libraries, and I’m loving these new ones. Cheers!!! Ps. I also like ducks. ;)

[@AndreasMSchroeder]

Great pro…duck…tion, as always, @KevinKuschel

[@BenBerkenboschMusic]

Great tutorial!!! Really cool how you turned this one sentence into a big epic percussion cue!! And for anyone that still struggles after this video, writing good percussion is something you can practise, anyone can do this, and the more you do it the better you get!

[@jenssieckmann]

Great video Kevin. In fact, the method you describe is the very similar to one of the "best practises" for creating themes or phrases out of motifs. E.g. the PreVade method: presentation, repetition, variation, destruction.

[@zenzelstephensmusic]

This was a golden video, Alex very creative! Keep it up!

[@EwanSmithMusic]

Who’s Alex

[@zenzelstephensmusic]

@@EwanSmithMusic yeah I wrote this in the morning don’t mind that lol😅I meant to say Kevin

[@D3FA1T1]

@@zenzelstephensmusic Kevins second name is now Alex, nobody can tell us anything else

[@DamDominiciMusic]

Great explanation, what an authentic and creative approach! Just discovered your channel and boy am I loving it!

[@just1stone689]

Well done! Fun, straight-forward and informative. Thank you!

[@spokansas]

Great tutorial/tip! More please, thanks!

[@KevinKuschel]

on it!

[@mgtmusic2926]

I think the way you explained the mixing part of this video was perfect for beginners like me. A full on video on EQ might be daunting but if you bring it in small packages with a direct application on a project then i could follow much better.

[@UXMetalVTuber]

I need this

[@avinashkhandre0321]

Duck?

[@UXMetalVTuber]

@@avinashkhandre0321 that also

[@tomanut]

I want more tutorials like this!

[@KevinKuschel]

stay tuned

[@5ammy13]

Very ingenious. Will borrow this idea to teach my students too 😀BTW, would love to see a video on how you use the Step Sequencer here for Percussion? You were pretty effortless and looks like it saved you a lot of time. I usually just play in the percussion on the keyboard and then quantize and fix notes afterwards, but I reckon I should give this a shot too.

[@thomandy]

Well, I just got Damage 2 and Uncharted 88 after watching your videos and Ill try to keep this in mind. Waiting for the Gravity 2 sale, and Ill get that too. Good times! :) Also, really want the Watchkeeper Library by Keep-forest.. but it's 400$(sale) which I don't think it's worth?!?! It's in my cart, but I have not been able to go through with it... Either way, love your content, I have seen close to 30 videos to completion by now, and I genuinely think it's weird youtube won't push your content a bit harder. Top quality, with genuine impressions, tips and tricks. GG.

[@SilvermainMusic]

'Use speech...' Holy crap that's great!

[@magruhn]

The Ducks made my day xD

[@BryanParnala]

Just had this idea about listening to rap to get some idea for percs. thanks!

[@nnnyel]

Woah thanks for the idea!!

[@NeuroPete]

WTD! Thanks so much! This is such a great... WMD, for people like me, who don't have a clue... about percussion (taka taka tak ahhhh).

[@hersh_yt]

Imagine next time only a duck shows up and schooling us advanced orchestral techniques 🦆

[@geoffeep]

Wonder if you could use this to also come up with a mallardy? ;) (love all your videos)!

[@jcrod9467]

Excellent stuff! 8:28 Kevin, what is the name of this track? It is sooo nice!

[@KevinKuschel]

The short snippet in the background? It's one of my own exercises.

[@jcrod9467]

@@KevinKuschel it is so cool, you should make it a full track

[@onaucc9899]

Hello :) Do you have a recommendation for a percussion library for more electronic / hybrid approach? I was thinking about heavily sound designed stuff - for example like the Dune and Duen 2 intro drums, you know? I'm not an orchestral producer - quite the opposite: i make mainly techno and more experimental bass music, but also ambient stuff. Some tribalisitc percussion stuff i think would be a really nice addition. So i'm not necessarily looking for something "authentic" or classic sounding. Is there any library that kind of fits that nieché? :)

[@You-ud2fp]

Now you gotta do that whole process again for the b section 😂 or just extend it, cause just that would get repetitive quickly. Good for a high energy section, but the phrasing or words just run into eachother too quickly for slower sections.

[@ReeealBadman]

what the actual duck is happening here

[@immersivestorytelling]

Excellent tutorial, thank you! Also, what DAW are you using?

[@KevinKuschel]

Thanks! I use Studio One

[@immersivestorytelling]

@@KevinKuschel thanks! Do you ever use the music sheet function of it? One of the biggest things about FL Studio as a beginner is trying to learn from others through sheet music and FL Studio does not do that. Do you ever use Studio One for it or know of a program that is helpful for this?

[@KevinKuschel]

@@immersivestorytelling I never use it. If you are looking for a sheet music editor, check MuseScore.

[@immersivestorytelling]

@@KevinKuschel thank you!

[@nnnyel]

@immersivestorytelling just to a add, if you want a sheet editor directly inside a daw that can interchange between midi and music notation, try cubase

[@AlexSonicsMusic]

I do give a duck❤

[@jmmm2703]

I like ducks and I don't give a Quack🦆😎🦆

[@garrystubbs4891]

What if I don't like ducks?

[@seventearsofhope]

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[@KevinKuschel]

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