How to Write/Produce Liquid DnB Drums

In this video I cover the process of writing and producing liquid drum and bass drums. We start out with kick and snare sample layering and then move on to writing hi-hats and understanding the various articulations we can use for more expressiveness. I also cover the concept of layering live drums over our one shot based pattern to give it a more organic feel.
Then we move on to mixing and processing our drums using various techniques. One of which is using clipping and limiting to reach competitive loduness levels and also using transformer / tape saturation to add nuance to our drums, then use buss compression and finally limiting to really flesh out the drums.
Bitwig Addictive Drums
00:00 Intro
00:25 Song Preview
01:09
01:33 Sign me plox
01:44 Drums Preview
02:15 Drum Pattern Overview
03:07 Understanding Velocities
03:34 How to Think About Drum Fills
03:58 Writing Hi-hats
05:00 Kick Layering
05:51 Snare Layering
06:08 Drum Tuning
07:36 Clipping/Limiting for Loudness
08:24 Live Drum Layer with AD2
08:58 Live Drums Preview
09:12 PLZ Support me
09:45 Mixing Live Drum Layer
11:40 Additional Snare Layer
12:00 Additional Hihat Layer
12:32 Tambourine Layer
12:55 Ride Layer/Worm Break
13:00 Drum Mixing Hierarchy
13:45 Drum Buss
16:38 Outro

[@darkmoon_dawg]

I have no interest in making liquid dnb, but there's a lot of good information here for mixing for drums in general that I'm definitely gonna come back to later. You've got a knack for teaching!

[@harmenstruiksma3012]

D&B is movement. It is bigger than 1 nation. Love from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@MusicMakingEnglishMan]

As a representative of English culture, I solemnly approve your request for international recognition with immediate effect. PS - Nice track 😆

[@midierror]

Awesome video as always! It gets the British DnB seal of approval 🙂

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Thanks m9

[@JoshuaKersey]

i appreciate ya making a video without telling us how bad we are or making outlandish claims.

[@AAWTV87]

Wow! That song preview with those lovely strings!!! 😍👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@reereelization]

You are sooooo dang talented, and have quickly become my fav KZbin producer. Thank you for your generous tutorials!!! …I hope you get signed btw!!

[@d3vs3b96]

sheeeshh need this!! thanks for all this info, been following your channel since 5 months ago and I have learnt a lot. cheers to you

[@stuartmccallum91]

You’re fucking hilarious hahaha! So dry and deadpan, but genuine!

[@secondsolstice8695]

Great stuff Eliana love this style!

[@blindcamel6236]

The high tuning in DnB also helps to give room for the sub bass to roll under the drums nicely 👍

[@sectiondrecords4580]

your videos are always creative and give good insight to any topic you take on! Thanks Subscribed

[@andrew4155]

Omg thanks so much for this one, dream tutorial

[@WiggyWamWam]

This is the best production channel on KZbin, hands down

[@Vimstershir]

Nooise stuff, thanks! Happy New year!

[@ozybrks]

Really good videos, thank you!

[@cclark8088]

excellent tutorial!

[@teamtomii]

I wish I knew as much as you about mixing! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@aano1370]

the Good Looking Records shirt let me know I was dealing with a real one.

[@TheKiyakou]

Great tutorial, thank you very much

[@elijahjflowers]

thank you so much!

[@jazzyj4126]

Great vid.

[@prismaticsignal5607]

really nice dnb drums!

[@m3m3sis]

I've made metal and symphonic shit for years and have started to get interested in 80's and liquid dnb. Your channel is spot on. Especially the 80s chord thing was stellar.

[@overtonesnteatime198]

Just discovering you and your channel. This is basically what i was searching for so woot! Thanks and i'll be sure to keep up with you from now on :)

[@_TheViewer_]

Ooooooooh weeeeh, thanks for this one ! Def kind of my passion after dubstep ! 🎉

[@jive499]

Excellent tutorial on liquid dnb drums. USA has earned its dnb stripes!

[@ryde2012]

Brilliant tutorial 🔥🔥🔥💯

[@derBESIEGER]

Good vid, cheers.

[@zbsfm]

i'm so glad i found this channel, this is seriously great advice and pedagogy. i subbed on patreon!

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Thanks for becoming a member!

[@PressedTheWrongButtonAgain]

Great video and great shirt!

[@viridianloom]

This is awesome. I'm mostly a prog-metal/chiptune musician so I don't have a lot of experience with proper electronic composition. I played that game Neon White and loved the DnB soundtrack so I've been trying to figure out how to write those kind of drums so this has been a boon.

[@burntzach]

dang you are TALENTED!

[@renosance8941]

I know this was about drums, but your kind of jazzy note choices in _the melody_ inspired me to see more possibilities in what DnB is, and what I could produce. Thanks all around.

[@davidramirez591]

Love the shirt! Big up!

[@samperamusic]

nice video!!

[@intranexine8901]

the chord progression in this is insane, you should break that down too

[@ElianaDAngelo]

I kinda covered it in the rest but its just too much. Had to simplify the concept sadly. :(

[@pabloangelzarateperez7400]

Thanks for the tutorial! I actually arrived to your channel some years ago through your Nitrotracker jungle track, which I'm a fan of lol

[@djmetal]

super dope info, gonna apply this to jump up dnb and sum dubstep as well!

[@zeninvites3209]

great video. i became a smarter person after watching. really good guide on the drums

[@trntzx00]

need to hear the full version of this beatt

[@Buttersmoov]

this track is smooth asfff

[@mxdrewoxygen]

I wondered where my slipmat went, It's on your Tshirt Tehe, Nice Tutorial

[@G5999_-]

Woooow 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@azrombazsaid1911]

Thanks you so much for this vidéo !!! Viva la Drum'n'Bass 😁

[@EBSMuzik]

I love how you started this off! I make DNB in California! 🤘🏽😜

[@MrGenophyte]

ah yes amazing thorough tutorial i can learn from ! 1 1/2 hours later .. *realizes i just recreated the entire drum track of this is jungle sky, vol 6 - disc 2 - track 1 -dj yellow note -"happily" verbatim....again from memory.

[@mattfraser3452]

Love you Yanky Girl . Love your work . Merry Christmas and a Happy Hogmanay ! ✌️♥️🇦🇺🇺🇸🥃🥃🦘

[@ElianaDAngelo]

ken oath mate. down an extra bunning snag and VB for me this fair dinkum xmas aayyeee

[@mattfraser3452]

@@ElianaDAngelo hahahaha 😂 That's spot on ! except for the aayyeee , that's a Queensland embellishment , your teacher is obviously a banana bender / came toad , I'm a New South Waleshman pie eating / cockroach Imitation is the greatest form of flattery , but can you get the accent right without sounding cockney ? I really love what you do but until I get the gear I'll stick to my loud obnoxious Rose Tattoo and AC/DC stuff on my imitation Strat half pissed , hahahaha what you do is amazing and I'd love to have a go mate , I mean Love ✌️♥️

[@jamesbutler6647]

That comment just got you another subscriber 😂😂😂

[@seanhochman]

Really great tips! even for someone like me who has been doing this for a while.

[@Catrob10651]

thanks

[@ruudheadz7095]

Great DnB Track, Stick with what works for you and others who enjoy all types of Drum & Bass Music...! (subscribed!)

[@Alckemy]

good stuff^^

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Thanks, king of neuro 🙏

[@TekFreq]

Mate, Winslow is american and his liquid is godly! I almost forgot, great video!

[@tontobuzz]

I always find it so difficult to create DnB Drum Patterns. The Hi Hat Section in particular presents me with problems. So thank you for this video - and for bringing up let's say rather unusual genre,

[@rd-cv4vm]

Get addicitve drums 2, it will open your eyes on many levels. try to reproduce famous beat, you will realize that there is a lot less to do that you might think

[@thampex]

nice vid.. yeah some good dnb coming from the states, but i would say the hayday for mre was the renegade hardware days

[@josea.m.m.6709]

Very good turorial. Pretty Eliana :)

[@reereelization]

Ohhh oooooh!!! …:just notice the good looking shirt. Awesome. DnB for life!!!

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Ahh bambaclart junglist massive

[@reereelization]

@@ElianaDAngelo best. Reply. Ever. You just made my 2022. Bludclart!!!

[@floridaplays54]

Slayed

[@tiborvegh700]

That is one good lookin' t-shirt maam!

[@T-i-n-o]

Thanks for this tutorial, I really like your color scheme in Bitwig. Especially for the drums, can you maybe tell me what theme you used? Lovely wishes

[@Intergalacticjack]

Daring introduction!

[@Strafuzz]

Cool t shirt 👍🏾

[@linqsounds]

Nice video and good info, been interested in trying out some dnb but whenever I did it just doesn't sounds right :d Gonna give it another go

[@GJOToole]

Yes you have nailed the authentic sound, great work! Guess the whole Dubstep era updated the US to UK dance music. Back in the day when I was going to raves in London - the US was lagging well behind and seemed to use a lot more trance type sounds. That said I think the US dance culture at raves and festivals is much better as aesthetically its more of the psychadelic tip.

[@tomr1305]

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[@Desirsar]

I missed another video release because it's not being advertised in the Discord server! Edit - And the server isn't advertised in this video's description!

[@illeia_official]

I LOVE YOU

[@loveit8602]

swear to God the newjeans producer listened to this video and then produced the whole EP. this is the whole super shy, e.t.a., etc.

[@woef]

that nitro tracker video from 12 years ago already proved enough

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Deep cut.

[@stephendsouza5700]

Which Bitwig version is this ?

[@nickskywalker2568]

I need that t-shirt! I'd see that track fit we in the catalogue of the british Hospital Recordings or the Brazilian Innergrounds Recordings. I don't have any relation with them though

[@Unders]

Not too shabby.

[@swandarkart2752]

why and how do you know everything !? Love your vids

[@RetroCreepy]

is this track published anywhere?

[@steamconnected6671]

How to get full track

[@dbjungle]

This was my favorite video all week. The finished tune is BIG. Have you released any DNB? I would definitely have played this back when I was still gigging.

[@ElianaDAngelo]

I have! Look up Acoustiks on here and I have a lot of my old tracks from 10+ yrs ago.

[@dbjungle]

@@ElianaDAngelo Awesome! TY, I will check!

[@DJDiskmachine]

Liquid of all things, I'd assumed you'd go with Neurofunk 😅 Cheers!

[@tontobuzz]

Nice shirt! I see you know what you're talking about :)

[@VanillaSoul]

Subbed fast

[@hireality]

Inspiring tutorial Eliana👍 but as a beginner (I have a Elektron Model:Cycles) I was really hoping to learn from this video how to make this Liquid DnB drum pattern (which I really didn’t learn in this video). This was more mixing/producing at an advanced level. Could you please sometimes make just basic and slow paced tutorials?

[@hireality]

I actually just found this tutorial that you did a while ago that nails what I wish for in my comment above: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3jVo5ePp7SBoas

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Thanks. I wanted to go more into detail on the arrangement of the drums but it was originally a part of a larger video. Was exhausted after filming 4 hours straight.

[@brainsplosion3000]

my dumb ass read this title and thought I was learning Dave Mattews Band drums 😂

[@poodlechews]

These drums sound awesome... good stuff. Light and skippy, but with perfect transients to add weight in the right places

[@sooklalmusic4560]

Liz play records and spearhead records just to name a few more, I think would like your tunes. Oh and fokus or c recordings.

[@hard_r6232]

what daw is this? reason?

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Bitwig

[@hard_r6232]

ur so dope

[@sooklalmusic4560]

Heart twice records. Would be interested

[@RandomU5erName]

in before the bruv chavs

[@ElianaDAngelo]

I SWEAR ON ME NAN I DIDNT TOUCH THAT SLAGS MINGE BRRUUVVV

[@steamconnected6671]

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[@rd-cv4vm]

Us dnb pioneer are many and very well respected in uk, i mean have you ever heard of gridlok to name one?great info tho

[@ElianaDAngelo]

Oh you like drum and bass? Name every producer.

[@rd-cv4vm]

@@ElianaDAngelo you missed my point, your intro states that "hey we also do good dnb in usa, i know it is hard to admit..etc etc ", ....well it isn't. Since the beginning of dnb, it isn't new "yanks" doing great dnb and it isn't news for people into dnb, except if they are to young , i found it weird you said that.since you are a dnb producer, i would have expected you knew about USA dnb history....and gridlok, or diesel boy are not some producer btw. they are like miles davis in jazz for comparaison

[@ElianaDAngelo]

@@rd-cv4vm how you typed "US" made me think of the word 'us' as in we. I read it as another Brit hating on US dnb people. Had many a git talk his gob off about yabks being bad at dnb innit

[@rd-cv4vm]

@@ElianaDAngelo noooooooo of course not :), Pardon me my bad english. If they think like that they most probably are uncultivated in dnb, how ironic, isn''t it?, especially when you know how much respect the actual dnb artist/producer have for the like of diesel boy, gridlok, keaton, hive....let the idiots talk and keep doing your thing. It is my bad, i didn't spot the sarcasm in your video. peace!!

[@FakthorX]

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[@JJ-vp3bd]

Model Music

[@diond1333]

Loved the 'cheeky git' quote. Next you'll be drinking tea from your best china and eating cucumber sandwiches. Great tune, by the way.

[@lestart5091]

бля мужик че с тобой

[@zk2532]

Lol

[@jt4eva]

Ladies; this is what men look for in a womenz 🥵

[@lucid484]

uhhh. what....

[@francoisparadis5184]

This is getting out of hand....I literally got 3 minutes of advertising that I could not skip before the video.....

[@wwlittlejOfficial]

Liquid dnb is like the soft Rock of Rock music, I frankly find it boring. I'm watching just because I didn't know Eliana was into it. Her knowledge is deep, pretty cool.

[@CC-fi3pp]

Your drums were cool and so was the explanation but it was off, all you need is Think and other breaks and an Akai S1000, this is where the UK will always rules and the Yanks just won't get it.

[@bansku1137]

who would have guessed that the uploader of a nintendo ds dnb video from 13 years ago is trans

[@antgreen3254]

the hips dont lie.