Make 90s Tech House Chord Stabs

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@PLASKmusic 3 ай бұрын

Great video on a very simple and effective technique. 👍 I remember I made a sweet stab out of recorded goats a few years back! The sky is limit when it comes to cycling through weird sound sources, then stacking them into chords with the right processing! 😂

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks P-Lask! I'm onboard for some dubbed out goat stabs 😂Also appreciate you watching, glowed up off your tutorials on sonic academy what feels like ages ago. Always enjoyed your teaching style & music 💪

@paullaski6081 3 ай бұрын

@@Thought-Forms Of course, and thanks for the kind words on the Sonic Academy stuff! Been loving your videos and your style as well. It's concise, to-the-point, and most importantly, authentic! I can tell these are techniques you have been using in your music, and that you are genuinely excited/passionate about sharing them. it's been inspiring to me over the last few years as I've started making more atmospheric DnB with my Man From Another Place project. Big ups to you, Groovin in G, Tim Cant, and a few other channels I've come across that are keeping these timeless genres and production techniques alive and well!

@Bittamin 3 ай бұрын

You know I love stabs and pads baby

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Oh I know bittamin

@dubstar1981 3 ай бұрын

Can’t believe this era gets suddenly some attention from a production point of view . Thanks a million!!!

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Hardly anything on KZbin about this genre/era from a production perspective, which blows my mind! one of my favorite eras of electronic music

@LifeOrbPlusle 3 ай бұрын

Korg should be paying you for all the promo you do 😂. I seriously bought the classic collection solely because of your vids and now its on every track I make, dnb, house stuff its everywhere and now i have another thing to try out. You are the best.

@Thought-Forms 2 ай бұрын

The dream LOL Love that you're getting mileage out of the Korg stuff g. Thank you!

@benjaming4336 3 ай бұрын

Plastic City / Driftwood releases were some of the first intros I had to “deep house” and are near and dear to my ears

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Best labels from that time period. Driftwood vinyl is WAY up there in price sadly - would really love to snag a few releases

@benjaming4336 3 ай бұрын

@@Thought-Forms I only own one and it was a clebratory gift to myself after a big bonus at work lol. ridiculously priced, but still cool to own what I consider as a piece of history

@CrystalFissure 3 ай бұрын

Terry Lee Brown Jr. What a producer.

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

The GOAT

@jchief40 2 ай бұрын

I am a huge good looking records , bukem fan.. but I had no idea about Terry Lee Brown Jr .. I came across Driftwood Records and ... oh. my. god. that is to deepp/tech house as bukem is to dnb for me.. simply the best, timeless.. I'm glad you made this, now I'm going to be addicted to making the best stabs

@Thought-Forms 2 ай бұрын

Well put my friend! If you enjoy the deeper side of DnB (Bukem, etc...) you will LOVE TLB/The Timewriter

@Flux_One 2 ай бұрын

Try and find some old DJ mixes by Terry Francis. You're welcome in advance

@jchief40 2 ай бұрын

@@Flux_One thanks

@jchief40 Ай бұрын

@@Thought-Forms thanks to you I found Driftwood and then huge rabbit hole and started down the path of making my own dub techno , first track is Saturna by crowley. .. it's up on bandcamp, thank you man

@d.p.l9623 3 ай бұрын

Terry Lee brown, Time Writer, Elias, Da kine, Drain Pipe, Jeremy are all the same person btw (Jean Frank Cochois). Just under different aliases. Nice video also mate 👌

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Outside of TLB, those are all the same - unless I'm crazy. TLB and The Timewriter are the same person????

@d.p.l9623 3 ай бұрын

@@Thought-Forms I believe so or at least that’s what I’ve found on Discogs and other articles I’ve read. It does get confusing as they are often mentioned as “Time writer vs Terry Lee Brown Jr” 😂

@Epic6Mepic 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this tricks and nice explanatory!

@synthsoniq Ай бұрын

Awesome! I just discovered your channel and definitely subscribed. I didn't think anybody still paid attention to or created these kinds of tracks anymore. (Your drum n bass tracks are incredible, by the way). I have an all-hardware setup and I love making music like this. I use a Korg X5D module, an Ensoniq ASR-10, and a Boss DR-202 which is a great little DnB drum machine, among others. I can't wait to watch some of your past videos on your channel. Thanks!

@Thought-Forms Ай бұрын

Thanks mate! There is still a big desire for these more old school sounding tracks, and IMO you end up with something much more "real" when producing on all that old gear. Modern DAW productions are just TOO clinical and sterile to my ears...hardware comes with imperfections that I enjoy. Love that X5D! I have one too, really killer sounds on that thing - and can't go wrong with an ensoniq sampler

@synthsoniq Ай бұрын

@@Thought-Forms Cool! Thanks again for all your great videos. Yeah, I agree about the appeal of older gear. Funny, I was just telling someone today that I'm going to try your technique from another of your videos, where I'll sample a single note of an evolving pad from the X5D into the Ensoniq and play chords to see all the movement. Thanks!

@aquanodemusic 3 ай бұрын

Very nice, really enjoyed your explanations of the filter types and modulation! I know it's about stabs but that rolling bassline is sublime too 😂 Also FM sounds are nice for stabs as well, as far as I know the DX100 was often used for them in dub techno 👍

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks dude! 808's all day. FM is awesome for stabs, TX81Z too - incredible character

@pbrninja19 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. Another quick win might be to use the multi-note's velocity spread feature. Just a little bit will cause the chords to vary a little. I like the effect of variation within the sameness.

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Cheers man! Great idea on the velocity spread 💪

@mantax55 3 ай бұрын

Would love more videos from you about this era in tech house

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Roger 💪good to know folks are interested in this era

@iamasynthesizer 3 ай бұрын

You’ve got my attention now

@SAVANTI711 2 ай бұрын

I fucking love this channel.

@Thought-Forms 2 ай бұрын

💪

@stepans2167 2 ай бұрын

Banger track

@Thought-Forms Ай бұрын

thank you!

@DJCamHarris 2 ай бұрын

Was starting to think i was alone in craving how to make some infectious Terry Lee Jr beats

@MrBlueHaze 3 ай бұрын

Cool techniques thank you TF God bless

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks MrBlue 💪

@santhymx 3 ай бұрын

so good!

@SAVANTI711 2 ай бұрын

Please do a tutorial on how to make these drums. Or how to make UK Tech. I've been looking for this for so long. SOooo good.

@Fabermorrow 3 ай бұрын

Love terry lee brown jr!

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

TLB is the man!

@Fabermorrow 3 ай бұрын

@Thought-Forms thanks for the vids bro always killing it and giving me little simple ideas

@DreamyDawnMusic 3 ай бұрын

G Pal also did more Progressive stuff back in 2001-2006 period :D That's a name i haven´t heard in a long time being said by others than me around my circle

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Man, Life is one of my favorite albums. G-Pal was a beast! Never looked at any of his stuff onwards from 2001, will have to check it out

@QuerryXL 3 ай бұрын

@@Thought-Forms You will love his track Krevandance on bedrock. Probably my fav Gpal record to date

@papito2lindo 3 ай бұрын

B the click style tutorial…. I love it 🔥🙏

@hwhcollective 3 ай бұрын

This is so cool, I love to see the different ideas you have to get these chord stabs. I have to admit that I’m new to the term tech house though I definitely remember hearing it. I want to try some of these ideas with the Wavestation vst as I don’t have the Triton. I suppose the Wavestation might have predated this style from the sound of it but …rules are made to be broken lol. Thanks again, I always dig your tutorials!

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Check out Terrys Cafe 3 - fantastic compilation of tracks in the TLB style. You can absolutely do this with the Wavestation too, will be a bit more tedious to program but 100% doable - and to your point, you could probably come up with some really whacky stabs with the vector morphing. Actually that sounds awesome, I'm going to test it out tonight LOL

@hwhcollective 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply. Will definitely try this out with Wavestation and thanks for the Terrys Cafe rec as well. Will definitely check it out

@Oncashy 2 ай бұрын

I love your channel

@Thought-Forms 2 ай бұрын

i love u

@BrawtherOFC 3 ай бұрын

Lets go Bobby!!

@Thought-Forms 2 ай бұрын

Cheers Brawther! You do man

@aqrs269 2 ай бұрын

Big love Plastic City!

@Lucafro 3 ай бұрын

Love the stabs, so simple yet effective! I gotta say I really love the simple bass here. Goes so well with the kick. What did you use for the bass?

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

thanks luke! bass is just an 808 thrown into a sampler ala jungle/dnb style. a nice sine wave in a sampler would sound great too

@nikitabarkhatov1408 3 ай бұрын

Nice video. Similar technique is used in modern deep/tech productions by guys like Janeret, Mike Sharon and many more. Pretty much figured this technique on my own but learned a few cool ideas from this video, thanks. A question: which sample pack have you used to make the drums? Sound pretty authentic to me.

@andrescasillas4624 3 ай бұрын

Yes would love a second video on Terry Lee Brown Jr but in general showing a track with what kind of drums, bass, and pads he uses.

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Glad you were able to pull a few ideas out from here. All the drum sounds were from the Ueberschall "Jam Box" sample CD. TLB lifted a few samples off it in "The Music" (those vocoded vocals) - figured there was a high chance he pulled some drum shots from it as well

@Thought-Forms 3 ай бұрын

@@andrescasillas4624 you got it!