My Drums Sucked Until I Learned This 🤯

If you are experiencing issues with your drums and don't know how to fix them, let me quickly guide you through improving your drumming skills and how the 4-band technique can assist you.
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00:00 The 4 band drum hack
00:46 Evry hit counts
01:26 The 4 band drum hack example
03:04 The drum stereo image trick
03:46 The drum stereo image trick example
05:00 Is this helping you?
05:25 This could be scary (don't be)
06:31 The call and response in 4 band hack method
07:05 The call and response hack example
08:28 Clip and distort concept
09:18 3 simple methods for that fat sound
11:56 Respecting the space
14:47 I spent way too to research this bass theories

[@Alice-Efe]

This is the video I was talking about at the end of the video; how bass sounds actually hack your brain? 🤔 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4fbeotomaeVhpY

[@MadNoisy]

Thanks. I really love your content 🤘🤘

[@ephjaymusic]

You're a national treasure to the music production community.

[@Positive_Tea]

International!

[@panorama_mastering]

Great video; I'd like to add for a bit more detail on the 4-band explanation for anyone reading comments; As you go up in frequency bandwidths; octave ranges follow an exponential pattern; where-by each octave is a double in frequency providing wider bandwidths as you go up the frequency spectrum; 55-110 hz - A-A Octave (55hz of bandwidth); 880-1760 - A-A Octave (880hz of bandwidth); 3520-7040 - A-A Octave (3520hz of bandwidth) In the high-mid example there are a lot more elements; but also; those higher frequency bands have more bandwidth/room available for you to place those sounds; In the low end; it's much more difficult because there's less bandwidth leading to more frequency masking; I hope this helps contribute to the value people get from this video!

[@elianmusic7452]

Youre the best Alice. Quality always, easy tips, graceful presentation and explanation. love x

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@Alckemy]

Really well done. The space segment is so important with heavy drum music like dnb or halftime. In order for you to have that off time sense of groove you really have to have spaces between hits. The silence is key.

[@RockstahRolln]

Brilliant video!! So many good nuggets here to apply on drums! Thank You Alice!!

[@BigMTBrain]

You can spend a lifetime experimenting and discovering these amazing techniques on your own, or you can tune into Alice and up your music production game in just minutes per day. Nicely done, Alice. Thank you!

[@BigBandFanMan]

Great video. Thank you. Some really outstanding ideas here. Designing percussion sequences in a given band in terms of the 'call and response' model is just lovely and at the same time the tutorial also covers stereo width and mixing principles and...well there is so much there it's just wonderful. I will have to watch it again. This is precisely the attention to detail and clarity of artistic vision that is missing in so many KZbin tutorials. Next month I think I might take one of your courses. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us!

[@briancase6180]

Really nice. I especially liked the variation I heard in your high frequency bands: the tone and pitch of the hats, for example, changed in very pleasing ways. I know you've made videos about this, but I thought it came through here even without being mentioned. Thanks.

[@AstronoizeOfficial]

Great stuff. Balancing each group first then each group to each other is how we've been doing it for a while now. Keep the good content coming!

[@te10percent]

Great video as always. Lots of relevant and useable information in a musical context.

[@d05music17]

This is such a good lesson, simple in delivering but very effective. thanks Alice keep this coming

[@orange_producer]

Thank you Alice! You really inspire me in many ways.

[@FuerzasCosmicasMalignas]

Your channel is gold. Your explanations are detailed, deep and useful 😊

[@michaelmarkspersonal]

Once again, great instruction! Thank you for making these videos

[@AmphigorianXIII]

Your tutorials are so so easy to follow and helpful

[@horacio-official]

You're videos are always so well explained Alice, really amazing!

[@Alice-Efe]

I am doing my best make them as clear as possible! Glad to hear it works, cheers! 😊

[@kevinstoneham1245]

Brilliant video this. Lot of concepts I didn’t know about.

[@ProfessorSaibertin]

Awesome tips, thank you Alice!

[@Lance_G]

This is the greatest method I've ever seen ❤ Thank you so very much 🙌

[@cgrrr]

Your tutorials are always very useful and I have to watch them carefully every time.

[@Divuar]

Yeah, I love that they are short and very very informative at the same time!

[@ipainthouses3084]

Wow you just blew my mind. I got into production just a month ago , came across your video and i thought let me just fill my grid (by hand , normaly use mpk3) like you did at 1.24 mark. And when i pressed play for the first time i expected a mess , but its the best beat i made since i started , lol. Always wanted to know how these types of beats were made. The latter part of ur video is to complicated for me now, but i learned something value to me at the first 2 min of ur video. I subbed directly and gonna check all ur stuff. Many thanks from the netherlands 🙏

[@bmh770]

Thanks for explaining everything clear enough that even I can understand

[@JoeGunGames]

great video picked up some great knowledge and tricks

[@mindspace696]

Amazing. This is the second of your videos I have watched, and I think I'm already hooked. Your presentations are full of nuggets. I'll be back for more tomorrow. God natt!

[@ten3353]

I love your videos. You explain everything in detail, and make it easy to understand for beginners. 🙏🏼✨🎉

[@Alice-Efe]

❤️

[@mageprometheus]

Thank you, teacher. Love and light. 💜

[@Alice-Efe]

All the best to you!

[@nikolaspsychoyos6513]

thank you , its interesting to see a perspective of what ohad in my mind, and how youre organised ty

[@lorenzosala3527]

Amazing video! Thank you so much

[@JSRF420]

Thank you for helping me move towards my dreams further!

[@rewejuegos6839]

Just found your channel. Altho i have decades of experience, im still learning a lot from your videos. Amazing Content A++

[@user-gb6mr7xt5k]

fantastic tutorial

[@nadinedemacedo]

I wish I'd seen this tutorial 10 years ago. It's sooo well explained :)

[@pham4925]

Sick tutorial thanks!!

[@DavidDare]

Great video. Thanks, Alice.

[@J0hn029]

Thanks so much, really helpful.

[@remydupon9965]

Very informative session! 👌

[@Keroser1983]

This is amazing!!!!

[@importauto9940]

Dropping absolute gems here!

[@bigboyrenki]

This was very helpful 👌

[@mixedatmidnight]

🙏🙏🙏☺️so many thanks Alice. I always make a point of listening to your videos

[@servetdemirci8009]

you are amazing, very nice explanation🥇

[@macronencer]

So much useful detail in one video! Thank you so much Alice. By the way, I think I have the same studio chair as you :D

[@romanx3267]

great explained

[@unnamed2288]

Queen of mixing🥳

[@felixschmidt794]

Only love ♥ your videos are so well planed out !

[@Alice-Efe]

Making them consumes a lot of time, but I am enjoying the process. Glad to hear that you alike them as well 😊

[@VikIsLost]

I needed to hear these tips

[@StudioOOMZ]

great tutorial 🙏🏼

[@joshkeating7825]

Thanks!

[@Maxx00]

commenting to push your videos in the algo, really helpful stuff :)

[@Alice-Efe]

You are the best, thank you!

[@MattTruemother]

Alice you're a wizard, love your vids!

[@NikiWinProd]

That concept of "the higher the frequency of the sound, the ofter you can play it" makes actually much sense. I didn't think about that one, really smart of you.

Holy shit! This is gold, but FREE! Excellent content! Gratitude from Brasil!

[@stillupmusic]

Best production channel on KZbin!!

[@untoldstory176]

Very Nice!

[@pidpfaiodsjfpaoisdjp]

Hey Alice, Forme the question is going up, and the answer when you go down in tone! i guest can be subjective. thanks for all the content, love it!

[@dwp2659]

well done!

[@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n]

thanks alice

[@WRPierre2]

Good Stuff!

[@Taeodoestech]

Knock is a nice one stop shop for drum shaping!!

[@legitlayz5173]

I love it

[@Alice-Efe]

Cheers

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Crazy tutorials and knownledge! And your accent sounds funny😉

[@hypnoticatrance]

I'm a psytrance producer, but if I watch your videos, i get more ideas and I also start to think about making also other stiles :) You are a great inspiration :)

[@Alice-Efe]

Go for it! Making other genres is always fun and inspiring 😊

[@fender97]

Nice! I'm sidechaining my big snare.

[@Antweezy]

this is some good sauce alice

[@Alice-Efe]

Happy to help!

[@Willi-Wucher]

One of the best channels I know. Love the almost scientific approach. While not making EDM music, I think the concepts certainly apply to other genres as well. Thanks a lot!

[@bmh770]

Love it when you pull up a whiteboard lol great vid

[@OrdinaryOneOfficial]

I'm stealing these tips! Mwhahaha! 💜

[@Alice-Efe]

Dew it!

[@louismoatlhodi4146]

thank z 4 helping out

[@MOSMASTERING]

The drums at 7.00 sounds just like Artbat Return to Oz. Which is one of my all time favourite tracks from last year. The drums are so simple, butbthey groove so well that you listen to 4 minutes of it befote the song even begind to drop.

[@TheTranspoter3]

Where do we get files for this projects shown in this videos ? I use ableton 11

[@MOSMASTERING]

@@TheTranspoter3 I use Cubase. It's unlikely we will get the actual project file, but could get replicate the settings of the insert chain and instruments.

[@Alice-Efe]

@@TheTranspoter3 you can get them on my Patreon. Check the description.

[@hiphousing3935]

you rockk Alice, so coool channel :D

[@arenus2000]

Alice i really appriciate your videos! Thank you very much! Can you make a video about the psychological part of music production and creativity overall? I love music and idea of creating it. But I find my self getting wayyy to anxious and stressed to sit down and produce. I want to fall in love with the process and not be scared of it…

[@Alice-Efe]

Great suggestion!

[@arenus2000]

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[@benking1748]

Very good

[@StudioRecordLuchano]

First time someone tell the truth! Thank you💯

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Channel is 🔥

[@mattthekat1435]

Thanks

[@rolfjohansen5376]

World class lectures for free !!!

[@daka6887]

One of the best producers on KZbin

[@harveyharvicks6666]

very nice

[@vodun]

COOL!

[@PatrickMendesRS]

Very good!!!!!!!!!

[@Alice-Efe]

😊🎉

[@MikeManaMusic]

You’re the best ❤

[@Alice-Efe]

Cheers Mike!

[@kentlewis479]

does the Compresseur + Disto equal a distressor process ? sound similar.. thanks for your content always so helpful

[@photicsonar]

Danke!

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you for the tip!✌️😊

[@krex_mg]

beautiful you and your videos

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you!

[@KimonoEtrange]

Newb question inbound! Why is the kick and the sub seperated? What do you put on Sub? Thank you!| :D

[@WatchMyShorts303]

4:41 so when my ride is near 0 but my whole mix is near 1 its ok? or do i lose my ride in a club when the rest isnt playing and where the soundsystem is complete mono?

[@Alice-Efe]

It really depends, just do a quick mono test and decide that way.

[@tommymai3062]

Prob one of the best techno production channels on YT

[@st1ckd34th]

Please tell me that the beat in the example for balancing the bands was inspired by Customer is King =D Thank you for the amazing tips!

[@Alice-Efe]

It is!😊

[@WatanabeDarko]

What if the tone of the snare is covered by 8-9 synths (both pads and lead), how would you preserve that? Cutting frequencies on so many synths or sidechaining all the synths to the snare did not seem to work well. Personally, I decided to sacrifice the snare and let it be covered by the synth frequencies, but if there were an effective solution, I would be very happy to adopt it.

[@Lennardandlennard]

have you tried a frequency-specific sidechaining solution like soothe or trackspacer? (could also do a simpler variant of this with a multiband EQ sidechained to the snare)

[@WatanabeDarko]

Thanks, I will definitely have a try with these VSTs. @@Lennardandlennard

[@MadelnMachines]

Which hits harder - more dynamic or more loud? More dynamics should punch harder but without enough volume dynamics aren’t going to help. Do you want to find a balance between preserving dynamics and volume?

[@ozziereaker]

Alice do a scholarship I am in so bad. Watching You since I remember. Love Your videos

[@MrEllipsis423]

When you bring the white board out I know it’s time to take notes lol

[@h4nter47]

btw this mean i cant play many notes of Djembe in lowend? just 3 hits in bar ?

[@user-ke5gk3rz5s]

Hey how are you? are you giving private lessons?

[@aiaccident]

Alice for President ❤

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Yes l agree, the best online teacher ever😊

[@pedrocrohare]

Epic

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I love you

[@PaulEubanks]

6:28 okay i lol'd