My Drums Sucked Until I Learned This 🤯

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@elianmusic7452]

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

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@jihakang7402]

THIS IS WHAT A EXACTLY NEEDED IT! I cannot thank you enough for this explanation 🖤

[@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!

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@RockstahRolln]

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

[@AmphigorianXIII]

Your tutorials are so so easy to follow and helpful

[@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!

[@seanconleyy]

Great video as always

[@Lance_G]

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

[@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 🙏

[@mageprometheus]

Thank you, teacher. Love and light. 💜

[@Alice-Efe]

All the best to you!

[@JSRF420]

Thank you for helping me move towards my dreams further!

[@bmh770]

Thanks for explaining everything clear enough that even I can understand

[@d05music17]

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

[@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!

[@Magiayresistencia]

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

[@DavidDare]

Great video. Thanks, Alice.

[@michaelmarkspersonal]

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

[@nickhenry-q3x]

fantastic tutorial

[@importauto9940]

Dropping absolute gems here!

[@nadinedemacedo]

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

[@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.

[@nikolaspsychoyos6513]

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

[@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.

[@JoeGunGames]

great video picked up some great knowledge and tricks

[@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!

[@OrdinaryOneOfficial]

I'm stealing these tips! Mwhahaha! 💜

[@Alice-Efe]

Dew it!

[@ProfessorSaibertin]

Awesome tips, thank you Alice!

[@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?

[@stillupmusic]

Best production channel on KZbin!!

[@melodic_techno_enjoyer]

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

[@ten3353]

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

[@Alice-Efe]

❤️

[@rewejuegos6839]

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

[@servetdemirci8009]

you are amazing, very nice explanation🥇

[@bmh770]

Love it when you pull up a whiteboard lol great vid

[@unnamed2288]

Queen of mixing🥳

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

[@te10percent]

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

[@Taeodoestech]

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

[@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]

@@Alice-Efe 🫶🏻

[@Antweezy]

this is some good sauce alice

[@Alice-Efe]

Happy to help!

[@MattTruemother]

Alice you're a wizard, love your vids!

[@pham4925]

Sick tutorial thanks!!

[@aiaccident]

Alice for President ❤

[@Will-kw2xy]

Yes l agree, the best online teacher ever😊

[@romanx3267]

great explained

[@Maxx00]

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

[@Alice-Efe]

You are the best, thank you!

[@lorenzosala3527]

Amazing video! Thank you so much

[@benwaveproducer]

Crazy tutorials and knownledge! And your accent sounds funny😉

[@StudioOOMZ]

great tutorial 🙏🏼

[@tommymai3062]

Prob one of the best techno production channels on YT

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

thanks alice

[@rolfjohansen5376]

World class lectures for free !!!

[@mixedatmidnight]

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

[@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

[@J0hn029]

Thanks so much, really helpful.

[@KimonoEtrange]

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

[@StudioRecordLuchano]

First time someone tell the truth! Thank you💯

[@louismoatlhodi4146]

thank z 4 helping out

[@fender97]

Nice! I'm sidechaining my big snare.

[@kentlewis479]

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

[@VikIsLost]

I needed to hear these tips

[@remydupon9965]

Very informative session! 👌

[@Keroser1983]

This is amazing!!!!

[@daka6887]

One of the best producers on KZbin

[@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

[@bigboyrenki]

This was very helpful 👌

[@mattthekat1435]

Thanks

[@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!😊

[@АРАБ-к1ф]

Hey how are you? are you giving private lessons?

[@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 😊

[@hiphousing3935]

you rockk Alice, so coool channel :D

[@untoldstory176]

Very Nice!

[@pixelpusher91]

Mid Highs ID: Solomun - Customer Is King

[@Qwiv]

Channel is 🔥

[@WRPierre2]

Good Stuff!

[@dwp2659]

well done!

[@CompassionCrew]

Thanks!

[@ozziereaker]

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

[@synerphonic862]

Great explanation, thanks, ;)

[@Rgdonaire_07]

Saw this trick from Eric valentine. Game changer.

[@lewysevans]

While this concept of simplicity (fewer layers) in bass and more complexity as you rise through bands is spot on, there is a paradox where in psychoacoustics we understand our brains crave fundamental frequencies and with our desire for them we are afforded the ability to tolerate and even prefer more complex rhythmic and melodic PATTERNS in bass, compared to seemingly very predictable quarter, eighth, sixteenth, etc high hat, ride, crash grooves. Through simplicity in arrangement, the core melodic and rhythmic content might actually be inspired inversely.. a jumbly, walking bass guitar idea might be perceived with a higher level of tolerance both out of key, out of time and far more unpredictable in rhythmic patterning, where in contrast to the hopefully predictable and stable, relatively more simple rhythmic and melodic patterns of high frequency content can be used as an anchor to more complexity in the bass. Anyone else considering this? If you are still confused, consider how cymbals have historically been played... crashes here and there, hi hats in quite straight patterns.. then consider the chaotic yet cathartic syncopated magic of a large drum circle. Would love to hear people's thoughts on this understanding in practice, here or reach out to me IG: @mista.lewys

[@bbKleefton]

Busyness and call/response seem like genre specific choices.

[@photicsonar]

Danke!

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you for the tip!✌️😊

[@MrEllipsis423]

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

[@legitlayz5173]

I love it

[@Alice-Efe]

Cheers

[@MikeManaMusic]

You’re the best ❤

[@Alice-Efe]

Cheers Mike!

[@benking1748]

Very good

[@krex_mg]

beautiful you and your videos

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you!

[@harveyharvicks6666]

very nice

[@lk0707]

There is no link to video at the end.

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you for letting me know, it should be there now.

[@liketobe2743]

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