Quantizing and Using Grooves (You Suck at Producing #36)

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Let's face it: humans are dirty, messy, and unreliable. In today's lesson, we're gonna learn how to replace them with our computer devices to make the perfect beat, by using quantizing and grooves. Let's get started.
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[@WINTERGRIFT]

thumbnail alone gets me everytime. what a champion.

[@VetNovice]

Your new level of consistency is astounding and enlightening. I love the way you mangle Derek around in the past few episodes and carry analogies around that cross over from one video to the next. I watched your old volume video with Ross and how he kept injecting himself with more serum, and you've gone quite a ways. Judging by you doing constant beats for one year, I can imagine you doing vids with more ease to the same level if you do this for a while. I learn so much by seeing what you see through your point of view. Even among other musicians like Andrew Huang, Adam Neely, Ben Levin, you consistently make excellent music and examples to humorously show other folks hungry for the good stuff. Even your most recent stream with Joe is unparalleled with live humor. You take production to a new level and I hope you continue to make it.

[@yousuckatproducing]

Zhu, you're the man. Really appreciate this. Thanks for watching.

[@ZeFunBox]

I watched a lot of your videos, and you're not just teaching me music, you're giving me hope and that's priceless Thank you

[@ta-ya-music]

TBT i once found his video in the internet when i was a beginner and i found that "you suck at producing" and felt anger, after experiencing it myself this channel is so comforting

[@alexanderalraheb]

Uncle Joe would be proud in the amount of quality content you can put together in around 5 mins,Wowzers and thanks!

[@wherethewavesareborn4997]

Every video I'm just ok well this is quite basic... but then I ALWAYS get something I didn't know from it. I wish these videos kept going forever.

[@robinweber9640]

you didn't know you could love a puppy with dysentery ?

[@itsbCool]

This tutorial is the musical equivalent of the uncanny valley.

[@overundah]

Dirty, messy, and unreliable... Don't forget high, typically pretty high.

[@mariolemon7674]

Wowzers

[@benja303]

- Quantize 100% and then Re add human errors via grooves - MPC swing grooves are good the first number means the the timing the second number means the intensity of the groove

[@sendlove]

i never noticed those swing settings in ableton this makes me so happy :)

[@dimllc]

I have a feeling under_belly is being hung upside down by an evil 17th century vampire while he's doing his intros & outros. Probably a dingus vampire.

[@grfx1336]

*ok so check it*

[@unknownmemory645]

really doing good things with these videos

[@safe6983]

Love your vids very funny and at the same time very knowledgeable . Nice to see you doing more vids too. Also can you do another up to date warping one. Cheers 👍

[@niorbeats9073]

Hey underbelly! Your videos are sick!!! Love it man! Keep it like this! More of your jokes

[@StevenCasteelYT]

Never heard of the groove feature. Very cool, thanks!

[@chucky_music]

Do a lesson where you go over your most useful and favourite features of Ableton such as hotkeys, shortcuts, methods of production, parameters etc etc

[@ikialyfe2646]

"Reversed engineer the human race" xD. Dude you're so clever about the state of the world too ;) Keep it up, love your work ! ! !

[@DarkKillerEdu]

The video was in the ad and I already like it

[@theStepFamm]

i think this one helped me out the most. i was always wondering how ppl got these crazy swung double and triple kick patterns without makin it sound like a computer did it this is like using a computer to do the opposite of what its supposed to do . perfectly quantized straight beats sound lke assssss

[@steevsnaps]

Thanks for these videos Fumbernelly, every time I watch them I learn something new about Ableton but also about myself. Like how do I make my drums a little bit crispier, why are my claps so loud, and why am I erect? All these questions and more, and you provide the answers.

[@steevsnaps]

How are you finding Wavetable and Drum Buss, btw? drum my buss

[@steevsnaps]

Echo's feedback at 150% is HOT

[@yousuckatproducing]

thanks man! yeah echo feedback is super fun.

[@akhilaugustine6769]

Thanks underbelly 🤘

[@TheCleaner]

Thank you Sir!

[@Epik420]

thank you

[@ctos71]

yeah, I totally still suck... but, thanks for that. You're doing God's work

[@totinospizzarolls4737]

Please do a video on making these thumbnails. It's pure art!

[@tbh.7204]

I haven’t had a portobello mushroom in like 2 days man

[@jacksonez]

You are The Man

[@enshrowd]

does anyone else hear some rly high pitched noise from his mic? i can only hear it in my left ear though.

[@KasanovOFFICIAL]

Imcan hear high noise from the song intro...

[@Kicksareus919]

This is great

[@damianamusic]

Can I quantize my GF to a groove Papa Underbelly?

[@damianamusic]

Whoopsies typo, I meant *h a n d*

[@kevinkrebs1412]

thanks

[@Bagruf]

he made a Daft Punk pun. Its "Human after all"

[@BigFarang]

Hey man not sure if you're still giving lessons? I was looking to schedule some.

[@davegrafx3864]

very very very gooood

[@djswrv942]

nah, we do everything by hand baby

[@JamesRamboPearce]

You've taught me so much, ya dingus

[@pedant9134]

I wouldn't say syncopation is caused by humans being imperfect but rather intentionally as a stylistic device

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Yeah, definitely when playing with a certain feel. But even great drummers will have slight variation in their timing making no two bars perfectly identical, and that really adds to the human feel, vs electronic styles of music where it really is identical throughout the entire song.

[@Dhia_Hadhri]

was that a daft punk reference ?

[@avo_music]

You've succesfully reversed engeniered the human race. You killed it

[@AndreaCipria]

Can I have the Castelluzzo snare please? LOL

[@felixnagra2982]

u dont need quantize when u hav the kyle beats drip plugin. 2 clicks and its perfect.

[@1birdwatcherr]

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[@jamietaylor8663]

美的UNHEOLY he loges you too

[@Ponpontutuss]

loge is in the air

[@yousuckatproducing]

loge you all

[@flowboy]

Luv u bb great movie

[@udogemein]

What drum samples do you use ? I'm starting to produce lo fi / chill stuff but my drums sound not as close as good as yours do

[@dffgffffffdddddddddd]

Well, look at the name of his snare sample, "CastelluzzoSnare". Now, pay attention to the "Castelluzo" part. It seems that this dude has a soundcloud at soundcloud.com/castelluzzo

[@mrdmt974]

Check his early video on drums, her gives a link to his sample pack there.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

If you're using a kit that uses Sampler, try the Shaper settings under the Filter/Global tab. It makes drums punchy and crunchy as hell. Soft and Hard are the only real usable settings, and Hard gets over the top real quick. Makes hi hats sound awesome in particular.

[@udogemein]

thank you guys !

[@SuperEmanuel98]

I fucking love you

[@Blaver]

I prefer the unquantized guns tbh

[@MessingerDAD]

Wowsers

[@sumemario]

👍 nice you make funny and useful tutorials. Just my opinion but if you want more ppl to watch your content you may want to make your original comedy content maybe? (or making other content like reviews etc) I’m just saying this because I think you are good at being hilarious :)

[@humanerror6082]

I'm in the video :o

[@lovehalfblack9420]

U must watch steve Brule

[@maxhaunold5700]

You can't do any of that with logic, can you?

[@athenachristinemusic]

Lmao

[@Kickdrum00]

The best swing is no swing...duh

[@nickpov3y]

Only thing that you have missed is making shit not exactly at the same time

[@yoma4834]

Is this shoenice's cousin or brother or some shit?

[@robertsteinberger5667]

Here is the thing: ...... : )

[@JohnPaulBuce]

iphone humanoid

[@poindextertunes]

whatever happened to this dood?

[@hebrewsfl]

That natural swing in the original was better.

[@dimivaleff1191]

damn no. the last bars was horrible

[@smooooth_]

Weave Crew word to Dilla

[@cuchilloc]

Let's dedicate a minute of silence for all the Uighur drummers who were abducted by the chinese government in order to harvest their organs and DNA to make groove libraries. We would not have been able to reverse engineer humans in this way if it wasn't for their sacfrifice. Plus uncle Joe would not have had his kidney replaced in time, so he could disturb underbelly's childhood and make him the good boy he is, god forbid.

[@Vextrove]

Wowzers