Remaking Bacteria by Ed Rush and Optical | Ableton Beginners Drum and Bass Tutorial

Learn simple sample manipulation and FX chain processing to recreate one of the biggest pre-neuro drum and bass tracks ever, Bacteria by Ed Rush and Optical. This is a beginners Ableton drum and bass tutorial.
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[@STRANJAH]

👉 1000 LIKES Please! What is your favourite Ed Rush + Optical track? 😀

[@TomFooleryTheAustere]

My favourite changes depending on my mood but the one that stands out the most because of nostalgia would be the instrumental version of The Creeps.

[@Junglistsareyouready]

Oooh,, so may to pick from.!. gotta be kerbcrawler or pacman remix,, cannot pick between the two...

[@Oscar-rw8kt]

Chubrub!

[@STRANJAH]

@@Junglistsareyouready OH yeah pacman got so many rewinds back in the day!

[@STRANJAH]

@@TomFooleryTheAustere Good one, couple on that LP I liked, Rock the House being one.

[@1disturbedjunglist]

The rimshot just does it for me.

[@Teddy0567]

Man I hate how youtube takes my time sometimes but I don't regret a second of watching this channel, it inspires me every time to get back into producing and even though I'm very much a beginner I just enjoy my day every single time I spend time making music . Truly a blessing during these hard times, my gratitude is immense!! love ya

[@STRANJAH]

Awesome to hear that man!!

[@nitras.design]

My favorite track was gasmask. I started a DNB crew back in the days called gaz::mazk in Belgium. So Belgian heads might know.

[@STRANJAH]

That's cool, bigup the gas mask crew. Track is very relevant for today 😉

[@krioseb]

Structure béton 😎

[@1disturbedjunglist]

Such a good recreation of a huge tune.

[@norko7422]

thanxxx Stranja!! Its one of my Favorits too

[@simonaragon1992]

Wicked. Nice one.

[@joethompson6818]

Awesome 👌

[@analog_ape]

This was so great. One of my all-time favorite tracks.

[@larbgai75]

all these years later, it still seems impossible to recreate the steamy, poisoned, irresistible atmospheric richness and the funk of the originals that makes your head nod so hard.. yet that is what made them special

[@eliolson3789]

This is so great man, I first heard this when TIPPER played it live but at a lower breaks speed, amazing!! Thank you for this!!

[@mdcmusic2]

Amazing man! Great fx rack!

[@Outsiderjon]

God tier tutorial here, big up Stranjah!

[@jamesokeeffe8306]

You have given so much already and keep on giving. Thank you so much. Loads of fun with this one.

[@ahjayblackman5441]

This is awesome, one of my favorite tunes growing up and that nasal reese was always the sound that moved tracks for me. Great vid stranjah !!

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

That Intro is Sick and Funny at the same time lmao....you should make it your intro for every video haha

[@STRANJAH]

Not a bad idea!

[@TheAppuTV]

@@STRANJAH I don't know, I still think that having a different intro every time (can be simple) makes it more interesting. Maybe i'm alone on this, but sometimes i click the video just to watch the intro and then I follow the tutorial when I have more time ! :p I still think this new intro is dope and if you can make similar ones, I would gladly enjoy watching them!

[@MK-xv1hv]

@@STRANJAH No ALL your intros are genious! They are all amazing so never stop being creative with them :D

[@jordanbarden8289]

@@STRANJAH i particularly like the ones that involve dancing. hahah

[@windowbreezes]

its got that 90s rave flyer vibe.

[@richwilcox666]

Dude, The nine has got to be next😊, this is an awesome vid by the way!

[@nexusobserve]

+1

[@therealbasstard]

+1

[@ConenRuam]

Sounds excellent! Love your video's, keep it up!

[@djkrptdnb]

Never knew about the bass! I love that they took it from an old techno tune - a bit like Dominator or Mentasm

[@norko7422]

You make the best Tutorials Stranjah ...Really

[@Chericomania]

Absoluty awesome... got it on Vinyl... never gets old

[@TheDJConScience]

Nice one bro. Great vid. Enjoyed it.

[@achoangelov6840]

Wicked! Nicey , STRANJAH ! 🌋

[@futureguacho4023]

Great channel!! ♥️

[@iheartdnb]

I freaking love you bro, these tutorials are complete game changers for real... thank you brother, you the man ;)

[@michaellenoir9933]

Wow. You are a genius!

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Those snares sounded pretty good!

[@alanattias]

Hi Stranjah, loving ALL your tutorials. Really helping me out with Ableton. Favourite track is definitely the flipside 'Gas Mask'

[@section23]

Well this is lovely! 🏆🏆

[@STRANJAH]

bigup!

[@bodhiaudiovisual]

DUDE! Excellent job! Keep it up! You are super talented.

[@deejn.vdeejn.v4956]

Lifecycle remix is 1 of my favourites. so many to choose from

[@SaturatorMusic]

You really help me with making drum and bass keep it up man 🔥💪🏼

[@jeffboychuk]

Resurrection with Ryme Tyme has always been one of my faves from them as well as Socom.

[@DjReka87]

Mate, you are a legend

[@STRANJAH]

thx man!

[@apoplexiamusic]

I know that i probably commented on this video before, but i started remaking it myself. Recreating the bass from scratch with Serum and applying pretty much the same effect chain. It sound great!

[@explodecrew3337]

Amazing work man. I see your tutors every day

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you man!

[@Junglistsareyouready]

Spot on,,, 🍻👏👏👏

[@STRANJAH]

thank you

[@unrussleablejimmies4428]

Best intro yet! Reminds me of the last stage in a game called REZ

[@mardyj]

I really like Bullit, pure funky dnb

[@arcformula6305]

This is one of my favourites.. to many to chose but we want your soul Ed rush & optical mix is another banger. Nice work Stranjah!!

[@STRANJAH]

nice one!

[@picas256]

My man!

[@zander047]

Flightpath from 'The Creeps' has always been a fav of mine. Seem to get lost in all the call and response. Has such a driving energy too it also.

[@stunts9197]

The Host is by far my fave

[@MLevite]

big tune!!!!!!!

[@STRANJAH]

Yesss bigup Maurice!!

[@dualidentity]

I really enjoyed this one, thanks for doing this classic tune Big up

[@STRANJAH]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@420protoman]

omg thnks lol imma gonna learn this one and turn it up with some different versions/effects

[@truekasia12]

MY HERO!!

[@STRANJAH]

cheers!

[@MrGdong]

Dozer is probably my favourite. Bacteria like all their work from that period is the sound of the EMU, the chorus and flange effects are quite special. Also, everyone says it was the z plane filters but i read an optical quote where he said he never used them, just the low and high pass

[@ptooff]

Dozer rules!

[@robertszordykowski4919]

Nice deconstruction. My fav Ed & Opt track has to be The Medicine. That second drop bassline is ridiculous.

[@KelmoMusic]

this is sick, I've always wanted to try that older neuro/tech step style, gunna have to give it a shot

[@STRANJAH]

Let me know how your result came out!

[@willywilcox8849]

The intro animation was cool af.

[@TrevorSchmahl]

This was so dope! One of my most played records. Just bought a new minty copy because my o.g that’s be rinsed for two decades has some battle wear!

[@STRANJAH]

My copy too rinsed the hell out of it

[@TomFooleryTheAustere]

What an awesome bday present. I’ll just assume this was for me specifically and I will hear no more on the matter haha!! Big up, the Stranjah!!

[@systemdnb214]

I love these re-makes of older tune videos. Sure sound design is fun but there is nothing more nostalgic than taking the production approach of writing with mostly, if not all, using just samples. This video also shows you how you can use the exact same samples/breaks and come up with a slightly different result even when trying to sound as close as possible. I wonder who else has flipped this portion of sampled bass into a song noteworthy song?

[@b_r_i_z_z_y]

Sick tutorial, id def run the bass sound through something outboard to give it a touch more bite like the original, you got it almost spot on. Fave ed rush and optical tracks, theres so many to choose "Cutslo" "Sicknote" and "Wormhole"

[@alexwild1435]

Favourites either Slip Thru or Alien Girl.

[@Bloquednb]

Wormhole....absolute banger.

[@nikku1166]

nice one man. really close to the og tune

[@djkrptdnb]

You’ve done it again chief! 🦠 🦠 🦠

[@SvintMvrcus]

Fav intro I’ve seen of yours so far 😂

[@MarkusAudio]

Favorite? The Creeps. I loved them already as solo acts, but that tune was the beginning of the duo, way before Wormhole.

[@reecednbfamilyofficial]

Nice video! Bacteria was a huge track back in the late 90’s I always remember grabbing this from hard to find records and thinking how different it was it certainly pushed the scenes boundaries, it will always be one of those tracks that push the genre. I used to drop this in regular sets up & down the UK and was always in the record bag! Big tune will always stand the test of time also Bacteria was the B side Gas Mask was the A side 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Wow, to think it was all in the processing! The base sound, was actually a sample!? Who would have thought! It goes to show, that with heavy effects, you can accomplish a lot!

[@ASH-ou4cg]

@infoslinger Find it and post please! I still have my E-MU E5000 with R-FX card!

[@djspaed]

Stranjah cracks that dnb tune you love code and recreates every formula/process saga continuing on in top shelf fashion once again, another great tutorial nice work homie!

[@djspaed]

Oh and I just bought that snare pack with your promo code so so dope thanks again!

[@Blahdnb]

Yeaah! Finish this remix off and I will buy it :)

[@ckhouse1452]

Man that intro is too good

[@djredlineluton]

Another wkd Video keep it up man

[@STRANJAH]

Appreciate it!

[@robertsmithshair4199]

Amazing job once again! hat doffed

[@sssss3750]

One of my all time favorites! Got most of the Virus label on vinyl. The creators of neurofunk, was stoked to see them at Shambhala a few years ago. Had no idea about that drum sample, it sounds like maybe Marcus Intalex use it in "A Universe" (One of my favorite Intelligent DNB tracks, deffinitly partially because of those drums.)

[@6r0k3n5t3ps]

I really like The End Pt. 2

[@nkogliaz]

Less 'feedback' on the flanger will change up the harmonic content on the sweep worlds, less depth on the phaser will add more fat harmonics on the sweeps,, made this bass years ago with an EMU e6400 and a bunch of rack modules, the z-plane filter modes help a lot with the BP sweeps, pretty nice job emulating it in Live.

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks for the tip will try it out!

[@nkogliaz]

@Burnt Herb Mackie desk distortion, I used the old 32x8 buss desk back then, same thing boymerang used to make the 'boymerang' break (He also used a Sony DAT, a Roland JV1080, a boss drum machine and an EMU E4XT Ultra, as well), you 'direct out' from one channel into another and shape not only the gain output stage, but the eq as well, you can keep jumping channels on the board itself and then buss it back into the sampler and resample it to really ring out more harmonics created by the z-plane filters, then you can continue to add more noise and filter pass layers and so on until you have something interesting, there's been a lot of 'gate keeping' on the precise method of this over the years on the forums that I've seen, but it's a pretty sure fire way to get a lot of those really nasty ripping lead bass sounds a lot of the early tech step guys were known for, it's really quite simple once you understand how it works, much of this however can be done with modern DAWs, however, the old AKAI / EMU analog inputs really could roast the shit out of anything fed into em and really added a lot of color and character to anything fed through them.

[@angelfalls9418]

if anyone wants some more context for that emu+mackie combo, here's a video from fracture and neptune showing it off kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5nIiWevp7SCh6s and here's one specifically on the "direct out" distortion thing (it's for making gabber kicks, but same idea) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j37ReZyLo69jg8U btw, if you want more "mixer preamp-y" distortion than just serumfx or an ableton saturator, i find Airwindows BussColors4 works really well. its open source, too! www.airwindows.com/busscolors-4/

[@angelfalls9418]

@infoslinger it's pretty clear what they're doing: filter, distort, eq, resample, repeat. same tech people have been using for 20 years. you can prove this yourself with the right distortion (like busscolors). how exactly you configure the filters is up to you (as long as you have some sort of morph weirdness going on). obvs there are other fx being used at points but the principle is always the same

[@generaldisarayhk]

Another mindblowing video, brings back lots of memories. My favorite Ed Rush & Optical tunes is a unnamed dub from thier Jungle Funk set at Turbo( 1998, I believe ). I haven't been able to ask them about it and no one has ever been able to identify it. It has thier sound, so I believe it's one of thier tunes and it's a banger.

[@codeinehq]

Have u got a clip or any parts of the track you remember. Maybe we can ID?

[@generaldisarayhk]

@@codeinehq Funny enough I was gonna post a clip. I looked for the set on KZbin, found it and it had a track listing. Thankfully it was time stamped. I went to the track I thought it would be and it was it. Decorum - In Sanity - Liftin' Spirts Records - 1999. Finally after over 20 years of searching. 🙌

[@generaldisarayhk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CzZ3SKoNp3fZI

[@DavidGillodes]

Thanx again. Wormhole was a real kick in da face at the time. Still in love with "Alien Girl" (not in this LP i know).

[@ianmelven7365]

Can't believe that was a sample :D Wicked as always, cheers

[@Murr808]

Chubrub is one dope track

[@colinc6133]

Fav track from Ed rush and optical would have to be chubrub. That track is fun to mix too,

[@MFTKR]

got that industrial strength vinyl

[@ThisPageIntentionallyLeftBlank]

I miss that Ed Rush & Optical... That late 90s/00s shit... takes it baaaaack

[@tomm9217]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stephentrott]

Brilliant as always. So insightful. Always makde so simple to understand. (ps. 'Flan' like 'man')

[@jonathanwignall8031]

Sick note is my fav Ed Rush and Optical tune. Epic. Please could you try to recreate this in Serum please 🤞

[@STRANJAH]

Love Sick Note will see!

[@richardburton4625]

Wow you nailed it mate, sick 🤮🤮🤮

[@viktorf3911]

Big up man! One of my favourite from my teenage years, kinda surprised me the bass is sample tho :D

[@ATFsinners1994]

Hey @STRANJAH good news! Im out of producers block!! You were right about waiting it out and thank you for that.

[@STRANJAH]

Glad to hear that. It’s a rewarding feeling when it comes back!

[@ATFsinners1994]

@@STRANJAH yep it sure is

[@nickskywalker2568]

Serious dopeness here! Thanks a bunch for the knowledge! I've never been a fan of ableton's flanger, TAL has a pretty good free one, I prefer its sounds by far.

[@STRANJAH]

I will have to check that out!

[@tomenward4120]

TAL fanger, now that takes me back a few years, very basic but it does the job tbh

[@gabbajon5654]

mothership is such a steamin track

[@Rawwb]

UR A FKN LEGEND

[@iZoFlight]

Cool vidéo ! I use kind of the same rack on fl studio with patcher. I like to put the amp (Poulin free ones) after the band pass and a comb filter (from Kilohearts) instead of flanger+phaser.

[@STRANJAH]

Would love to hear your result!

[@iZoFlight]

@@STRANJAH I don't know if you allow it but here is a track in which most basses have that rack applied. Some basses are reeses others are made of fm synthesis : soundcloud.com/grave-recs/izo-flight-natural-temple I also recorded a walktrough of that track but it's in french.

[@KelmoMusic]

Love the intro ahahhaha

[@lostagain4185]

wow. @stranjah nailed it... but the emu e6400 ultra Preset Chorus setting for the flanger (not the FX) is my guess for the OG flange effect...

[@STRANJAH]

That might be it!

[@dan_rtype]

I think the best way to get the proper flanger is to find an Emu Ultra Sampler. I still have one. This has inspired me to sample the record and process it through the sampler to try to get the sound. Thank you for the guide! I'm sure these tricks will work with resampling internally on the Emu.

[@dan_rtype]

Distortion was probably achieved by redlining a Mackie mixer. Maybe the Emu's internal Distortion fx.

[@ambientsounds1416]

Alien Girl fave track. No wait Gasmask, no mystery time machine, I think they were all great

[@mank3y_]

Again man, picking up on some great techniques and production. really making feel like diving into ableton again after a long break. For me gotta be Alien Girl or Pacman. 7:39 proper got me feeling some break beat kaos, although i know its a virus recordings track lol. but felt very close to dj fresh temple of doom for some reason haha! thanks again, big up

[@mattybengtsson5391]

Would love for you to show how to make a new style jungle/rollers bass that born on road seems to be pushing at the moment

[@darkstranjahjunglebunny3667]

You are a legend I swear every track I've tried to bootleg or remix you come with a video for seriously every video you drop is right up my street I salute you big up stranjah

[@KaosVerket]

🙌🙌

[@norko7422]

Boymerang´s SOUL BEAT RUNNA is one another Production Mysterium for me...909 kicks with Apache and phasing Rides...Really out of ordinary

[@Strafuzz]

He was a master!

[@nkogliaz]

The boymerang break was made with an Emu e4 sampler, the rides were from the Roland iv 1080, a boss drum machine, a Sony dat and a mackie 32x8 console,he started by sampling the original amen break at it's original tempo into the emu sampler, from there he chopped the break in midi including every flam and noise from the original, he then replaced every drum sound from the amen break with bits from the Boss, the JV and the emu while resampling the break back into the sampler each time with a different level of gain as well as a different layer of noise along with the desk gain until he got a break that didn't sound like anything else he had ever heard before, he then resampled it one last time at a more dnb bpm and spit the break out, he first left a few bars of the break for people to steal on soul beat runna, but if you or anyone want the original break in its entirety with all of the crashes as well, he left it clean towards the end of the boymerang remix of the krs one and goldie track, 'Digital', I've used that for years and it is the cleanest full example of the break you will find, also a killer 2x12 framed and hanging in the wall of my own studio, respect. 🎧🎶

[@norko7422]

@@nkogliaz Holy fuck!! How do you know that skill? I got the 2x12 single from digital too.. its one of my Favorits, espacially the Last Minute

[@norko7422]

@@nkogliaz Do you know Lightsabre/Black Star from J Majik? Breaks i never heard somewhere Else..

[@dan_rtype]

Never realized they sampled Disintegrator! I have that record. Industrial Strength Records.

[@MFTKR]

choon

[@Artersa]

Favorite track, oh my gosh that’s difficult for ER&O. Mystery Machine from Wormhole most likely though. Absolutely classic, funky and dark as neuro should be :)

[@ptooff]

FAVORITE ED RUSH & OPTICAL track: ...I was typing this before you finnished asking the question ... PACMAN! (BUT THEY HAVE MILLIONS - THEY ARE TRUELY GREAT)