Techno rumbles in 2024 (the grain tutorial)

[@OscarUnderdog]

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[@Slack-The-Ripper]

Great video as always. Keep up the good work mate.

[@mttlsa686]

What's the name of that spectrum analyzer?

[@AirZeee]

Off topic - Oscar, is that your voice in DOP “36500”?

[@OscarUnderdog]

@@AirZeee Whoaw I thought it sounded so similar for a moment too! But it's not me for sure hehehe :D

[@jayeshsyal1811]

​@@OscarUnderdog what monitors are those. Are they kali audio by any chance.

[@MatthewXLY]

The techno kick rumble was the video that subscribed me to your channel in the first place. Love the follow up!

[@OscarUnderdog]

Yeah it felt like it was time for an updated take on it!

[@paulflint8024]

Me too 😊

[@larsegholmfischmann6594]

Same :)

[@squatman972]

same

[@hetto_blaster]

+8

[@MORTIFICER]

The lord of rumble tutorials is back with another heater. You break it down so well I was able to create a rumble in korg ds-10 on a gameboy with your method. Not all the frequency filters but the shaping filters and all the effects, it worked regardless.

[@Inhibitd]

Compression and gating are both essentially envelopes if the end result is a sample but compression has colour (because it distorts). Its always worth nudging the time relationship of the elements of any composite sound especially kicks because you might get unwanted phase cancellation and the sample will lose drive. If you use a high shelf anything more that 4db will introduce phase. Having said that theres an old school sound to phasing that might be desirable (we used to stack kicks with midi). Another common technique is using noise as modulation (usually within modular setups) to introduce amp grain and even frequency grain but every sample will be different. For example modulate the reverb amp or filter with noise - velvet noise (granular) is particularly good.. Careful use of early reflections can introduce grain. And granular synthesis is another way to explore rumbles -its not just for pads.

[@NygatuJack]

This is what I call real pedagogy. Hats off to you, super interesting, an absolute delight!

[@edubblesspirit]

I love the methodology behind this. As I’ve gotten more interested in arts of over the years (photo, video, music, drawing) I’ve learned I’m a huge fan of *Texture*. And it applies to every art medium I like. It adds the “imperfection” of something more realistic and tasteful.

[@jaminjones8784]

I was literally about to go search for your Techno Rumble Mastery video for a refresh when this hour-old follow up to that video pops up in my home page recommendations... funny coincidence! I'll take that as a sign that this is what I need to hear and try today haha

[@DielectricFailure]

_Making the rumble kicks is addicting to me. I’ve been experimenting with adding a wobbly chorus effect or phaser just to try making something unique. 🏆🏆🏆🏆 Loved your SNTS kicks tutorial. I’m glad you revisited this topic as these are so in depth._

[@DJVasC]

Great Oscar, I really love your deep dive and your quest for the perfect rumble. Thanks for also sharing some kicks. This really helps as a reference while applying your scheme and thoughts!

[@profil4e]

I don't even produce music (for the last 10 years) and still watch his videos, because of how great the info is presented. Absolutely awesome channel, deserves much, much more views and subs! And if this is what we can find for free in the YT channel, I can only imagine the quality of his full courses.

[@98thom98]

I've been struggling with my kicks for weeks and then I remembered your channel.. That's exactly the vid I needed thank you !!

[@IrisGriffinMusic]

I loved your first rumble video and I learned a lot from it. I'm currently looking for simple ways to get the different rumble textures that I hear in tracks, so this video is spot on. I found it interesting the order of the plugins that you used. I usually add reverb, saturation, lowpass and compression before sidechaining. The order of the plugins in the mixer is so important. Depending on how they're ordered, they can make the sound so different. I was also using a kick with a longer tail. I'm going to try your method. Thanks! Edit: I've just downloaded your sample pack. It's an awesome gift! Those rumbles sound so good. They're going to be very helpful. Thank you!

[@OzgunOfficial]

Loving how you explain the things! Keep it up 🙌

[@neopunkmusic]

Very nice of you to share the sounds with us. Shared the video link with my techno groups and liked. :)

[@fishrsa9046]

I learned which effects to use to make a really detailed and customisable rumble from your old video and recently I played around with it for the first time in years and made something fucking insane with just one kick. Now I just need to get confident with everything else and i can maybe make an original track I actually like for once. For now, I'm just happy that I love the rumble I made thanks to you

[@abbadon2741]

So good! Always love the end of the videos with a nice demo and you dancing 😋

[@keirau2275]

Wow, just discovered your tutorials, I've been through the arrangement and Four Tet Analysis video. Things are explained not only technically, but also with humanity that speaks sometimes way more than technique. Hats off and thanks for all these, love your vibe ! 🙏

[@lucasfranciscopeverelli4589]

So much knowledge, so thankful! Cheers from Argentina!

[@DaKink]

still very much love how easy you make it look. Thanks for all the effort :D

[@tweak592]

Interesting take on the rumble and great video as always. Thanks for the poster and samples

[@arturflor]

Very helpful and clear, as always. Thank you!

[@andycordy5190]

If I walked into a club and this was pumping out, I wouldn't be staying long because it would drive me crazy. I don't understand how you can engineer such elements for the same reason. However, I can still learn from what you've done here, not least because of the care that you lavish on perfecting the details. Thank you

[@alf6224]

Wow three years went by like crazy. Still subscribed to this beatiful madness! Keep up the good work!

[@seanpumper]

BASED, this is the best sounding rumble Ive heard in a tutorial.

[@dj_0xCD]

Another very educational and inspiring vid‼️👍 Every single vid of this channel would be a precious jewel of techno producers🤩💎

[@aaronrennz]

Great tutorial. Thank you

[@vaseechidna6594]

You're an absolute legend, love from australia!

[@29LEGIONZ.official]

Thank you so much for these tutorials and breaking down what seems to be a complicated process into easy to understand steps. Trying to apply these techniques in BitWig with different tools is a little tricky but should eventually get it.

[@Sika_does_techno]

Absolutely insane tutorial. Keep up the good work 🔥

[@INNERLANSCAPE]

Very good video. I always enjoy your meticulous way (teacher) of explaining things. greetings/ groetjes from Beringen

[@ae-jv2so]

ive been searching for similar sound design tutorial for a long time to make my own kicks for hardbass (house subgenre) thanks for making another rumble tutorial.

[@DJeMo]

Maybe best looking up hardstyle and hardcore kicks since that's the extreme, then simplify or scale that extreme treatments or those techniques down for your material

[@OscarUnderdog]

Yeah, I'd say hardcore kicks explore much more the direction of hyper-distorting a tonal bass, which feels quite different vibe-wise to me.

[@jadilkeas]

Ofcourse i am as crazy as you are! great video, keep it up

[@Orangebritches]

This is such a well executed video, with the sharp graphics and sound examples mixed in so smartly. My man’s got skillz

[@NOEL-004]

Oscar thanks again for this great tutorial. can't believe that it's been already 3 years🙃

[@xavierbakall]

I'm crazy with you brother 🤜RUMBLE🤛

[@mark-emil1]

you are amazing. your videos have helped me so much!

[@paweldun]

i did it with my korg EMX and sounds fantastic. Thanks.

[@peterelfman]

I definitely needed this. I have been struggling with techo rumbles (your last video got me most of the way there, but I'm still missing something important!). I'm looking forward to trying this out.

[@rundtomrasmus]

Cool video :) I find these types of kicks to work better on the dancefloor, as they are generally more dynamic than the droney rumble. It gives a very shed type of sound!

[@darrellsmith5710]

Cheers, only just found your channel, but lovin it

[@andrewbmaher9443]

TY OSCAR love it, u got such a gift for explaining these concepts!!

[@blumiraj]

Your videos always are refreshing and inspire creativity especially upon review. This is a well executed follow up to a topic you've nailed in the past! I love to use envelope shapers like Duck or LFOTool to really sculpt the groove of the sound, sometimes at multiple points in the chain.

[@-zoave-]

Excellent ! I already did more or less the same thing. But your way is, with no surprise, more accurate and better in all way :) I'm also a big fan of Punchbox, it's really nice for techno. Thanks Oscar, best techno YT channel, best techno YT guy 😘

[@TheKantraxx]

Amazing video, as always. Keep up the great work!

[@XxKonneyxX]

just when he knew i needed a new rumble tutorial he drops .... insane

[@sarkany888]

Visuals looking neat!

[@beatsbyarvin]

Great tutorial as always. Will have to try this on next track

[@nikolaihemal663]

Great content as always! Cheers

[@markuskopter]

The original techno rumble video was one of the first videos I saw on your channel. In your videos I like how you not just explain how to do things, but also why it is what you want to do. That takes the more technical tutorial stuff to a personal level, and taught me to think out of the box several times. I want to thank you for those moments of inspiration! ❤ That "adding noise to a gradient" is many times not an aesthetic choice though, but a technical one. It gets rid of banding on subtle gradients caused by limitations of digital displays.

[@furkanistanbullu6871]

Please keep these videos coming Oscar

[@kirkatsu3324]

the devil in the details ! thx for the reminder man , will upgrade my kick's asap

[@tangente00]

the quality of these videos is just beyond anything.

[@electricdawn2258]

You're still going strong, Oscar! Keep it up and keep going forward. Never back. 👍

[@cassiomendes13]

Thank you, Oscar!!

[@jerewind]

Thanxxx a million for sharing !!

[@scottadams7820]

OSCAR BACK ON HIS BULLSHIT! And I'm here for it. Congrats on all the growth you've had over the past 3 years, since your first rumble doctrines, and thanks for all the help and inspiration over the years. Here's to many more 🍻

[@JACKSONDUNNETT]

you are the coolest, thanks for the help

[@Fabertron]

Very good explored and thank you for sharing your knowledge. Very, very good!!! ❤

[@Soundmuffel]

Nice video, thx, would only add one little detail, in step "Reverb" when creating the "Grain" try taking only the left or right channel instead of making it mono by turning the knob in the synth or in utility, the difference can be huge ;) 4:30

[@huntingghosts]

love your dedication man, much appreciated

[@Hypnos_Official1]

Cheers I was working on leveling up my kicks today and found this

[@KarlProducer]

You are the Master!!

[@KAWERK]

Worked like a charm - thanks for this!

[@NikoBased]

You should have shot the entire video in 5FPS or whatever that is in the background. I love it.

[@pericvictory]

This is a great video can’t wait to change my rumble now it’s been a few years since the last video now I can make it 2 ways haha class

[@spencerrobinson780]

Thanks for the samples 👏 I use a variation of your original technique on almost every project. Rather than a dark techno style, I use it for generating kick reactive layers for my brostep. Instead of a LFO tool or shaper tool, I like to use an envelope follower from the kick though. Makes it easy to shape the added layers to exactly match the kick rhythms

[@xOWSLA]

I love watching your videos and everytime I watch you videos, I am trying to create a kick from scratch in ableton. I learned a lot from you and I still do! Love you Oscar!

[@xanjelx]

did this in a track but forgot how, thanks for the flowchart!

[@henrietteramirez_official]

I'm giving you some love now baby.. You are my very best and I'm very pleased to following you. By the way thanks for the gift 😉❤️

[@Studio21Lab]

Nah! I Loved it!))) cool effects Man!)

[@leighrandle2736]

Great breakdown of the process 👍😎

[@UweChroma]

Thx Oscar, nice tutorial :)

[@mradamcshaw]

Have you tried doing a rumble with a spectral resonator? You can get a rumble with very interesting mid range especially if you automate it with a formant filter.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Havent tried that! Good idea!

[@citizenoftheverse4653]

Great video as usual ;-)

[@vortexchilling3816]

I feel this video so much Love you bro!

[@quintinrafferty7232]

Great work oscar 👍👏

[@tuesdaybeats5694]

Du bist die Rettung wenn ich keine Inspiration mehr habe👍👍❤

[@dzaxys4643]

Bigup all the techno heads who've been at it this whole time I love these deep dives ,techno is a puzzle to be solved once you fit the final piece it's very satisfying

[@EfnaCelik]

Thank you so much for this video and samples.☺🙏

[@d3ad5hot7plays6]

This is what I exactly wanted to see

[@Saigo617]

love you Os!

[@chrisgilkes1687]

The Yoda of Techno - great teachings 😎

[@micaggg9278]

natural born teacher! much love!!

[@grandeMTM]

Thx for another great video 👊

[@jacknestor2670]

Great video! I find a touch of corpus can help add weight to a kick

[@elklaassen]

Really appreciate the update, I guess I am as crazy as you say you are 😅

[@Andrew-rz7qt]

What a gentleman thanks ❤

[@HeberMN_]

you sir, helped me a lot

[@kristofwynants]

great channel, love ir!

[@apex-lazer]

you're aesthetic is fuckin sick man. fuckin thanks. much love brutha 👊

[@pietrogranillo5011]

Oscar is a real one !

[@fishrsa9046]

Also, I've noticed my taste going towards overdrive as well these days. On the crazy end is Unexist - Attack, which I somehow love. I used to love Boston 168, they were my favourite artists, but now I'm way more into faster and more distortedy type beats

[@alban6101]

Cool tips. And what about, eventually, shufle a little bit the "grain rumbling sub part", moving to the left or the right of the time line....? as a swing effect could do...

[@charlesbronson2806]

You're always reading my mind man 😅

[@286EN]

Thank you! 😀😀😀

[@SellusionStar]

When Lisa runs out and the sound shifts to the left ear. 7:39 😍

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

I was there lolz, thanks for the update boss man 🖤🤙🏽😎

[@arneanders6306]

before i forget... here is some love 😎

[@csuccser]

Maybe it's a stupid question but if i add some grain to my kick should i add a separated bass theme (for example a rolling bass) next to my kick track or this grain sound should perform the bass function and no need more bass theme? What's your opinion about this?

[@secondhandnoise432]

Super great video tutorial… 🔥🪩🎹