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[Chris Hutchinson]

One of the things I learnt from working with pierre (Rebirth) on "you dont know" was to create all the loops and riffs etc before you start constructing the track -your less likely to 'hit a wall' with it that way... just a simple case of adding the extra bits or making slight changes once the track is put into order...

 

Had never thought of producing in that manner before, but it helps quite a lot and is defo worth a try

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QUOTE (Chris Hutchinson @ May 31 2004, 17:14)

One of the things I learnt from working with pierre (Rebirth) on "you dont know" was to create all the loops and riffs etc before you start constructing the track -your less likely to 'hit a wall' with it that way... just a simple case of adding the extra bits or making slight changes once the track is put into order... Had never thought of producing in that manner before, but it helps quite a lot and is defo worth a try

nicely plugged

[LiquidEyes]

QUOTE (Chris Hutchinson @ May 31 2004, 17:14)

create all the loops and riffs etc before you start constructing the track

That's why I swear by Fruityloops.

 

Personally I think it's best to create the loops a layer at a time. I.e. don't create them all separately and just assume they'll sound okay together.

 

I stick the basic percussion on first (kick/clap/hihats).

Then I might add a bassline, and tweak all other parts so they fit with the bassline.

Then I add some more percussion/quirky sounds and tweak everything again to make sure it fits together.

etc.

 

All the time I experiment with muting different combinations of tracks, so I can get a feel for whether any of the parts sound weak on their own, or too dependent on interplay with other parts.

 

I tend to export the loops in groups, e.g. sometimes my clap is composed of 3 or 4 tracks in Fruityloops but I'll export them as a single loop. Likewise with certain techy rhythms that play off one another to make a single rhythm that sounds great in its own right.

 

Often having exported say 8 or 9 loops, I'll start a new Fruityloops song and re-import those loops, and get tweaking again, see if I can make them fit together better, maybe experiment with different rhythms. Or I'll load up Cubase and import the loops into Intakt, chop up some of the loops and try playing the rhythms in a different order, or mess around with individual drum hits.