Polyend Tracker - Let's Make Drum and Bass
Free sample pack to get you started - https://aisjam.gumroad.com/l/TrackerPack
Tracker files from my latest DnB album -- https://aisjam.gumroad.com/l/levelban...
Listen to the album https://open.spotify.com/album/3T2Zon...
Now I like drum and bass, it is such a versatile genre that has something for everyone. Since I finished my Dnb album, I though it would be good to go over my workflow with the Polyend tracker.
There is a lot to cover in this one.
00:00 - Intro
Drum
00:55 - New drum kit design I'm testing out 1.6.0
01:26 - Loading Drum Samples
01:59 - Basic drum pattern
02:51 - Change BPM to 165
03:18 - Changing up the drums
04:49 - Ghost percussion
06:31 - Reverse Snare
07:25 - Flipping percussion instruments
08:02 - Adding high hats
08:30 - Randomising high hats
09:44 - Panning high hats
10:37 - Name your tracks
Bass
10:59 - Picking Bass Samples
11:55 - Make the bassline
12:16 - Set the project to a scale
13:50 - Swappling bass instruments
14:08 - Editing bass sound
14:33 - Hidden hands with LFOs
15:20 - Automation with LFOs
16:17 - Bassline Demo
16:54 - Bassline with flipping instruments
17:31 - Full Bassline Demo
High elements
18:18 - Sound Design of high plucks
19:22 - Editing the delay send
19:57 - adding pluck sound
20:15 - Sound design for second pluck
Expanding out our loop
20:47 - Duplicating pattern
21:20 - Changing drums for more energy
21:59 - Snare to reverb send
22:47 - Adding more energy to the high hats
23:14 - Changing the bassline
23:59 - Duplicating and changing bass instrument
24:17 - Instrument scrubbing makes happy accidents
25:04 - pattern demo
Making a transitional sound
25:26 - Making Pads sound
26:03 - Making Chords
27:12 - Pad instrument sound design
28:08 - Writing chords from root tone
28:42 - Making richer cords with octave changes
29:11 - Another showcase of all the patterns
29:23 - Polyend Tracker song mode house keeping
30:10 - Creating risers and impacts
30:57 - Sound design for a riser
32:37 - Impact Sound Design
33:11 - Rendering our riser sample
Making the song
34:30 - Arranging our patterns
34:44 - Adding intro loop for live play
35:04 - Making song intro
35:32 - Making the first drop
36:02 - Rough layout of song structure
36:20 - Making a "CUT" pattern
37:11 - Adding the second drop
37:30 - Making patterns feel less repeative
38:30 - Adding our risers and impacts for transitions
39:37 - Me making the rest of the song
Thankyou for watching and please like if you want to see more videos like this. Also feel free to leave comments or questions below about the #polyendtracker #drumandbass #howto. Always looking to improve my videos and I can let you know how in the comments or future videos.
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This one was shot on my canon eos m6 and my modded Super Takumar 28mm f3.5.