How I make Drum & Bass (start-to-finish. . . excluding drums)
A full breakdown of how I make a minimal-ish DNB tune from start to finish with a few crushing chess wins in-between.
Check out my other videos for DNB drum tutorials!
FINAL SONG: / happy-or-sad-final
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VIDEO CONTENTS:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Song preview
1:02 The magic begins
1:18 Vocal selection
2:05 Creating the bass & melody
5:40 Bass processing
6:51 Creating mid-bass growls
9:30 Improving the melody
13:22 Start of the intro and breakdown
15:40 Changing the vocals
18.47 Changing the bass again...
19:54 Making more mid-bass growls
25:40 Atmospheres
30:40 Adlibs & vocal processing
34:24 Cleaning up the sound design
36:40 Cleaning up the intro
38:46 Final edits + drum processing
41:10 Master channel overview
43:52 Final song play through
47:01 Outro
Vocals