Innehållsförteckning för 04/2020 från Beat eBook German

Download the workshop files here: www.bit.ly/BeatMelodicTechno Whether depending on the current situation or not, the listeners are longing for a good mood, dancing and carefree indulgence is currently more than popular. Just like Melodic Techno. The music style combines all these properties in a club and living room compatible construct, is always danceable, but never too hard, minimal, but never boring and exudes a euphoria that is comparable to the rave of the 90s, but it feels like with just half of the tempo. But how exactly do these magical melodies come about, what should be paid attention to when choosing a sound and how do all the individual parts result in a rousing arrangement despite the low number of them? We will answer you all of these questions. Simple…

1 Grooves Techno productions need one thing above all: groove. So before you wonder what else could be missing in your track, check out the beat first. Simple structures with 909 bass drum, open hi-hats in the off and the obligatory claps on the second and fourth eighth don‘t blow anyone away anymore. Take advantage of the big wide world of synthesizers and samples and decorate the beat with toms, percussion, snares and effects in all their variations. Of course, everything in moderation and not at the same time, otherwise the result will sound overloaded. If the beat still sounds too normal, simply move the sequences forward or backward by a sixteenth as a test. Or put the playing pattern on a completely different sound. This can lead to unexpected…

1 | Intro Kick, hi-Hat, clapi Without further ado, the classic techno track starts with kick, open hi-hat and clap to make life easier for the DJ. The complete beat is sent to a bus track (here: PRESS). Its high-pass filter is automated to around 200 Hz for the first eight bars, and to 45 Hz for the following eight bars. Why? /The reduced intro offers numerous entry points for the DJ mix. Due to the filter automation, the beat is present and audible, but saves the full force for the part that follows. The eighth bar remains without a kick.\ Effects Every 16 bars we add a noise downer (NOISE FX), but alternately as a long and short version. On the first of measures of the ninth and thirteenth…

Project info: Material: XronoMorph (see magazine download) Time required: about 2 hours Content: Introduction to XronoMorph, creating polyrhythmic melodies and patterns and export as MIDI Difficulty: professionals INTRO 1 Treasure chest Right up front, XronoMorph is not a plugin, but a not-so-straightforward program. The good news: You can load plug-in instruments, play external sound generators, sync everything via midi, and most importantly, have a huge treasure trove of crazy, polyrhythmic and Euclidean patterns under your control. And it‘s not even as complicated as it sounds. 2 Start The Mac version of the program is not verified by Apple. However, this is not a problem if the app is opened by right-clicking on the first start. Confirm the message with OK. Starting the program takes a few seconds (even under Windows), since…