Release Year: 2019
Manufacturer: Sonic Academy
Manufacturer’s Website: sonicacademy
Author: Harvey McKay
Duration: 1h 37m
Type of Material Distributed: Video Lesson
Example Files: WATCH1, WATCH2, WATCH3
Video Format: TS
Video: 1024-2048 kbps, 19201080, 1280720 (16:9), variable frame rate, AVC
Audio: 102-151 kbps, 44.1 kHz, 2 channels, AAC
Level: Beginner and Intermediate
Language: English
- 2.63 GB
Description: Sonic Academy proudly welcomes this week’s new instructor, Soul Techno producer Harvey McKay.
In How To Make Techno 2019, Harvey takes us through his creative process for creating a dark, brooding, and downright sinister techno track from start to finish in Ableton.
Starting with a layered, distorted, and saturated kick, we build tension with a rumbling bassline, pitched and crunchy hi-hats, and a snare before adding a sinister synth mainline created in U-he Repro. Once the elements are in place, we build sound sequences in Ableton before recording, as if playing live, to lay out the basic arrangement. We then tackle the automation and editing from beginning to end, leading to the final mix, when everything can be sent to mastering. This course proves that you don’t need a ton of plugins and gimmicks to create a killer dancefloor mix; just carefully choosing the right sounds with minimal processing will get you there!
Content :
Tutorial 01 – Playthrough and Intro
06m 28s
Tutorial 02 – Kick
05m 36s
Tutorial 03 – Foundation
04m 10s
Tutorial 04 – Adding Tension and Snare
03m 46s
Tutorial 05 – Main Synth
08m 03s
Tutorial 06 – Vocals
02m 15s
Tutorial 07 – Basic Clip Arrangement
17m 31s
Tutorial 08 – Fine Tune Clip Arrangement
07m 25s
Tutorial 09 – Clip Recording
07m 01s
Tutorial 10 – Arrangement Smoothing
18m 10s
Tutorial 11 – Further Tweaks
12m 09s
Tutorial 12 – Final Changes
04m 44s
Project Files
Stems 130 bpm
