Part 1 - Making the loop
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0 - Introduction (0:51)
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0 - Downloads
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1 - Drone note (2:26)
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2 - How to use Ableton's Shimmer if you don't own Valhalla Shimmer (3:33)
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3 - Chord pluck sound design in Diva (2:27)
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4 - Writing the chord progression (10:16)
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5 - Making the bassline-sub (4:14)
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6 - Processing the chord plucks (4:01)
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7 - Compressing the sub- (1:47)
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8 - Making the melody in Diva (1:24)
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9 - Writing the melody (6:18)
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10 - Making the pad (8:28)
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11 - Adding the kick drum (1:17)
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12 - Setting up sidechain (1:47)
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13 - Balancing Kick and Sub (2:19)
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14 - Adding and layering the clap (2:34)
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15 - Adding hats (6:50)
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16 - Adding the shaker (0:55)
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17 - Making a resonant-sweepy-16th-note-thingy (5:05)
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18 - Adding Percussion (3:36)
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19 - Adding ambience-field recording (3:39)
Part 2 - Arrangement
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1 - How to reference a track to figure out an ideal arrangement (13:44)
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2.1 - (Basic Skeleton) Arranging the 16 Bar Loop based on our reference notes (21:04)
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2.2 - (Basic Skeleton) Arranging the 16 Bar Loop based on our reference notes (25:37)
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3.1 - (Detailed arrangement) Adding fx, transitions, ear candy, automation (19:49)
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3.2 - (Detailed arrangement) Adding fx, transitions, ear candy, automation (16:52)
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4 - Adding variation to the melody (17:05)
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5 - Working on the build into the climax (20:35)
Part 3 - Mixing and Mastering
Part 4 - Final playthough and touch-ups
Part 5 - Next day changes
