Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers by Dennis DeSantis

Author:Dennis DeSantis [DeSantis, Dennis]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Electronic Music Production
Publisher: Ableton AG
Published: 2015-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

The image above shows a hi-hat pattern with perfect quantization but with velocities similar to what a drummer might play. Even without adjusting timing at all, you can often make a stiff, static groove come to life by carefully adjusting some of the velocities.

Manually Shift Specific Elements

Both for quantized and unquantized material, the surefire way to get the results you want is also the most time-consuming. Manually editing individual notes to change their relationship to each other and to the metric grid can ensure that everything happens exactly where you want it. Unfortunately, this assumes that you know what you’re looking for, which may not be the case. Here are some ideas:

Try dragging some or all of the snare drum or hi-hat notes slightly after their “intended” grid positions to create a heavy or “laid-back” feel. You’ll often hear this “behind the beat” approach in funk drumming. Here’s an example of hi-hats placed slightly after the beat:

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