Once you’ve done this, you’ll want to add in some sort of drum sampler. In Ableton Live, I’m going to use the Drum Rack, which allows you to add in different drum samples. After your sampler is ready to go, you’ll want to find a good kick, snare, and hi-hat to load up...
Basically, you want to make sure that the kick and bass leave space for each other. If there’s a lot of overlap (which is the case in some genres) you can use tools like sidechain compression to duck the bass out of the way when the kick hits, but we’ll get to that later. Re...
which can allow you to compose parts for an instrument that you don’t physically own or know how to play. Or, maybe they allow you to use an effect like an
But imagine if that synth, EQ, and reverb were physical units in your studio; the only way to connect them would be to plug the output of the synth into the input of the EQ, and then connect the output of the EQ into the input of the reverb. Finally, you would plug the output of...