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Production Tips and Tricks
Date Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 April 2008
Location Central London (Westminster)
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Production Tips & Tricks
Date: Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 April 2008
Location: London Westminster
This seminar has now sold out. Sorry if you missed out but join our mailing list and we'll keep you posted. Those of you with tickets - look forward to meeting you on 12th/13th!
Straight from a sell out seminar in December, we return for a special two day event in central London again. Leaving no production stone unturned, this seminar promises 16 hours of essential tutorials, advice and inspiration! Welcoming some exciting guest speakers this time round, it promises to be a one off event. The last event sold out in a matter of weeks, so order now to avoid disappointment.
Aimed at the dance music producer who has been making music for a while but is looking for that professional edge to their productions, this seminar will give you all the information you need to advance your sound further and give your tracks that polish they've been missing.
The seminar will be hosted by industry professional Danny Byrd, who has worked in the music business for the last seven years. Danny has recently had a big single in the form of Shock Out, played by all the heavyweight D&B jocks and is signed to one of the top Drum & Bass labels - Hospital. WIth a album completed and slated for a spring release, Danny has alot of useful advice to dish out, and with his previous background in teaching can handle that hard task of putting everything across in a clean, friendly and clear manner.
www.myspace.com/dannybyrduk
We are also very proud to announce guest speaker Henry Bainbridge from Dubstudio vinyl cutting house in Bristol. Dubstudio started back in 2003 and Henry has cut for the Drum & Bass elite such as Roni Size, High Contrast, Randall, Commix and more. He will give an interesting insight into the often mysterious world of cutting vinyl and mastering. Henry is the last chain in the production process and will show you how to tailor your mixes so they translate to vinyl in the best way possible.
Finally we welcome the sample master Luke Wilson aka Utah Jazz from V Recordings. Showing you his sample trickery as only he knows how and breaking down his big remix It's A Jazz Thing from last year. Luke can take two obscure records and make them gel together as one. He'll be revealing his production methods with plug in Battery and how he spots these killer loops when crate digging.
Places are strictly limited and the last seminar sold out in a matter of weeks.
You can purchase tickets for for this event or receive more info by emailing info@beatclinic.co.uk.
Module A - Saturday 12th April (Morning Session) 10am-2pm
Drum Programming
The starting block of any tune, your drum sound often dictates how your track will translate on a loud club system. We look at various styles of drum programming within D&B, from the right kick and snare sounds to use to application of eq and compression so they cut through the mix.
Topics covered:
• Individual Hit style programming
• Multi-Layering Breaks
• Side-chaining for powerful pumping beats
• Choppage/Old School Jungle beats
• Creating Fills and edits within your beats
Module B - Saturday 12th April (Afternoon Session) 2.30-6.30pm
Bass, Accapellas and Robot Vocals
Working with Bass from Deep Liquid Basslines right through to LFO'd wobble business! Looking at a variety of ways to use bass within your productions. Coming up with interesting garage style vocal chop ups and vocoder lines. Using effectively accapellas and vocal samples within your tracks.
Topics covered:
• Making your own Bass sounds
• LFO's, Filtering, creating that monster screaming bassline
• Layering up bass sounds into different ranges, sub, mid range etc
• Coming up with Todd Edwards Style vocal chops
• Making your own daft punk esque vocoder/talkbox phrases
• Locking vocal samples/accapellas into time with your track and avoiding tuning problems
Module C - Sunday 13th April (Morning Session) 10am-2pm
Using samples effectively within your productions
Special Guest Speaker Utah Jazz (V Records)
Implementing samples and digging in the crates, avoiding the laziness of just using VSTi's and adding that 3rd dimension to your tracks. Utah will be breaking down all the component parts of his "Its a Jazz Thing remix" and showing you his sample secrets.
Topics included:
• Using samples from Vinyl, CD's and DVD's
• Crate Digging, Various places to source samples
• Making Samples fit within your track, timing and tuning
• Various ways to disguise hot samples
• Avoiding Sample clearance problems by recreating old samples with your DAW
• Utah Jazz opening up some of his recent sequencer arrangements
• Using DJ Premier style sample chops within your tracks
Module D - Sunday 13th April (Afternoon Session) 2.30-6.30pm
Mixing and Mastering
Special Guest Speaker cutting engineer Henry Bainbridge (Dubstudio)
The holy grail of production! How to get your tracks to stand up to a released track sonically. Getting your mixes louder for playing out, whilst also making sure your mix will translate to vinyl properly. Dubstudio engineer Henry giving you an insight to the vinyl cutting process, the last stage of any D&B production.
Topics included:
• A/Bing your track with other material
• Eq'ing, compression and bussing
• Giving each element space to breath in the mix
• Getting the track superloud
• Vinyl Cutting and Acetates explained
• How to get your track to cut well
• Various mastering super tips!
