Crash Course: How to make an EDM banger
Preparation; Getting the right stuff
- Get a DAW (Digital Working Station); Logic (Mac), Reason, FL Studio (PC), whatever suits you, doesn’t matter
- No need for midi bullshit gear, you can use your mouse
- Get good speakers (KRK Rokit $ 300) or use good headphones (Sony MDR-7506 $100)
- Download the Vengeance essential house sample packs vol. 1, 2 & 3 + Deadmau5 XFER Sample Pack
- Pick 5 songs you like and analyse their song structure
External plugins you need to get:
Synth: Massive By Native Instruments (SYNTH VST) 149$
Synth: Nexus 2 By reFX (SYNTH VST) 249$ - Starter - 3,839$ - Complete
Effect: EFFECTRIX By Sugar Bytes (EFFECT TWEAKING VST) 119$
Synth: Kontakt 5 By Native Instruments (SYNTH VST) 399$ Upgrade 99$
Effect: Precision Maximizer By UAD (MIXING VST) 199$
Effect: iZotope Ozone 5 By iZotope (MIXING VST) 249$
Effect: CamelCrusher by Camel Audio $FREE
Effect: Sausage Fattener by Dada Life $39
Synth: Sylenth1 LennarDigital $139
4/4 at 140bpm measures
1-32 = intro (keep it simple, and easy to follow rhythmically so dj’s will want to match it up in the heat of a mix, or while performing)
33-64 = bass and drums – main meat of the tune
65-96 = add something (like a pad or slight change in bassline, some congas, or a arp synth) keep it rollin
97-112 = break (take out most) (put your little voice sample in here, and a riser or a buildup take out the drums maybe the bass too.)
113-160 = All in (bass, drums, pads) – climax of the tune..
161-176 = subtract something (take out the congas, or the synthy arp thing)
177-208 = outro (take out more stuff, get minimal here)
209 = ending (a little sound, or a delay echoing off into the distance, or your little voice thing you used in the break.)
Mixing & Mastering:
- Make sure every sound sounds fat and has it’s place in the mix
- Melody & Kick are the most important parts
- Make sure to sidechain everything on the kick
- Again; Make sure every sound has a focus frequency and cut out the other frequencies to create audio clearity in your mix
- Layer that Kick, Snare & Synth in lowpassed, mid and highpassed layers
- Regroup and route all the sounds in 4 main groups; Melody, Bass, Drums & FX
- Put Ozone 5 on the master, choose the appropriate preset & export it in wav
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