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The 4 rules of techno minimalism

Underdog Electronic Music School
2024 ж. 5 Мам.
309 148 Рет қаралды
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A lot of dance music revolves around maximising the impact of a very limited set of musical ideas. How do we achieve minimalist elegance but avoid sounding amateur, simplistic, underproduced?
Here are the 4 steps to getting effective minimalist productions.
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Contents:
0:00 The four magic ingredients
2:38 How to groove at all levels
5:24 How to create movement in the timbre
7:00 Dealing with too much movement
9:19 The golden rule of movement
9:29 How to add polymeters to your techno groove
14:45 How to build tension and release in minimalist music
17:27 Summary and next steps

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  • Oscar's video courses ► courses.underdog.brussels 🖤🖤🖤 Underdog Discord channel ► discord.gg/z5N9CTA 👾👾👾 Torc ► soundcloud.com/torcaudio 🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠ Patreon ► www.patreon.com/underdogmusicschool 🌱🌱🌱

    @OscarUnderdog@OscarUnderdog Жыл бұрын

    • Be good to see a house beat creation, it's difficult to get certain drums to feel like they are rolling or shuffling towards the clap like in deep house

      @leejohnson197733@leejohnson197733 Жыл бұрын

  • You always make me wanna get up and go straight into the DAW. Thank you.

    @JWIE791@JWIE791 Жыл бұрын

    • Yeah, I can never get through an episode without having to bust Ableton open mid video.

      @twatmunro@twatmunro Жыл бұрын

    • But do you? I sure dont

      @decapitateallcops3214@decapitateallcops3214 Жыл бұрын

    • @@decapitateallcops3214 Good motivation is to realise that if you don't open up ableton and follow your dream, you will regret it before you die.

      @jocee2257@jocee2257 Жыл бұрын

    • @@jocee2257 I open Ableton and every time regret that it isn’t FL Studio that Im working in

      @decapitateallcops3214@decapitateallcops3214 Жыл бұрын

    • @@decapitateallcops3214 substitute ableton with daw and you will see what I mean. and btw, everyone knows FL studio ain't really good for anyone above rookie level. I notice it is mostly used by trap artists, and trap music being obviously low IQ music. At most, a gateway to real limitless daw's like ableton and bitwig.

      @jocee2257@jocee2257 Жыл бұрын

  • Man, just love you. I'm 54, from Buenos Aires. Started using a bit deeper Ableton 2 years ago. A Beatstep called a miniLab and then the SQ-64. Then came the volca Sample , TR-6S and the Roland S-1 Well, now is time to learn. I never subscribe myself to any channel. But your deserve it. Thanks a lot. You make the universe be nice Que sea Rock

    @riobit@riobit7 ай бұрын

  • I'd wager a tidy sum a lot of folks who watched this are gonna make the tune they're currently working on sound a whole heap better.

    @Gregorovitch144@Gregorovitch144 Жыл бұрын

    • I hope you’re right 🤞

      @OscarUnderdog@OscarUnderdog Жыл бұрын

    • ​@@OscarUnderdog you are def helping me with my track and album!

      @crescentmoon_aus@crescentmoon_aus11 ай бұрын

    • I agree

      @Semperf11@Semperf118 ай бұрын

  • This information is far more important than some people realize. I'm guilty of the "amateur" and "underproduced"

    @zenchiefengineer@zenchiefengineer Жыл бұрын

  • it's crazy how much useful information you put in these 18 minutes. Basically a guideline for developing an electronic music track in general, helped me a lot!

    @philharmonie3006@philharmonie300614 күн бұрын

  • Using polyrhythmic alone, bring you far with minimalistic music. One of the best trick for techno music ☝️ Good video. Greetings from berlin

    @MordioMusic@MordioMusic Жыл бұрын

  • A tip for ya! You can reverse any audio clip by simply pressing R (so you don't need to menu dive!)

    @JamesRamboPearce@JamesRamboPearce Жыл бұрын

    • Came to say the same, so much faster, I need a chart for all the shortcuts

      @lecoughskiofficial@lecoughskiofficial Жыл бұрын

    • @@lecoughskiofficial you can get a keyboard overlay

      @omnifvck2596@omnifvck2596 Жыл бұрын

    • ❤️ u angel

      @Sidestepleft@Sidestepleft Жыл бұрын

    • @@omnifvck2596 ?

      @MaNuLaToROfficial@MaNuLaToROfficial Жыл бұрын

    • Ableton shortcuts are pretty intuitive and easy to learn. I appreaciate that he doesn't include them they make tutorials boring and take away from musical making

      @yeahna@yeahna11 ай бұрын

  • 4:51I didn't fully get how flat the "no groove" was until you switched back to it... the "yes groove" has a sort of heartbeat to it, a rolling.

    @cheddarcheezit2647@cheddarcheezit2647 Жыл бұрын

  • I don't usually make Techno, but these are solid tips for composition.

    @MNolanMillar@MNolanMillar Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for the tips. As always. Your content is gold!

    @vonantesberg5796@vonantesberg5796 Жыл бұрын

  • Very inspiring! Great tips with many creative possibilities. I'm definitely going to watch other videos you made. Thanks.

    @jantomasjuza7907@jantomasjuza7907 Жыл бұрын

  • An endless source of inspiration ❤ Thank you for that.

    @mathiasholzer7216@mathiasholzer7216 Жыл бұрын

  • Simply fantastic video with very clear examples and practical application! Wonderful editing too

    @ohnree4110@ohnree4110 Жыл бұрын

  • Very concise and informative tutorial. Highly appreciated!

    @saschaz1@saschaz1 Жыл бұрын

  • Many thx for your works, so much things to say about syncopation, groove and ternaire :)

    @SuperTakearide@SuperTakearide Жыл бұрын

  • Need more like this, love your content man!

    @neutralistrecordss@neutralistrecordss Жыл бұрын

  • This is pure gold. Thanks 👍

    @greatatomfleet7548@greatatomfleet7548 Жыл бұрын

  • Thank You!! You are Awesome !!!

    @0711RC@0711RC Жыл бұрын

  • You make it look so easy, love your content!

    @DEXM_@DEXM_ Жыл бұрын

  • Top quality content and no water, thank you so much! 👍

    @super-ulitka@super-ulitka Жыл бұрын

  • Oscar dropping the knowledge on us again! Thanks for sharing! ✌

    @bobbyrinehart1299@bobbyrinehart1299 Жыл бұрын

  • Great content as always - you never fail to inspire me your insights and technical elements.

    @flatlyna2223@flatlyna2223 Жыл бұрын

  • Another triumph, Oscar, thank you for sharing!

    @justinsaunders1459@justinsaunders1459 Жыл бұрын

  • Another stellar 'tutorial'! In that it totally IS a tutorial but it's you producing at the same time and in a groove. Love it. Great minimal track aswell, fair play.

    @AlexRanedo@AlexRanedo Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks. Love it!

    @brutusmoon2867@brutusmoon2867 Жыл бұрын

  • This is awesome! It answers a question I always had but never consciously asked it.

    @SzilvayPeter@SzilvayPeter Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks Oscar for sharing your knowledge. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. :-)

    @SLATER_M@SLATER_M Жыл бұрын

  • These tips are golden! Real fundamental stuff that is so easy to forget...

    @themachinestops23@themachinestops23 Жыл бұрын

  • Absolutely love this channel❤😊

    @gretareinarsson7461@gretareinarsson7461 Жыл бұрын

  • Great tips! Thanks!

    @lennyblandino@lennyblandino8 ай бұрын

  • ur great brother! thx! ❤️🙏🔥

    @KidOrjiMusic@KidOrjiMusic9 ай бұрын

  • Thank you so much for the education and inspiration!

    @seancambern1235@seancambern12354 ай бұрын

  • One of your best, if not your BEST video ! Thanks a lot for all these pieces of advice, learned a lot, and now I just want to go in the DAW to experiment that!!

    @StudioNvzt@StudioNvzt Жыл бұрын

  • Watched hundreds of hours of KZhead videos over the last couple of years but learned more in 20 mins from this video than all the others!! Can't wait to see the others! Great work.

    @stevelane5465@stevelane5465 Жыл бұрын

  • Love that your videos, while based in the DAW, give inspiration and advice on music theory that can be applied to DAWless music too 👍🏼

    @DanChippendaleMusic@DanChippendaleMusic Жыл бұрын

  • Simply awesome! Now i hopefully can implement my own produnction styles i developed over the years into something consistent and useable for the audience 🙏🏼

    @micromando4669@micromando4669 Жыл бұрын

  • Absolutely outstanding work, thanks for sharing this incredible knowledge!!! Invaluable

    @Ark-Hive_DJ@Ark-Hive_DJ Жыл бұрын

  • Glad I found this channel. Keep up the good work!

    @suntzu6122@suntzu6122 Жыл бұрын

  • One of the most comprehensive and understandable cookbook for techno I found so far.

    @roccothamanoidis@roccothamanoidis Жыл бұрын

  • Subscribed! Thankyou, great content 👌

    @breadcrumbtv@breadcrumbtv9 ай бұрын

  • Oscar this is what i'm waiting for. After so many videos this is the right one. Please do more in this regard and share it via pattern sheet. Thank you!

    @mit136speichenumdiewelt@mit136speichenumdiewelt Жыл бұрын

  • This is spot on. Thank you kind sir

    @MissBunny850@MissBunny850 Жыл бұрын

  • One more awesome tutorial! Thanks Oscar!

    @ivicai3281@ivicai3281 Жыл бұрын

  • Enjoyed this,especially the polymeter solo'd tip

    @bellyeyed@bellyeyed Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you so much for all your youtube videos ( i have not seen them all already i am not even close to...) but even the fact that i use a diffrent DAW then you do, watching the videos makes me switch between programing something new, watching the next part and so on. Your enthusiasm is really pushing me to go on an on - thanks for that. You are a real good teacher all the "How-To-Stuff" and also the most Videos " exclusive " for My DAW and the controller i bought with arent that fresh sparkling and inspiring to me. i come from djing, than i got father , than my job just ate me up (btw i was Patissier in Frankfurts Cocoon-Club) with even 3000 Watts in The Kitchen so i got rid of all this electronic Music Stuff ....untill Bands Gorrilaz, Hot Chip, Djuma- and LCD Soundsystem got me back on track and i decided to jump into the cold water and try to do some tracks on my own. I never played an instrument (guess Turntables dont count) , but you are a HUUUUGE help getting closer and closer to shrink the gap between my ideas and my musically output! (I am really low on money, otherwise i'd Get the whole course. But if you need some cooking, baking or pastry help i think i could give something back ;) P.S. Please excuse my bad english

    @macmichi77@macmichi77 Жыл бұрын

  • Great tutorial! Minimal and straight to the point! Well done!

    @NoyaD9@NoyaD9 Жыл бұрын

  • So much useful information packed into a single video! These techniques would likely be applicable to other styles of music entirely. Great stuff, many thanks.

    @synchro505@synchro505 Жыл бұрын

  • Wow really great tips. This definitely took some of my basic sounding techno beats to the next level!

    @TaiWyban@TaiWyban Жыл бұрын

  • Always a pleasure my good man

    @RLAYY@RLAYY Жыл бұрын

  • Omg your explanations are so fun!) The groove is spreading through you)))❤

    @veronikakachurovska9567@veronikakachurovska95679 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for sharing this tutorial

    @TehsiniupdatesIN@TehsiniupdatesIN Жыл бұрын

  • THX Oscar! Very valuable video as always :)

    @JakubFranczyk@JakubFranczyk Жыл бұрын

  • thanks a lot ....great tips

    @AliEsfahaniMusic@AliEsfahaniMusic8 ай бұрын

  • Very informative video with awesome tips and ideas. This was very impactful and beneficial for me. Thank you!

    @djerikhorton@djerikhorton Жыл бұрын

  • It is about time someone pointed out these facts. Well done.

    @john_atco@john_atco Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for teaching groove, movement, polymeters and tension & release. Brilliant Lesson in minimalist electronic music production.

    @AaronWacker@AaronWacker Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for the posters

    @vitaleh@vitaleh Жыл бұрын

  • Great Video - Many Thanks - this helps to improve my live Loopings 🙏🏻

    @MarcusDrabon@MarcusDrabon9 ай бұрын

  • Wow. Amazing with the 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    @DaBeatsFreak@DaBeatsFreak Жыл бұрын

  • Pure gold.

    @il_Med@il_Med Жыл бұрын

  • super helpful for a beginner as myself. Thank you!

    @KickMinecraftPL@KickMinecraftPL3 ай бұрын

  • Another awsome tutorial !!! Thank you 🙏

    @wmp3920@wmp3920 Жыл бұрын

  • love the new poster thanks

    @benramit@benramit Жыл бұрын

  • Great work on your videos. Very helpful and well explained

    @BDNB-baddognobiscuit@BDNB-baddognobiscuit Жыл бұрын

  • You're a great man.

    @MaxDBlas@MaxDBlas8 ай бұрын

  • Best video in the history of music production tutorials. Thank you sir!

    @locres123@locres123 Жыл бұрын

  • thanks a lot for this video man, I was struggling with my new track and got inspired by your video, all the best for you and your family

    @s3ktormusic@s3ktormusicАй бұрын

  • So much great input here, even when you don't use a DAW. This is also probably my favorite one of your videos.

    @allyouracid@allyouracid Жыл бұрын

  • This is genius! Something that I’ve been looking for for a very long time.

    @mvanbreemen@mvanbreemen10 ай бұрын

  • Great video, thanks. I love minimal techno

    @beastehful@beastehful9 ай бұрын

  • bless you!

    @imamnabil@imamnabil Жыл бұрын

  • Man. Thank you. No more words needed. Just: Thank you!

    @fluctura@fluctura Жыл бұрын

  • You're a genius, man. Thank you!

    @aliaksandrilyushenka5597@aliaksandrilyushenka559710 ай бұрын

  • Amazingly explained. Short and efficient

    @fabgott8026@fabgott80268 ай бұрын

  • You're a good teacher!

    @DariusSarrafi@DariusSarrafi8 ай бұрын

  • This tutorial was crazy thanks a lot🙌

    @vincenzobeck2628@vincenzobeck2628 Жыл бұрын

  • This tutorial is good for more than just techno. It's a good fundamental tool for understanding how to engineer your drum patterns

    @rxbynwubs@rxbynwubs Жыл бұрын

  • thanks for posting, your videos awesome!

    @Name-rz5up@Name-rz5up Жыл бұрын

  • Another excellent video, thank you Oscar 🙏

    @Badgerr99@Badgerr99 Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for that great video!!

    @theodorvaltingojer2879@theodorvaltingojer2879 Жыл бұрын

  • Great video and tips, thanks Man.

    @deadmenwalking3013@deadmenwalking3013 Жыл бұрын

  • Exactly what I was looking for once again! Thankbyou Oscar 😀

    @etangrun1406@etangrun1406 Жыл бұрын

  • Fantastic content as always! thanks friend.

    @guilhermelimasatolep@guilhermelimasatolep Жыл бұрын

  • Great video. Directly to the point. Very useful informations. Thanks.

    @headbangax@headbangax Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you 🙏🏼

    @telli6931@telli6931 Жыл бұрын

  • This was just awesome! Thanks a lot!

    @JoseChk22@JoseChk22 Жыл бұрын

  • There isn't enough love for techno out there.

    @lemurdreamur9257@lemurdreamur92572 ай бұрын

  • This really was so helpful ❤

    @alansyoutube@alansyoutube3 күн бұрын

  • Very great tuto !! Thanks for yours tips

    @cmaignan35@cmaignan35 Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for this great video. It Let me listen to older tracks and realize how much more I´m doing the things from your video now, compared to 1 year old tracks. :)

    @JuliusJuluis@JuliusJuluis Жыл бұрын

  • Excellent thank you!!

    @carlosjuarez4043@carlosjuarez4043 Жыл бұрын

  • Bro, that posters free. Mind-blown 🤯

    @jordandellinger4718@jordandellinger4718 Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for the Modnetic tips!

    @matthewjackson8709@matthewjackson8709 Жыл бұрын

  • Best tutor,ever. Period!

    @pavle988@pavle988 Жыл бұрын

  • Your videos cover the parts of production that really push people from amateur to professional. Thanks for all your work!

    @cryspimusic@cryspimusic3 ай бұрын

  • Great tips, thank you

    @bladelinemicrobladingparis1431@bladelinemicrobladingparis1431 Жыл бұрын

  • Amazing tutorial. Learn a lot !! Thanks

    @mhediseltana@mhediseltana Жыл бұрын

  • Informative as ever. Thanks once again Oscar. Best wishes.

    @brucemillar@brucemillar Жыл бұрын

  • U ARE A GENIUS IN EXPLAINING THAN U SO MUCH

    @lukasdospassos6396@lukasdospassos63967 ай бұрын
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