How To Make - Big Room Techno with Christian Vance / 713

cvance 2019-06-22 09:10:22 UTC #5

Hi @Maksim78 - there are many ways to do this but with this method keep all your ideas in session view for as long as possible - finding unique ways to add and subtract vibe/energy (using anything from mute/volume/fx and modulating the sounds) without having the linear style of the arrangement view in front of you. Play around and experiment this way so you learn instinctively how your ideas will flow even before you lay down any permanent arrangement. Then you can just simply keep your unique and core loop/idea and stretch it out over time in the arrangement view with many and varied ways to keep you and the listener interested. You will get a greater understanding in the tutorial... especially if you try it out a few times. Hope you enjoy it... that's the aim too!

DANTRA 2019-06-23 09:59:48 UTC #6

Thank you!

SIXFOOT9 2019-06-26 20:18:03 UTC #7

great tutorial altho it would have been nice to see how you put together the bass mix rack exactly and explaining what its actually doing to the sound.

KRASNV 2019-07-01 19:55:19 UTC #8

someone please tell me why people still buy this expensive hardware!

KRASNV 2019-07-01 22:02:28 UTC #9

Great tutorial. Thank you, Christian. Especially for technical fundamental theory.

Sergio_Vilas 2019-07-10 20:41:36 UTC #10

great insight into the frequencies for me, never really paid alot of attention to them but now im understand them its definitely helping, great course!

nikhilwow 2019-07-11 17:26:31 UTC #11

Hey Vance,

I have been learning to produce for past 2 years on sonic academy but I just could not because most of the tutors are using expensive and complex plugins. Then I stumbled across you and being a Techno fan I could really relate to your style of teaching and keeping things simple, yet making awesome music.In fact I produced 4 songs just by learning from your classes.For me you are a real hero, as i struggled a lot while learning online.
I am sharing a link of the track i produced and it is dedicated to you forever. Its called "Comimg home".I cant thank you enough.I wish I could meet you one day and learn more.
Love from India.

Nikhil Sharma

Limk>>> . https://soundcloud.com/nikhil-sharma-294926056/comimg-home

cvance 2019-07-11 17:53:53 UTC #12

@nikhilwow .. you just made my day. This is absolutely awesome to hear and I am humbled. Music is about ideas, emotions, going on journeys... and it is about having the right tools and inspiration to get there. Just checking out your tracks now.. my clear favourite is "For The Love Of ACID". Happy music making!

Tekalight 2019-07-11 20:01:42 UTC #15

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nikhilwow 2019-07-11 20:15:18 UTC #16

Takalight.
Thanks for clarification.I was not aware of the fact.Apologies.

nikhilwow 2019-07-12 07:13:03 UTC #17

I m not able to figure out how to direct message.Please help.

Tekalight 2019-07-12 13:29:37 UTC #18

@nikhilwow

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escpod9 2019-07-14 16:12:03 UTC #19

The Bass Mix video is worth the price of admission. Well done!

acincottijr 2019-07-22 10:26:39 UTC #20

This tutorial could be better if this guy does not talks too much. He keeps on repeating the same thing over and over again. Good job anyways

kushma 2019-08-02 21:19:35 UTC #22

interesting

andyblehh90 2019-08-13 20:10:27 UTC #23

the drums tutorial isn't very clear. Can't seem to get the mapping for the EQ sweeps correct at all. Is the eq placed on the individual high/mid/low groups within the drum rack, or on the drum rack chain?

would have been much more helpful to show you making it from the start instead of half explaining an already finished set up.

Tekalight 2019-08-13 20:56:32 UTC #24

Hi there @andyblehh90

This EQ eight device used to sweep frequencies is placed on the main 808 Group, after the Drum Rack itself and before the Drum Buss Effect. If you're also using Live, you can download the Ableton Projects resources files ( and other resources too ) from the main tutorial page. There's a matching Live Project for each part of the course, for this part, just load 09 - TECHNO - Drums.als with Live and you will see exactly how Christian crafted his Drum Rack & Fx.

cvance 2019-08-14 01:09:33 UTC #25

Thanks @Tekalight for the concise response.

Hi @andyblehh90 .. thanks for the comment. Completely understand if you have not had a look inside the actual project. In other tutorials, where there have been more varied or diverse drum sounds used, I've gone into this aspect in a little more detail. The aim here was to show quickly that everything can be separated (if you want to add more drums or different drums) but as the actual track is quite utilitarian and does not rely on a vast variety of percussive sounds, I did not delve deeply into the actual crafting or construction of this. Hopefully if you open it up as @Tekalight has described it will become more evident. If not, please feel free to hit me up here! I take all comments on board. You'll notice that someone even thinks I waffle on a bit too much... everyone will be needing different bits and pieces from the tutorial with different levels of detail. It's great we have the forums to supplement that. Hope this has helped... and happy music making.

andyblehh90 2019-08-14 08:32:49 UTC #26

Hey guys,

Thanks so much for both responses.

I'll have a look in the projects later on and see if I can figure it out.

I was placing the EQ onto the drum rack itself but no matter where I put it, I couldn't map it to the macros. It would only let me map effects within the individual HIGH,MID, LOW groups.

Apologies if my comment seemed short or unappreciative. I'm loving the tutorials and they're a huge help. That comment was a moment of desperation at the end of a very frustrating 2 hours trying to get that EQ sweep set up haha

Again, I'm sure it will be clearer once I download the kit.

Thanks again for the effort!

Tekalight 2019-08-14 09:15:15 UTC #27

@andyblehh90

No worries, was just trying to help and I was 200% sure that @cvance will answered your question, as a moderator I can tell you that Christian is one of the tutors who is paying particular attention to follow & answer people comments/questions here on the forums. His tutorials are also very well explained and he goes into details which is something I love ( don't get some other dudes here writing that he talks too much... ).

Cheers guys !