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Alex Tepper, You may scratch your head upon hearing his name, but be damn sure you’ve heard some of the hundreds of releases that have been touched by his hands in almost 20 years in the business. Working behind enemy lines under a variety of pseudonyms or as collaborator to some of the biggest names in house music, his releases have had everyone from Pete Tong to Kevin Saunderson heaping plaudits on them.
Since those crazy, heady days as part of the "Futureshock" juggernaut, Alex has been providing the know-how for a variety of premier league DJs, collaborating regularly with Steve Lawler, Nic Fanciulli and a host of others, who’ve come to him for a sprinkling of Tepper magic with releases on Get Physical, Cocoon, R&S, Ovum and many others.
Sonic Academy invite Alex to share some of those secrets to his success and he does so here, as provides us with over 2 hours of Tech House tutorials. Showing us the tips, tricks and techniques learned over his years in the industry.
Well, this track is not really at the same energy level or quality as "In, Out, Life"
Please fix file/resources download.
@ Oscar Close webbrowser and reload the page that did it for me hope it works for you
cant seem to download the resource pack?
Am i right in thinking the basslines he uses are not in the audio files for download?
@ WesNox
Thnaks m8, the problem was firefox. I ccan download it with explorer.
does he mention where he gets the internet vox from?
@ Oscar no problem mate glad i could help
Im not knocking Alex Tepper, he clearly is a master in this game and makes a living out of it and has a music CV longer than his arm BUT as far as tutorials go I dont rate this at all. There is no "knowledge" imparted here, Alex builds up a track from loops and explains what processing he has done on each loop but doesnt really explain why he is choosing each bit, nothing about how he came up with the bassline, he makes various comments about how the "groove" is building up nicely but never explains why he thinks it is or why certain bits are working or what "groove" is for that matter. This just another "HOW to add loops and effects in Ableton" tutorial which has become very typical of Sonic Academy. I think for people to progess there needs to be more WHY certain things are done, WHY certain things work etc
i think sonic academy should post more tutorials like this one !
seems like you want SA to come in and write your tracks for you. why you like sounds and choose the ones you do is down to your own artistic intuition. he chose the sounds he did because he liked them, what more is there to say? its not a science, its art. perhaps if it were a mixing masterclass your argument would hold more value
seems like you want SA to come in and write your tracks for you. why you like sounds and choose the ones you do is down to your own artistic intuition. he chose the sounds he did because he liked them, what more is there to say? its not a science, its art. perhaps if it were a mixing masterclass your argument would hold more value
Nope I never said I wanted SA to write my tracks for me, where would the fun and enjoyment be in that? I would merely like to be able to learn from other producers. There are more than enough tutorials on here about "add this hat" or "this is how your filter a drum loop" what I was / am looking for was a bit more theory in to WHY he was choosing the various loops and yeah I'm sure he did like them but it does actually go a bit deeper than that as it IS a science and your comment goes to prove whats missing in this tutorial.
I was wondering why he chose the various loops in the track in the context of things like were they creating poly rhythms, syncopation, rhythmic displacement or Metrical Dissonance. You see these are some of the things that make music work and make people like or dislike it, dance or not dance if its not right.... It may be art... but there is a sh*t ton of science in it as well. He didnt just bang a load of loops together because he liked them and.. oh.. how cool.. it actually all works really well together.. what a coincidence.
And as for... "If this were a mixing masterclass" where on earth in my comment did I mention mixing?
not impressed with this at all. Alex says altho he uses loops for this track, he will "show us how to make them our own"... this consists of muting bits of the loop and a sidechain. Sorry but this tut is really awful. Alex is incoherent and dull and importantly ... he imparts almost ZERO knowledge whatsover in the whole 2 hours. Sorry but I had to be honest BECAUSE I LIKE THIS SITE... you can do A LOT better