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I made my first ACOUSTIC Drum and Bass song (on an iPad)

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  • @Spidericemidas said:

    Now that sounds like the most cool piece of luck! Great memories! That Logical Progression album blew my mind when it first came out. Goldie’s Timeless album took me to places I’d never imagined possible at the time too. What an amazing genre DnB is!

    Not luck really.
    We’re both producers and promoters
    and we’ve been doing this all our lives.
    Many of these guys we grew up with,
    hung out with and partied with.

    I was more on the RoniSize tip than
    Goldie especially as RoniSize had the live angle.
    I miss the pirate radio stations that used
    to beam out drum n bass and jungle
    before it became mainstream.
    It was the only way you could hear it back then as the legal radio stations shunned it.
    Heading to a gig, car system smashing out
    the DJ saying ,’Ding a ling, a ling, let the phone lines ring’.
    Heading back from the gig same thing.
    I couldn’t tell you the amount of d n b raves
    I’ve been too.

    Good times.

  • Check this out for drum and bass.

  • @Gravitas said:
    Check this out for drum and bass.

    That was most excellent and amazingly tight! 👍

  • @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    Now that sounds like the most cool piece of luck! Great memories! That Logical Progression album blew my mind when it first came out. Goldie’s Timeless album took me to places I’d never imagined possible at the time too. What an amazing genre DnB is!

    Not luck really.
    We’re both producers and promoters
    and we’ve been doing this all our lives.
    Many of these guys we grew up with,
    hung out with and partied with.

    I was more on the RoniSize tip than
    Goldie especially as RoniSize had the live angle.
    I miss the pirate radio stations that used
    to beam out drum n bass and jungle
    before it became mainstream.
    It was the only way you could hear it back then as the legal radio stations shunned it.
    Heading to a gig, car system smashing out
    the DJ saying ,’Ding a ling, a ling, let the phone lines ring’.
    Heading back from the gig same thing.
    I couldn’t tell you the amount of d n b raves
    I’ve been too.

    Good times.

    Ah. That must have been such an interesting and pretty wild job at times!

    What really fascinates me about DnB is how and where it came from. It’s just mind bending to think that an innocent but very cool few seconds drum break on the B-side of a single in the 60s was sitting there for decades, the drummer totally unaware that in a couple of decades his brief drum break would give birth to a whole new genre!

    Just waiting for technology and samplers to develop. Someone then found that break and suddenly it becomes the foundation of a whole new music genre!

    “Amen” to that! 😃

  • @Spidericemidas said:

    @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    Now that sounds like the most cool piece of luck! Great memories! That Logical Progression album blew my mind when it first came out. Goldie’s Timeless album took me to places I’d never imagined possible at the time too. What an amazing genre DnB is!

    Not luck really.
    We’re both producers and promoters
    and we’ve been doing this all our lives.
    Many of these guys we grew up with,
    hung out with and partied with.

    I was more on the RoniSize tip than
    Goldie especially as RoniSize had the live angle.
    I miss the pirate radio stations that used
    to beam out drum n bass and jungle
    before it became mainstream.
    It was the only way you could hear it back then as the legal radio stations shunned it.
    Heading to a gig, car system smashing out
    the DJ saying ,’Ding a ling, a ling, let the phone lines ring’.
    Heading back from the gig same thing.
    I couldn’t tell you the amount of d n b raves
    I’ve been too.

    Good times.

    Ah. That must have been such an interesting and pretty wild job at times!

    We haven't stopped.

    I'm still promoting artists via my FB and he's just opened up
    a new recording studio sponsored by Ronnie Woods.
    Lockdown happened that's all.
    We're already looking at next years music festivals.

    What really fascinates me about DnB is how and where it came from. It’s just mind bending to think that an innocent but very cool few seconds drum break on the B-side of a single in the 60s was sitting there for decades, the drummer totally unaware that in a couple of decades his brief drum break would give birth to a whole new genre!

    Just waiting for technology and samplers to develop. Someone then found that break and suddenly it becomes the foundation of a whole new music genre!

    “Amen” to that! 😃

    Yeah. 😁
    Agreed.
    Clyde Stubblefield was the boom shaka.

    Here's General Levy.
    The original jungalist.
    Though some may dispute it he was the very
    first jungalist before drum and bass turned up.
    It was jungle then drum n bass.

  • @Gravitas said:
    Check this out for drum and bass.

    Domi and JD are amazing - they have an album release coming up sometime soon, but not sure if they have committed to a date.

    Pretty amazing stuff for a 16 year old and 19 year old.

  • @michael_m

    Very cool.
    I only recently discovered them.
    They do a version of Giant Steps which is slamming.

  • @Gravitas said:
    @michael_m

    Very cool.
    I only recently discovered them.
    They do a version of Giant Steps which is slamming.

    They seem to be able to put their stamp on any piece of music they play. Check YouTube - there’s all kinds of things there that they jam to.

  • @michael_m said:

    @Gravitas said:
    @michael_m

    Very cool.
    I only recently discovered them.
    They do a version of Giant Steps which is slamming.

    They seem to be able to put their stamp on any piece of music they play. Check YouTube - there’s all kinds of things there that they jam to.

    Agreed.

    I've already liked and subscribed.
    I've just got a new venue here in London and
    they would've been cool but they are stateside.

    Listening to them has got the drummer side of me itching again.

  • Pros: good pace > @Pierre118 said:

    @Gravitas said:

    @Pierre118 said:
    @seonnthaproducer Why such a 'shouting' thread title?

    I'm going to step in here.

    It shows his excitement, joy and he is sharing something with
    all of us that is very special for him when he didn't have to.

    It was his first drum and bass rave.

    Have a look at my earlier comment.

    I'm equally as enthusiastic only not in capital letters.

    Original jungalist here.

    I can imagine the excitement, but totally no need for capital letters. It's not done on a forum.

    Oi oi, watch out, the forum police are ‘ere!

  • @supadom said:

    Oi oi, watch out, the forum police are ‘ere!

    You took your time.

    Hiya 😁👋🏾

  • edited October 2021

    @Gravitas said:

    @supadom said:

    Oi oi, watch out, the forum police are ‘ere!

    You took your time.

    Hiya 😁👋🏾

    Haha, well I was actually playing music but…not everyday there’s something worth reacting to!!

    Nice vocals and tune dear Seonn.

    The only thing, and I’ve been meaning to say it for ages is: your not looking at the camera gets me the wrong way every time. I know, perhaps it could be your style. It’s just when you look directly (or as close as possible) at the viewer you gain intimacy, directness, whatever it is. I think. The off set view is rather unnatural.

    Just my opinion though.

  • @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    Now that sounds like the most cool piece of luck! Great memories! That Logical Progression album blew my mind when it first came out. Goldie’s Timeless album took me to places I’d never imagined possible at the time too. What an amazing genre DnB is!

    Not luck really.
    We’re both producers and promoters
    and we’ve been doing this all our lives.
    Many of these guys we grew up with,
    hung out with and partied with.

    I was more on the RoniSize tip than
    Goldie especially as RoniSize had the live angle.
    I miss the pirate radio stations that used
    to beam out drum n bass and jungle
    before it became mainstream.
    It was the only way you could hear it back then as the legal radio stations shunned it.
    Heading to a gig, car system smashing out
    the DJ saying ,’Ding a ling, a ling, let the phone lines ring’.
    Heading back from the gig same thing.
    I couldn’t tell you the amount of d n b raves
    I’ve been too.

    Good times.

    Ah. That must have been such an interesting and pretty wild job at times!

    We haven't stopped.

    I'm still promoting artists via my FB and he's just opened up
    a new recording studio sponsored by Ronnie Woods.
    Lockdown happened that's all.
    We're already looking at next years music festivals.

    What really fascinates me about DnB is how and where it came from. It’s just mind bending to think that an innocent but very cool few seconds drum break on the B-side of a single in the 60s was sitting there for decades, the drummer totally unaware that in a couple of decades his brief drum break would give birth to a whole new genre!

    Just waiting for technology and samplers to develop. Someone then found that break and suddenly it becomes the foundation of a whole new music genre!

    “Amen” to that! 😃

    Yeah. 😁
    Agreed.
    Clyde Stubblefield was the boom shaka.

    Here's General Levy.
    The original jungalist.
    Though some may dispute it he was the very
    first jungalist before drum and bass turned up.
    It was jungle then drum n bass.

    Yeah I remember when Jungle first started appearing. My bandmate’s Brother had some Jungle mix tapes. I was intrigued and quite interested, he made a few copies for me, as I recall. But it was when I first heard the likes of Bukem and Goldie putting those same type of drum breaks over huge lush sweeping Pads and atmospheres that my brain totally melted. Well you know me by now and how I feel about Pads and atmospheric soundscapes in particular. So hearing those amazing intricate drum breaks over Pads and scapes was like a musical revelation for me!

    It was like, “OMG this is it! This is the perfect music I’ve been waiting for!” Mind you, I also said the same thing when I first heard FSOL Lifeforms and Portishead’s Dummy 🤣

    I must have spent a year back then desperately trying to re-create that Bukem/Goldie DnB style with the very limited hardware I had back then. An Alesis SR16. A Korg DW6000. A Korg Poly 800, A Korg Mini 700 and a Fostex 4-Track recorder. LOL. Of course I never came close! Then years later again when that MUSIC program came out for the Playstation One. Haha. A slight improvement in my efforts on that program, but still nowhere near where I wanted to be. I’ve still got all those recordings of DnB and other electronic tracks I made with that old hardware and PS1. Quite funny and embarrassing listening to them nowadays.

    Finally now having the iOS platform has made the DnB genre more obtainable for me, I have at least been more pleased with the few DnB tracks I’ve made on it.

    I hope the current situation improves and eventually gets back to normal for your promotion work. 🤞😊

  • God, love jungle, love ragga jungle. DNB is great but for me just give me the amen, a bassline and have someone toast over the top and I am set. Don’t need anything else lol

  • @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    Now that sounds like the most cool piece of luck! Great memories! That Logical Progression album blew my mind when it first came out. Goldie’s Timeless album took me to places I’d never imagined possible at the time too. What an amazing genre DnB is!

    Not luck really.
    We’re both producers and promoters
    and we’ve been doing this all our lives.
    Many of these guys we grew up with,
    hung out with and partied with.

    I was more on the RoniSize tip than
    Goldie especially as RoniSize had the live angle.
    I miss the pirate radio stations that used
    to beam out drum n bass and jungle
    before it became mainstream.
    It was the only way you could hear it back then as the legal radio stations shunned it.
    Heading to a gig, car system smashing out
    the DJ saying ,’Ding a ling, a ling, let the phone lines ring’.
    Heading back from the gig same thing.
    I couldn’t tell you the amount of d n b raves
    I’ve been too.

    Good times.

    Ah. That must have been such an interesting and pretty wild job at times!

    We haven't stopped.

    I'm still promoting artists via my FB and he's just opened up
    a new recording studio sponsored by Ronnie Woods.
    Lockdown happened that's all.
    We're already looking at next years music festivals.

    What really fascinates me about DnB is how and where it came from. It’s just mind bending to think that an innocent but very cool few seconds drum break on the B-side of a single in the 60s was sitting there for decades, the drummer totally unaware that in a couple of decades his brief drum break would give birth to a whole new genre!

    Just waiting for technology and samplers to develop. Someone then found that break and suddenly it becomes the foundation of a whole new music genre!

    “Amen” to that! 😃

    Yeah. 😁
    Agreed.
    Clyde Stubblefield was the boom shaka.

    Here's General Levy.
    The original jungalist.
    Though some may dispute it he was the very
    first jungalist before drum and bass turned up.
    It was jungle then drum n bass.

    Good lord, an unknown 3rd cousin! And high in the military, too!

  • Very inspiring Seonn - not only for your enthusiasm, but the tune is staying with me, as are the words, and I learnt a bit about d’nb bass drum placement. Thanks.

  • @Spidericemidas said:

    @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    @Gravitas said:

    @Spidericemidas said:

    Now that sounds like the most cool piece of luck! Great memories! That Logical Progression album blew my mind when it first came out. Goldie’s Timeless album took me to places I’d never imagined possible at the time too. What an amazing genre DnB is!

    Not luck really.
    We’re both producers and promoters
    and we’ve been doing this all our lives.
    Many of these guys we grew up with,
    hung out with and partied with.

    I was more on the RoniSize tip than
    Goldie especially as RoniSize had the live angle.
    I miss the pirate radio stations that used
    to beam out drum n bass and jungle
    before it became mainstream.
    It was the only way you could hear it back then as the legal radio stations shunned it.
    Heading to a gig, car system smashing out
    the DJ saying ,’Ding a ling, a ling, let the phone lines ring’.
    Heading back from the gig same thing.
    I couldn’t tell you the amount of d n b raves
    I’ve been too.

    Good times.

    Ah. That must have been such an interesting and pretty wild job at times!

    We haven't stopped.

    I'm still promoting artists via my FB and he's just opened up
    a new recording studio sponsored by Ronnie Woods.
    Lockdown happened that's all.
    We're already looking at next years music festivals.

    What really fascinates me about DnB is how and where it came from. It’s just mind bending to think that an innocent but very cool few seconds drum break on the B-side of a single in the 60s was sitting there for decades, the drummer totally unaware that in a couple of decades his brief drum break would give birth to a whole new genre!

    Just waiting for technology and samplers to develop. Someone then found that break and suddenly it becomes the foundation of a whole new music genre!

    “Amen” to that! 😃

    Yeah. 😁
    Agreed.
    Clyde Stubblefield was the boom shaka.

    Here's General Levy.
    The original jungalist.
    Though some may dispute it he was the very
    first jungalist before drum and bass turned up.
    It was jungle then drum n bass.

    Yeah I remember when Jungle first started appearing. My bandmate’s Brother had some Jungle mix tapes. I was intrigued and quite interested, he made a few copies for me, as I recall. But it was when I first heard the likes of Bukem and Goldie putting those same type of drum breaks over huge lush sweeping Pads and atmospheres that my brain totally melted. Well you know me by now and how I feel about Pads and atmospheric soundscapes in particular. So hearing those amazing intricate drum breaks over Pads and scapes was like a musical revelation for me!

    Ahhh yeah....Mixtapes.
    It was actually my little brother who introduced me to jungle.
    There's a little story there. 😂
    When jungle came out I was doing prog rock and diving off stages
    and fusing electronica with live instruments.
    Did you ever go to that club in Tufnell Park??
    Ended up gripping a car bonnet one night after moshing.
    It was moving.
    Yeah, moving,
    Agreed, when jungle and drum n bass started to mature and spread it's wings
    all the jazz bands I was playing in (I used to be a pro session drummer for live bands)
    wanted to start playing drum and bass.
    I think "A Night in Tunisia" at drum and bass speeds was the one.

    I have some of your presets for sure.
    Agreed, the textures are so compatible.
    Pads provide that extended string ensemble like feel
    and the rhythm of the drums provides the intricacy.
    The bass well....
    That should be in "capitals" with no tops.
    Pure subs.
    If your chest isn't vibrating then check the sound system.

    It was like, “OMG this is it! This is the perfect music I’ve been waiting for!” Mind you, I also said the same thing when I first heard FSOL Lifeforms and Portishead’s Dummy 🤣

    Ahhh yeah!!! quintessential albums.
    Massive Attack, Tricky etc, etc. La de de la de da.

    I must have spent a year back then desperately trying to re-create that Bukem/Goldie DnB style with the very limited hardware I had back then. An Alesis SR16. A Korg DW6000. A Korg Poly 800, A Korg Mini 700 and a Fostex 4-Track recorder. LOL. Of course I never came close! Then years later again when that MUSIC program came out for the Playstation One. Haha. A slight improvement in my efforts on that program, but still nowhere near where I wanted to be. I’ve still got all those recordings of DnB and other electronic tracks I made with that old hardware and PS1. Quite funny and embarrassing listening to them nowadays.

    My setup was acoustic drumkit, electric guitar, live bass, tascam 4-track, a DJ mixer,
    Boss Dr-660, Roland Soundcanvas SC-33 and an Atari STFM(which I still have actually)
    Nah, I got close a few times with that rig but I was gigging so much
    I didn't even get a chance to look at the gear.
    I was gigging almost every night for four five years and touring loads.

    Finally now having the iOS platform has made the DnB genre more obtainable for me, I have at least been more pleased with the few DnB tracks I’ve made on it.

    Not surprised at all.

    I hope the current situation improves and eventually gets back to normal for your promotion work. 🤞😊

    Yeah so do I.
    My musician friends and I are starting to get back up now.
    It's going to be a long haul but it's going to be worth it.
    Thanks. 🤞🏾😏

  • @LinearLineman said:

    Good lord, an unknown 3rd cousin! And high in the military, too!

    Ahh yeah...
    True.

    Lololol

  • edited October 2021

    @Pierre118 said:

    @seonnthaproducer said:

    @Pierre118 said:
    @seonnthaproducer Thanks! You interpreted my words well...... ;)

    No worries. Out of curiosity ... Est-ce que tu parles le français?

    I can, mais pas tous les jours ;)

    Ah, je vois. Je parle un petite peu français. Lived in New Brunswick for a little while, and learnt a bit of French in school...kinda wish I spoke it a lot more, haha.

    @Spidericemidas Wow. Thanks. That gives me a lot more artists to look into.
    Thanks for explaining a bit of your techniques. Usually, I'd get lost in the moment, that I'd forget the original sound in mind. Haven't yet made percussive sounds on a synth... so far, can only make pads, bass, and plucky sounds.

    Been reading up on your chats with @Gravitas, that's awesome all around. Didn't know there were fans of D&B on the forum.

    Speaking of, @Gravitas , great song recommendations. Using an electric keyboard as the "bass/rhythm" in a drum and bass project? or a drum and bass track with emphasis on the vocals, and being able to keep up, and flow the tempo? (General Levy) . Solid stuff, man.

    @supadom Thanks, man. Actually never noticed that. Rewatched the video and I see what you mean. All my videos are currently shot from my smartphone's front camera so I was actually looking at the screen, as opposed to the camera lens.
    Had so many failed footage before this...imagine recording a 20 min session just to find out only 3 mins recorded :D , or the audio never captured...one of the reasons I'm not currently using a lavalier mic :) . )

    But very great feedback. Currently working on some audio and video improvements using the same gear I currently have. Shoutout to @audiblevideo for some great feedback; Also did a ton of research the past few weeks, so here's hoping I can get them working after next week.

    @mashtup Appreciate it. Glad the video was helpful. Hoping to make more entertaining, and engaging videos so stay tuned.

    Out of curiosity, what iOS DAWs do you use?

  • @seonnthaproducer > Out of curiosity, what iOS DAWs do you use?>

    I generally use AUM on the iPad. Even though I own other ios DAWs, I’ve never got into the habit of using one - your video definitely made me think about trying GarageBand again. I took the plunge and bought Cubasis 3 when there was a sale, but haven’t found the time to start using it.

    I recently bought a MacMini M1 and so I’m currently in the process of setting up a hybrid setup, where I can use Live and Logic as well (along with various hardware synths/etc).

    At this point, I’m not completely sure where I’ll end up - even with all of this computing power, I’m loath to forego the immediacy of the iPad.

    Spoilt for choice!

  • @seonnthaproducer

    Drum and bass is a mature genre now.
    Spanning almost three decades.
    There is no one way, which is a good thing, to create the feel.
    Experiment like they did.
    I’ve even heard and also composed classical influenced drum and bass.
    Point being, the music has to grow.
    For instance slowed down drum and bass became dub step
    which I also witnessed the birth off.
    1994 my music room, which was then in New Cross, London,
    composing for a young dance company for an up and coming performance.
    It was a collaboration between the choreographer and myself.
    The choreographer was the one who came up with the idea of slowing
    down a drum and bass track.
    We recorded a drum and bass track onto 4-track and halved
    the speed because we didn’t have a sampler or DAW in them days,
    and over dubbed other instruments on top.
    I may actually have that cassette floating around in my archives.

    As a good friend of mine and one of the founder members of ,’The Roots’, advices.
    ‘Just do the damn thing’.
    I would also say…
    ‘Turn it up’.

  • @mashtup said:
    @seonnthaproducer > Out of curiosity, what iOS DAWs do you use?>

    I recently bought a MacMini M1 and so I’m currently in the process of setting up a hybrid setup, where I can use Live and Logic as well (along with various hardware synths/etc).

    At this point, I’m not completely sure where I’ll end up - even with all of this computing power, I’m loath to forego the immediacy of the iPad.

    Spoilt for choice!

    This is a very important point for me. The immediacy. I don’t want to fiddle with stuff. I want it to be:

    Sound in my head -> fire up the rig, tap the tempo, set signature and the loop is ready.
    Load next preset and so on…

    My rig is not flash by any means but it has all I need it to have. Most angles covered and ready.

    I’ve been thinking how devs often forget that they’re writing for a touch screen and not a screen and a mouse or, just copying a hardware box with some extra software embellishments.

    I know it’s not easy to come up with that special ui though. Hard to get it right. That’s why often different touch options given to the user end up in users doing it for themselves in ways developers sometimes don’t envisage. Although this brings another issue, complexity.

  • @Gravitas Agreed. It's been an unexpected form of creative spark that I didn't expect. Heading out today, I listened to Window Light by Telomic and...

    @supadom Agreed as well. AUv3 makes some apps design easier, yet more "desktop-like" but I miss a lot of touch experiences with apps like Figure, Oval Synth, and yeah, even Samplr. Took me a year to appreciate its use, haha.

    @mashtup Agreed on all points. In my case, I used a few Windows desktop DAWs before doing a full reset on iPad, limiting myself to a few apps - Garageband - because I could open the projects in Logic, if I ever did get a Mac), Ampify apps because I could easily export it to Ableton.

    I then found out about Reason Compact for Reason, and Gadget 2, which had some Reason and Ableton features. Fast forward today, I picked up a Mac Mini because I wanted to do some projects that I could only do on Mac OS, but I always default to iOS because of the ease of use, I'm a fan of touch interfaces, and I'm usually on the go.

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