Advanced Drum Programming in Electronic Music

Sometimes as a producer, you hear super full, intricate-sounding drums on your favorite tracks, yet you don’t quite know how to get to the same level of quality in your own music. Here are some advanced tips to getting your drums sounding unique, textured, and full. Free downloads: Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:45 Layering Drums Beforehand 4:55 Velocity Randomization 7:25 Odd Loop Timings 9:52 Subtle Loop Variations 14:03 Make Non-Percussive Sounds Percussive 15:53 Borrow Techniques From Other Genres 18:19 Rhythmic FX 19:24 Swap Between Samples 20:10 Drum Reverb Return 22:10 Sidechain Drums To Eachother 23:10 Buss/Group Processing 25:19 Resampling Drums 27:20 Slicing Loops 29:00 Reverse Sweep 30:14 Beatbox Your Drum Patterns