A beginner’s guide to rave stabs. I kick off with a little context, then cover how to make some classic stabs with various synths.
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Chapter markers:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Chapter 1: What are rave stabs?
01:30 Chapter 2: Hardware samplers
04:56 Chapter 3: The digital 80s
07:20 Chapter 4: Hardcore rave
11:05 Chapter 5: Sampling and resampling
13:35 Chapter 6: Where do I get rave stabs?
15:39 Chapter 7: The Landlord stab
19:04 Chapter 8: Moog saws
21:09 Chapter 9: What the...
24:46 Chapter 10:
27:32 Chapter 11: Bass stabs
Tunes mentioned:
LA Style - James Brown Is Dead
Wax Doctor - A New Direction
Human Resource - Dominator
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Jazz & the Brothers Grimm feat. Baby D and MC Juice - Casanova (The Raising Hell Mix)
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Freeez - .
Nightwriters - Let The Music Use You
Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life
Nexus 21 - Self-Hypnosis (Mr Whippy Mix)
MC Duke - I’m Riffin’ (English Rasta)
Wayne Smith - Under Mi Sleng Teng
Frank De Wulf - The Tape (Remix)
Mimmo Mix feat. Valerie Etienne - All Your Love
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club Mix)
Manix - Feel Real Good
2 Bad Mice - Hold It Down
Acen - Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion!)
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Nitro Deluxe - Let’s Get Brutal (Brutal Dub)
Inner City - Good Life
Outlander - Vamp
Landlord - I Like It (Blow Out Dub)
2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
Neon - Don’t Mess With This Beat (Instrumental)
Jessie Deep! - .
Spectrum - Brazil
Second Phase - Mentasm
Fatback Band - Kool Whip
Urban Shakedown - Some Justice
Electric Light Orchestra - So Fine
Patti LaBelle - Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight) (Acappella)
Shades of Rhythm - Sweet Sensation
Jumbo Records & Tapes – 250 Discojingles
The Prodigy - Your Love
Vibena - Positive Energy Part 1
Blame - Music Takes You
SL2 - DJs Take Control
Altern 8 - Evapour 8
DJ Seduction - Hardcore Heaven
Terrorize - It’s Just a Feeling
Acen - Close Your Eyes (XXX Mix)
Bizarre Inc. - Plutonic
Agent Orange - Sounds a Bit Flakey (Jungle Mix)
DJ Force & The Evolution - Simply Electric
Psychotropic - Hypnosis
N-Joi - Malfunction
Hyper on Experience - Lord of the Null Lines (Foul Play remix)
Andy C - Something New Part 2
Further viewing, reading and resources:
Vox video
Prodigy in FM
Creating the Spectrum Brazil stab
Rave Generator 2
Chroma
DX7 ROMs
The real origin of the “Landlord“ stab
Eric Persing interview
Arturia CZ-V presets
Ron Wells - Jungle Techno Vol 1
PG-8X at Martin Lüders’ VST site
Picture credits:
Thumbnail photo by Zachary Smith on Unsplash
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Roland TR-808
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