From the course: Remixing Techniques: Arranging and Song Form
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Developing the drums and bass
From the course: Remixing Techniques: Arranging and Song Form
Developing the drums and bass
Now that we have our sketch arrangement in order, let's dive in and develop the drums and bass a bit further. Go back to my Exercise File folder and audition a few more loops. (music playing) I like this loop. What I'm looking for at this point is something that has a bit of movement to it, that will help pulse the track a little bit, give it a bounce. I'll bring this loop in. And we'll call this top 2, move it here. And visually I want to move this kick drum over so that everything looks even, and I'll actually trim the vocal a little bit too. Whenever possible, I like to do this bit of housekeeping as I build the arrangement. It just streamlines the workflow process. When you see something you can quickly edit, move, shift around, you take care of it then and there. So now I'll move this back. We'll just take listen to this loop, copy and paste it for about 16, 24 bars, and take a listen to it from the beginning. (music playing) That's working nicely. I don't know that we're going…
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Referencing the original or demo version of the song5m 7s
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Listening to stems and deciding on the musical direction3m 42s
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Time stretching stems and creating a sketch arrangement11m 18s
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Developing the drums and bass11m 10s
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Adding synths10m 30s
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Working from the hype backwards4m 27s
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Arranging the rest of the song5m 40s
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