Drum Sample Editing & Programming for Electronic Music

Classic analog drum machines have morphed into a massive library of available options for the modern producer. How do you decide when a 707 kick or a 808 hihat is more appropriate for the song? What about blending in these classic sounds with sampled grooves?

Chrissy is a genre-bending DJ/producer that has been called a “walking encyclopedia of 30 years of dance music.” In Drum Sample Editing & Programming for Electronic Music, he will guide you through his techniques to isolating the perfect drum groove, reinforcing them with programmed drums and chopping, warping, and rearranging samples into floor-crushing beats that will get played at clubs. 

You’ll learn:

• How to chop up samples from a song when you only have the fully mixed version
• Mixing tips for creating jaw-dropping kicks and crystal clear punchy snares
• How to use compression to make your drums thicker and louder

With a myriad of drum machines, sample kits, and programmers, it can be overwhelming to match the tones with the grooves you create. With classic tracks to sample and a myriad of tools to draw from, Chrissy will show you how to completely own drum production for electronic dance music.

• Classic Drum Machine Sounds
• Mapping Drum Sounds in Kontakt
• Mapping Drum Sounds in Ableton
• Drum Programming in Grid Mode in Sony Acid
• Drum Programming in Clip View in Ableton
• The Synth as a Drum Machine
• Breakbeats and Sampling
• Time Warping Breakbeats in Sony Acid
• Improvising Breakbeats in Kontakt
• Time Stretching in Akaizer
• Augmenting Breakbeats With Samples
• Adding 'Jungle' Type Effects
• Structuring a Remix
• Using Effects in a Remix
• Structuring a Re-Edit
• Mixing Electronic Drums
• General Q&A
• Mastering and Dynamics