EDM Production Techniques: Drums

Learn how to create super-pro drum sounds for electronic dance music (EDM) productions.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Drums

• Choosing sounds for your kick
• Shaping your kick
• Choosing sounds for your snare
• Shaping your snare
• Programming in the Arrange page
• Working with drum loops in Drum Rack
• Working with drum loops in Battery
• Bussing drums for group processing
• Finding unique sources for drums
• Adding a human feel and/or groove
• Creating transitions with drum fills and tape stops
• Creative drum FX and automation in Drum Rack and the Arrange page
• Working with clip-based automation
• Creating reversed sounds and effects
• Creating time-expansion glitch effects
• The differences between channel and buss effects
• EDM drum-mixing techniques
• Getting your drums to pop through the mix

Conclusion

• Next steps