EDM Production Techniques: Extreme Sound Mangling

Make electronic dance music that stands out with these extreme sound-mangling techniques. Learn how to use vocoders, flangers, distortion, and more, to create a unique sound.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Innovative Vocoder Techniques

• Vocoder principles
• Vocoder effect: Shine on Me
• Vocoder effect: Baby robot
• Vocoder effect: Underwater android
• Vocoder effect: Rhythmic white noise

2. Pitch Shifting, Frequency Shifting, and Using Ring Modulation

• Pitch shifting, frequency shifting, and ring-mod principles
• Pitch-shifter effect: Mangling drum loops in Melodyne
• Ring-mod effect: Wonky drums
• Frequency Shifter effect: Liquid Bassline, part one
• Ring-mod effect: Ring-mod demon

3. Creating Dramatic Effects with EQ and Filters

• Filter/EQ principles
• Filter effect: Shine on Me arpeggiation
• EQ effect: Dark Secret, part one
• Filter effect: Drum Destroyer
• Filter effect: Pad Madness

4. Creative Uses for Time Stretching

• Time-stretching principles
• Time-stretching effect: Dark Secret, part two
• Time-stretching effect: Deep dive

5. Getting Weird with Granular Processing

• Granular principles
• Granular effect: Crazy Beautiful
• Granular effect: Frozen in Time
• Granular effect: Sick fills

6. Enhancing Harmonic Content with Distortion

• Distortion principles
• Distortion effect: Turning a drum loop into a bassline
• Distortion effect: Evil intro
• Distortion effect: Biting arp
• Distortion effect: Dubstep Motorcycle

7. Adding Modulation and Movement with Flange, Phase, and Chorus Effects

• Flange, phase, and chorus principles
• Flange effect: Dark Secret, part three
• Flange effect: Liquid Bassline, part two
• Chorus effect: Shimmer

8. Unique Uses of Reverb

• Reverb principles
• Reverb effect: Poltergeist
• Reverb effect: Ghost Vinyl
• Reverb effect: Mother Ship
• Reverb effect: Rising High

9. Using Delay in Nonstandard Ways

• Delay principles
• Delay effect: Sunrise
• Delay effect: Beat Comber
• Delay effect: Wide Load
• Delay effect: Move It

10. Using Glitches and Stutters for Rhythmic Effects

• Glitch principles
• Glitch effect: Flange Glitcher
• Stutter effect: Spin Cycle
• Stutter effect: Feel the Feel
• Glitch effect: Dark Secret, part four
• Glitch effect: Psytrance glitch rhythms
• Glitch effect: Liquid Bassline, part three

11. Exploring a Selection of the Twisted System Vol. 1 Sample Pack Loops

• Synth bassline: Big Bully
• Vocal multi-effect: All Robots Go to Heaven
• Build-up techniques: Here Come the Clowns
• Arpeggiator: Broken Record

Conclusion

• Next steps