Drum Programming Masterclass: COMPLETE (Parts 1, 2, and 3)

• At the completion of this class, students will understand and be able to use basic beat patterns, talk about beat rhythms, and build unique and progressive beats from their own sample libraries (which they will get from this course).
• The 6 keys to understanding meter and pulse
• The 3 most important elements of the drum pattern
• The 5 keys to a drum groove with “feel”
• The most important elements to the “basic pattern”
• The top 5 reasons to add “swing” to your patterns 

Topics include:

• Tools of the trade
• Working on the Audio Grid and MIDI Grid
• The Bar
• The Pulse
• The 8th and the 16th
• Meter
• “Counting” Bars
• Reading Drum Patterns
• Percussion Elements
• Cymbals
• Where to find good, free, samples (My favorite sites!)
• Forming the Groove
• Variation
• Modulation
• Genre
• Feel
• Swing
• The “Basic Pattern”
• Off Beats and Down Beats
• Dynamics
• Syncopation
• Why work with samplers?
• How samplers work
• The classic hardware samplers: The Roland 808
• Note On, Note Off Issues
• Velocity
• Drum and Bass patterns
• “Playing It In”
• Quantization Settings
• Controllers
• Recording Controllers
• Using Ableton’s Groove Settings
• Dubstep Patterns
• Using Effects in a Drum Pattern
• Filtering
• Delay Effects
• Reversed Sounds
• Pitch Shifting
• Elements of Trap
• Programming Trap Beats
• Dynamic Effects
• Ghost Notes
• Noise Risers
• Humanism
• Finding the beat in a track
• Matching swing settings (or not)
• Using multiple beats on the same track
• Programming Hip Hop Beats
• Transitions and the Beat
• “The Breath”
• Transition Examples
• Fills
• Sidechaining (side-chain)
• Programming Footwork beats
• Syncopation
• Pitch and Drums
• Tuning Kick samples
• Melodic Percussion
• Mixing drums
• Frequency space and drums
• Programming Funk
• Programming Glitch
• Using Glitch plugins
• FREE plugins for advanced techniques
• … And much more!!!

Analysis Tracks:

• John B: Up All Night
• Sub Focus: X-Ray
• Konflict: The Beckoning
• Skrillex: Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
• Flux Pavillion: I Can’t Stop
• Gent and Jawns: Turn Up
• Bro Safari: The Drop
• Snoop Dogg: Nothing But a G Thang
• Eminem: Lose Yourself
• Dessa: Skeleton Key
• Boylen: High Life
• DJ Slugo: 114799
• The Meters: Cissy Strut
• James Brown: Cold Sweat
• Prince: Sexy MF
• The Winstons: Amen Brother
• …And many more!