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How do you build your tension? (pg. 5)
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| Kysora |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
lol this thread proves the creativity of the producers on TA, only thing missing is snareroll in this thread. snareroll. |
uh, no, it proves that the methods for building tension in EDM are pretty universal. how people use those methods is the actual creativity, not the methods themselves, I don't know what you're on about |
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| DJCCK |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Oh yeah, because what this forum needs is more random bull :rolleyes:
Not having a go, but seriously, more meaningful ("seriously anal") text is what is needed round here badly.
As for tension, I find simply removing many elements to near total silence (fading/cutting etc) very effective - if done while slowly introducing one big new one (fx'd to hell) that crescendos then drops with all the elements back, gives a feeling of anticipation and release.
Also noises that make you uncomfortable or anxious are always handy for tension - think about rough scraping noises, angle grinders, jet engines opening up or planes taking off (done to great effect in Insight - prophecy). |
I do the same thing almost, but overlap the tracks. |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kismet7
Yah i'm not a fan of hijacked threads or hijacking threads, but the thread was already hijacked when I chipped in ;)
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No excuse. If you have nothing to contribute then don't click the reply button. Save it for the c0r |
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| DjWoody |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
i took a quick phone video of what i'm working in the studio last night.. i'll post a better sample when i get off work
http://vidly.com/bGgf |
Sounds dope! Good job! |
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| Kismet7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
No excuse. If you have nothing to contribute then don't click the reply button. Save it for the c0r |
Being that this forum, is one of the most civil of the active forums. Why doesnt COR have a moderator, being the most uncivilized? Because if you think about, the behaviour at COR by adults no less is prime reason why we have problems in other forums on this site, due to the behaviour in COR being tolerated, folks think they can act like little kids infecting other parts of this site. Worth thinking over if you actually care about this site and want to build a better music community.
And why have you allowed people to completely kill off the Music Discussion forum? Why dont you have an active moderator there? I'm sure there are qualified people for that. |
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| mfitterer1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kismet7
Being that this forum, is one of the most civil of the active forums. Why doesnt COR have a moderator, being the most uncivilized? Because if you think about, the behaviour at COR by adults no less is prime reason why we have problems in other forums on this site, due to the behaviour in COR being tolerated, folks think they can act like little kids infecting other parts of this site. Worth thinking over if you actually care about this site and want to build a better music community.
And why have you allowed people to completely kill off the Music Discussion forum? Why dont you have an active moderator there? I'm sure there are qualified people for that. |
This post is golden hilarity! |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by costizzle
make the release long then cut it short - simple, but works well |
Release automation is a great way to build tension in my opinion. It's pretty standard, but it does the trick.
At the moment I'm playing with bass drops with pitch automation to create a build, it's going rather well so far. |
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| Nightshift |
still a work in progress but this is how i build tension:
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| AstroB |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nightshift
still a work in progress but this is how i build tension:
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Nice! |
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| Waza |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nightshift
still a work in progress but this is how i build tension:
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Nice sounds you've got going there. :) |
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| owien |
building a track up or creating tension comes down to either going with a set format or formats as each track is made in different ways.
a good combo of mapping ahead and spending time working on making the not so importent stuff will help in the long run.
i will also say take time to watch some good techno producrs thier ways of building things up are worty thinking about. |
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| Beatflux |
-A Long sustained note
-Repeating the beginning portion of a melody
-Remove elements
-V7, V7!
-7th chords
-Chromatic Chords
-diatonic notes
-Increase BPM
-augmentation: doubling rhythm speed
-Add elements at faster intervals, example: add new elements every 4 bars instead of the typical 8
-Add noise
-Drop the kick
-Soloing one percussion hit on a downbeat, example: muting everything expect for the last clap in an 8 bar section
-Augmenting things that people don't expect to hear based on genre, example: breakbeat kickdrum pattern in a trance tune
- Drum rolls
-White noise sweeps
-Increase overall volume
-Instrument with significantly varying volume
-Make the breakdown 8 bars
-Increase or decrease note length in a melody
-non-chordal tones on strong beats that resolve to chordal tones
-Long reverb on a single percussion hit
-Automating distortion
-Shortening or lengthening percussion notes
-Adding or subtracting elements not exactly at the beginning of the bar
-Ending the melody on something other than the tonic
-Start the melody on something other than the tonic
-Silencing half of a drum rhythm
-Pan everything that should be mono to one side or the other
-Lower the lead hook in volume and slap a load of reverb on it, and never bring it back up again
-Disable reverb on a lead temporarily, work well if you solo it to make it stand out
-Shuffle
-automate swing to "slow" down a song
-Play bass notes to make it sound like a lead temporarily
-play a scale upward for 2 or more octaves
-use "cheap" DJ effects on your entire mix like temporarily low cutting
-Ping pong a pluck back and forth from left to right
-Add pitch automation on longer sustained notes
-Temporarily detune an entire melody or single note
-Use something else besides the major scale
-Switch keys in the middle of a song
-Put only one clap in a one bar loop
-Use eq to bandpass a lead temporarily
-Make a rhythm or lead rising in volume for a long duration of time
-turn the side chained compressor on and off
Repeat a melody with a lower cutoff or volume
-Repeat a melody with a completely different patch
-Morph a plucky lead saw into a soft pad
-32 bar piano solo
-Make a trance tune with a melody longer than 4 bars
-Repeat a melody with a different chords for pads
-automate volume LFO on a long sustained element
-automate two LFO's to peak at completely opposite times
-Make a song with varying RMS values
-Make a trance tune and a hip-hop tune, and then mash them together
-Take elements that aren't in the genre you are producing, and shove them in
-Only play each melody one time
-Vary what the groove of the track is driven by(it could be percussion, bass, or leads)
-Drop the bass in a track, and never bring it back until the very end
-Loop one bar for 16 measures, then make changes every 4 bars for 16 bars
-Drive your song with only percussion made out of FX
-Thicken up leads with noise or extra layers
-On the other hand...subtract layers for a breakdown
-chain two breakdowns in a row
-make the breakdown the end of the song
-start the song from the breakdown
-temporarily disable autotune
-don't use autotune at all
-use autotune for only the chorus
-detune notes for a human feel
-Repeat
-Do the opposite of what everyone expects you to do |
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