Producing drumstep

[mks]

I've made drumstep but I've decided I'm gonna experiment with double time drum and bass next

Sorry man, no offense but that made me laugh for real.

[eops]

I remember when drum and bass was all fields

[mt eden]

So I am kind of intrigued by drumstep and would like to have a crack at making a drumstep tune, just to see what it would sound like.

How does one go about producing it? I haven't listened to a GREAT deal but from my reckoning it's done using dubstep drums at a faster bpm? Am I right here? Can someone link me to some bona fide drumstep that I can listen to first before having as go at making some? And what is the right sort of bpm to produce it at? Thanks.

J.

if you want people to start taking you seriously, you first need to watch what you type, so don't type fucking drumstep. type Halfstep or halftime d'n'b.

homophobe.

[Bledbox]

I've made drumstep but I've decided I'm gonna experiment with double time drum and bass next

Sorry man, no offense but that made me laugh for real.

yeh it was a joke

[Neff]

So I am kind of intrigued by drumstep and would like to have a crack at making a drumstep tune, just to see what it would sound like.

How does one go about producing it? I haven't listened to a GREAT deal but from my reckoning it's done using dubstep drums at a faster bpm? Am I right here? Can someone link me to some bona fide drumstep that I can listen to first before having as go at making some? And what is the right sort of bpm to produce it at? Thanks.

J.

if you want people to start taking you seriously, you first need to watch what you type, so don't type fucking drumstep. type Halfstep or halftime d'n'b.

homophobe.

hi

[thierry_le_dj]

its 170 to 180 BPM and snare on the 3rd!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumstep
it's also here..
i been mucking about with the drums the week or so but have not tryed making a full track
yet but will try to do one in the next few weeks when i have
some free time.
but am feeling drumstep at the moment

[grooki]

If you want that drum and bass shuffle then you could sample the shuffle from a break. Dubstep drums speed up would sound weird IMO but hey it might work well.

But essentially I agree with what has already been said - why would you want to know about "standards" in a new musical direction? If you did your own thing you might come up with a new sound that you and other people like.

[Hurtdeer]

fuck subgenres! Drumstep is just dnb with halftime drums

If it wasn't for Sub-Genres we probably wouldn't have most of the music we have today.

We would have It just wouldn't be devided in so many lame named sub genres. Half time dnb has been here for more than a decade and it was just called dnb, cuz its nothing more or less.

subgenres are important tools. It's terrible when a producer decides he only wants to be one kind of style and nothing else, but in terms of knowing what nights to go to, or what kind of artists to look up... we all need genre names to give us some kind of head start

there's a reason why jungle, dnb and breakcore are seen as different things, but they come from the same place and are all sub-genres. And if people calling this shit drumstep means that there'll be a new and vibrant scene to go and out and follow... terrible name or not, it should still be fun

[eops]

Useful in marketing terms - but from history we all know that when a scene starts to separate and label itself a dozen different ways that scene is dying ...

in a Dr Who way but trust me it will never be the same again.

[Ongelegen]

fuck subgenres! Drumstep is just dnb with halftime drums

If it wasn't for Sub-Genres we probably wouldn't have most of the music we have today.

We would have It just wouldn't be devided in so many lame named sub genres. Half time dnb has been here for more than a decade and it was just called dnb, cuz its nothing more or less.

subgenres are important tools. It's terrible when a producer decides he only wants to be one kind of style and nothing else, but in terms of knowing what nights to go to, or what kind of artists to look up... we all need genre names to give us some kind of head start

there's a reason why jungle, dnb and breakcore are seen as different things, but they come from the same place and are all sub-genres. And if people calling this shit drumstep means that there'll be a new and vibrant scene to go and out and follow... terrible name or not, it should still be fun

fair enough, you got a point there, but still think it's silly tho

[Hurtdeer]

Useful in marketing terms - but from history we all know that when a scene starts to separate and label itself a dozen different ways that scene is dying ...

in a Dr Who way but trust me it will never be the same again.

and a new scene is born from one of the ridiculously named sub-genres

and the circle of life continues

[eops]

Useful in marketing terms - but from history we all know that when a scene starts to separate and label itself a dozen different ways that scene is dying ...

in a Dr Who way but trust me it will never be the same again.

and a new scene is born from one of the ridiculously named sub-genres

and the circle of life continues

I dont know it loses something - you cant compare say the original Drum and Bass scene with Clownstep or Liquid -
Like I say its a Dr who thing - you can make out that Tom Baker and Sylvester Mccoy were both the Dr but we all know theres a massive value judgement involved.
Ive seen it happen before - the music is most exciting when its free from labels

But call it what you want

[Hurtdeer]

I dont know it loses something - you cant compare say the original Drum and Bass scene with Clownstep or Liquid -
Like I say its a Dr who thing - you can make out that Tom Baker and Sylvester Mccoy were both the Dr but we all know theres a massive value judgement involved.
Ive seen it happen before - the music is most exciting when its free from labels

But call it what you want

i agree with you man... but i also think liquid and clownstep where a natural progression and that at least a lot of people really dug it. And, on the flip side, darkcore/drill n bass/breakcore where a similar natural progression and I love that stuff. And eventually it got tired out and people heard about this new thing called dubstep and repeated the cycle

and now it's just the same thing happening again, I can see why people would want to avoid it but, nah, i'm all about letting this culture of music take its natural course

[Imperial]

HERES A LITTLE DRUMSTEP TUNE I DID A WHILE BACK WHEN THE GENRE WAS FIRST HITTING OFF

Soundcloud

ALONG WITH A LITTLE DRUMSTEP MINI-MIX

Soundcloud

BUT IT HAS TO BE DUBSTEP AT THE END OF THE DAY- Soundcloud

[Imperial]

deja vu!
go for it.. Drumstep is great!

IM GLAD YOUR FEELING MY MIX- BIG UP!

[Hurtdeer]

HERES A LITTLE DRUMSTEP TUNE I DID A WHILE BACK WHEN THE GENRE WAS FIRST HITTING OFF

ALONG WITH A LITTLE DRUMSTEP MINI-MIX

BUT IT HAS TO BE DUBSTEP AT THE END OF THE DAY-

it's weird how using so many capitals can make you just really not want to click on things

[Imperial]

HERES A LITTLE DRUMSTEP TUNE I DID A WHILE BACK WHEN THE GENRE WAS FIRST HITTING OFF

ALONG WITH A LITTLE DRUMSTEP MINI-MIX

BUT IT HAS TO BE DUBSTEP AT THE END OF THE DAY-

it's weird how using so many capitals can make you just really not want to click on things

ahahhahaha u shouldnt let yourself get put off posts just cos their in capitals

[Ongelegen]

HERES A LITTLE DRUMSTEP TUNE I DID A WHILE BACK WHEN THE GENRE WAS FIRST HITTING OFF

10 years ago??

[Imperial]

hahaaha not quite that early on

[jaydot]

So I am kind of intrigued by drumstep and would like to have a crack at making a drumstep tune, just to see what it would sound like.

How does one go about producing it? I haven't listened to a GREAT deal but from my reckoning it's done using dubstep drums at a faster bpm? Am I right here? Can someone link me to some bona fide drumstep that I can listen to first before having as go at making some? And what is the right sort of bpm to produce it at? Thanks.

J.

if you want people to start taking you seriously, you first need to watch what you type, so don't type fucking drumstep. type Halfstep or halftime d'n'b.

homophobe.

Get the fuck off your elitist high horse for a start, everywhere I've seen it I've seen it as drumstep. But who's giving a shit about the specifics at the minute bar you? I only asked for fucking pointers, on how to produce whatever it's called. Not for someone to get jumped up and have a hissy fit because someone who "dares, perish the thought" to not be producing as long as them, and call it something else and then get attacked. (but then this is DSF so I'm not suprised, the majority of people are safe but you get the odd prick like in anything in life.)

For another, I'm not a homophobe.. I like the womenz