Producing drumstep

[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.

[Phigure]

dont get so caught up with making music that fits into a certain genre

make music

and then if you really feel like you need to, you can put it in a box after the fact

[jaydot]

dont get so caught up with making music that fits into a certain genre

make music

and then if you really feel like you need to, you can put it in a box after the fact

I know it's all about creativity breeding versatily, and what your saying is true- but sometimes experimentation within an unfamiliar subgenre will allow you to enhance your own creativity if you get me.

[wormcode]

Basically make drum and bass, but program the drums in half time.

[Phigure]

dont get so caught up with making music that fits into a certain genre

make music

and then if you really feel like you need to, you can put it in a box after the fact

I know it's all about creativity breeding versatily, and what your saying is true- but sometimes experimentation within an unfamiliar subgenre will allow you to enhance your own creativity if you get me.

but don't you think it'd be even more creative to do your interpretation of the genre than to use what is already defined?

[jaydot]

dont get so caught up with making music that fits into a certain genre

make music

and then if you really feel like you need to, you can put it in a box after the fact

I know it's all about creativity breeding versatily, and what your saying is true- but sometimes experimentation within an unfamiliar subgenre will allow you to enhance your own creativity if you get me.

but don't you think it'd be even more creative to do your interpretation of the genre than to use what is already defined?

My intepretation of it would be shit without some heads-up on the basics of how to produce it. Once I have a basic grasp of that then I can begin to make my own intepretation.

[Neff]

sup ive been trying for abit, here are some bangerrsss and mash







i get the drums but i wanna have a go at creating that like trumpet bass thing

oh and heres my attempt at like a minimal liquidy drumtep song (very unfinished)

Soundcloud

[jaydot]

I came across that Krookz tune the other day-banger.

[rekstep]

some drumstep is very sick , specially if u have dubstep drumsmfollowing into drumstep drums & vise versa

[neeeil!]

make a dubstep song, when youre done, crank the tempo up to about 180

[Ongelegen]

fuck subgenres! Drumstep is just dnb with halftime drums

[Hurtdeer]

fuck subgenres! Drumstep is just dnb with halftime drums

getting quite a lot of notice though isn't it

even if it's a repeat and it's got a terrible name, if people make some good stuff from this why don't we just go with it?

[JBE]

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.

[Bledbox]

tempo 175, make your drums half time (the same pattern as dubstep) then put whatever you want over the top of it

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

[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.

[Crosby]

I'm gonna experiment with double time drum and bass next

[chico_red]

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

[ENNO]

I made my first drumstep track few weeks back (its in my sig)

Started as a dubstep track but i just notched the tempo to 174 and it sounded much better so i went from there....simples!!

[Undrig]

dont get so caught up with making music that fits into a certain genre

make music

and then if you really feel like you need to, you can put it in a box after the fact

[abZ]

fuck subgenres! Drumstep is just dnb with halftime drums

DNB is the wost when it comes to this. Drumstep in my estimation is not just dnb with halftime drums as there is plenty of half time dnb that I would not call drumstep. Big example Calbre - Steptoe. The Autonomic stuff is sometimes half time as well and nothing like drumstep. Drumstep is essentially clownstep (jumpup) with half time drums. If you don't paint by the numbers then it probably won't fit with this sub genre and it would probably be for the best.