Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

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Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by Tiger Blood » Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:43 pm

Hey guys

So im trying to make the more jump up bro step style track at the moment, I can mostly manage more chilled tracks but I find the synth drops a real challenge so im tyring to get to grips with these. Now i know theres a million posts on how to create a skrillex noise or whatever, but thats not the problem. I can create the noises but its just that i really struggle to get everything around it and fit it into the song.

here was my latest work in progress

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and as you can see ive got a bit brushed lead type noise and it dosent fit, I just cant work out how to place these things.

I know this is probably the sort of question to get trolled but i am interested in the layout, what goes into it and methods to creating these styles of drop and how to get it all to sound good?

If anyone could offer any advice that would be great !

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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by ehbes » Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:24 am

Just a few quick suggestions :
Your hi hats are lacking energy I suggest adding some rides and crashes thall give it a little more "bro" sound
Second : before that white noise sweep try filter sweeping your lead down then having it hit harder for your drop...

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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by dark elixir » Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:28 am

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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by IC0N » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:12 am

dark elixir wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWuaa0TSgI



this should explain.
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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by Tiger Blood » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:12 am

dark elixir wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWuaa0TSgI



this should explain.
that guy seems to have some issues, i like how he plays everything into audio though I always end up writing it in roll or copy pasting..,


Anyone have some more serious help?

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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by jaydot » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:25 am

Increase the filter frequency of your synth slowly and gradally about 8 bars before the drop, in 2 or even 1 bar sections... reverse crash..a bar of silence and bam!
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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by Jas0n » Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:27 pm

Your drop will sound weak unless you can reliably and competently create background noise. This could be in the form of pads, a percussive vocal loop, whatever sfx you like... in order to make it sound big, you'll want the drop to have something occupying more or less the entire audible spectrum. The trick then is to be able to control the dynamics such that your hits burst rather than get muddied. That of course is the point of layered kicks and snares... filling up the spectrum with a consistent sound.

That's my opinion on it. Looking at huge-sounding drops, one that always kind of blows my mind is the one toward the end of KATFYR's remix of Katy Perry's ET ... I know that shit is old and tired but the drop has so much energy...
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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by lloydy » Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:48 pm

Something i like to do if i use drum rolls before drops is make sure the drum roll peaks below the first beat of the oncoming bar to make sure when the drums drop they have more impact,i read it somewhere years ago and it is a pretty nifty technique for enhancing the drop.
I think you could pretty much do this with most builds to help with impact.
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Re: Writing the 'drop' section of a track?

Post by Tiger Blood » Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:05 pm

Heres an example of what I mean guys

Sometimes i can over distort and make a massive drop noise but I cant sustain or work out how to carry on so I go for the more stereotypical lines but they are boring and lack energy... Honestly I can do intro, buildup and break down but can never ever get the hang of how to write the drop section...

Heres my latest example:

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