Hard house production leveled up
Secrets unlocked, learned the tricks and techniques from a tutorial, and now I present to you:
DrTiTus - Total Control
* More layers of sounds working together (the chugging bass line was a revelation) - keep the percussion busy for high energy, it's not hip hop Snow, you can make it jarring
* Slice loops, pitch shift and rearrange instead of dismissing because the original pattern is shit (ie treat loops as sources of one shots, don't expect to use them "as is", mangle it)
* Dirty synth patches remade in Serum (super saws - saw waves with stacked unison for some, and PWM square waves for others), and genuine hoovers for authenticity
* Parametric EQ to bring out the aspects of synths you want more/less of, and exaggerate/automate frequency for effect - don't just rely on filter sweeps
* But also rely on filter sweeps
It only took me about 15 years to eventually learn, and even though hard house isn't even cool anymore, I still love it. Obligatory "doomed" sample of central bank monetary policy to make it current :P
FL + Serum + Vengeance Club Essential sample packs. <3
I'm getting there...