EDM Production Techniques: Extreme Sound Mangling

Course details

Make your EDM tracks stand out. Ditch the canned sounds and learn how to add texture, sheen, and movement to your productions with these extreme sound-mangling techniques, which are based on J. Scott G's production and remix experience with artists like Adam Lambert, Shiny Toy Guns, Madonna, and David Bowie. He'll show you how to create and tweak sounds with vocoders; faders, flangers, and chorus effects; reverb and delay; EQ and filters; distortion; time stretching; and glitches and granular synthesis. The final bonus chapter digs into the loops included with J. Scott's Twisted System sample pack, which comes free with the exercise files for this course. These techniques are both practical and inspirational, providing tools for creating new sounds and ideas for making electronic dance music that sounds even more creative and unique.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Innovative Vocoder Techniques

04 - Vocoder principles
05 - Vocoder effect - Shine on Me
06 - Vocoder effect - Baby robot
07 - Vocoder effect - Underwater android
08 - Vocoder effect - Rhythmic white noise

2. Pitch Shifting, Frequency Shifting, and Using Ring Modulation

09 - Pitch shifting, frequency shifting, and ring-mod principles
10 - Pitch-shifter effect - Mangling drum loops in Melodyne
11 - Ring-mod effect - Wonky drums
12 - Frequency Shifter effect - Liquid Bassline, part one
13 - Ring-mod effect - Ring-mod demon

3. Creating Dramatic Effects with EQ and Filters

14 - Filter EQ principles
15 - Filter effect - Shine on Me arpeggiation
16 - EQ effect - Dark Secret, part one
17 - Filter effect - Drum Destroyer
18 - Filter effect - Pad Madness

4. Creative Uses for Time Stretching

19 - Time-stretching principles
20 - Time-stretching effect - Dark Secret, part two
21 - Time-stretching effect - Deep dive

5. Getting Weird with Granular Processing

22 - Granular principles
23 - Granular effect - Crazy Beautiful
24 - Granular effect - Frozen in Time
25 - Granular effect - Sick fills

6. Enhancing Harmonic Content with Distortion

26 - Distortion principles
27 - Distortion effect - Turning a drum loop into a bassline
28 - Distortion effect - Evil intro
29 - Distortion effect - Biting arp
30 - Distortion effect - Dubstep Motorcycle

7. Adding Modulation and Movement with Flange, Phase, and Chorus Effects

31 - Flange, phase, and chorus principles
32 - Flange effect - Dark Secret, part three
33 - Flange effect - Liquid Bassline, part two
34 - Chorus effect - Shimmer

8. Unique Uses of Reverb

35 - Reverb principles
36 - Reverb effect - Poltergeist
37 - Reverb effect - Ghost Vinyl
38 - Reverb effect - Mother Ship
39 - Reverb effect - Rising High

9. Using Delay in Nonstandard Ways

40 - Delay principles
41 - Delay effect - Sunrise
42 - Delay effect - Beat Comber
43 - Delay effect - Wide Load
44 - Delay effect - Move It

10. Using Glitches and Stutters for Rhythmic Effects

45 - Glitch principles
46 - Glitch effect - Flange Glitcher
47 - Stutter effect - Spin Cycle
48 - Stutter effect - Feel the Feel
49 - Glitch effect - Dark Secret, part four
50 - Glitch effect - Psytrance glitch rhythms
51 - Glitch effect - Liquid Bassline, part three

11. Exploring a Selection of the Twisted System Vol. 1 Sample Pack Loops

52 - Synth bassline - Big Bully
53 - Vocal multi-effect - All Robots Go to Heaven
54 - Build-up techniques - Here Come the Clowns
55 - Arpeggiator - Broken Record

Conclusion

56 - Next steps