MASCHINE: Beat Making

Course details

MASCHINE is the go-to technology for making beats. This course is your go-to guide. Join producer and instructor JK Swopes as he demonstrates how to create beats using MASCHINE's built-in sounds, expansions, and samples. He covers basic rhythmic theory, and MASCHINE's main features for altering the sounds of a performance, including swing, quantization, and velocity. Next, he moves into making beats with the built-in sounds and official MASCHINE expansions, and creating melodies, drum parts, bass lines, and percussion tracks. He also demonstrates how to add variety to your patterns and arrange your patterns into a full song structure.

In Chapter 3, JK uses the same techniques to make a new sample-based track—a great way to make custom sounds you won't hear anywhere else. Start watching to learn how to make your own beats with MASCHINE.

Learning objectives
Quantizing beats to align notes
Making a simple drum pattern
Adding groove to beats
Using MASCHINE expansions
Creating melodies
Adding bass, percussion, and FX
Creating pattern variations
Arranging songs
Making beats from samples

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know -

1. Understanding the Basics of Making a Beat

03 - Introduction to tempo, bars, beats, and time signature
04 - Understanding the pattern grid and how it works with note divisions
05 - How to quantize your beats to align your notes on the grid
06 - Making your first simple drum pattern
07 - Adding groove to your beats with swing, velocity, and note location

2. Making a Track with MASCHINE's Factory Library and Official Expansions

08 - What are MASCHINE Expansions and where do you get them
09 - How do you find MASCHINE Expansion sounds in the browser
10 - Creating the initial melody or idea
11 - Adding melodies on top of the initial idea
12 - Creating a drum pattern
13 - Adding a bass line to the track
14 - Adding extra percussion and FX
15 - Creating pattern variations for variety
16 - Arranging your song idea using scene and pattern variations

3. Making a Track from a Sample

17 - Recording, importing, editing, and slicing the sample
18 - Creating a new pattern from the sliced sample
19 - Creating a drum pattern to go with the sample
20 - Adding percussion and other extra elements
21 - Adding a bass line to the track
22 - Creating pattern variations for variety
23 - Arranging your song idea using scene and pattern variations

Conclusion

24 - Next steps