Lofi Drums Tutorial: Kicks, Snares and Sidechain Compression

In this tutorial, we take a look at using sub kicks and textured snares to create a typical lofi hip hop beat. We then look at group processing in Ableton Live, using sidechain compression (AKA ducking) to help our drums punch through the mix.

#lofihiphop #musicproduction #tomcasey

0:00 Intro
1:45 Looking at the Kick Drum
2:17 Looking at the Snare
2:45 Looking at the Clap
4:18 "Flam" Snare
4:54 Ducking Compression | Sidechain Compression

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[futur_sunds]

Your tutorials are so underrated! This helped me a ton! You need more views!

[VaChiee]

super useful and easy to understand, great stuff thanks for the tips

[afi]

That is gold! Exactly what I was after. 👍👏

[TimeFlowsBack]

best video on this topic ive seen! instant sub

ill be perusing your videos this week lol

[rtn]

I was exactly looking for this. Thank I so much for putting out these videos ❤. Lots of love

[won-son]

Is there any way to do the pumping sound technique you talked abt at the end ? Hopefully with logic pro x internal plugins?

[algunoespacio]

Great tutorial! Question on the placement of the kicks and snares, they seem to fall off grid in lofi a lot. Is that actually what’s happening, and if so how do you determine how far off beat each note is?