Blurring the lines between drums and synthesizers

Try thinking of your synthesizer lines as if they were percussion - as if you were a drummer with a snare drum, trying to add rhythmical accents to a composition - where would you add snare hits?

Contents:
0:00 a little game
0:26 Rhythm belongs to the drums?
1:01 Let's play a synth as if it was percussion
1:37 A little Ableton experiment
3:27 Triggering it on a drumpad
3:59 What does this perspective teach us?
4:25 Expression through accents
4:48 Taking this back into the DAW

[noneya]

Blurring the lines between forest and studio

[Soron-cadaverdog]

Hi Oscar, so nice to see you explain this. As an old raver, I had long realized that there is more rhythm in the melody than just in the kick and bass. While my fellow ravers stop dancing when the beat falls away, I was the one who kept going on because I follow the melody and only use the bass and kick as a guideline. and you actually have to see that and understand that as a producer.so thank you for re-opening my eyes to something I already knew ;)

[andycordy]

Hot idea Oscar, thank you. I won't be trying the drum pad thing but running in midi from my drum brute would get me to the same place more or less. The finished product is groovy + Congratulations!

[morgan]

i forget which album but one of barker’s albums is about this idea, not using drums at all with other sounds taking the rhythmic roles, and it’s a great album

[nishigawakobo]

Thanks Oscar! Great ideas as usual ❤! That MIDI effect rack with chord selector looks super fun and inspiring too.

[peterszilvay]

I love how unique AND useful your content is!

[mrguizos]

Another awesome video! I come to techno production from a background in ethnic percussion, and I'm absolutely loving how much inspiration you're driving from having a physical element to generate rythm with actual drums. Thank you for sharing it with us and please keep it up!

[kernelpaniiic]

You always come with new perspectives and approach to the music, how refreshing! Nice studio equipment by the way (I’m talking about the plants of course😉).

[PanopticMotion]

I love the new directions you're exploring. You're expanding your mind and ours! Thank you.

[williamjennett]

Thanks for doing what you do Oscar :) love the clear and simple way you present the advice you give.

[itsanthony]

Genius. Love the plants very good for air quality and mental health. You know your stuff Oscar. Peace ✌️

[chillikz]

It's good to be Not alone with the Music Hobby. Thanks 😁

[chasedestroy]

I get similar results out of Ableton's vocoder, this is a very cool approach!

[DielectricFailure]

_Because of Acid Velvet Christ, I’ve been experimenting with percussive synths whether it’s lead or bass and came up with cool variations while having filters open to make cool dimensions. 🏆🏆🏆🏆 Love your tutorials. They definitely put imaginative processes into music creation._

[cassettedisco]

Excelente consejo amigo muchas gracias por tu aporte, saludos desde México 🇲🇽 ❤

[Andrew-rzqt]

Dude top marks for keeping it fresh ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[ArielAfk]

Amazing that the youth its rediscovering ratcheting, to see a berlin school technique being rediscoverd its fun.

I would mangle an arp.amxd device (Not the arpeggiator from live) and have them ratchet between each other (random lfo's to chain selectors its fun but chaotic) a few beat repeaters, some resample magic and you outshine any melodic techno standar deaccelerating arp pattern in a blink

[J.ay.W]

thanks O$ always appreciate the vids :D

[lawrencekelly]

It's taken me a couple of watches to allow my brain to keep up with this, but it's very interesting

[julianhigginson]

I’ve been blurring the lines between good music and outsider style music for years