Producertech - House and Techno Groove Production Masterclass

Module 1 – Deep House 1
This first module takes a look at the modern deep house sound popularized by producers such as Sonny Fodera. In this lesson, Paul programs a basic beat.

Module 2 – Deep House 2
Maddox develops the groove with some offbeat snares and fills.

Module 3 – Deep House 3
This module teaches how to process the drums, making use of a custom parallel drum rack.

Module 4 – Deep House 4
The deep house groove is completed with the addition of a big FM bassline, made in operator.

Module 5 – Neapolitan Techno 1
The second style featured on the course is a pounding techno sound popular on labels such as drumcode. This first video shows the creation of the basic groove, with filtered shakers driving the rhythm.

Module 6 – Neapolitan Techno 2
Offbeat snares and claps are added to the beat, with a pumping reverb effect.

Module 7 – Neapolitan Techno 3
The drums are completed with the addition of a ride and a sidechained atmospheric sample.

Module 8 – Neapolitan Techno 4
The Neapolitan Techno groove is finished off with a rumbling bassline, sampled from a kick drum.

Module 9 – European Tech House 1
This module shows the construction of a tech house groove in the style of UMEK and Groovebox.

Module 10 – European Tech House 2
Paul adds a vocal stab, cymbal, and processes both to sit with the drums.

Module 11 – European Tech House 3
This quick video shows parallel processing applied to the drums, helping them to sound crisp and powerful.

Module 12 – European Tech House 4
The tech house groove is finished off with a subby, rolling bassline. Live’s Multiband dynamics plugin is used to tighten up the bottom end.

Module 13 – Disco House 1
This time, Maddox focuses on a disco house groove. He kicks off by programming the basic beat.

Module 14 – Disco House 2
Maddox some resampled live shakers and a disco loop to the beat, loosening up the overall feel.

Module 15 – Disco House 3
This quick module shows the addition of parallel processing to the drums.

Module 16 – Disco House 4
The disco house groove is rounded off with an arpeggiated italo style bassline.

Module 17 – Experimental Techno 1
The course concludes with a look at experimental, aggressive techno inspired by the Berlin scene. The lesson shows how to create a rumbling, driving rhythm

Module 18 – Experimental Techno 2
Some filtered atmospheric effects, and 808 rim, and a ride are added to bulk up the groove.

Module 19 – Experimental Techno 3
A heavily saturated 909 rim and another atmospheric sample are added to create a twisted, sinister feel to the techno groove.

Module 20 – Experimental Techno 4
This final module shows some final processing being added to the experimental techno beat.