Amber D – Workflow Techniques for Hard House

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Course Contents

• Course Preview
• Introduction
• Track playthrough & mindset
• Track deconstruction
• Organising your project
• Using samples to ‘find your sound’
• How to remix

Live Q & A

• Q & A

Meet Your Teacher
Amber D

Amber D is a hard dance, house and trance DJ from Staffordshire who has supported the likes of Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren and K-Klass. She is well versed in many genres of dance music, having been a multi-format DJ for over 16 years, sometimes performing under the moniker “Amber D’Amour” playing electro, old school dance, house and tech house.

She has released records with notable dance labels such as Tidy Trax, Kiddfectious, and Riot! And has played a live set on Pete Tong’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix series with the Tidy Boys.

About This Course
Amber covers a range of topics including production mentality, how to find your sound, how to use samples in a creative manner.

Amber shows you how she approaches producing hard house music using FL Studio. This course is designed for both beginners and intermediate producers. 

You will learn:

• How to use sidechain for cleaner mixdowns
• How to mix kick and bass
• Tips to better organise your projects in FL Studio
• How to ‘find your sound’
• How to use samples in FL Studio
• Creative techniques using reverb, filters and vocals
• The art of remixing a track
• The best mindset for music production

Lessons:

1. Introduction
Amber introduces herself as a hard dance and house DJ/producer, explaining her musical background and influences.

2. Track playthrough and Mindset :
Amber plays through her song and explains her mindset for producing hard dance music. 

• Track playthrough
• Mindset when producing

3. Track deconstruction :
Amber begins to deconstruct one of her own hard dance tracks in FLStudio. She explains how she uses techniques such as sidechaining, EQ and layering, as well as offering tips on how to mix the kick and bass for a tight low end. Amber demonstrates how to use a filter envelope to modify a kick sample to taste.

• Kick Drum & Clap
• Mixing Kick & Bass
• Sidechaining using the LFO Tool

4. Organizing Your Project : 
Learn how the professionals organise their projects. Amber suggests tips and tricks to speed up your workflow in FLStudio.

• Organising your ideas
• Workflow advice

5. USING SAMPLES TO ‘FIND YOUR SOUND’
Amber shares her ideas on how to ‘find your sound’ as a music producer and how to get inspired to overcome writer’s block. She explains her approach to using samples and what the difference is between REX and WAV files.

• How to find ‘your sound’
• How to use samples

6. How To Remix
How you can use remixing to your benefit. Amber explains why reworking another artist’s track can help you with your own music production. She talks you through her remix of Dance Monkey, revealing several creative techniques she uses with reverb, filters and vocal acapellas.

• Track Playthrough
• Dance Monkey Remix Deconstruction

Live Q&A
Amber answers questions on how to use FL Studio for music production. Questions include: what FX does she apply to her master channel, how to find the pitch of a kick sample and the best way to use samples.

• What FX does Amber apply to her master channel when in the creative stage?
• How to find the tone of a kick sample?
• What is the best way to make fast acid patterns? Transistor Bass
• How can you use ‘busy’ samples that have lots of elements playing at the same time?

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