House Drum Basics

Taken from ’House Music Essentials’ Tech Tips: As part of our House Takeover Event we welcome back Richie aka Dirty Secretz for a set of Tech Tip videos that focus on everything to do with House Music. In this video we look at building the drums using some classic 909 hits. Head over to to check out the rest of the course where we look at how this ground-breaking genre came to be before checking out the iconic synths used and creating some classic synth and bass patterns. We also look at how to get the right vocals to sit in the mix and making our tracks sound like they’re from that era using atmosphere and effects along with how to create our own tension building risers to get the floor pumping. If you’re looking to make your own classic house tracks then you’ve come to the right place! 00:00 - Introduction 00:46 - Loading the samples 02:32 - Kick 03:20 - Clap 03:31 - Hat 03:43 - Result 04:07 - Clap Layering 05:26 - Offsetting 07:45 - Mixing 08:32 - Panning 08:59 - Kick Layering 11:40 - Kick Processing 15:33 - Final Result 16:12 - Conclusion Connect with Sonic Academy: _________________________________________ Website: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: