Roni Size on creating Do It For The Masses - The Track
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- Ahead of its release, FM paid a visit to Roni Size in his space at London’s Metropolis Studios to watch the musician break down the creation of the album’s title track, Do It For The Masses. See more in issue 287 of Future Music: bit.ly/FMU287
CREDITS
Producer - Chris Barker
Videographer - Richard Ecclestone
Videographer - Will Seelig
Editor - Will Seelig
The Track continues in every issue of FM.
You guys actually know artists beyond the EDM scene? I'm blown away!
Fucking legend right here!
***** Wut they also had noisia etc. here.
Love his music but never actually heard the guy talking until now. He's quite the character, brimming with positive energy and love for the music. Great FM video!
What a nice chap! Really into his music, every time he listens to a clip he smiles :)
What a passionate guy, a pleasure to see a real musician at work. I remember the first time I listened to Brown Paper Bag... It blew my mind. Big ups roni!
Back in 1998 .. Brown paper bag and the Reprazent compilation was epic. The sound of Briston and Roni Size ... yet this sounds like dumb ass commercial hip hop ...
calm down
It is poppy but distinctly Size nontheless - got a groove - \yeah BPB and new forms was epic bk in the day!
Thanks for the great video...been a Roni Size heavy since New Forms first came out....MUCH LOVE!
This guy is funny very informative and just a down to earth guy.
this definitely made me laugh and learn a lot
Just watched this now, still good tips. I'd be interested to know if he always just sets his two RBass to 40hz and 80hz no matter what key the song is in. I always try to work with the key, but I'd be curious to hear from others who might disagree with me on that, and why.
Also, I wonder if that's an Eventide preset he describes at 29:00, or if it's a custom setting. Sounds like he's talking about a +12/-12 semitones for those end words.
This guy seems so cool and chill...good tips; enjoyed this
JBarber3d Cool and chill? You realize he's a pioneer, right?
+Mark Grejda So what, he can't be cool and chill despite being pioneer?
+Burek Not what I said. "He seems so cool and chill" made it sound like he has no idea who Roni Size is.
Mark Grejda So what if he doesn't know? Nobody is born with knowledge of who Roni Size is. At least his first impression of Roni is cool and chill :P
+Mark Grejda no idea who he is, and no idea what he is a pioneer of. Sue me
God love Roni... What a guy massive producer! feels the love of the vibe of what he is a making and that is what it is all about. Roni Size you are a leg___end!!!!
Roni Size inspires the masses. in ya face or in the background, its just good music. go size, go life.. .
I had no idea Roni was this talented. This guy is a real life producer. Big up Roni. And he's a gentleman? Take notes fellas.
Aussie Rap crew "Hilltop Hoods" already used the horns sampled in this Roni Size track.
I love how passionate he is about his music :)
Finally some one not EDM related!
Ryan Meursing DnB is EDM
Thingsandstuff nope nope nope nope nope, at least not in its derogatory form
Mark Grejda Thanks
+d0ct0rgr33nthum8 EDM is a genre. I didn't mean the acronym which it used to stand for.
+Ryan Meursing EDM isn't a genre, it's just a broad term.
lol he says he didn't take any low end out of the kick and then shows the eq taking out everything below 30hz
I thought so too. I think we are not in the 80ties.
I dont know i eq my kicks in the same way only without the crazy boost on the low end at 40hz. I like my bass guitar or synth to take care of anything below 30-40hz depending on the song. If theres no real base instrument its usually an tuned 808.
30hz is inaudible anyway.. pretty sure he meant cuts around 80-120hz that actually removes the bass from the kick
dosage13 You hear down to 20hz. Its not that audible but you feel it in you chest more than you here it.
dosage13
Not really. I can hear 16 Hz, because my custom made hi-end loudspeakers can deal with it (26Hz -3db)I like the subharmonic content. You have to go eventually one step forward or backward to hear it - the round sinewave is that big. The deepest note from a piano is a C2 =16,4Hz. The kickdrum is boosted normally between 60(H1) and 80 Hz(E). google: Kick-drum Processing Tips - Sound On Sound
for the masses for shure..
peshay, bukem, photek, goldie, source direct, rush, optical.. days..
remeniss.. long gone..
Yeah, it was cool for me to see him explain how he works nowadays anyway. But despite what he says the sound has nothing to do with the old days. He is basically making pop here. Which is what you need to do in order to make a living I suppose.
Goldie has just brought out a new album so he is defo not long gone at least.
Going to see bukem In april. Guy still got it!👍
I like his classics better...
Roni burn about 10 spliffs and get back to the dirty this dont sound like roni size bristol dnb
I miss that shit
True british musical hero
steppa money that era's gone bruv
smack rat U got any gear?
u no it fella!
Duggydee are you bro?
Listen at 19:00 on
This is gonna be fire... WHEN IT'S EVENTUALLY RELEASED!!!
I absolutely love Roni Size but I'm not really feeling this tune. It's very good but it's not anything like the Full Cycle and V Rec. tunes he made back in the day, those were the days of Size that i know and love. It's all good though.
That classic Roni Size sound, nice to ya Roni. Nice insight.
Wow that EQ peak at 80hz… will sound so massive in the studio & then mastering engineer will have a break down & EQ it away 😂
Love Roni’s enthusiasm for his work & music
what a guy, totally into it, respect!
Big Up Roni Size!
True Legend
P.S. And thanks for the Noveltech Vocal Enhancer ;)
hiltop hoods used that sample ages ago
That hip-hop intro is fucking huge!
Nice one Roni, good to see you're still as passionate as ever. Interesting insight into how you're working these days too. I'm one of your older fans and to honest not really feeling this moving with the times formulaic track you got going on here but regardless, respect due
P.S. Go out and get New Forms and In The Mode and enjoy! :) Absolute works of art
Pay attention kids, this is one of the most amazing producers on the planet. One of the godfathers of Drum&Bass and the man who got me into it to begin with
Love his energy and clear love for the game. His passion and enthusiasm is that to be admired! Great video!
When legendary producers like Roni show how they produce music,i shut the fuck up and listen
when will this record actually come out
Although I enjoyed this video, I'd be more interested in Roni taking us through the production of a track from '94-'97.
Is the song about going to church?
Bless you Roni.
Have been trying to find the song for years now, anyone know where i can find it?
Good video, but I just wanted to clarify something. At 16:35, he seems to be confused on how the Dyn3 compressor's sidechain input works. He claims he has it set to "compress the bass and a bit of the top end" when actually he has the HF rolling off everything above 10k and the LF everything below 400, so he's actually doing the opposite. He seems to be switching the functions of the HF and LF filters. In addition, he suggests that the two filters are able to "cross over". However, since the signal goes to the HF filter first, then the LF, this is just wrong. If you were to set it how he described, the HF cutting above 400 and the LF rolling of below 10k, you would have eliminated all signal going to the sidechain. Finally, it is not like a mulitband, because a multiband actually does split the signal like a crossover, and has separate compressors for each band. The compression on the Dyn3 affects the entire signal.
As I understand him - If You want music You really like - do it Yourself !
This dude is hella cool!! I wanna co produce with him!
"This dude" is a legend of DnB!
"This dude" was not meant for disrespect. :)
Ok, got you)
lol good luck with that
aligboyakasha We will see one day. :)
"And that is the beauty of having like STUPID amount of tracks..." LMFAO love it!
He asked me to come play 🎷 when I was busking in Bristol. I put him off by saying yeah but I'll charge £20 an hour. The next year he won the Mercury award. Never heard from him.
+girl in a gale lmao
should take your opportunities when they come lol
+dee squared Quite a few offers come when busking, it's about judging who is serious and who is time wasters.
girl in a gale got recordings/video of you playing??
i bet you wish u had taken up that opportunity
Release the track please : ( it's been four years. Wanna listen to it real bad.
Great guy! Such enthusiasm!
Lovely tune btw
Please release the track damn it!! been years
I've wondered if a Roland V drum brain would integrate well with a DAW. Is it all internal or do you have control over the samples like in Maschine?
Nu forms was an absolute blinder. Rockin Ronnie.
was this album released ?
DYNAMITE. MA MAN. Great work D.
sums it up perfectly
32:36
Roland S760 ,atari ...basic stuff ..fantastic filters ...your music reflected that
Now recent pro tools , gazzilion tracks ....sounds like Shit
Sorry
I hate to say it as I love Ronnie, but that's not how a full band compressor side chains work. It's telling the compressor what to react to, not what to compress. It's still compressing full band 100% of the time you are using it, it will just react to more or less of the high/low end, that you either let through to trigger the compressor or don't with the filters. even if you have the Hi-pass filter cutoff for the side chain input set at 500Hz your sub is still getting compressed, just it's being triggered by everything above 500Hz only.
Same for the high end, it'll still get compressed, but if you set the low pass to 2000Hz for the side chain input, the high end will be getting compressed, it's now just the mid range that is triggering the compressor to react. All it does is help you shape the dynamics of other areas of the frequency spectrum whilst excluding the input of others triggering the compressor, you can't really compress different bands different amounts like with multi band, all it really changes is the shape of how the compressor moves (eg: do I not want my huge base to trigger it, and make the mids/high end pump, and therefor want to not let the bass trigger the compressor like it would normally if I didn't hi pass the side chain input, yet it will still compress the bass exactly the same amount, but just by reacting to only what I've let through to the side chain instead of the entire signal).
«Roni you don't sound like you did back in 97». Weird how people are disappointed when their favorite artists change over time. Ok, you go dress up like you did back in 97 and i'll make you a track. «He sounded way better before..» Yep, and you looked less gray and better before as well ;-D
master of drum n bass, my first album represent in 1998
Brown paper bag
‘Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art!’ Leonardo da Vinci.
110% passion there from the man! 👌
I love noveltech vocal enhancer too. Simple, quick. Sounds terrible.
RONI is a legend he got me into DNB/jungle and I love the Bristol sound and teasuing in the classics. helpful tutuorial aswell
Love his music but getting Chris Eubank. show off more then educate the Masses
Bit of Ping Pong
So much respect for this man. Genuine, honest, constantly hard working and incredibly talented. Big inspiration. Big up Roni
Serious music mogul one of the best producers of our time. Well ahead of his time. From dope dragon to full cycle, also run one of the best labels in history. Total bristol legend.
He got a lot of stick for his last album, and for around half of the tracks I can understand, but some where really good.
Can't believe he slapped such big EQ boosts and cuts on the master drums channel, hi-hats peaking at 100hz, piss poor.
the Kids only know what you TELL them Roni ! these basic pop n bass tracks are not what Dnb is about, he's forgotten his roots
Man it`s very cool how enthusiastic he is. His album "In the Mode" is so ahead of its time mixing wise. He looks like a down to earth person. very nice!
Roni Size is a cool dude.. No messing around in what he does / doesn't like.. If it works, let it work..
To the point, Succinct and easy to understand. This guy knows his shit. Thanks FM, this is an invaluable tutorial.
think i got that sample on a dusty fingers record love the selections they chose over ultimate breaks n beats dont get me wrong they had all the classic b boy kuts
Pro Tip , don't use pro tools it's cancer.
how can you watch a 33 minute documentary on a song where you hear little snippits of it throughout and then not end the video with a full version of the tune????
Seen the Vidio for when he was in Bristol with Arcadia as I live in Bristol and will love to know when this song is coming out :)
Where's your Bass Music Award in the background????
His 2 albums "New Forms" and "In the Møde" with Reprazent are brilliant.
top bloke and a legend producer , liking the sound of this track , love the big strings and cool samples get the track out asap !!
Great guy!
Always Passion & Music
Yeah,yeah, he is super talented and real cool AND.... he is fit as F#$k!! Sorry just having a moment... And listening to New Forms- classic.
Big up ya self Roni Size!!!
Kendrick Lamar and Roni Size collaboration...slice if fried gold.
Go and google him u mite change yr mind
re compression: 2:1, 4:1...I like 20:1 I dont give a damn ! Classic
Do your thing Roni!!!!!!!!
Brown Paper Bag is ultimate skanking material. Thx for keeping it genuine Roni
Living Legend right here!
This is absolute gold for producers just getting started; so many handy tips!
I will not hear a bad word against Roni. Met him after his show at the weekend, top fella.
One of the best FM videos, very inspiring. Big ups Roni, good to see you back in the studio.
Here is the sample:
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New configuration, new wave and new structure
Could watch this all day
I love this guy, I don't know why there are any dislikes on this video.
interesting to hear his views...My crates are spilling over with his work...
I don't listen to this kind of music, but this one is sweet!
Wow havent you grown up!! So articulate, we like that!!! Go Roni!
nice man
What a useful lesson of mastering. Thx!
Rspct Roni!!!
Love this guy's energy
Love Roni Size - Why sidechain when you can just take it out?
It's like hes on a food show showing off his masterpiece of a meal haha @6:00
Soon as I heard "why bother" I was done.
Non credo sia giusto comprimere la cassa in quel modo...
So passioned. Legend
He has a secret weapon he doesn't want to show? Did I hear correctly?
Brainworx DynEQ. He's probably using it for Mid/Side processing.
definitely the best future music video so far. He's such a great teacher!
Nice to get an insight into one of the pioneers of the edm movement. Seems like a genuine, nice guy
Pioneers of the EDM movement? Wtf are you talking about lol. Electronic Dance Music came out around in the 80's or so and I would say Roni Size has nothing to do with that.