Making of "The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff
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- How to make Prodigy's legendary track "Smack My Bitch Up" in Ableton. Video describes, which samples were used by Liam in this wonderful track. Reworked by Jim Pavloff.
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I don't think people fully understand or appreciate the genius it takes to put together and mix something like this.
its absolutely amazing , i cant understand how he decides what to take and how to use it so good , that it will fit perfectly in the track , thats some crazy talant
Before watching this breakdown I didn't full appreciate it either. Now that I see what's involved I certainly have a healthy respect for that type of persistence and talent.
It’s crazy what he put into each and every song. Just wild creativity. I wonder how he developed the songs and thought about them. Dozens and dozens of samples on the entire album, did he have a sound in his mind and hunted /developed that one specific sound with intent to put it in its proper place. Or did he find dozens of samples ahead of time and then fit them into multiple songs like some mad scientist. Whatever the case he’s a genius
Genius level looping and mixing. You never think about how much goes into these beats but watching this breakdown was eye opening. I haven’t subscribed to a channel so fast in a long time.
@Thomas B 😂 You think he copy’d and paste’d on a computer? And if arranging all the sounds together was so easy why don’t you give it a try.
Liam Howlett has a time machine, he traveled into the future to watch this tutorial fulfilling his destiny and closing the paradox loop in the process.
You said it mate!
Oh time travel is a wonderful thing..I just produced a number one hit in 2030!
Why are you here then?
To invest the revenue into the cryptocurrency of the future which will make the bitcoin look pale, duh.
This is the only logical explanation.
That Rage Against The Machine sample has got to be one of the most insane examples of sampling I've ever seen. The fact that they didn't have Ableton to make this is even more mind blowing...
not to those of us who used the old tech.... in many many ways having a load of controllers and samples and far less digital options/ iterations to think about through all the menus of ableton allowed people to do things by ear - rather than by thinking about testing out all the iterations and FX..... simpler tech meant you could do more...if you understand me, because your mind thought for itself
They did have software to do this. This was only made back end of the 90s for God's sake.
@@monkeytennis8861 smack my bitch up came out in 1997, which was only a year after the concept of software instruments and effect plugins had been invented by Steinberg. And back in those days, the software was extremely limited and not great sounding. Liam might have used software to sequence some of the tracks off Fat Of The Land (I believe Firestarter was the first time he'd used a DAW, having previously used a Roland W30 for all his older stuff) but all the audio editing, manipulation, effects etc was done using hardware.
@@monkeytennis8861He used Roland w30 which is god dam ridiculous because of the max of 14 second sampling time. Later he bought a few of them and used them in sync with Akai S3200.
Early Cubase was used starting with the Fat of the Land album. And your smartphone has more sophisticated "daw" than early Cubase. It was 90% done with hardware. For live he had a stage hand changing the floppy disks between the songs because of the 14 second sampling time.
@@milosjanic1038 So true - watching Liam at work in their Brixton Academy gig from '97, its almost feverish the concentration he's applying to his stage-rig getting it all to come together. Absolute maestro. 😎😎👍👍
For anyone who thinks sampling is cheating or not real music because its not a traditional instrument...let me say, taking a sample out of its original context and completely re-imagining it into some of the most iconic electronic music of all time is genius level music creation. For me Liam is up there with any of the greatest composers of all time past and present.
U r awecome
And also Liam produced on hardware samplers and synths.
100%
Nearly 20 years on and this track still SMASHES it.
You are a legend for listening to this
@@JohnSmith-mj1eb Not as big a legend as Liam for making it.
it is a timeless track...
Say all you like about sampling and it's cheating, nonsense, Liam had a vision for this song, he changed everything every sound to fit in with his vision. He's a musician. No doubt about it.
it's only the extremely powerful media companies and their legal departments and patent sharks that made sampling what it is now
@@codedecode878 A fucking men.
F u c k copyright.
Musician?.... Nah, Magician!!
@Phil Donald: yours is just envy.
Absolutely superb. Fascinating to get behind this track. Got new found admiration for it.
Also amazing skill on your part to reverse engineer this.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Rave In Peace Keith
@@pow1983 to be
We can fihgnd it gy
🤯🤯
Fantastic recreation! It's hard enough in Ableton, but the fact that Liam did this in the 90's is mindblowing.
this video is so fucking legendary
You're goddamn right.
My mother always told me in '97 that the drummer of this band is great. Told her that it's all produced by one man and to see how it's produced makes Liam even more legendary.
Their live drummer is a beast.
Remind your mother of it and show her this video, then tell us about her reaction
It's not all produced by Liam at all. Every fan knows that. He's had writers and help from other producers pretty much throughout their legacy. But still, he probably does the majority of the work.
holy shit i never would have caught that Bulls On Parade sample if it smacked me right between the eyes
Ikr 🤨🤩
Dude holy fuck with this one??? I feel like I just uncovered the secrets of the Vatican
loooool
@@Tophe I think you are wrong, Wikipedia says that Bulls on Parade is from 1996 and Smack My Bitch Up is from 1997.
These videos really make me appreciate The Prodigy even more
The Prodigy sampled RATM?! I never knew that, that's fucking awesome
Then worked with Morello on the single B-side
@@rebellion2054 Wat. Got a link to that?
@@billcar50 sure here ya go:
th-cam.com/video/SY_lKMfB2Sc/w-d-xo.html
@@rebellion2054 ahh that's cool. Thanks man.
Liam really does sampling right. He completely transforms other sounds into original compositions and sonics. He’s not stealing anything, it’s like “oooh I want to run this section of audio through the granular synthesizer of my twisted brain until I can get to fit into *my* song” haha. It’s really cool that even with how original he is-he still involved the original artists and sought clearance. Just how it should be done on all levels
Still watch this once and a while with a glass of good red wine. Fucking beast!!
Literally what I'm doing right now! Even after hearing this song for the first time when I was 11 (1998), and now, after producing electronic music for almost a decade, I'm still in complete awe and amazement.
R.I.P Keith Flint.
A true genious, innovator, and trailblazer across both the physical world, and across the world of E.D.M among numerous other genres. You will be truly, and sadly, missed. Rave In Peace, Keith.🌹👏
Timeline:
00:12 Kool & the Gang Funky Man (Intro)
00:41 Randy Weston In Memory Of (Bass Line)
01:45 COLTCUT More Beats + Pieces (Chorus - Woo!)
02:21 RaTM Bulls On Parade (Bridge Background)
03:16 UMC's Give the Drummer Some (Lyrics)
04:23 Acid Synth (Chorus Tune)
05:32 Send Effects
06:04 Mastering
06:50 Finally We Made it
08:28 Mixmaster Gee & The Turntable Orchestra "Like This"
08:46 Sheila Chandra "Nana - the Dreaming" (Bridge Vocal)
thanks captain
You’re what makes the world better
Man, this was a lesson in sampling.
Thx for sharing.
My jaw dropped ... Man this is absolute masterclass and will change my view of making music for ever...
Never would have guessed it was a sample of RATM 😁
wow I had no idea
I made my on wav loop samples in '99, and some of what I looped was that section of that song. I didn't even recognize it. Sadly I only had the wav maker that came with the computer, and not software to make anything decent, (Could make loops, but not layer them.) But whenever I opened windows on the computer it would play the loops I liked.
Holy shit, I cannot even imagine how Liam Howletts brain works in order to conceptualize most of his music?!
damnshit. this guy is a real deal aduio engineer. fucking fluid control over that program. mad props.
no matter how many times i watch this, it is always AWESOME!
just tink about the fact that this was done with samplers and hardware workstations long before daws. Its sick how liam howlett did this on the old equipment. (he probably had a computer during the production, but he involved hardware much more than jim pavloff did..
imagine the creativity needed to take little bits from here and there, twist and turn them, and turn them into something this amazing...
Exactly. The amount of work and creativity is pretty fucking amazing and mindboggling.
Чувак, у тебя исключительный слух и талант. Почему ты ещё неизвестен в широких кругах?
Shikhanshu Agarwal what's your icon from? I recognize it as a chat client I used to use years ago but can't remember what it's called!
This is very amazing.. Liam Prodigy is very genius puting all the samples from old records and Jim Pavloff is also a genius because he knows all the records that Liam use for this song and put it together like Liam did.. Bravo Jim, very clever !
For me, one of the best videos I've ever seen on youtube.
"Change my picture, smack my bishop"
*"change my pitch up, smack my bitch up"
Chase Boogie wrong
oldUmanUshea what??
"Change my pig job, smack my butcher"
Pretty much sums up my day as a chess player
I will never listen to the prodigy the same way again....it's amazing how many things are behind every track!!
To all the people who say using samples is cheap etc... this shows how much effort would go into a track like this. Making tracks myself and also seeing others do it etc, sometimes it's just easier to crack on yourself and make everything from scratch. This is some seriously talented working here and for Liam to have got that from the off and do it at a time when it wasn't really the norm and take it mainstream etc shows how insane and dedicated he was.
I have a feeling Liam had a hard drive/disc with a bunch of carefully collected samples. And then when he wanted to try to produce something he just made a epic puzzle out of it. Imagine just all the years or however long it took for him to find all that good stuff..and on top of that put the right ones together and make "Smack My Bitch Up".
I think my favorite part of this video through all the times I've seen it is the random pictures of Liam on the screen occasionally. But after all these years, this video still stands up
Mate, honestly that's the most amazing thing I've ever seen on YT, I usually never watch tutorials but a friend got me on this one and it's basically the most creative thing I've ever seen my life lol
2nd that
Definitely the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in music.
Not many people have been this close into Howlett's creative mind, but you did it and thanks for sharing the process! Played this song a million times and this adds so much perspective.
The processing of sample number 4 is AMAZING. The feeling of how it sounds before and how it sounds after is just too mesmerising.
RATM - ya it doesn't even sound like its from the song at all lol
RIP Keith!
i always like to replay this making of by Jim, just to realise how genius the Prodigy were!!
its tradition to watch this every year
I don't know what is more genius, writing this track or reverse engineering it. How the hell do you know what samples he used? Amazing
Это невероятно!
Гениально и не реальный талант и труд! Спасибо!
Я просто ахереваю
Ну я надеюсь у него были списки откуда были вырезаны сэмплы, а то если он все это еще и на слух распознал, то он точно инопланетянин
@@pavelsivertsev6417 конечно были
@@hardtrackerbeats9867 не ну понятно конечно, но все же скиллистый чувак, ну если конечно ему не достался исходник со всеми кривыми автоматизаций, тогда да, тогда и я бы смог, либо у него небыло никакого исходника и он чисто на слух кривую рисовал, тогда он скиллистый, короче чето я загнал. Как думаешь у него был исходник?
@@pavelsivertsev6417 Инопланетяне те, кто это изначально замутил😊 Не даром "The fat of the land" в книгу рекордов Гиннесса попал
this is like a magic you understand every separate step you just cant do it all together
this is amazing me every time i watch
so simple so creative
this is what I call being a professional !
look how easy he does it !
great job !!!!
Who is still here in 2020? My god what a legend that left us...R.I.P
And Jim, thank you for showing us what a genius he was.
RIP Keith Flint who unfortunately passed away
However this video is paying homage to Liam Howlett who is still very much with us I am happy to say. You are right about one thing though, genius gets thrown around way too willy nilly, Liam is actually a fucking genius
Was taking about Howlett with a friend today and it’s brought me back here. Howlett doesn’t get the credit he deserves. A true pioneer of electronic music. A powerhouse. One of the greatest music producers we will ever have.
And you sir, have done a phenomenal job
RIP Keith Flint :(
Wait he died??
When?????
@@gamerthebanning last week
RIP man..thanks for the music.
The Original Poster / creator of this movie HAS to have been Liam himself. :P
Lol, seriously. The job you have done is impeccable. I am speechless.
Amazing! it like watching someone take a swiss watch apart and put it back together again.
10 лет назад увидел это видео! Оно снесло мне крышу и я взглянул по другому на сэмплинг и создание трека! Огромный респект Лайаму и конечно же автору видео! 🔥🔥🔥 Очень надеюсь когда-то Лайам сам пройдется по всем его трекам! Человек легенда!
This is impressive. Recreating a track with as much perfection is simply genius !
Still the best sample breakdown video on TH-cam
Liam Howlett, if he’s not already, should be in the rock n roll hall of fame. To take samples from here, there and everywhere and weave them into tapestries of sound flawlessly like he does, deserves as much praise as someone thrashing away on a guitar. If anything, it should be rewarded more - Anyone can pick up a guitar and chuck some chords together. To pull so many components together and create genius like this is otherworldly. Liam Howlett - GENIUS
This has to be one of the best opening tracks for an album... i brought FOTL without any expectations and they blew me away from the start!
Beyond Belief!!! You are BEYOND GENIUS!!! I thought you'd never get close to the Korg Prophecy sound (and that's just one part) but you NAILED it!!! Hahahaha!!! Can you believe we all spent £1000 on that mono synth when it came out and you just recreated it with software!!! I BOW DOWN......YOU HAVE A TALENT BEYOND COMPARE!!!! ****Doffs hat in reverence!!!!***** THANK YOU!!!!
Ah lads......... this is hearbreaking now :(
yes it is..;(
Rip legend
After reading about Keith’s death I immediately thought of going back to this video...
Liams not dead. I mourn Keef severely, but let's keep it real about the music.
@@kaftie I have come back mulitple times too, and wondered how A: Liam found the bits..and B: how Mr Pavloff also found all the bits
Still the most impressive "how to video" on TH-cam. Period!!
Hats off to you Jim, what a feat! Makes me love the Prodigy and Liam even more to see how much goes into the track!
You made out that Acid Synth from a simple Operator! Awesome work!
WE MUST PROTECT AND PRESERVE THIS VIDEO AT ALL COST, ITS 13 YEARS OLD NOW.
8 years after i first watched this video, Still incredible the amount of effort Prodigy and yourself put into this! Really shows the quality of the product! Its not just "noise" like your parents used to say!!!
2018, almost 10 years now and still keeping on rewatching it because I can't believe how well you were able to recreate this from nothing but the original songs that were used.
This chooon still gives me goosebumps all over when ever I hear it fooking love it!!
This is amazing! Holy crap, all the tributes to great songs mashed up to make this masterpiece. Didn't realize how many head-nods made this song as great as it is. Well done!!
I have watched this video numerous times, yet I am full of admiration literally every time
Stunning original piece and then and amazing exploration to reverse engineer and re-build the same song. Hats off to the Prodigy on the original and your rendition Jim Pavloff. Badass!!!!!!!!!!
Fascinating to see the origins of one of the greatest electronic songs of all time
hands down one of the best recreations of a track I’ve seen.. bravo 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
Genius.. the ole devils.. I just cant find words to thank you mate for this... 2 decades and an earworm that doesnt go away
Absolute alchemy! I will never tire of these videos because both the skill to create it and the complete genius it takes to recognize and transform an element into a new form is pure art.
Amazing, and tremendous effort to your ability to show is how it would have been done in modern tech.
2018: And STILL a killer track!
I have no idea how you figured out the Bulls on Parade sample, fucking beast
I keep coming back to this, YEARS later. Still impressive, awesome, and illustrative.
2021 and still amazed by all your effort and knowledge you shared. Thx so much.
Hadn't heard this song since the 90s. You just blew my mind. Nice!
Увидеть разбор The Prodigy - бесценно. Спасибо огромное.
Wow, absolutely amazing !!! Fantastic job M. Pavloff !!
The third sample from Coldcut's Beats and Pieces was itself a sample of House of Rising Funk by Afrique.
now I get it...
the lyric was "change my pitch up" lol
It's genius really, the song is basically asking for someone to remix it lol
Liam is a fucking GOD to have done this in 96.
This is friggin amazing!! Thank you so very much for making this video. Love this song, and with the inclusion of the original vocal "Nana - the Dreaming".... powerful!
No matter how many times I watch it, I will always find it amazing. Thanks for share !
This is stil one of the best Ableton videos out
it is not realy about ableton, the guy just knows his shit
смотрел ранее, но смотрю еще раз в 2018! круть
Смотрю раза два в год
2k19
2020 и всё ещё круто!
Ян Рогушин согласен, посмотрел ещё раз в 2020!
2021 - всё ещё круто!
This just shows the genius that Liam has. The process of their music has always fascinated me & I would love to be a fly on the wall when he's creating a new track.
a great unparalleled musical project. full of power and clarity the best in its genre. the Prodigy thank you so much.🔥✊❤️🖤
2:24 THE BULLS ON PARADE SAMPLE - 🤯🤯🤯
By the way this guy is from Mariupol. Hope you're safe bro
Thanks for sharing! Liam rules! And you too, for reproducing this. Mindblowing and inspiring!
Wow. Great video. And makes it even more evident how impressively well this song is put together (more than two decades ago - imagine!!)
HOLY FUCKIN SHIT! This proves the genius of Liam Howlett! Nice stuff dude! I guess you're a genius too!
Wow, how was this even possible? Plus new vocal at the end is sick!
This is amazing! I love this song and sampling. Sad for his passing, but due to it, I've been inundated with quality videos celebrating Prodigy. This is a FANTASTIC video.
I'm gonna be honest.
I loved the song because it just sounds nice.
But after watching this video I understood what kind of absolute badass ART sampling is.
Hats off to you and thanks for helping me rediscover this genre!
That track must have cost an absolute fortune in sample rights!
Back then, sampling wasn’t seen as ‘stealing’, but rather creativity. Actually copyright is just being so abused these days, it’s insane and infuriating.
He definitely didn't pay all the artists. They wouldn't have known.....till now! Fatboy slim said he did similar and got away with murder
Fatboy Slim interview on London Real. If you're interested.
@@PixiBoii The Biz Markie lawsuit was in 91. That's the start of the "sampling is theft" era. The situation was already a fuckshow by the mid-90s.
I think the high water mark, in the pre-lawsuit era was probably the Dust Brothers' work on Paul's Boutique. Over 100 songs sampled, at a time when clearing them WAS cheap. Today, that record would definitely cost a small fortune to produce.
I can’t imagine they told RATM. Doubt anyone would have noticed that part and said “hey that’s the guitar from bulls on parade!!!”
Да. Обалдеть. Талант. Плюс умение. Плюс время. Круто. Повторить тоже нужно уметь. И сделано в 2009 году я так понимаю это.
Не то что бы умение......
ЭТО ВЫСОЧАЙШИЙ СКИЛЛ, НАХУУУУЙ))
Нет, это сделано в 1996 году. На компе 1996 года. И семплы оцифровывались в ручную... с граммпластинок и аудиокассет... а не с интернета...
@@user-os6np4fn9p он вообще то про автора ролика
I had no idea the song sampled so much! Thank you for your incredible work, hugely informative.
Thank you. This is just what I wanted to see, but assumed that it would never just appear...and here it is!! Great!!
If only Liam had this program back in 97.. he'd have finished fat of the land in a week
@Robert Sapolsky You can write in a week if you use synthesizers with presets
how in the world did anybody even figure out that bulls on parade sample? fucking ingenius
Thanks for this Jim, after all these years still the most awesome video on youtube!
Really awesome, did not expect so many samples behind that milestone of electronic music
Гений не этот парень, которому тут дифирамбы пишут, а Лиам Хоулетт, который все это придумал. Как написал один британский журнал "Моцарт и терминатор в одном лице"
#theprodigy
There are not enough likes in whole TH-cam to honor this video
Really hope this video does not get taken down with all the original audios... This is gold. Have rewatched it a many times over the last few years.
What a flashing experience, thanks Pavloff.