HOW Professional Producers Create Effective Build Ups
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Anticipation and Excitement build as your music takes your listener through an increase of energy and tension. Provide enough pressure, and your drop sounds strong. Provide enough change, and your drop sounds Exciting.
As a producer, you need to understand the vital role a buildup plays in your music. For example, if we go from 60mph to 80mph, this change in speed is less exciting than going from 0MPH to 100MPH. The energy shift is more substantial, starting from a standstill. The same thing applies to music buildups. If you build up with 80% of the elements and drop at 100%, there is a 20% change. Is this change enough to make your drop feel more significant and exciting? That is up to you to d-ecide based on your genre.
However, every single tip you will learn in this video will provide a more exciting setup for your drop. It's up to you to control what information you use and how much change you decide to implement to execute the HouSE Techno Build UP.
Pre-Drops can work and I encourage you to use them in tracks that warrant them, but don't make the mistake of over-using them. I wish I wouldn't have used them too much. Take it from ME...
With these tips, you should have a good review of how you can create effective build ups for your House/Techno tracks. Use the knowledge and adapt it to your songs to create the best setup for your drops.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:41 Dynamics -Low End
05:29 Pitch
06:54 How To Use Reverb and Delay
08:37 Automations
09:49 Pre-Drops
12:15 Foreshadowing
15:02 The Best Mixing Advice Ever
Being a DJ has made me a better producer & being a producer has made me a better DJ
The circle of life.
Yes! Pre drops and fake outs can be annoying sometimes for sure while mixing 🫠🫠 Really good video once again 🌐🌐🌐
Thanks!
how good this track is back to this video to get some help for my build up today, realizing one more time how much this channel helps and how much I like listening to Zen's music. Best mentor of 2023 is Zen World for me again. same as 2022 same as 2021.
The subtle humor in this video is too good
Awesome video bro! Definitely something I'd like to try in my stuff.
I liked that song on the foreshadowing part.
Track at end is dope!
Soo many great tips, omg thank you so much for these gold tips master Zen world. Every battle is won before it's fought is one of my fav quotes
As a dj i personally like songs with a regular drop that way if I want too I can create a predrop live
Nice video!! Sick song in the end mate! :) For the dj'ing part and predrop...Mix out faster a few songs in a row / loop sections before the drop to mix into to and / or prep your set
13:40 "Probably end up trashing" ???? Is BRUTAL! Do not dare, (please). Im getting it BP if you get it out
Thanks for the video 🎉
Thanks dude!!! I kinda knew how to use foreshadowing works but I didn’t know it had a name 🤓 always learn on your channel
Thank you my professor😊🎉❤
Amazing video
great video! nice ferrari btw
Master Zen your the Man 👊🏼
That track that u said u might bin sounds 🔥 if it was a little faster. Would love to see your vocal writing process
Thanks Zen.. super useful this one.. as a DJ, I personally don't really look at pre-drops as a separate factor when choosing the next song to play but mixing out must start at the pre-drop to maintain phrasing so it can get tricky if we're not paying attention.. Luckily most DJ gear allows you to put a colored cue point to remind you where to mix out..
Great vid as always Zen! Lawdy love your vids.
But I just wanted to know: How are you enjoying those headphones?
Thinking of getting them.
Love them make stuff sound clear and not good... Which is good for the mixing and tracking side of stuff
omg
I’m so excite yay
The track is fucking sick
Nice video man
This track is sick - you should drop this
10:40 Kream Remix... Love those guys work.
Yes Zen. Appreciate this….You need some space on that hard drive lad ❤
always helpful. ty
Love this master and his analogies! Not too much peanut butter on the bread! ;)
holy fuck zen i’m your fan 🥺
You should do a video about fred again, he is killing it
I miss the low end but i think i miss zen world more
11:01 … I ONLY play pre-drops in my set. Back to back to back. 😎
Nice one, really useful ma g (4:32 sounds to weak for our track imo but defo works for some other tracks out there)
Can we get a break down of that project file ?
I also would love to see a video on that.
yes am a dj and you are right, too many Predrops these days, unless it sounds phenomenal or unique, it just sounds too try hard
13:47 - 14:30 is B I T C H I N B R O. I'm gonna work on something similar with a trance track. I love that technique. DOPE AF. I've been in the rave scene since 96, and I'm telling you thats badass. I keep replaying this so I can assemble something similar in my own tracks. Much love (no homo) lol.
It's 2023 my guy, you don't need to say no homo
Alright then, keep your secrets!!
Dude the synth at 14:07 sounds massive, don't trash that banger.
How do you even achieve that lead? Is it FM synthesis? Fire my man 🔥
Saw and Sync distortion!!
@@ZenWorldtutooooriaaal
tensionnnn
YO you know that track is fire stop lyin 😂🤣😂
Nice vid! Obviously you're not the biggest 'Deeper purpose' fan, haha 😀
Oh just used for B Roll footage
Too much peanut butter? What the fuck Zen!!!!
5:30 messed up while editing?
Yes
@@ZenWorld The video is great anyways so no one would mind.
Thanks bro just a skip I can't believe I missed that I hitbthebshrotcut key for adding a title
your track that you used to mention foreshadowing... fire. Do not trash that
Fr that shit was fire
Don't trash the song it's dope!!!
8:29 VOY!
Actually I've found you can never have too much peanut butter on the bread. I've tried, and it never happened.
Peanut butter without the bread low carb 😂
Ba ba ba 😂😉
I dont like pre-drops most of the time. For me it kind of kills the vibe if not done exactly right at the perfect time. Especially when it's being overused it's just ugh in my opinion.
Gu gu ga ga gu gu gu bam drop 😂
bit of a editing misstake going on at 5:33 no?? :D
Yes haha
I thought I skimmed all of the video
If your track (13:42) drops, i'm doing whatever your Phase Plant preset is doing
And can you not trash the track please? maybe it sounds cheesy to your genius ears but its actually catchy. don't trash it. but lay it on me is a really really good track. playing it back to back with "can I ask you" dope tracks brother. cant wait for more releases.
Although I agree with everything that zens says this song below goes against everything he says at 4:50
th-cam.com/video/4io_DUBlYUs/w-d-xo.html
Yeah of course always the exceptions depends on the music you make.
Fat no for me with pre drops/ cool downs. Takes the energy out Imo.
Everything is more satisfying if it explodes after a build up
Lol the always-high-guys at 124 bpm
06:10
YES I DJ FOR LONG TIME PRE DROP FOR TO MUCH IS NOT GOOD
There are 2 things I hate about the music of today (hard-dance); piepkicks and fake drops!
there's no such thing as too much peanut butter