In this clip
Building a beat in Cubase: Groove Agent patterns, then a bass line played in by hand.
This excerpt uses Cubase. It shows the technique in that project; it is not a complete course or a requirement to buy Cubase for lessons.
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The example follows tracks in a music-production project. You can read the transcript without opening a project or playing the video.
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Hi, I'm Noam Litt.
Let's make a beat in Cubase.
Four instances of HALion Sonic,
one Groove Agent. Names, colours.
Here are Groove Agent's patterns.
Let's find one I like.
Drag it in.
Now I'll find a bass sound.
No... no... maybe.
Instead of playing the bass, I'll take the beat,
drag it onto the bass track,
and remove the higher notes.
The notes are too short. I'll lengthen them.
Let's add some variety.
Thicken up the bass a little.
Now let's add an arpeggio.
A melody...
There we go!