Chopping Samples like Todd Edwards
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- Hello everyone & welcome back to the channel. I’ve had a little break over Christmas & New Years and am ready to rock and roll again. First up this year we’re breaking down one of my favourite all-time artists Todd ‘The God’ Edwards!
This is really my interpretation of his sample chopping technique. I know he famously used an Akai s6000 and now is mostly on Ableton but the newish sampler in Logic X is actually fantastic and worked perfectly for this technique.
All the 5 star rated chops I used in the project will be up on my Patreon. As well as a whole bunch of Enya records I sliced up. Feel free to check out the link below, your support to help me make more videos like this will be massively appreciated 😊
⭐️ Patreon - / groovining
⭐️ Samples - www.groovingbiz.co.uk/
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Intro: (00:00)
Todd Edwards & UKG: (00:12)
Todd Edwards First DJ Set in The UK: (00:29)
Sample Chopping Technique: (02:13)
My Sample Bank: (02:48)
Sampling from Scratch: (03:20)
Exporting & Batch Processing: (04:42)
Rating the Samples: (05:40)
Importing to Logic Sampler: (06:58)
Tuning the Samples Together: (07:12)
Patreon Shoutout: (08:30)
The Jamming Technique : (09:22)
Jamming Demo: (09:28)
Pitching the Whole Sampler Instrument: (11:17)
Jamming Continues: (12:05)
My Finished Track Demo: (14:15)
My Second Track Demo: (15:06)
Using EQ: (16:01)
Long Reverb and Sidechain: (16:43)
Using You Own Vocals: (17:07)
Sample Start Time, Looping & Fades: (18:50)
Enya: (20:25)
Octave Layering Tip: (21:03)
Outro Enya Remix: (22:03) - Hudba
I'm honestly upset with content creators that they don't cover Todd. His style is so complex and unique, and DESERVES breakdowns and attention. Not only a good tutorial, but good demos mate! I wanna see more, much love!
I know right! I was looking in CZcams whilst researching this project and couldn't really find any. Crazy that no-one else has covered such a legendary UKG producer with such a unique style. I will definitly do more in the future - thanks for the comment ✌️😊
That Todd clip in the UK gives me goosebumps every damn time.
Yea it pure madness. No phones just vibes back then 😊✌️
Hey, UKG producer here.
The most important part of the todd's style is not the cuts, is the drums.
Todd specially is know by the drums specifically with the hidden messages, not just random samples.
Lately is being focused on sounds and basslines, but every single track the drums are unique. Great video tho.
EDIT: all the tracks sound more like DJ Boring than Todd, but you get the point*
I agree Todd's overall production including the drums and bass is pretty unique but lots of UKG artists like Tuff Jam and Jeremy Sylvester achieved very similar sounding drums. There's nothing special going on there really techniques wise.
I would say his people recognise a Todd Edwards song almost instantly by the sampling. The way he chops vocals & various records together is very original, espeically when he first started doing it.
This weekend Todd is playing at the club 2 blocks from my house with two of my favorite friends/DJs here in New Orleans . This video was RIGHT on time!
Really thats crazy didn't kno people in the city like this type of music im in kenner la
@@jamesjr2550 Oh yeah they love it. House and UKG get played a ton around town.
Ah epic mate. His new remix of that fred again tune is such a banger! I'm sure it will get dropped. czcams.com/video/8tvfEYzo6Yk/video.html
Also love that your making UKG/House on FastTracker. I'm going to do more Renoise UKG stuff in the future for sure! ✌️
Thats dope @trevor_mounts_music
His style inspired a lot of newer producers too. You can definitely hear his influence in tracks from artists like ODM, Danny Phillips, Cathy Hobi and GE
Oh yea for sure, I'm a bit out of touch with the more modern garage - Danny Phillips has some killer tunes :)
I've dabbled with this type of music production myself and found putting a sample loop into a beat slicer makes some interesting ideas
Serato Sample is great for this
Hey man nice video. Your one of the only people doing this stuff whose voice and personality isn’t jarringly performative
Thanks temmuz! Glad you enjoyed this one mate. That style of video winds me up also so I keep it pretty chilled on here 😊✌️
Love that clip of Todd..the vibes are incredible
Yea complete madness. This is another good one I saw recently - czcams.com/video/8tvfEYzo6Yk/video.html
Going deep there my friend! Obsessing over chops, you must have been dreaming about them after the sessions! 😂
Hey Matt! Yea the chopping is a lot but its so satistying once its done and set up. I don't mind the process when I know where it will end up. Hope you had a good break over the christmas/new years mate. 😊✌️
Legendary, to no one's surprise
Cheers Janesta! Todd is the legend really. I'm just deciphering his techniques he pioneered to the best of my ability 😊✌️
Great video! Nice to have these back in my feed!!
Thanks Troy! Yea I had a little break but am ready to rock and roll again. Just trying out a few new things this year - spread my wings a little into other genres/styles. Will always be doing lots of Jungle/dnb tho. Hope your well dude 😊✌️
Incredible job!!
Cheers Danny! Todd is such a ledge - was fun breaking down his techniques ✌️😊
Groovin in G, the beat is amazing and this tutorial is even more amazing! It takes quite a bit of effort so I would love to see if your process evolves and hopefully there is gonna be another video on this someday with new tips and tricks!
Cheers Justintime! Glad you enjoyed it so much mate. I would love to get back to this technique and apply it in different ways. I still collect a lot of samples & organise them so it's not too hard for me to setup again. :) ✌️😊
this tutorial is so good brev
Thanks mate. Was a fun trying to reverse engineer his techniques. ✌️
Ive been waiting for years for a tutorial like this, you smashed it fella!
Cheers my firend! hopefully this helps show he technique a little more. Even with all the prep, it was still really hard to sound like him which shows how unique his style is. 😊✌️
Awesome❤
Cheers Guy! Hope your doing well mate ❤️
This is awesome! Todd's style is so unique, and I've always had a hard time finding resources on how he does it. You totally nailed it and pulled back the curtain a bit. Time to start chopping!
Yea I wondered for ages when I was more of a DJ. Suddenly felt like I should be able to figure it all out a bit better now. There is also quite a bit or footage from various places of him in the studio which really helped. Cheers bro ✌️😊
New Jersey represent! Love this guy! Great video, end result is wonderful.
Yes mate! Todd is such a ledge. Glad you enjoyed the vid 😊
I'm just back from some timeout... it's good to be back, Groovin. Brilliant video ✨🙏
Cheers Freshness. Been eyeing this one up for a while & was a fun way to start the yea off! Glad you enjoyed it mate - hope all is well your end 😊✌️
Sick 🔥
Cheers Raaj - Enjoyed this one. Todd is a legend! 😊✌️ czcams.com/video/eImSuHVkkFk/video.html
Inspiring bro! All about the prep!
That prep is so worth it when you get to have fun with a sampler instrument like that. I wanna try this technique with Jungle/Hip-Hop now 😊
Mate your videos are well made and normal ...Not some over excited youtuber shouting at a hyper speed.
Thanks mate - yea that stuff also winds me up in other CZcamsrs so I refain from acting like a clown as much as possible on here 😊
yooo, excellent breakdown with a dope track at the end. loooooove the enya sampling, can't go wrong with that; you definitely do it justice :)
Cheers dude. Playing with the enya chops was super fun! I'm actually really interested to try this with DnB/Jungle also. Just having lots of samples, sliced and spanned up and down the keyboard. 😊
@@groovining well it certainly takes a lot of skill to make it work like you did in this track, so you should give it a shot! I could definitely hear some early liquid dnb mashed up in my head when you started playing the chops around 15:09 :)
Thanks mate! Been enjoying your channel heaps lately also. Lots of great tracks rolling through - Love the atmosphere and pads. 😊 You've must have a great process to have such a high output of tracks.
great job man, you're a scientist
Haha Cheers mate! 🔭👨🔬 Working away on my next one 😊
man grooving you rock
Hey Ben! Thanks so much dude & really appreicate the support on Patreon. ❤️ All the chops from this project are up there now :)
Good move on the macbook & Logic. I know a lot of people go for Ableton these days but Logic X has made some really good improvements over the last 4/5 years. Especially with the upgrades to the samplers. It's a great DAW and feel free to hit me up here or on Patreon if you have any questions. Cheers mate 😊✌️
That second track is banging!
Cheers mate! Had heaps of fun making these tunes 😊✌️
This is some high-level geek shit and I am loving it. Great video mate 🤟
Cheers mate! Glad you enjoyed - Todd is a legend. Love the chopped sample style :) 🚀✌️
It would be very cool to see the process of getting a bunch of samples in different pitches and bpm’s and how you make them work in one track. I always feel like my vocal samples are out of time, would love to see your process
Yea for sure. I will be doing lots more UKG stuff this year and love sasmple chopping. For Vocals you can either chop up all the little phrases of the vocal to make it fit and time it with the beat. Or you can timestretch it to you beat.
Hey, loved the video. Do you have a specific course/tutorial or a from scratch for a novice/beginner ableton 12 user? Todd And Klaus Veen are my idols :) Thanks!
Dude I was like “ It sounds like fkn Enya “😂 so cool.
Thanks 😊 - Enya is one of my all time faves. Had to give it a go really! ✌️
This is one of my favorite artists inspiration, Klaus Veen. Todd is a 🐐 🎉
Klaus Veen - Posion is a banger and half! Never heard of this dude before jesus :) Todd is the big daddy 🐐 for sure 😊
@@groovining oh hell yeah dude! Happy to turn people onto his work, and you can really hear the Todd Edwards style in a lot of his tracks too! Cheers 🍻
This is so inspiring! Never heard of this guy before, now I wanna check out his works! Thank you so much!
Also if you like Enya check out Lisa Gerrard she is so amazing and worked on Gladiator ost too.
Cheers Autistik! Yea Todd is a legend. So many tunes, this is one of my all-time faves - czcams.com/video/TrWZp6jzpeI/video.html
Ahh Lisa Gerrard - I've actually never checked her out but obviously know that gladiator tune! Amazing voice 😊
nice track! I also listened to his boiler room dj set, awesome stuff!
awesome video! can you do one in the style of MPH? like in his track Drums. how to sample chop and write that bassline
Thanks friend! Yea I will do lots more UKG for sure on this channel. MPH would be cool :) ✌️🚀😊
...opens Ableton
How would you go about setting up something similar in Ableton?
you can do your chops in Simpler if you're using Ableton@@fucc773
Simpler
Or sampler
@@fucc773 just throw the samples in a sampler instrument. it's slightly more annoying because Ableton's interface is tiny but it's all there.
So good!! Twistedwave looks super handy, is it worth the price? :)
Yea I love twisted wave - The best audio editor for ease of use. Batch Processing, tab to transient. It's got all the features you need. This is also great if you want something that works well as a VST - www.birdsthings.com/
Any ideas on how you might do something similar using Ableton stock plugins?
Yea it would be in simpler or sampler I think you could use to make somethings like this. Someone else on here might have a better idea! :)
Great tutorial! So would you get all the samples in key from the start and then re-pitch some of them so they still fit the same key? Eg pitch them up or down 5 semitones?
Yea this is the technique. Match all the samples to the same key or sonic space inside the sampler. You can do this by ear or using Mixed in key like I did.
Then you pitch around the whole sampler +5,+7,+12, -5,-7,-12. All these semitone values are relative to the circle of fifths where you can find keys that have 1 note difference from the one your working in. :)
@@groovining Amazing mate - really appreciate it!
How do you know what the pitch is of the sample and by how many semitones you need to pitch it up and down? What the name of the mixed in key plug-in you use?
Cheers
I use the Circle of Fifths to figure everything out. You can see how all the keys related to each other. I sometime do this by ear and also use Mixed in Key studio Edition.
The main technique is to pitch around the sample until you find something that sound good or close to good. Then pitch it around +/- 5,7,12 semitones to see if it fits. 🚀✌️
i was excited to see that someone made a tutorial on making a te-type track. thank you for making this!
i have one question, how do you find the best samples? the sounds you’ve chosen were the best ones i heard and i’m interested in collecting samples like those on my own.
No worries mate - thanks for the comment :)
Yea for sure, finding samples like that definitly takes a minute. CZcams is actually an amazing resource. TrackLib also - library music sometimes comes up with gems.
www.youtube.com/@Soulhawk
czcams.com/channels/v5OAW45h67CJEY6kJLyisg.html
Both these channels are amazing and stacked full of stuff.
I detail my process a bit at the start of this but I essentially chop an entire record into lots of little chunks, then find the best ones and merge them all together. I use fades in my audio editor to smooth certain chops out. It really a lot of trial and error, practising editing and of course listening :)
@@grooviningthank you, this will definitely help!
and another thing, what [to you] is the best genre to sample for this type of music?
Funk & Soul
RnB (Singers like Brandy, Monica)
Library Music is great also for more obscure samples
Rare Groove
80/90s music
World Music (Brazil espeically :)
@@grooviningi never considered looking into library music or world music, i might have a look at that when i get the chance. are there any specific artists (from any genre) that you’d recommend sampling?
also, sorry if i’m asking a lot of questions! i’ve always been interested in how this sampling technique works and the way you explain everything really makes you an expert on all things todd and his production style. i genuinely can’t express how much joy i have finding a video covering this topic itself!
Happy to help mate. I would really recommend going into tracklibs - soundtrack library and delving in there. CZcams is also just a goldmine - this is a good place to start. - czcams.com/play/PLUXl043M6v4NxohFiElWT4KUUOHc84PEk.html
One of the tricks of sampling is to find and song you like - look up the artist - discover their other works - see other artists they collaborated with - look up their songs etc.
You just have to delve down the rabbit hole on a chilled Sunday afternoon :)
Hiroshi Yoshimura is one of my all-time favourites 💎 😊
Fuck…don’t see many crowds like that these days
No phones - just loving life 😊
Jesus Loves Groovin in G
🕊️ 💨 🚀
F*ck you this is so good wtf
That track u were jamming on… BIG!!!
Cheers brother. Glad you liked this so much. Was a fun video, I enjoyed exploring his techniques as I always wondered how he did it. ✌️😊
Bit of a flip, jungle to garage. It’s hard finding a sound that suits who u r.