Curious how you might approach getting the choppiness that Lolica Tonica uses throughout their EP, especially on songs like "Neon Sapiens" starting around 1:00, "Make me Feel", and their remix of "Hack the Club". Can also hear some of that in "Future Candy" by YUC'e. It seems like a lot of different (often short) samples with hard gates, all layered together and arranged in a way to keep it feeling hectic. Some samples seem deliberately cut short at the beginning and/or end to give them a more staccato sound. Lots of pitch transposition automation, a lot of little arps sprinkled around in the background and to the sides of the mix. Are there any tricks to speed up these kinds of processes? In other threads I've seen mention of bouncing to audio, slicing to midi, and even playing around with samples on drum pads. Any general workflows to make creating in this style more approachable?
Submitted October 13, 2017 at 09:05PM by cloudengine https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/768stf/tips_on_approaching_a_more_choppycluttered_style/?utm_source=ifttt