WITH WAVES = | | = = s = eS Ee i =Contents Introduction 8 Dance Music Production 15 Drums 17 TX812 Bass 24 Synthesizers 27 Vocals 36 Vocal FX 42 Buss Effects 46 R&B Music Production 51 Drums 54 Rhodes Piano 61 Strings 64 Lead Guitar Track 65 Accompanying Guitar Tracks 69 Downbeat Loop and Bass Scratch 70 Backing Vocals 71 Lead Vocals 74 Country/Rock Music Production 81 Drums 83 Electric Guitars 95 Acoustic Guitars 99 String Orchestra 101 Organ Pad 102 Vocals 103 Rock/Punk Music Production 113 Drums 115 Bass Guitar 122 Verse Guitars 124 Chorus Guitars 127 Solo Guitar 130 PAD 132 Lead Vocals 133 Urban Remix Production 139 Drums 140 Bassline 145 Weird Guitar 150 Lead Vocal 152 Mixed FX 157 Reverb and Delay Send Effect Busses 158 CD Mastering 163 Index 181CHAPTER 1 Dance Music Production Song Title: One and Only DUE CD eS Ue crc CCE ci eC ee ULC “One and Only” is a fast-paced and energetic dance song that has been produced for clubs and radio. It features thick trance synths and percussive bass textures that provide a groove to accompany the drums and vocals. At 136bpm, this song has a tempo that falls perfectly into today’s dance scene and provides a combination of sweet and aggressive vocals to suit radio listeners as well. Before we get into the technical procedures involved in accomplishing this mix we'll first listen a few times to the multi-track that has been provided for your Digital Audio Software and discuss the arrangement and production techniques that have been used in this song. Later in this chapter you will learn how to use Waves plug-ins in order to help convert the ideas you have invented and place them in the real physical world for all to hear. After all, this is exactly why we make records. © Minimal instrumentation overall has been arranged in this song to keep the sound open and not cluttered. In a dance song of this kind, itis important to let the groove and lead vocal stand out and the instrumentation to provide a good amount of space for the vocal to sit in © The arrangement in the verses is kept to a minimum so that when the chorus comes in, the prominent synth part emphasizes the chorus as the main section of the song. Notice how there are more instruments in the chorus than in the verses. This provides for a more exciting sound than in the verses and allows the lead vocal to sing with more energy and volume. © The intentionally quieter and less cluttered verses allow the vocal to sing very intimately and also provide for dynamics. There are obvious loud and soft parts in the song and this provides character and separation between the choruses and the verses.