Groovin' in G

Creative Ways to make FX 🧨

As Alex (Human Synthetics) and I approach the final stages of our new atmospheric jungle sample pack, I thought this would be the perfect moment to write a blog post about my sound design process and some of the most effective techniques I’ve been using to create FX.

There are so many rules in music that get suck in our heads, from gain staging analog plugins at the correct level (-18dbfs) t...

Patreon Video: Old School Sampling Techniques

I'm not going to do too much writing for this one as its all in the blog posts! 😊

Just that the main things to focus on with this old-school Sampling technique are:

• Sample Selection

• Trimming and Editing Samples (Start and End Position)

• Pitching Samples +/-

• Grid Note Placement

• Chopping & Slicing

• Reversing

• Layering Samples +/- 12/7/5 Semitones (+12/12st doubles or halfs the speed...

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Sample Chopping (Old-School Technique)

I was watching Marlow Digs last night & thought his video was highly relevant to this month's blog posts & upcoming Patreon exclusive video. ☞

Thinking like a Percussionist playing samples - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtWFomNvnrk

I know not everyone reads these but for those who do, this is truly the key to unlocking old-school style sampling! 🥷

What he...

PFM: Artist Breakdown

Every now and again I come up against the my ultimate enemy. ⚔️ the YouTube copyright system! It’s gone and absolutely nailed me on this video. At the moment I can’t upload it to public at all and am trying to dispute the video for educational reasons.

In the meantime, at least we can enjoy it on here 😊

Big ups all

George ✌️ & ❤️

Sample Chopping (Types of Sample)

Sampling records alongside break chopping is one of my absolute favourite topics. I know I’ve already done a blog post about this but I wanted to give a more detailed look into all the sample chopping techniques I know! 🥋

The .wav files for these images are included in the .zip folder attached to this post. 📁

Ok, so let’s start with a quick example…

This waveform here is...

My Sample Chopping Process

I've not got too much to add here as it's quite a simple video in terms of the techniques.

Finding great samples is normally the hard part. But if you want some of my favourite places to look then check out my most recent blog post. 👨‍💻https://www.patreon.com/posts/sample-chopping-122713616

Whilst this video focuses on sampling TrackLib, I do sample YouTube a lot as well as spot...

Sample Chopping (Collecting & Editing)

Collecting Samples/Organising

Loopback recording - Use loopback recording or rolling sampler as a great way to collect samples from any source online. https://www.birdsthings.com/ 

Tracklib - https://www.tracklib.com/  Has amazing library music, just a fun place to dig arou...

Using Oblivion Labs Serum Pack To Make A 90's Jungle Track

Just a quick one from me this eve. If anyone is on the hunt for some amazing 90's themed Jungle patches, these actually go pretty hard!

It can be quite difficult with synths like serum to get that old school sound so I was really impressed by Jonathan's work on this pack. Definitly a good idea to dive in and see how he made some of the patches to brush up on your sound design. The keys/leads/fx/bass & pads are all great.

2025-02-20 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Artist Breakdown 2025! 🥷🌴

These artist breakdowns are always a blast & are totally worth it as I always learn so much myself from making them. We've now covered Photek, LTJ Bukem, Paradox, Source Direct & Dillinja & Lemon D.

Personally, I am still in love with the 90's style so would always lean towards artists from that period. Even so, trying to breakdown Marcus Intalex or Calibre would be a welcome challenge and I'm interested to see what I could come up with for a more modern artist.

I've ...

Optical Medicine Bass & DOA Breakdown

Hello everyone, 

I saw this DOA article the other day & thought it would be really interesting to see if I could breakdown Optical’s bass techniques. 🧑‍🔬

https://www.dogsonacid.com/threads/how-is-this-bass-sound-made.807053/ 

Ed Rush & Optical - The Medicine - 2025-02-04 19:18:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Jungle on the Digitakt Mk2

Part 1 & 2 of my Digitakt mini series are out now. I'm also considering doing another section on the arranging in Logic X, so I will see if i can squeeze that in.

Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQcUCrKD0M4&t=96s 

Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBHsQGI89Zc

In my opini...

Important Drum Techniques Part 4

I will leave most of the writing out of this one as it's all in the PDF. This time with a few images & lots of links. 😊

I've also updated this PDF now to include all the my most important drum techniques in blog form. https://www.patreon.com/posts/120251487 

I thought it could be a cool idea to start working through some of these techniques in my Patreon exclusive video's.

I''ve got a...

All My Drum Techniques PDF 📕

This is just a bit of housekeeping to have all of these notes in one PDF for easy access. I have another blog post to do next week and then we've pretty much wrapped on all the most important drum techniques! 🥁

I'm going to steadily work through instruments and bass etc with these blog posts each month so we can build up a great library and resource of knowledge here on Patreon. 📚

Cheers everyone,
George

Filters Have Evolved (Classic Techniques and Introducing Filterverse VST)

Just before Christmas, Polyverse very kindly sent me over a copy of their new plugin Filterverse. I've had a few weeks to play with it now and it's certainly a lot of fun, super creative and actually pretty straightforwards to use.

I didn't say this in the video as I was just doing a brief overview of the features but I'd probably say it's a little overpriced at £114 so waiting for a discount might be the way to go with this one.

FilterFreak is still my number 1 ❤️

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The Big man approves!

Did a little 'get in there son' and a jump in the air when Photek sent me this message yesterday. 🤜

That video was a real turning point for me in so many ways and really kickstarted the feeling that I could make something out of this whole YouTube thing.

Photek DnB - Production Breakdown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdbdMZqUyx8

He is without doubt one of the true gre...

New Years Post & Custom Jungle Samples

Happy New Years everyone :)

I hope your all brimming with the same enthusiasm and fervour I am. It's time to take on the new year and make the absolute best of it we possibly can. 🚀

The Christmas break is always a great time for reflection on the past year, both on your achievements and where change and growth is needed.

2024 saw my YouTube Channel grow by 5,709 subscribers to nearly 14k with around 400,000 views. That's a lot of people dipping their toe into the niche wo...

Ultimate Jungle Breaks Tutorial: From Beginner to Pro

Wowza this turned out to be a massive project in the end.

I didn't manage to get through all the rest I had planned on Instruments, FX, Bass, Textures etc so will have to save that for next year. 🚀

Excited to have a few days off now with the fam and then back on the 27th to get the ball rolling again.

I'll have a think about an appropriate (sample based) gift to start off the new year to show my appreciation for all your support. 🎁

Merry Christmas to everyon...

Quick Update - Final Video Of The Year! 🎄

Hello everyone 🙋‍♂️
Just a quick post to let you know that i'm hard at work on my last video for the year. We're going deep once again, delving into a whole bunch of 90's Jungle techniques.

“90’s Jungle: Master the Techniques That Started It All”

This video is really going to be a summery of all my own learning and exploration over the last couple of years.

Chapters: Classic Break FX Techniques, My Favourite Break Technique...

SnapBack VST Drum Layering 🥁

Hello eveyone ✌️

I thought it would be fun to give SnapBack VST a go and record my first session messing with the plugin. https://www.cableguys.com/snapback

I've spent many hours layering drums in the past and it's definitly a bit of a mad science. 🥼 It's just one of those processes that takes a lot of trial and error and dosen't always give you what your after.

Snapback makes this process a lo...

The Ultimate Hybrid Workflow? Digitakt MK2 vs Renoise

This video idea & the Renoise/Digitakt mk2 template had so much potential that I just had to get the project out. The crashes and problems with overbridge nearly proved too much for me and then by some miracle it worked flawlessly on my final attempt. 🙏

The Digitakt Mk2, despite it's faults in a lack of manual slicing and ping-pong loops is truely incredible for sound designing and manipulating samples. It's super creative with 3 LFO's , chorus, overdrive, bitcrush, sample rate r...

Planet Jungle and Black Friday Deals 🪐🌴

Hello everyone :) I can't believe it's nearly Christmas again!🎄

Black Friday is a term that originated in the US which marks the start of the holiday shopping season. Really it's just a way for plugin and software companies to entice us with 'once in a lifetime' deals to make us part with our hard earned cash. 💵

I'm unashamedly also jumping on this trend with my new sample pack called Planet Jungle. The atmospheric pads are once again the standout feature & I've included...

Amigo Livestream with Human Synthetics!

Bit of a last minute one but were doing another head 2 head livestream this afternoon at 2:00pm UK time.

I think i'm going to take Logic X for a spin this time round to see how I far.

Everyone welcome to join of course. I will also upload an edited version of the livestream so everyone can catchup in their own time.

Big ups! ✌️

Important Drum Techniques Part 3

Back again with part 3 of my most important drum techniques. I've got one more part to this where I will compile all of these PDF's into one master notes page for everyone who's not kept up with these so far! 📝

Make sure to check out SoundToys Phase Mistress which is free till November 15th! https://www.soundtoys.com/product/phasemistress/ 

Change Pitch & Decay L...