How to Make Burial Style Beats (Computer Music Guide)

[contakt321]

http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/ ... eat-221976

Just saw this article and figured this has been asked a bunch so I would post it here. Enjoy.

[darkmatteruk]

you shouldnt have

no really

you shouldnt have

[slothrop]

Admirably non-specific, that article.

1) turn off snap
2) do some stuff that sounds good
3) use a variety of different sounds

is hardly liable to launch a tidal wave of Burial clones on its own...

[darkmatteruk]

Admirably non-specific, that article.

1) turn off snap
2) do some stuff that sounds good
3) use a variety of different sounds

is hardly liable to launch a tidal wave of Burial clones on its own...

number 2 on that quote seems to be what alot of people are having trouble with these days

[cartoon_head]

Read that in this month's CM mag. Tis very vague but then isn't the whole point of Burial's beats (ie turning the snap off, working in soundforge) to be a bit vague? Using things like samples of rain is a good tip though. Adds a lot of interest to a track.

[contakt321]

Any of you guys check their example at the end of this?

[bandshell]

Any of you guys check their example at the end of this?

yes

[yellowhighlighter]

yes. now i'm going to be recognised.

[deadly_habit]

*cringe*
found field recorded samples of non drum sounds, triplets and shuffle if ya wanna stay hard quantized, otherwise turn off the lock and play/think like a natural drummer
also helps to have a good ear for originality

[crytek]

*cringe*

Basically.

[jsilver]

that was horrible

[cloak and dagger]

I don't get what's so bad about it. It wasn't useful to me, but might be to beginners who didn't know how Burial was making his beats. So apart from the regular armchair producer elitism, what's so terrible about it?

[mico viejo]

Using things like samples of rain is a good tip though. Adds a lot of interest to a track.

No. It added interest to Burial's tracks. To your tracks it will only add accusations of copying Burial.

[collige]

Using things like samples of rain is a good tip though. Adds a lot of interest to a track.

No. It added interest to Burial's tracks. To your tracks it will only add accusations of copying Burial.

So true.

[jsilver]

I don't get what's so bad about it. It wasn't useful to me, but might be to beginners who didn't know how Burial was making his beats. So apart from the regular armchair producer elitism, what's so terrible about it?

the sample was ONE BAR of a loop with NO atmosphere. if ur gonna advertise being able to make music like burial, you might as well post a finished product. but really, he finished after one bar, lame

[yellowhighlighter]

when did burial copyright rain samples? people were always sampling weird shit and putting it into their tunes to add "atmosphere".

[bass hertz]

How to Make Burial Style Beats ?

let Burial do it.


The approve of Synkro and Kryptic Minds for some similiar sounds. NOT THE SAME. similiar.

[mico viejo]

when did burial copyright rain samples? people were always sampling weird shit and putting it into their tunes to add "atmosphere".

of course. and u r free to do what u want. but if u r already trying to rip off his loose post-2step beats, and then u go and stick some rain over it (and some pitched up vocals and atmospheric pads too while yr at it, why not...) then dont be fuckign surprised if ppl say u copied.

[lowpass]

Using things like samples of rain is a good tip though. Adds a lot of interest to a track.

No. It added interest to Burial's tracks. To your tracks it will only add accusations of copying Burial.

Depends how you use it.

I've put rain samples in both of the last two songs I made but they are so low in the mix that they are used just as noise to fill out the silence, with burial I think he was using it fairly up front so you could actually notice it.

There's so many more things you can do with a sample too that you can't accuse anyone of copying some other producer because they use the same sample. It's what they do with it that matters.

[cloak and dagger]

I don't get what's so bad about it. It wasn't useful to me, but might be to beginners who didn't know how Burial was making his beats. So apart from the regular armchair producer elitism, what's so terrible about it?

the sample was ONE BAR of a loop with NO atmosphere. if ur gonna advertise being able to make music like burial, you might as well post a finished product. but really, he finished after one bar, lame

It's not advertising how to make music like Burial though, it's trying to teach you tips on how to make beats in a way similar to his using different software. I didn't listen to the finished product, but the author isn't giving you a step-by-step guide on how to sound like Burial. What he's doing is offering techniques on how to achieve a similar result. I don't see what's so bad about that, personally.