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One Thing

A Monthly Video Series

Need a quick dose of inspiration? Check out how these artists keep their creativity flowing and try their approaches for yourself.

Pitched polyrhythmic drums

Poly to mono

Tempo for sound design

Phasing patterns

Granular echoes

Drum variations

Parallel effect chains

Random percussion

Rhythmic granular patterns

Remodeling loops

Reverse vocal intros

Transformations

Alternating rhythms

Searching for rhythmic sounds

Expression with foley

Arpeggiator for rhythms

Recording the speaker

Sidechaining Auto Filter

Scrubbing for variations

Delay as a sampler

Crossfading loops

Sketchbook project

Formant-shifting vocals

Sidechained variations

Composing without listening

Building complex rhythms

Chords to monophonic lines

Creative warping

Jamming with mutes

Delay as a tone shaper

Starting with data

Playing like a child

Poetry to melody

Destroying everything

Syncing percussive loops

Evolving melodies

Bespoke dice

One loop per chord

Composing with overtones

Resampling beat repeats

Improvising to automated effects

From rhythm to melody

Rhythms in rhythms

Gated noise

Subtractive sampling

Chopping with chance

Exploring structures

Taking turns

Record first

Escaping habits

Sonic notes

Embracing nonsense

Unsynced loops

Playing feedback

Tuned ambience

Sampling chaos

Bass sounds from cymbals

Sampling friends

Record at different tempos

Modular jams

Rehearsing in slow motion

Cutting and combining

Composing with video clips

Turn one note into chords

Textured drum layers

Finishing songs live

Sampling broken instruments

Focused sampling

Tune drums like chords

Generate rhythms

Sampling yourself

Transform hit songs

Pumping sounds

Controlled randomness

Re-pitching field recordings

Drums to bass

Sine wave percussion

Trying new instruments

Practice mindfulness

Immerse yourself

Swap all sounds

Naming first

Beat it!

Layering inspiration

Rhythmic chance

Changing context

Dynamic layering

Creating narratives

Randomizing chords

Passive listening

Humanizing clips

Re-slicing

Combining tracks

Colorful naming

Shifting loops

Building scales

Percussify

Move!

Tuning drum sounds

Committing

Breaking habits

Against instinct

Sampling tails

Exploring noise

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