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How to Create a Techno Song

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Summary: A professional DJ may create a techno beat or song in a recording studio before working at a club. Watch a techno beat get created in this free music career video from a professional DJ and music production instructor.

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Cliff "DJ Hurricane" Melerine is the music production instructor at Scratch Miami. He has more than 15 years experience performing, producing and engineering music. Malerine's eclectic...read more

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"Hey guys, today we're going to be talking about how to create a Techno Song. A lot of times with DJ's and Producer DJ's, we do a lot of this in the studio with the programs, before we go to the club that night. Today for an example, I'm using Ableton Live, with a couple of VST plugins. Trilogy and Stylus RMX. Let's get right to it. All right, next I'm going to bring in a clap. That always makes people get down and bob their head, and thirdly a hi- hat sound, now I've got the basics of a Basic Techno Beat. Now, I can throw in a bassline. I'm going to arm my track for bass, so I do that, and I'm ready to record it, and we've got a Basic Techno Beat."

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