Richie Hawtin Method?

steffensen · Post by **steffensen** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:45 pm

I think i covered that before in the thread.. anyway, i know he wasnt using this technique for the older tracks (plastikman etc.) But for the newer stuff, the technique is what we are speaking of here. Also, its not loops per say, its various bits taken from hunderds of tracks, single sounds and whats not.

focusShift · Post by **focusShift** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:59 pm

I think how he layers and de/reconstructs tracks, samples, loops in DE9: Transitions is stellar and a very fine form of musicianship.

northernlight · Post by **northernlight** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:03 pm

steffensen wrote:
northernlight wrote:so, where do you get your drums sounds from for example?
I make them in my modular.

steffensen · Post by **steffensen** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:07 pm

Guess im just old-school.

northernlight · Post by **northernlight** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:22 pm

steffensen wrote:Guess im just old-school.

easy, i like both, synthesizing my own drums and using samples.

if you look at dnb for example, it's common to use drum samples from records and rearrange them in new ways.

imo, sampling is just another technic to create new music. one that i don't want to miss.

like hawtin, you can get very creativ with audio material.

steffensen · Post by **steffensen** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:33 pm

I gotta admit i have used samples as well, but to the degree that i layer for example a couple of kicks/snare for designing new kicks and stuff. Thats how far i can go without feeling ashamed tho.

jpls · Post by **jpls** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:50 pm

steffensen wrote:I think i covered that before in the thread.. anyway, i know he wasnt using this technique for the older tracks (plastikman etc.) But for the newer stuff, the technique is what we are speaking of here. Also, its not loops per say, its various bits taken from hunderds of tracks, single sounds and whats not.

can you provide a specific example of this?

im still confused regarding what newer stuff he makes with hundreds
of tracks..unless its the latest de9...but still....if thats what you are talking
about then i am really confused.

Thomas D and Jack Thomas · Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:22 am

You guys are nuts. Richie doesn't sample other artists. The EP he put out called "The Tunnel" was definitely samples, but it was very blatant. It was a huge megamix. The first DE9 vinyl was just a few portions taken from the CD. The second DE9 vinyl was 2 records of various locked grooves. For the third, he decided just to make some completely new tracks to play, made of various segments. Outside of the DE9 series or a remix, Richie would never sample other people's work.

A lot of the sounds from the most recent Plastikman LP came from the FM7 VST, according to him in an interview.