The Drop-Topic :D | The magic tricks for a good drop

[ACYDE Music]

Sorry, old out-of-touch person here. I've listened to most of the examples in this thread and I still have not the faintest idea what a "drop" is supposed to be. Anyone able to explain what's supposed to be happening in a "drop" ?

Steve

A drop in popular music, especially electronic music styles, is a point in a music track where a switch of rhythm or bass line occurs and usually follows a recognizable build section and break.
- Wikipedia

[Snarf]

I have now decided to work on a classic EDM song. Dubstep is a really very complicated genre to which I have to work a long time. I have to deal with exit of the genre. But in the near future I have a song for you!
Nevertheless tips would really help me of you.
The hardest part of Dubstep is the drop in my opinion.
In some songs complicated, rather plain in others.
I just can not get a drop out. But I will try it. I still have much work to do.

Edit:
Just tried a bit on Dubstep.
I've made a Dubstep Drop.
https://soundcloud.com/acydemusic/dubstep-drop-idea

Working on music - I am looking forward to the future.

You're definitely starting to get the hang of it— the rhythm is on point, and you have a cool wobble bass going on there. I would just add a little more background (I know that it's a WIP, but still). A high hat and arpeggio part would be a nice touch.

There is room for improvement on the "melody" of the drop though. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something just sounds a little...weird. I didn't get the sense of a chord progression, yet the notes were changing.

[ACYDE Music]

I have now decided to work on a classic EDM song. Dubstep is a really very complicated genre to which I have to work a long time. I have to deal with exit of the genre. But in the near future I have a song for you!
Nevertheless tips would really help me of you.
The hardest part of Dubstep is the drop in my opinion.
In some songs complicated, rather plain in others.
I just can not get a drop out. But I will try it. I still have much work to do.

Edit:
Just tried a bit on Dubstep.
I've made a Dubstep Drop.
https://soundcloud.com/acydemusic/dubstep-drop-idea

Working on music - I am looking forward to the future.

You're definitely starting to get the hang of it— the rhythm is on point, and you have a cool wobble bass going on there. I would just add a little more background (I know that it's a WIP, but still). A high hat and arpeggio part would be a nice touch.

There is room for improvement on the "melody" of the drop though. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something just sounds a little...weird. I didn't get the sense of a chord progression, yet the notes were changing.

Should I add more melody?

[The Chill Fox]

with the melody I recommend making the melody less "spaced out" because for a drop you want the melody to be fairly quick and you need it to escalate to a certain fixture of a melody.

Hey slipstick. I know that ACYDE did somewhat explain it but here's something more in simple turns: A drop is used to make a transition between tracks usually requiring a certain escalation of pitch and speed of the melody or bass or percussion.

[ACYDE Music]

with the melody I recommend making the melody less "spaced out" because for a drop you want the melody to be fairly quick and you need it to escalate to a certain fixture of a melody.

Thanks

[918xs]

I heard your track over and over, and I guess the easiest way to do what you're trying is to add a couple of kicks about half a beat after the snares in your drop, just as in the OVERWERK track you posted... Also, you could try adding just one more snare after the last one, then start adding the kicks.

I loved your music, BTW... Keep up the great work. Hope I see you performing at Tomorrowland someday...

[ACYDE Music]

I heard your track over and over, and I guess the easiest way to do what you're trying is to add a couple of kicks about half a beat after the snares in your drop, just as in the OVERWERK track you posted... Also, you could try adding just one more snare after the last one, then start adding the kicks.

I loved your music, BTW... Keep up the great work. Hope I see you performing at Tomorrowland someday...

Thank you very much for the feedback! I have improved very much, this topic is about a year old