Successful Dubstep Drop
As the compositional ideas for the “drop” it is necessary to mention that just like in any other composition it is a usual “break down” with a dramatic rise and final “burst”. In such genre as dubstep (which is lacking any time of soulful musical content) this can be achieved with the next tricks:
1) Try to think about a good melody to kick in a drop. The variation of the melody which was in the introduction and the part of the song before the drop will bring a fresh impression on the audience. Don’t make it complex because as i said in dubstep there is no art involved so a basic 4-8 bars hook with a different lfo combination or fresh effects will work well
2 ) Dubstep is all about the aggression. Try to show the contrast between the drop and the build up as much as you can. One of the tricks to achieve this that when you have a build up of 16 bars try to insert silence with a tail of the building reverb or delay in the 16th bar so before the drop you insert a silent bar or (as a lot of artists do) record some phrase or crazy noise which will give your song a lot of identity just Like rusko - where is my money (the mentioned phrase is used: the silent bar goes “where is money” and then drop wob wob wob wob)
3) Finally, a very important aspect of a successful drop is the balance of the instruments and a good mixdown which will blow the listeners speakers with the tight and punchy sound. To achieve this try to look up for some youtube tutorials from dubspot or sonic academy (additionally, you can torrent their entire courses about electronic music production). These should not necessary be the dubstep mixing tutorials. Look for some house mixing down/mastering tips as the concept is the same. Also, try using guitat distortion (very little, very very little) on your drum tracks, percussion synths in order to achieve the effect of saturation (slight distortion). This will make your sound a little bit vintage. I totally love vintage funky tones and this technique is widely used in modern dance/pop music.
Originally by Kirill Korshunov, shared to you, by me.
