Future house is a subgenre of house music that blends elements of deep house, UK garage, and EDM.
In the tutorial video above, we challenged ourselves to create our own future house track in just 15 minutes. Follow along for a detailed look into how we constructed and assembled the fundamental sonic building blocks of the genre, and see a summary below—note that while the following plugins were key in shaping our sound, you can take many of the concepts we covered and apply them to your own toolkit.
How we made our future house track
First, we began by sequencing a four-on-the-floor drum groove using an MPC in conjunction with a Collection of one-shots. From there, we laid down a synth chord progression using Serum, and refined the sound design with Blackhole® and Crystals—two plugins that are available for free in our Students plan.
Once we crafted a loop that felt like a solid starting point, we uploaded it to Create to find some complementary sounds. And as the final minutes started creeping up on us, we threw together a simple but effective bassline with Serum and added some final sound design touches by applying some granular synthesis with Kilohearts’ Phase Plant.
Keep learning
And there you have it! Do you have any questions on creating future house music? What other genres would you like to see us tackle next? Let us know in the comments section of the video, subscribe to the Splice YouTube channel for more tips and tutorials, and check out our other production speedruns here.
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July 10, 2024
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