{"id":11729,"date":"2020-08-04T10:14:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=11729"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:52:25","slug":"virtual-riot-modestep-producer-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/virtual-riot-modestep-producer-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Riot and Modestep give us an inside look into their creative process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Riot and Modestep are, without doubt, some of the biggest names in the bass music scene.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, the producer and duo collaborated to release <a aria-label=\"&quot;Spicy Riddim Drums Vol. 1,&quot; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/disciple-samples\/virtual-riot-modestep-spicy-riddim-drums-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Spicy Riddim Drums Vol. 1,<\/em><\/a> a collection of high-quality drum samples that are perfect for the heavier side of electronic music. &#8220;We had this studio around the corner with a big recording room that could fit a whole drum kit,&#8221; Virtual Riot recalls. &#8220;And Pat [of Modestep] plays some amazing drums, so we thought we could just record him playing all kinds of heavy metal fills\u2014the kind you use in heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/what-is-dubstep-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dubstep<\/a> right now\u2014and then just spend three days in the studio recording all kinds of one-shots, loops, and fills with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never recorded a pack in this format, or tracked the way we tracked this,&#8221; Pat responds. &#8220;So I thought it&#8217;d be great to jump on Instagram and hit up one of my producer friends and ask them what they wanted. 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