{"id":18242,"date":"2024-06-18T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=18242"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:45:27","slug":"lo-fi-house-10-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-house-10-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a lo-fi house track in 10 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Working under a time constraint when producing music can be a great way to hone your workflow and build confidence in your creative decisions.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tutorial video above, we took this idea to the test by \u2018speedrunning\u2019 a lo-fi house track in under ten minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We kicked off the track by sequencing a simple house beat using <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/collections\/pw4EkD6URdwVvaAdxHe2cXNEwWs\/samples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a collection of one-shots and loops<\/a> in conjunction with <a aria-label=\"Splice Bridge. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-use-splice-bridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Splice Bridge<\/a> and Bus Force, a processing plugin from Arturia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39137274-fx-collection-6-pro-by-arturia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FX Collection.<\/a> From there, we laid down a minimal chord progression and a smooth bassline using instruments from <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39137243-v-collection-11-pro-vst-au-by-arturia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V Collection.<\/a> Lastly, we threw in some atmospheric vocals from <a aria-label=\"Splice Sounds (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/features\/sounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Splice Sounds<\/a> in our final minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While those are the specific instruments and effects plugins we chose to use for the challenge, a lot of the techniques we explored can be applied with any DAW and toolkit of your choosing\u2014including completely free plugins, like the ones we recently explored:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-blog-splice wp-block-embed-blog-splice\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BjC6uttXbI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/best-free-plugins-resources\/\">The best free music production plugins for 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The best free music production plugins for 2024&#8221; &#8212; Blog | Splice\" src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/best-free-plugins-resources\/embed\/#?secret=XedrTPBmUM#?secret=BjC6uttXbI\" data-secret=\"BjC6uttXbI\" width=\"370\" height=\"209\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you think we did? What other genres do you want to see us speedrun on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@splice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> next? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section of the video, and <a aria-label=\"check out our other speed runs here. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tag\/10-minute-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check out our other speedruns here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Incorporate instruments from V Collection into your own lo-fi house track:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39137243-v-collection-11-pro-vst-au-by-arturia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try V Collection for free<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get a firsthand look into the basics of arranging lo-fi house rhythms, chord progressions, and basslines in Ableton Live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":18243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1696,49],"tags":[1725,1677,1714,479,1762,333,1473,1686,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Make a Lo-Fi House Track in 10 Minutes - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get a firsthand look into the basics of arranging lo-fi house rhythms, chord progressions, and basslines in Ableton Live.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-house-10-minutes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Make a Lo-Fi House Track in 10 Minutes - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get a firsthand look into the basics of arranging lo-fi house rhythms, chord progressions, and basslines in Ableton Live.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-house-10-minutes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-18T18:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-24T04:45:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/lo-fi-house_Speedrun_BlogPost.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-house-10-minutes\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-house-10-minutes\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Chen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/006da68db2cca36c1730e68e67130d39\"},\"headline\":\"How to make a lo-fi house track in 10 minutes\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-18T18:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-24T04:45:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-house-10-minutes\/\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-house-10-minutes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/lo-fi-house_Speedrun_BlogPost.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"10 minute challenge\",\"arturia\",\"fx collection\",\"house\",\"lo-fi\",\"plugins\",\"rent-to-own\",\"v collection\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tips &amp; 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