A Beginner's Guide to Jungle Breakbeats

A beginner’s guide to jungle breakbeats. I kick off with some context and history, then cover how to chop and process breaks in your DAW. I offer online tuition and music production assistance, book your session here: https://bit.ly/TimCantBooking Check out my DnB music on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6P9o7d0n9U6hUuCWrpSEI6?si=bffb98f75e294953 Check out my latest happy hardcore EPs: https://endorrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/raveheart-ep-ndr019 https://endorrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/euphoric-rush-ep-ndr018 Chapter markers: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Chapter 1: What are breakbeats? 03:31 Chapter 2: UK breakbeat music 10:06 Chapter 3: Why do breakbeats sound good? 14:29 Chapter 4: Where do I get jungle breaks? 17:31 Chapter 5: Old school breakbeat technique 21:10 Chapter 6: Automatic slicing 24:13 Chapter 7: Contemporary technique 29:49 Chapter 8: Breakbeat processing tips If you'd like to use my Live slicing preset you can find it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Py_5PNC2oNZvKN8TqO0Du5MVkvrUJLuO/view?usp=sharing This should be placed in your Ableton user library in the Defaults/Slicing folder. Tunes mentioned: The Winstons - Amen Brother https://youtu.be/HrrWhCbZAyY Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants (I’m Coming) https://youtu.be/a-uo16HXoSU Lyn Collins - Think (About It) https://youtu.be/HKix_06L5AY Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks https://youtu.be/fOEQTJV_3-w Tommy Roe - Sweet Pea https://youtu.be/JCKXxJRgVgc Mantronix - King of the Beats https://youtu.be/z_BxXeqvzvE MC Duke - I’m Riffin’ https://youtu.be/uurMwwX4GyE Hardnoise - Untitled https://youtu.be/3C4PeAKhK4c Shut Up & Dance - This Town Needs A Sheriff https://youtu.be/0_Oo2LVvNkk The Scientist - Exorcist https://youtu.be/TNRa28zUGmo Shut Up and Dance - Derek Went Mad https://youtu.be/ejQ2Fmi176Q Low Noise Block – Rave In The Bedroom https://youtu.be/Tkwl8HlwHTQ Lennie D’Ice - We Are I.E. https://youtu.be/hl-PrF5yNNY The Prodigy - Charly https://youtu.be/cSTBFZ-To2E Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon https://youtu.be/TEe5mpmKxW8 The Stone Roses - Fools Gold https://youtu.be/NSD11dnphg0 Awesome 3 - Don’t Go https://youtu.be/D4cEnLbuIbg RatPack - Searchin’ For My Rizla https://youtu.be/7dpvLjtT7jI Big Daddy Kane - Raw https://youtu.be/nZAOqSUWctQ DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect https://youtu.be/0r2trKf67I8 Q-Project -Champion Sound (Alliance Remix) https://youtu.be/IJpvUZSQzk8 Shut up and Dance - Raving I’m Raving https://youtu.be/dZnanvrPj2I Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis https://youtu.be/PgRafRp-P-o DJ Crystl - Meditation https://youtu.be/msPmkR4u5nc Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune https://youtu.be/LaWmjJNG9o0 LTJ Bukem - Music https://youtu.be/DNQDoiuGq58 Omni Trio - Renegade Snares https://youtu.be/cF4J2f3MDKw Engineers Without Fears - Rhythm https://youtu.be/YA2sMglzwzw Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP) https://youtu.be/xDvrQVG040g DJ Krome & Mr Time - The Licence https://youtu.be/GgDrr9fNA6U Model 500 - The Flow (Alex Reece Remix) https://youtu.be/fXYqhFz5bxY Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction https://youtu.be/oGG3_CJ60u8 Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing https://youtu.be/UJeU7MLE1cs DJ Trace - Mutant Revisited https://youtu.be/ezjcG5-s_XQ Codename John - The Warning https://youtu.be/8e5VPvLLtpE Boymerang - Soul Beat Runna https://youtu.be/KosR8G8TXS4 D’Cruze - Watch Out https://youtu.be/6hEHswdIrMI Mark from Solardo talks about sampling the break from "Tribesmen": https://youtu.be/lXY51S192Z8?t=717 Software mentioned: Ableton Live https://www.ableton.com/ Akaizer https://the-akaizer-project.blogspot.com/ ReCycle https://www.reasonstudios.com/recycle Eventide Audio H3000 Factory https://www.eventideaudio.com/plug-ins/h3000-factory/ Oeksound Soothe 2 https://oeksound.com/plugins/soothe2/ Inphonik RX950 https://www.inphonik.com/products/rx950-classic-ad-da-converter/ D16 Group Decimort 2 https://d16.pl/decimort2 Airwindows https://www.airwindows.com/ iZotope Neutron 3 https://www.izotope.com/en/products/neutron.html FabFilter https://www.fabfilter.com/ Jungle photo by Chris Abney on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@chrisabney