Ask The Producer: Ian Pooley (Electronic Beats TV)

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Telekom Electronic Beats TV’s Ask The Producer Series continues with Ian Pooley. As one of Germany’s best known house music exports, he attained international prominence back in the 90s particularly via his releases on Definitive and Force Inc, the latter of which released his classic track “Chord Memory”, which was famously remixed by Daft Punk. During this episode, he delves into the intricacies of groove in sequencing, his use of the Akai MPC 3000, What a “chord memory” actually is, and much much more.

0:09 Could you explain your current process of arrangement, do you still do it in your MPC or with a computer?
2:39 What was your favorite remix of "Chord Memory" and why?
3:31 When I play your track "No Need To Pretend" with Sasse the bassline sounds so strong, full, fat and really sticks out compared to any other house track. What's the secret?
5:08 How do your work on the bass of a track, particularly the EQ and mix to make it sound good?
12:23 How do you combat getting sick of trying to finish a track?
16:18 Is playing live, improvisation and collaboration important for your recorded music?
20:54 Is a compressor limiter a must have to get a coherent sound live or can good EQ'ing do the trick?
23:41 How do your deal with floor noise and ground loop noise?
25:10 Do you record every instrument on it's own down to Hi-Hat / Open Hi-Hat or the whole drum machine as stereo? How many channels per track in the end?
26:40 Why analogue hardware?
30:49 When did you say to yourself "f.... it Iam going to make music for a living".

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