Making of "The Prodigy - Voodoo People" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff

Why HN readers recommended it

Used as an example of prototyping music and, in a Copilot copyright thread, of a handmade reconstruction that sounds like the original.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Jim Pavloff

Topic

music production and sampling

Format

demo

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2011–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• There are legendary Prodigy tracks reconstructions by Jim Pavloff, see: 1. "Smack my bitch up" [LINK] 2. "Voodoo people" [VIDEO] Those pieces sound exactly the same as the original, but it does not violate copyright because they've been produced by hand. Mind blowing!

• Thanks for commenting. Ableton Live is undoubtedly a great software. AFAIK it's not suited for rapid prototyping. Here is some nice stuff. Just in case somebody haven't seen it yet. Making of "The Prodigy - Voodoo People" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff [VIDEO]

• A bit on a same note (pun intended), Jim Pavloff has uploaded to YouTube some cool videos, where he re-creates some of the tunes by The Prodigy based on the listed samples, e.g. Voodoo People ( [VIDEO] ) and Firestarter ( [LINK] )