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Making of "The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff
Jim Pavloff rebuilds the Prodigy track Smack My Bitch Up in Ableton, identifying the samples used and recreating the track by hand.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a fun, in-depth look at how sampling and music production work, and as proof that skilled humans can reconstruct tracks from scratch.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Jim Pavloff
- Topic
- music production
- Format
- tutorial
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I think I've watched this video a ton of times: [VIDEO] That guy is using Ableton Live to re-create a popular song of The Prodigy.
guruz on Hacker News · 2017-05
In Get started making musicHere's a similar, but more in-depth, video on making "Smack my Bitch Up" from The Prodigy. My mind was blown when it shows how "Bulls on Parade" was sampled :D [VIDEO]
bigsassy on Hacker News · 2014-01
In How Daft Punk Created One of Their Most Famous SamplesA little older but similar idea (and fun to watch) - remaking of The Prodigy's "smack my bitch up": [VIDEO]
klochner on Hacker News · 2014-01
In How Daft Punk Created One of Their Most Famous Samples
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
