How to do a noise riser
Build tension with a white-noise riser, then drop B.
- Crowd-pleaser
- easy
- About 8 bars
- Uses riser FX
When to use it
- Use it when the next song brings more energy.
- A natural fit for EDM/big room and house/techno.
- A strong choice when you're switching genres.
- Works at any tempo gap, and it's the go-to move when the songs are more than 8% apart, because there's no beatmatched overlap.
Step by step
- 1Cue B on its drop.
- 2Turn on the noise riser over A's last 8 bars.
- 3Filter A up as the riser climbs.
- 4Kill the riser and drop B.
See it on a controller, and hear it with your own songs
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Similar techniques
- Hard cut on the phraseSnap from A to B exactly on a new phrase.
- Short blend on the downbeatA quick overlap so the keys never get time to clash.
- Half-time switchDrop B so its beat sits at half (or double) A's speed.
- Word stutterStutter a word from B over A's last bar, then let it rip.
- Hook teaseFlash B's hook over A, pull it away, then deliver it.
- Triplet rollRoll A in triplets for a bar, then release into B.