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

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Music theory, synthesis & productionMusic performance & songs

What it is

Jim Pavloff rebuilds The Prodigy's 'Voodoo People' in Ableton from its listed samples. The video shows how the track is assembled and how close a handmade reconstruction can sound.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Those pieces sound exactly the same as the original”

    Handmade Prodigy reconstruction that sounds like the original

    xpl, 2024-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Judge dismisses majority of GitHub Copilot copyright claims”

  2. “Here is some nice stuff.”

    Recreating Voodoo People in Ableton, shown as prototyping example

    przemoc, 2011-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are your music prototyping solutions?”

  3. “Jim Pavloff has uploaded to YouTube some cool videos”

    Recreates Prodigy tunes from their listed samples

    mlla, 2013-03 · Recommendation · in “I analyzed the chords to 1300 songs for patterns. Part 3 – Interactive Discovery”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ableton, the prodigy, sampling, remake, electronic music

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