<<<Also should I mess around with humanise or similar at all on a snare? Seems like something that if overdone could seriously annoy a dj.>>> QUANTIZE!!!! NOT quantizing is an extremely powerful tool- one that should not be messed with lightly, especially by (beginning) DnB producers. It's excellent for making hip hop beats "smack" just right, but that shit is not something to joke around with when yur making beatmatching music. DnB DJs have an insanely keen sense of timing honed from years of listening to two (170 BPM!) records at the same time and getting them to play together. I guarantee you the minute a DJ notices that your otherwise stormin record has some wierd shit goin on HE WILL CHUCK IT. Alot of bedroom producers here will tell you otherwise, talking ying yang about "artistic freedom" and whatnot, but these are the same guys that don't know the feeling of sweat pouring down their hands and faces as they struggle with the pitch control to avoid a train wreck or the sweet joys of having 2 records locked and cutting the fader back and forth. Now of course if your not making drum n bass for djs to play out, than do whatever the hell yo u want!!! But then again....theres more to the story...
There's actually a school of thought that believes that dance music always sounds better "tight" anyway- that avoiding qantizing doesn't PUT life into your beats but actually TAKES IT OUT (adjectives like "flat" "loose", "flabby", and "awkward" come to mind- think of the difference between a cleanly compressed drum and a cardboardy, uncompressed one). As it so happens that camp includes alot of DnB types who have grown to love the characteristic "tightness" of the style. Some people feel it's part of the genre's special flavor (kind of a militant, robotic, kung fu precision type of thing). So on an even deeper level, yes, you SHOULD be shifting those notes around here and there, but you should be shifting them to make stuff "lock on" better, not "fall off". Of course, this second part is just a matter of opinion, but its an opinion shared by quite a few in the know. Don't take my word for it, though (I'd almost rather you not - what the fuck- should I give you ALL my secrets?) ;) have fuunnnnnn.. --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
