filters, high and low cut, and try this out, use the silver gate in logic on a break or a break piece, and let it chop the break up based on what you have set, you can get some great little filler drums once in a while. this is great for times when you have a break you love but it sounds too busy layered over other things.
a good friend of mine is a drummer and I've been talking to him a lot lately, and it always comes back to conversations about drum flow. you can push your breaks a lot more with a sequencer and a sampler, but what you have to always remember is that there are certain fundamentals to drumming that should be followed as a foundation. if you get too far away from that it will sound too busy and ultimately will lose it's rhythmic properties. but then again this is really grey area i guess... vince ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:19 AM Subject: [dnb-prod] Beatz and places > Hi > > Just wondering how most people go about making their programmed beats ride > nice and tight (does anyone manages to consistently approach the standards > of people like C4C, Matrix etc)? > I get the main beat placement right, but the additional parts often sound > slightly stilted or awkward and not very inspiring so i usually dig out some > breaks and go off in that route...lazy but more gratifying when you don't > have that much time... > > I guess this may be the lack of the invisible ghost hit magic that is used > to fill in the gaps and get the flow going, but I was looking for some tips > on getting the beats to run nicely. > > Any ideas? > > Dan > > PS - bought a PCI modem today so you might hear some tunes in the future if > all goes well. > I need to make a mini website first tho for a place to upload my tunes > (really not too sure about giving away the copyright to my music, cos you > never know).... > > Damn, I'll be struggling with Dreamweaver for a while now (or ask a mate to > do it...) Paul - thanks for the CD. > > > DISCLAIMER: The Information in this message is confidential and may be > legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this > message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended > recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any > action or ommision taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be > unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this > message in error. This E-mail and any attachments are believed to be free > from viruses but it is your responsibility to carry out all necessary virus > checks and Vertase Ltd. accepts no liability in connection therewith. > > --- > 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] > --- 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]
