Hi All, Sorry to be a stranger. I've just quit a nightmare job and so now hopefully have some time to make some music again. I'm currently updating a few old
tracks for interested parties and I'm struggling with the hats and rides, so thought I'd ask for advice and opinions. Which route do you go with hats? Programmed or looped? I can never seem to get programmed hats to sound as good as a layered loop and my closest attempts have needed so many hat samples that I've ended up needed a loop's worth of variations even when I program them. Rides are even more difficult as lots of samples are needed again, but the length of the sample means that cutting them out of breaks is difficult. I'm currently experimenting with a programmed drum part that uses the rides from an Amen, but the ride hits on their own in the Amen are so short it only sounds good when the ride is playing 16ths and the ride sound is so characteristic that the whole composite beat ends up sounding like an Amen in the end. I've tried ride samples from sample CDs, but although you get lots of variations, they inevitably end up sounding too nice. What I need are some good vintage breaks with just the ride playing so I can get lots of samples, the vintage sound and long decays. Any suggestions? Jazz records would seem like the obvious choice. Cheers, Jim (Sigma Delta Blues) http://www.sigmadeltablues.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.349 / Virus Database: 195 - Release Date: 15/04/2002 --- 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]
