This one may seem obvious, but the "tighten-up" aka samurai ride might be a good place to start...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Purbrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: [dnb-prod] Hats and Rides > 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] > > --- 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]
