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Subject: US Garage drum sounds
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Original Message 1/7 04-Dec-00 @ 11:29 AM - US Garage drum sounds
I can't seem to get any of the drum elements sounding right, from the kick through the snares, to the hats/shaker sound. I can get my beats swinging but they don't seem to roll like the real deal. Does anyone know if they use a particular drum machine to get the sound or am I missing something obvious?
Cheers if anyone knows anything about this sort of beat.
Message 2/7 06-Dec-00 @ 03:14 PM - RE: US Garage drum sounds
Drum sounds:
Try and find(as clean as possible) hits of BD,snares etc. that you like and chuck them in your sampler. Play them back in tandem with a drum machine and tweak the drum machine until they sound the same.
Patterns:
Take a loop from a track you like and study it in an audio prog visually to see where all the hits lie. This gives you your swing and details of where all the important little percussive elements are triggered.
Add your new drum sounds and create some stunning original loops of your own - easy!
Message 3/7 06-Dec-00 @ 05:37 PM - RE: US Garage drum sounds
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Message 7/7 15-Feb-01 @ 06:50 AM - RE: US Garage drum sounds
Once you have the right samples, you have to loosen up and take a freer approach to the beat than you do for house. While house is usually made with a 909 set using a variation of a basic beat, with garage you can slap sounds pretty much anywhere, or you can stick with something that sounds more house-like, like the rhythm I stuck up there. And that doesn't apply to just hats, but with snares, cymbals, rim shots, whatever. Garage beats are more intricate than house (usually).
Of course, you do want to make sure you've decided on a "four to the floor" house type beat or a 2 step/UK garage beat, which is just a bass drum on 1/1 and 3/3 instead of the bass drum on 1/1,2/1,3/1,4/1 (or 1/1 and 3/1 if you're more minimalistic).
I know I wrote that kind of quick and crappy, but I hope it helps, I'll respond back later if anybody needs clarification.
Omega
P.S.- you can download the rhythm I provided with the Boss DR-110 at: http://chooser.mp3.com/cgi-bin/play/play.cgi/AAIAQgZxEwDABG5vcm1QBAAAAFLpwgIAUQEAAABDRDGLOnnYSI5psG3zPyruEBftK28-/garage_1.mp3
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