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By Cheech Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:20 am
When I first got my mp I used to resample all of my kicks to get a more lo-fi sound out of them, but for some reason or another I stopped doing that a while ago. A few weeks back I put together a new program with lots of kicks and decided to try and resample some of them to get some nice, muffled kicks, but when I do it the sound just doesn't seem to come out right..
Instead of sounding warmer and darker, there's a horrible, kind of high pitched crackling effect in the kick that I never had before. I've tried about half a dozen different kicks, but it's the same thing everytime!

I resample to 12 bit, about 22000- 27000 hz, the same as before. Could it be that I've recorded the sounds too loud to my mp? Or could it be that some sounds just sound that way when resampled? Because some of the kicks are monstrous, in size and sound!

I mean I get by just fine without resampling them, I just thought if ya'll have had any similar problems?
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By MattMatiks PG Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:15 pm
It's most likely you Hz configuration... Sometimes re-sampling can leave you with that Downsampling sound... It sounds like an electronic Buzz on top of the Kick... This also happens a lot when re-sampling to 8 Bit... My suggestion is to try re-sampling at a higher Hz Rate... Try 33600 Hz or something...
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By Cheech Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:21 am
Yeah I was thinking about that...
But I used to resample mostly at 22000 hz, and now I resample at about 27000hz...

But thanks anyway, have to give that a go!