Share your knowledge on these two classic MPCs
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By DRUMAT!C_1 Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:46 pm
I'm looking for some competition ---- anybody care to join in the fun?

No prizes - No fame - No contract....just all out fun for the whole family.

How do you all wanna handle it? I say that everybody post up 1 beat and go from there=-

DRUMZ.1
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By DRUMAT!C_1 Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:48 pm
How about we take votes on Sunday evening - so get your beats posted up by Sunday around 3pm Eastern time.

Nod Factor:
Quality of Drums:
Quality of Samples:
Composition:
Drum Programming:
Rhymability:
Dopeness:

??????
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By mikedean Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:57 pm
I'm down. When is the deadline?
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By mikedean Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:46 pm
Ah yeah I can read! Braindead. ya know. Sorry
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By skalawa Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:41 pm
:shock:













damn!!!!

F.U.C.K.I.N.G. SUPER

By elmacaco Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:29 pm
Drums are way too loud, but nice beat once again!!
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By drumat!c Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:37 pm
If that's your entry DJ ANDREAS you gotta stick by it - otherwise you got until SUNDAY @ 3pm. I'm working on my shit right now!

Got the EMAX 1 on deck.....any chance I might get some assistance EL? How much does it differ from the S950? If I can't figure it out either way I'm a throw something up.....

DRUMAT!C


PS. Lets keep the beats around 2 minutes max......aight cool!

By elmacaco Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:48 pm
Call me up yo, I tried callin you yesterday.
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By skalawa Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:09 pm
andreas, u could be at a big disadvantage, as your beat is up first, now everyone else got a heat seeking target now and 36hrs. oh well
we see how it goes....

"If that's your entry DJ ANDREAS you gotta stick by it - otherwise you got until SUNDAY @ 3pm. I'm working on my **** right now! "

interesting
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By highlife Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:29 pm
nice! i agree with el mac about the drums being too loud but the overall beat was real nice.

i look forward to hearin' the rest of your guys' beats tomorrow. good luck to all!
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By DJAndreas Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:46 pm
Thanks for the comments and listen. Much appreciated.

And yes, I will try another beat tonight if I can.
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By skalawa Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:11 pm
DRUMAT!C_1 wrote:How about we take votes on Sunday evening - so get your beats posted up by Sunday around 3pm Eastern time.

Nod Factor:
Quality of Drums:
Quality of Samples:
Composition:
Drum Programming:
Rhymability:
Dopeness:

??????


so if the mixing is unbalanced, which to some of it may appear so !!this mean that he is down graded, if it is a submission, u really cant change it according to the rules, it is not a matter of "how does my beat sound" its an entry. if ppl are going to pick up anomolies such as this, then the rest of contestants who have mixers, and software stand a far better chance, if the beats are going to be looked on like this. i have heard commercially released albums with out of tune bass guitars, pianos and drums, tht have sold muliti plat, where do you stop?? madlib?? records to a 4 track then stright to dat, then to the mastering house, "oh his track has too much hiss, and there is a bit of warp 1min 35 secs in. suppose andreas, which i dont believe he would, would have wanted the drums tht upfront in the mix?? does this mean it cant work??

i am trying to get an understanding of what it is seen as acceptable, who is the next man to say, my bass i s distorted, who sets the standards of what is correct from what isnt??
tell tht sh1t to chris blackwell, where catch a fire was recorded on 8 track by morris himself as the mix and recording engineer,

also i hear european folks saying, i think reggae has to much reverb on it,??? what is tht about

just need a defination of where it stops,



ok well, lets just have tht in the rules then, mixing and balancing of drums, ooooh and panning dimensions also, plus signal to noise ratios, as well,!!!
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By drumat!c Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:45 am
Sorry all- I wasn't trying to be overly specific with the grading procedure. I just figured we could base our beats on those qualities.

Remember. Hiphop to me the dirtier the quality of the beats the better. Listen to old WU-TANG *(enter 36 chambers) and know that that many would say the album's recorded quality pales in comparison to many releases of the same year. It's not to be considered. You basically just want a decent enough recording so that people won't misjudge you. Look at me. I mix all my beats down on a Tascam 1516 board using some SRV-2000 reverb and a Zoom Studio 12 delay/chorus and that's about it. I record to MAXELL C60 cassette tapes and then take that and bring it into my computer in order to create the mp3s which you hear on my soundclick page. I've got more of a vintage recording method. If you listen to beats that were recorded on 2" reels in comparison to stuff that was recorded in a modern fashion using a pro tools set up, you will clearly notice a substantial amount of decibel increase in the digital signals. Music producers think that louder is better for radio promotions, so they tend to over compress everything digitally which is not the case for me. In fact I prefer to record with at least 2db of headroom as opposed to normalizing a track to it's optimal clipping peak. And the reason I do that is because I don't want my music as loud as can be when the volume on my receiver is barely halfway up. I believe music volumes should never fatigue the listener and yes that is why I believe that louder is not better and when I want my music to knock in crank up the volume----after all that is its main function isn't it?

FYI: I use an older vintage compressor (dbx 166) and that's about all i need really. Just submit what you feel is worthy of competing. It is all in fun. Good luck to all.

DRUMZ.1

By elmacaco Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:51 am
I hear you drumat!c, but a cassette is a far cry from 2 inch tape!

I also keep about 2 db's of headroom, but I do compress and record digitally.

I really don't care what anyone uses. It's about finding what's right for you, and it seems like you have!