Mixing drum breaks

I want some input-- those of you who use chopped drum breaks (with minimal layering), do you keep the kicks, snares, etc on their own track or do you consider it a waste of time. Since most hip hop drum beats are looped breaks anyway, I'm thinking is it worth the extra effort to get the additional tweaking options.

since when are "most" hip hop songs made from looped drum breaks?

What hip hop do you listen to?
I listen to tracks and artists that chop and program their own drums. I wouldnt be caught dead looping a drum break.

TicToc wrote:since when are "most" hip hop songs made from looped drum breaks?

What hip hop do you listen to?
I listen to tracks and artists that chop and program their own drums. I wouldnt be caught dead looping a drum break.

I guess he's talking more about older hiphop records, not the new ones that are coming out nowadays

yeah isnt most classic hiphop looped drum breaks?

greg

nah i here where dude is comin from. I still rock chopped breaks. what i do is seq em on 1 track then i use the eqs on my sampler to fix up the samples indivdually. then i get full control over them. I use a yamaha a5000 for my ish though. so i have alot more flexabiltiy with eqing and shit. but if u got an mpc with the 8 outs u would just assign each pad to the out. so u still got the break but u can process it seperate.

TicToc wrote:I wouldnt be caught dead looping a drum break.

i think like 97 percent of my beats are all me and the hits, but i do mess around once in a while with a straight loop of a nice break

do both. layer a percussion loop over your own drums. take oneshots out of drum loops, or my favorite, rearrange the drum loop into a DNB speed loop.

best of both worlds.

so as long as you make it original, you are doing well. i mean, dj shadow uses drumloops from vinyl and he's excellent. give it a sense of authorship and you're good.

but - you can get too sample heavy on drums. that's why your sampler is in the end the best for the drums that are at the head of your mix.

or so is my favorite method of production.

Thanks for answering my question, binger. And yeah I just ordered the 8-outs so I guess I'll have everything on its seperate track. It can't do me no harm, after all.

Antonym, I guess you didn't read my question.

haha actually, the funny thing is that i wasn't directing my statement to you, although this is in fact your post. for that i am sorry, but it's funny when you liken it to this:

i pretty much just walked into your house while you were having a party and conversed with your guests. i drank one of your beers and ate some pretzels. now i'm about to duck out before you call the cops.

peace.