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i think its better to find a sample first then make the drums fit to it. I find it real hard to have drums thne drop a sample on it.

the reason i do the drums first is becuz i need an outline of the flow of the beat for that sample.

after i nail the sample with a drum pattern i go back and find the right drum sounds for the beat. if neccessary.

i establish a pattern for the drums in my head when i listen to a record that contains the sample. once i figure out a pattern i lay the drums down. then move to recording the sample, chopping it up, fine tunin the sample and laying them down.

i ran into this problem that Science has not to long ago. and the one thing i learned that helped me was to chop. and i found that "tune" which is found under parameters of the 2k classic helps me match my samples. it allows me to speed up and slow down the tempo of the sample WITHOUT adjusting the actual tempo of the beat.

i found when i tried to align a sample with the rest of the beat within a sequence with an already set tempo, it was almost impossible to match the sample.

the reason i do it this way is because like my beats between 160-178 bpm. with or without samples.

i cant spit to nothing slower or faster. i wouldnt sound right. its no secret that im not a producer but an emcee. so i make beats to fit my own style.

i know i make shht sound much harder then it actually is but thats just how i getz down.

nah thats cool. U gotta get down how u get down. To me the sample is what inspires the track so i need to lay that down then lay the drums down to sync it up and stylisticly match it up.

Getting looped samples to line up with your drums is real easy in acid 4.0. It's beatmapper does the trick everytime. Of course you can make it sound decent with Cubase time stretch also. But the best is to use both. So is what I do, is in Cubase add my effects and time stretch my stretch my sample to ensure that it will loop at the right times with my beat. I then make the sample into a new .Wav file. I load the sample and beat in Acid 4.0 and beatmap my sample align to the rythem of my drums(beat). Next I make the sample into new .Wav file. I can then import the file back into Cubase and it will fit your beat like a glove.