Creating Ghost Snares

Can anyone give me some tips on how to make ghost snares?

you mean layering?

turn of max velocity and tap them real gently before or after the prominant snare on the 3

cant you use the 16 levels and use VELOCITY?

absolutely, you can use any method you want for ghost hits, you can also put them anywhere you want, they dont have to be at any specific place in the beat. Its called a ghost hit cuz it's hard to hear up under the other elements of the beat but still adds something to the track.

guesswhosback wrote:you mean layering?

Nope

I guess the 16 levels is my only option.

Thanks.

wow i just learned somthing

The Beat Conductor wrote:I guess the 16 levels is my only option.

Thanks.

no. a ghost note is a note that isnt accented like a prominant note. Like a traditonal drum beat is like this



ghost notes are joints that are layed in between that. like they spice up a drum track. They arent accented like i said above. like a ghost note would be a note that is reallllyyyyyyyyyyyy low added not like i said above.
like

now imagine these hits real low to add some variety to a drumbeat. it doesnt matter what method u use to achive this, 16 levs or just tapping real light programming it. they like spice up the drum beat and add life to it instead of the normal standard programming.

sorry but im real hammered so i hope that makes sense

For more realism, you could give the ghost notes a slightly longer attack, and close the filter on them little bit. This makes them sound more like a real drum played softly, rather than the same sample with the volume turned down.

mpc does this automatically by adjusting the velocity and filter modulation.

lo-fi wrote:For more realism, you could give the ghost notes a slightly longer attack, and close the filter on them little bit. This makes them sound more like a real drum played softly, rather than the same sample with the volume turned down.

no it doesn't- you need to define vel-to att, vel-start point etc...

its the best tip for creating ghost snares- you want them to brush more than hit..

greg

dubmunkey wrote:its the best tip for creating ghost snares- you want them to brush more than hit..

yeah! great tip!! dubmonkey

of course you have to set the values first. whatcha think i meant by 'adjusting the vel mod'? its cool, aint nothing new anyway

dubmunkey wrote:no it doesn't- you need to define vel-to att, vel-start point etc...

its the best tip for creating ghost snares- you want them to brush more than hit..

greg