My drums are too basic...

just play it in with out full volocity on and accent where you want to, just act like ur playin a real drum and bam u got it

Okay, so after I lay down my hi-hats, just go edit the velocity... Okay so, I'll place every third hi-hat on 75% and the rest will be on 50%...

That way it has like that "stop and go" feel to it...

I think I got to find some closed hi-hats though, I have like 250-300 open hi-hats I downloaded from MPC Samples.

Thanks for your input; I appreciate it. I'm not a newbie to this; it's just that I want to step out and go off in the deep end... But, my drums don't sound deep-endish... They sound like I made this dumb-ass melody and threw drums on it. I need my work to reflect me, and I ain't that tactful...

you could try chemical enhancement to get those creative juices flowin, haha

no, drugs are bad

i almost always lay down the sample first, then play my drums to match the sample. i use velocity and note repeat

It is not so hard to get a closed hihat out of a open hihat No need to download them

64hz wrote:It is not so hard to get a closed hihat out of a open hihat No need to download them

I'm guessing I should reverse the open one and chop that sample??? Sounds cool to me...

I sample a lot of breaks, chop them up in one shots, so I have 4 snare hits, 4 kickdrum hits and multiple hi hats in one drum program, all from the same drumkit. When I lay down i.e. the snares I use all these 4 snares and use the accents as well. Some layering and filtering if necessary. Play with quantize and swingoptions for groove.

I'm thinking that I should get a sound bank too. All I have is drum sounds and whatnot.

[quote="pydromaniac"]you could try chemical enhancement to get those creative juices flowin, haha

no, drugs are bad[/quote

Drugs work hehe especially 100mg of ephedrine b4 you start hitting the pads.Head starts racing like a mofo.

Yo here is my advice. Get some good sounds, if you have to get some james brown and chop up his drums (oops let a secet out lol) and do some filtering and equin whether thru the mpc or computer. And jus have sessions where u are jus practicing your drum rythems like as you're workin hum your beat, then pound the pads on how it sounds.
Jus some suggestions....Good luck. One!

Try laying your drums down first and than try creating your melodies second. Sounds simple, but changing up your methods can really breathe life back into your creative process.
And yes...chopping breaks into a dozen pieces as opposed to maybe only four pieces can really add another dimension to the way that your drums sound

Dz Kzoo wrote:Yo here is my advice. Get some good sounds, if you have to get some james brown and chop up his drums (oops let a secet out lol) and do some filtering and equin whether thru the mpc or computer. And jus have sessions where u are jus practicing your drum rythems like as you're workin hum your beat, then pound the pads on how it sounds.
Jus some suggestions....Good luck. One!

Dj Pound wrote:Try laying your drums down first and than try creating your melodies second. Sounds simple, but changing up your methods can really breathe life back into your creative process.
And yes...chopping breaks into a dozen pieces as opposed to maybe only four pieces can really add another dimension to the way that your drums sound

Thanks guys... Appreciate the advice!

Dz Kzoo wrote: jus have sessions where u are jus practicing your drum rythems like as you're workin hum your beat, then pound the pads on how it sounds.
Jus some suggestions....Good luck. One!

I agree with this. I like to practice playing drum patterns all the time and I've gotten much better at it. Then when it comes time to record drums, pounding out the groove I want is much easier to accomplish. Sometimes I record all three tracks simultaneously (kick, snare, hh) with the quantize off, then I make two copies of the track and separate the drums.

digital022 wrote:

Dz Kzoo wrote: jus have sessions where u are jus practicing your drum rythems like as you're workin hum your beat, then pound the pads on how it sounds.
Jus some suggestions....Good luck. One!

I agree with this. I like to practice playing drum patterns all the time and I've gotten much better at it. Then when it comes time to record drums, pounding out the groove I want is much easier to accomplish. Sometimes I record all three tracks simultaneously (kick, snare, hh) with the quantize off, then I make two copies of the track and separate the drums.

I have them too thats why I said it. I'm pretty good with kicks and snares bt when it comes to extras especially hi-hats (the love em yet you hate lol) my hi-hats manually need work but I sometimes do the cheap thing and note repeat lol