DRUMS!

Alright, after the dust is clear....

I browsed my way through the forum - and sucked up all the tricks to "cheat" the mpc (chopping tricks and the like)
....and committed a major sin by sampling drums from hiphop records...however, it taught me how the beats are constructed.

and guess what - my beats start to bang!!
(the results are quite different from what I planned, but finally, I like them and I get the atmosphere I want.)

I'll make some 20 beats more, and then - yes, I will upload them here, promise.

and then, feel free to raise the flamethrowers again



..............



ok, thats it, pretty much.


forget everything I wrote till this post,
I made up my mind!

good news you're not angry with your mpc anymore
sampling vinyl is the basics i think
waiting for your beats

Ill-Green wrote:
A true master doesn't rely on settings or gear. He has only one pursuit and thats to make **** pop by all means necessary.

TRUTH!

sample your drums from w/e the phuck you want....load them up, read the manual, layer them, tune them etc

if you dont like the swing, turn it off or try another %. youtube helps for some, not so much for others (like myself)

if you really want to learn how to use the mpc to create music (or drums in particular) bad enough, you'll find a way. im sure there thousands of people who dont use forums. they figure it out themselves because they have the want to become better and they have a brain.

Sampling from hip-hop is not always generally considered bad. Although many will tell you that sampling from hip-hop to make hip-hop is kinda of ass-backwards, the truth is like what Ill-Green wrote. Doesn't matter where the sound comes from, what matters is the finished product and if it is something that you like. If not, repeat the necessary steps and do it again until you like it, naw mean?

Ill-Green wrote:Man, just give me any sampler and I'll make drums bang like World War 3.

true dat

If you want dope drums, buy 50 BeatKang 'Beat Thangz' then smash them to pieces whilst recording it on a REAL sampler. SIMPLE

thx wrote:you can create your samples from every source you want, or you can download a collection of samples and programs like this:

“Rock da 500” library. In this package you can find a lot of programs and sounds specially designed for MPC500
http://rockda500.us.to/

enjoy

Yo
I just tried to download this and unzip it
I am using a Macbook pro
none of my unzip programs unzip it
I just keep getting copys of the zip file ?

What's the deal?

Ok scratch that
It was fault of my stupid wifi which dropped out
and only dled half the file
all sounds are here
thank you very much

Every once and a while I will pull a snare or clap type sound outta a song, but normally what I do for my drums is go over to one of my drum machines, start layering sounds, come up with a pattern, then sample it. I do everything by ear, so often I turn the gain up on my mixer's input for the drums, as well as running everything through a compressor like mad crazy to get that smashed, hard hitting sound I really like. I also do some EQ'ing on the mixing board and maybe an effect or two, then I'll sample. After I get a pattern in my sampler, I'll begin cutting it up because I like to chop off more off the tail end of each of my drum hits, even after they have been compressed. The main reason I run so much gain and compression is because I typically stick with making dance music and like to push up the levels on beats with lots of sidechaining. Then after the pattern has been chopped up, I can rearrange it. One of my favorite things to do it make a beat, cut it up, and then instead of having each slice triggered perfectly, offset one or two for a more human feel.