drums first or the beat altogether

i usually use to do the drums first,but now im usually coming up with beats doing the drums at the same time as my chopping the sample,does any one else do it like this?

i cant even picture being able to do that.

not sure what you mean, but soudns like you got skillz!

so what do you usually do first ?

depends on what im doing with the beat. i usually start with drums then either work on my melody or my bassline after drums.

a few times i've played a melody then layed the drums to it.

do you program your drums or usually just bang'em out ?

I hear what you're saying bricks. Lately it seems like i get the sample or melody sounding how I want and then add drums. It's just easier for me to fill in, cuz most times i can hear the melody and then once I've got that going the drums just drop right in. Not sure if that's what you were talking about but just my 2 cents.

i do both, really i do

jus depends on the track, if the sample is real choppy i'll lay the drums and the chops over that, if i got a nice melody in my skull i'll lay it then freak the drums

yeah thats whats im saying.its just funnny how i use to start off with drums,but alot of time i noticed the drums didnt match up with the sample even after i chopped them.

saintjoe wrote:i do both, really i do

jus depends on the track, if the sample is real choppy i'll lay the drums and the chops over that, if i got a nice melody in my skull i'll lay it then freak the drums

yea me too

i just usually bang them out. im not good at usin the step edit feature. but im tryin. i focus a lot on drums and percussion for some reason. i looovveee percussion. i think it adds so much to a track!

do you lay your drums to song mode or just in segment mode?

yeah i usually jus bangem out too
step edit is nice if you wanna get complex drum patterns

but with note repeat on the mpc you can do the same type stuff

jus somethin about bangin out them drums

i feel you on percussion, i like a lot, specially hand percussion that's why i wouldn't mind having the roland handsonic

i like em goin in the background, sometimes loud sometimes subtle

yup yup

I usually start with some kind of idea of the mood I want to create. Then all bets are off. Might start with a rough version of the drums, add a bassline, rerecord the drums, add a melody, but I might as well work the other way around.

I add my drums in the middle like first i'll do a piano sequence, then strings and what not. Then the kicks and right after the kicks I do the bass then after I find a nice snare and hi-hats.

I bang my drums out the majority of the time. And just chop up samples and add what sounds good.

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