Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By skalawa Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:11 pm
i have never looked at dres drums through a wave editor, but i watched them move a ppm, and there is still quite a bit a movenet for a sqaure wave sound.
this brings up the question, if you mix with with invisible compresion g, and then over compress during the mastering stage, would the track still have dynamic range ? or sonilcaay sound tp have dynamic range lfet in it.?
just a thought
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By denzekiel Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:12 pm
"Since hes got 2 mpc, he doesnt have to worry about sample and playing back the sequence at the same time."

I have a pic of his studio with at least 4 MPC-3000's :wink:
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By dubmunkey Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:24 pm
not all drums are but the two big hitters bd and sn usually are (at least in the tunes i looked at)

well welcome to the magic of mastering- i can only guess that the drums were done very hot and compressed separtly then the track as a whole is limited at 0bd meaning the drums come down in volume and everything else comes up...as dre probably sticks to around -6db on his meter for melodic and treble elements the limiting doesnt affect the rest of the song just hte huge big fat drums that are peaking over 0db...

of course i could be wrong and think there must be more to the sound than eq and compression but in terms of signature sound the heavily limited drum sound is definitely dre's signature

greg
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By skalawa Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:29 pm
i guess its time for experiMental mastering, and back to the drawing boards or rather mixing desk.l
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By dubmunkey Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:59 pm
one word- multiband compression......

oh and if you crack the dre sound be sure to share:D

greg
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By skalawa Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:18 pm
i dont see why not, after i strt moving some units , and you guys strt to regard my sound as the ska la sound :wink:
hmm it does have a nice touch.
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By Prah_860_ Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:22 pm
vakseen wrote:ahhh nig that odd squad was ridin. devin is the truth tho


I wasn't put up on Devin back then so I never knew

I still don't.....but Imma peep for it
By nyst8 Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:31 pm
denzekiel wrote:"Since hes got 2 mpc, he doesnt have to worry about sample and playing back the sequence at the same time."

I have a pic of his studio with at least 4 MPC-3000's :wink:


5 3000's......4 for drums alone(since he doesn't want to have to keep loading his drums onto 1)....and 1 to control his keyboards/synths with midi :twisted:
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By Prah_860_ Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:59 pm
nyst8 wrote:
denzekiel wrote:"Since hes got 2 mpc, he doesnt have to worry about sample and playing back the sequence at the same time."

I have a pic of his studio with at least 4 MPC-3000's :wink:


5 3000's......4 for drums alone(since he doesn't want to have to keep loading his drums onto 1)....and 1 to control his keyboards/synths with midi :twisted:


he is genius......fu*k it if you got it like that