Do you EQ before or after sampling drums??????

How did the professional beatmakers do it. I know mad kats just have studio recorded drum samples pre saved on disk that they just load up and use but I don't work that way. I was curious to know who EQs their drums before they sample. Like do you create an EQ band to accomodate the kick drums before sampling or do you just sample drum breaks and such dry as normal and then EQ later on during the mixdown phase. I always wondered about that. See I performed at the Beat Society show in Philadelphia and we could only bring a max of 2 pieces of equpment. A lof of kats had drums that sounded like they were EQ'd out the wazu and compressed like hell with no post mixing gear. It was odd. I was like the only person there that had drums that knocked but weren't nearly as loud. I thought it was odd that they were able to produce such a sound coming directly out of the samplers. They were using mpc-2000xl and sp-1200's and asr-10s....but still.

Anyhow. Does anybody know of any interviews or videos that show pro beatmakers like pete rock or premo working on a beat. I've seen premiers set up in a photo a while back and he had his compressor chilling above his rack with effx and mixing console and the s950 off to the right of him and shit. It was insane. Anyway. There is a blizzard outside i'm really cold and i'm in the basement typing thsi shit. it's freeeezzzing . someone get back to me when you can i'll check tonight .....i'm outty peaceee. and thanks for the tips...and or suggestions....

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Sometimes I EQ before and after. ZThe louder issue might be that the 60's output is a little low, some people pay for that +4dB output mod because of it.

Compressing your drums on the way in might be cool, but it can lift the noize floor too, especially from vynil, a noize gate might be handy in that case.

The thing to do to get more levels out of your sampler is to pay attention to the VU meter. If you are sampling a hi hat that is between the kick and the snare, make sure the VU is loud at the hihat, and let the kick and snare clip, since you only want the hihat, then do the same for each sound you sample if you want maximum volume out of each.

I EQ after. Im to the point were Ill do a skeleton beat with my same kit which takes up about 20 pads, and blend samples over it, worry about all the details later (I dont even have my mixer connected at this point - mpc outs straight to my monitors). With a simple sweepable EQ on a average desk I can dramatically change the sound of the drums after the beat sounds good. But i guess if you were doing some sort of performance it would be best to pre eq your samples.

i used to always sample with my EQ on flat, but lately, ive been EQing before sampling. yeah i dont try to get things perfect from the begining, but just to get a good character out of the sounds from the get go. pros? they have engineers to do everything for them

You mite want to Invest in some studio time and resample some your sounds.Try Layering some Snares and getting the levels as loud as possible without Clipping,then record them to CD-R or Dat.Some Eq before
resampling into your MPC 60 or s950 will REALLY help with this, a tad bit of compression mite help,too!!

i started off using dummy drums for a sequence and then went back and put the drums i wanted to use ,but i couldnt find the direction i wanted to take the track when i did it that way now i usually load some drums i know would blend i load them on acid pro and throw in a paragraphic eq and perect my drums then eventually i adjust some here and there with my mixing board but it can vary time to time my mixes every decible stays at 0.0db i tend to raise the snare to 0.9 for that extra snap also and maybe the kick if i want my track to knock

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EQ Till You Got That Perfect Sound You Dreamed of...

Neva Stop EQ-ing!

I always tend to Eq my samples on the TT mixer before I sample into the 2xl. I have the gain level on the TT mixer at 5 o'clock and the volume level just above 0. I try to go as hot as posible into my TPS pre amp then out to the main mixer. I try to drive the pre amp as hard as posible with some redlining and then adjust gain and recording volumes in my main mixer. I was tought that a little anolog cliping can work wonders. I never have my 2xl recording volume above 1 O'clock. I would like to start resampling my drums back through the mixer EQ send out to my compressor then rec into soundforge then chop.

experiment and see what works for you.

GET A CD BURNER OR DAT AND RESAMPLE THEM DRUMS!!!!