Sampling drum tips.

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I really don't see the benefit of sampling drums in stereo, unless there's a particular room ambience you want to capture. Most of the times, I'd rather apply my own effects and have my drums hit harder.

jaem wrote:

morgan wrote:My tip is don't worry too much about a little bit of clipping, especially on snares, cause the clip helps it cut through the mix.

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Digital clipping sounds great guys

I knew somebody would call me out on this.

Digital clipping cuts through like nothing else, if the clip is less than 15-20 samples long you don't hear it as a clip, and as the attack of a snare is so quick it just adds a little bit of noise that works well with the rest of the snare. You should try it before you say it's wrong, there's no rules in recording remember.

always sample drum hits in mono if you want it to hit more.

i sample everything in mono - in fact i even do my final mixes in mono



fck stereo

morgan wrote:

jaem wrote:

morgan wrote:My tip is don't worry too much about a little bit of clipping, especially on snares, cause the clip helps it cut through the mix.

I can safely eat an ice cream cone in hell now.....

Digital clipping sounds great guys

I knew somebody would call me out on this.

Digital clipping cuts through like nothing else, if the clip is less than 15-20 samples long you don't hear it as a clip, and as the attack of a snare is so quick it just adds a little bit of noise that works well with the rest of the snare. You should try it before you say it's wrong, there's no rules in recording remember.

I could care less.......digital clippings is pops and clicks

if my snare doesnt cut adding pops and clicks aint helping just making sound $hitty

15-20 SAMPLES is what, like 100ths or 1000ths of a second depending upon your SAMPLE RATE... you aint gonna hear ANY pops or crackles in such a brief time period(maybe your ears are better than mine)... i think this guy may be on to something, imma have to try this out sometime...

pad-ophiliac wrote:sample in mono

I only sample in mono when certain sounds are isolated.

I always sample drums in mono because they are isolated, most of the time.

overdriving the sample input on the 60 can sometimes lead to ill sounding samples, but if you tune them down the clip becomes more prominant, I don;t do it much anymore, but some sounds it will add a different attack element.

morgan wrote:

jaem wrote:

morgan wrote:My tip is don't worry too much about a little bit of clipping, especially on snares, cause the clip helps it cut through the mix.

I can safely eat an ice cream cone in hell now.....

Digital clipping sounds great guys

I knew somebody would call me out on this.

Digital clipping cuts through like nothing else, if the clip is less than 15-20 samples long you don't hear it as a clip, and as the attack of a snare is so quick it just adds a little bit of noise that works well with the rest of the snare. You should try it before you say it's wrong, there's no rules in recording remember.

^^^I'd say you'd be better off learning how to EQ your mix so the snare can sit nicely in it's own range. THERE IS NO NEED TO CLIP EVER....EVER. If you eq your mix right, it'll do just fine on it's own.

My drum tip: Put an 808 kick under your acoustic kick sample!

Also I want to see more people using fills in hip hop drums.

mechp wrote:Also I want to see more people using fills in hip hop drums.

I've been doing that lately.

mechp wrote:Put an 808 kick under your acoustic kick sample!

After you've EQ'd your kick, use a high pass filter to boost it. Set the frequency range low and the resonance high.

mechp wrote:I'd say you'd be better off learning how to EQ your mix so the snare can sit nicely in it's own range. THERE IS NO NEED TO CLIP EVER....EVER. If you eq your mix right, it'll do just fine on it's own.

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My drums seem to hit harder if I sample 'em in mono. I sample most other things in stereo, but I like the punch a mono kick has[/quote]

If your not doing this your missing out on alot of unheard sounds that may have been tracked to only the left or right side. Some times I will sample a Drum loop that has bass behind it and when I convert down to mono it seperates the two in other words the bass was on the left and the drums on the right. There is alot of breaks that are out there that no one ever finds out about till they put some work in. Just wanted to add a little to the convo....

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Deeko
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What Deeko said is true, especially regarding a lot of pre-1965 stereo recordings.

Make 2 Copies of the same kick HARD DISTORT and COMPRESS then it then RECOMBINE IT WITH THE THE ORIGINAL AT LIKE ohh 70 to 50 % Gain/Volume and then Limit it When Done Correctly this IS SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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