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offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-24 08:07 [#00834662]
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Right, the next thing I want to learn is how to do the amen
cut-up's like Squarepusher and Dirqual...No matter what I
have tried I just can't get the sound right. Is the
original sample pitched up before you start sequencing?

The other thing I want to know is how to do the bass drum
thing that I have heard Aphex, Chris Clark and Mike P do.
Chris does it on The Gavel...it is like the a standard beat
but then one of them sounds either reversed or it builds up
or something. I can't figure that out either.

Just some hints on how it is done would be nice. :P


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2003-08-24 08:22 [#00834677]
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I'm just as clueless as you are :/


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2003-08-24 08:25 [#00834679]
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well, i'm not trying to be an expert, but there's gonna be a
lot involved with what Squarepusher and Aphex et al do to
their stuff....there's gonna be heavy EQ'ing, compression,
gating, etc etc etc.

Then they've spent years getting to know how to put a good
'groove' on samples, etc etc etc

So the only way you'll learn is if you try.

And it's best if you try for yourself, and develop your
ideas from then on, because then you'll get your own
engineering and mastering style, and your samples will sound
like yours - instead of sounding like it's ripped straight
from another artist

:)


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2003-08-24 08:48 [#00834719]
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get a wave editor program, like Soundfore or CoolEdit. Cut
out the bass, snare and high hats, and put them where-ever
you want them..


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2003-08-24 08:48 [#00834720]
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gah, not more amen breaks!!

Meh, use it as a learning tool, dont end up putting out 4
fucking volumes of amen tracks though. I'm getting sick of
hearing the same beat sampled all the time.


 

offline C738 from Outer Space on 2003-08-24 08:51 [#00834730]
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tip:

take a standard 909 house beat (2 measure loop or something)
and pitch it up 5 notes in soundforge or whatever you are
using.

Now use recycle to cut it up and save the individual wavs.
What next?
Enhance the bass in the samples containing a kick and remove
bass from samples that dont contain a kick.
Load them into your sampler or into any program you use and
try out your new, quite interesting drumkit.

-C-


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-08-24 08:55 [#00834746]
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Man you guys are all fucking backwards !!!!! HAHAHAHA !
Thats not how you do it at all !!!!

Check this shit out !


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-24 08:56 [#00834748]
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Nah the reason I want to know how to do the cut up's is so I
can apply it to different things, but as the amen is the
most widely used I just thought I would ask about it :D


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-24 09:00 [#00834757]
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I have herd that track before :D But it is a little too
North American for my tastes.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-08-24 09:05 [#00834761]
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HAHAHA!! Thats the coolest thing Ive ever heard !!!
Thanks !


 

offline S M Pennyworth from East Timor on 2003-08-26 04:31 [#00836796]
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just cut it up like a regular chicken


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 08:17 [#00836987]
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OK I'll give that a go...but if this knife ruins my screen I
am holding you responsible.


 

offline od_step_cloak from Pleth (Australia) on 2003-08-26 08:26 [#00836997]
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beatslicer, or chop it up in wave editing programs and
sequence all the cuts individually.

I don't like the idea of "quick tricks" on how to make drill
n bass. Imho the best way to do it is entirely manually.
Most of the time I just make my own kits now and spent ages
on drum programming.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 08:34 [#00837007]
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I tried cutting an amen sample up using Recycle, I still
can't get the pitch right, and also the sequencing never
sounds right...but I have just had an idea :D

Cheers



 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-08-26 08:44 [#00837017]
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post an mp3 of what you have and ill tell you what is going
wrong.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 08:57 [#00837034]
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This is my latest attempt


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 08:59 [#00837037]
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Thanks by the way :D


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:00 [#00837039]
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I downloaded a neat little program for re-arranging beats.
Works a fucking treat and I have no idea where I got it
from. I can e-mail it to you though if you want mate? It's
213KB zipped up. It's fucking simple to use as well. Look at
the screenshot and see the colours? Change the colour and it
changes the order that the sample is played in and other
things. Nice. :D


Attached picture

 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 09:03 [#00837041]
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Actually I wouldn't mind having a look at that if you don't
mind emailing it to me :D

I have got my email address in my profile now, I decided
extra spam isn't going to make any difference, expecially
when marlowe mass emailed everyone on the kneejerk board
with my email address as the reply :P


 

offline xceque on 2003-08-26 09:05 [#00837044]
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I'd quite like a look too if it's ok? I've been trying to
find a crack/full version of zero-x beatcreator, but without
much success.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:07 [#00837045]
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Done :)


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 09:07 [#00837046]
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Cheers Mr :D


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:09 [#00837049]
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NOW YOU TELL ME! ;-)

No problems sir. Sent already :)


 

offline kurrrak from Bialystok (Poland) on 2003-08-26 09:09 [#00837051]
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giginger can i have it too?


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 09:11 [#00837054]
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I only received an amen sample with a bass drum in the
background and a text file with the following:

Antigen for Exchange removed amen.zip->Amen1b.exe since it
was found to match the FILE FILTER= *.exe file filter.

I don't know if this is your end or hotmail...oh well :P


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:13 [#00837057]
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You both have a second e-mail. Ignore the first one. My bad.
I forgot about the network removing things :$


 

offline broken phillip on 2003-08-26 09:14 [#00837060]
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try using a tracker program to program your beats.
FTII - fast tracker II

its free and it runs on a piss weak computer..



 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:14 [#00837061]
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Yeah, I realised that after I sent the e-mails. What a
fucker.

kurrak, you may indeed.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:16 [#00837063]
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Done :-)


 

offline xceque on 2003-08-26 09:17 [#00837065]
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Armed with the name of the software from your two aborted
zip emails I've tracked it down to here!

Cheers for the effort anyway :D


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:18 [#00837069]
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Two aborted? Did the second one not work either?

It should've had a file called .nipples.

Remove the nipples bit and change it to .exe

Although as you've tracked the program down....


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 09:19 [#00837071]
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The second email worked for me :D

It looks good, the only bad thing is it only handles mono
samples.


 

offline mc_303_beatz from Glasgow, Scotland on 2003-08-26 09:20 [#00837076]
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I'm not very good with drum n bass so i try to avoid that
style. I have a few good tricks for drum programming though.
:D


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-08-26 09:20 [#00837077]
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sounds like you kinda know what you are doing.. just keep
going. I guess i would have to hear a few more measures to
see if something is going dreadfuly wrong.

The method I would use, using a tracker would be:

* Set the tempo for the track.

* Load break-beat (Amen).

* Adjust pitch of break-beat to sync with BPM so you have a
nice loop.

* Once pitch is locked in, cut the break-beat into pieces;
kick, snare, high hats, cymbol, shuffles, etc..

* Delete your uncut break-beat

* Playing the newly cut samples at the same pitch as the
locked loop that was created means you can pgm the
rythm however you want.. the same way you would program a
beat using a synth kick drum and snare.. but now the timing
will be accurate with the sequencer.

does that make sense?


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 09:22 [#00837084]
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Ah yes :D

I haven't been adjusting the pitch until after I have
organised the beats. I guess I am trying too much new stuff
at once.

Thanks :)


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:30 [#00837095]
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What a wonderfully worded help that was. Seriously that's
about as clear and simple as it gets :D


 

offline broken phillip on 2003-08-26 09:31 [#00837097]
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yep thats the way..

also with tracker programs it is great for doing half time
and double time loops (double or half speed).


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 09:33 [#00837100]
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Now I just need to know how to do the drum thingy like on
the gavel...then my masterplan is almost complete :D!!!!!!


 

offline kurrrak from Bialystok (Poland) on 2003-08-26 09:36 [#00837102]
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thanx giginger!


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-08-26 09:37 [#00837105]
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what's an amen cutup? can you eat it?

:P


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-08-26 09:39 [#00837107]
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what is that thing that you are talking about?


 

offline broken phillip on 2003-08-26 09:40 [#00837109]
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just sample the the drum programing you want to learn and
get it to loop in FTII then try and match it with a kick and
a snare sample..
thats the best way. then you can make the amen break with
what ever samples you want..
wet farts, what ever.


 

offline kurrrak from Bialystok (Poland) on 2003-08-26 09:41 [#00837113]
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giginger i've received a zip file without program file.
could you send me the right version?


 

offline broken phillip on 2003-08-26 09:43 [#00837115]
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the name of this tracks, the funky drummer.... funky drummer
: )


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-08-26 09:44 [#00837117]
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It's like a standard four to the floor bass or kick drum but
it has like a reversed beat in it too...dunno if it is
reversed or a slightly time stretched beat, but it gives a
real extra impact. I have a feeling the reason I am having
problems is purely down to timing. I'll just keep messing
about and see what happens :D


 

offline kurrrak from Bialystok (Poland) on 2003-08-26 09:46 [#00837120]
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interesting fact: i was listening to old james brown's stuff
and i found the track ''funky drummer'' and then i've
managed that luke vibert's ''funky drummer'' is just a new
version of it.
maybe it's obvious for you but it's just my observation,
sorry ;)


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-26 09:51 [#00837125]
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Forgot to put the quicj instructions in your e-mail mate.
Change the .nipples file to .exe and all will be right with
the world :)


 

offline broken phillip on 2003-08-26 09:52 [#00837127]
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havent heard luke vibert's "funky drummer", but james browns
one is awesome..
hhhmmm, yeahh..heeeeHHH.. (james brown vocal grunts incase
you were wonder'n) : )


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-08-26 10:28 [#00837168]
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not sure if anyone cares anymore, but here's my amen
cut-up thing i just did for an example..


 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2003-08-26 10:30 [#00837171]
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That was fuckin' sweet!


 


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