Zulema - "American Fruit African Roots"

[K-waz]

@K-waz Dope! I like the heavy bass, I just want to hear the piano a bit louder though.
@crosstevsky What morphing did you do to the piano? It should be left as is because the original is so dope! It sounds eerie though, blends well with drums you have.

What do you mean mine is loose? Do you mean the drum break? And please don't compare me to Moby, that's an insult!

ok thank you @Fade . I was trying to stay away from the piano because Rampage used it in his song (which is a classic) but the chop i did I couldnt get away from it :biggrin::biggrin:

 

[crosstevsky]

I dont even know what i did to the piano, i threw in 3or4 different plugins in there...
Its not all the way loose, i think some of the drums can be placed (or played) better against the drum break...and what is wrong with Moby?

 

[K-waz]

Moby not hiphop. He does dance and electronica music :biggrin: :biggrin: :up2::up2:

I dont even know what i did to the piano, i threw in 3or4 different plugins in there...
Its not all the way loose, i think some of the drums can be placed (or played) better against the drum break...and what is wrong with Moby?

I dont even know what i did to the piano, i threw in 3or4 different plugins in there...
Its not all the way loose, i think some of the drums can be placed (or played) better against the drum break...and what is wrong with Moby?

 

[Fade]

I dont even know what i did to the piano, i threw in 3or4 different plugins in there...
Its not all the way loose, i think some of the drums can be placed (or played) better against the drum break...and what is wrong with Moby?

I still don't understand "loose". Maybe just the drum break? That's how it is, no chopping involved.

 

[crosstevsky]

I still don't understand "loose". Maybe just the drum break? That's how it is, no chopping involved.

i dont know how to explain it @Fade Like this two kicks can be tighter(i know this is not your exact pattern, but its close....

 

[Fade]

Ya but it's a drum break. But besides, I don't understand the Moby reference!

 

[2GooD Productions]

Moby is a bit of a twat Ive heard. Chop the loop Fade to tighten up the drums, I had to do it with Nautilus, some parts the human drum playing might work in the context of nautilus, but didnt in the context of my flip

 

[Fade]

All I can hear is a small part of the break where the kick lags a bit.

 

[2GooD Productions]

All I can hear is a small part of the break where the kick lags a bit.

Crosstevsy is a drummer, he knows his drums man. Id trust him on this one personally, hes got a good ear.
That lag is exactly what he means my loose, I have a loose bassline in my flip thats really bothering me and I have to fix

 

[K-waz]

I still don't understand "loose". Maybe just the drum break? That's how it is, no chopping involved.

I think he meant quantize your drums

 

[Fade]

Yeah well tell the drummer who did the break! I'll see what I can do though, maybe just take the laggy part out. OR remove the drums completely and just bang some spoons together.

 

[2GooD Productions]

Yeah well tell the drummer who did the break! I'll see what I can do though, maybe just take the laggy part out. OR remove the drums completely and just bang some spoons together.

A little bit of chopping and sliding the cuts of the loop will easily fix it, if you used FL Studio hahahahahahaha

 

[Fade]

A little bit of chopping and sliding the cuts of the loop will easily fix it, if you used FL Studio hahahahahahaha

Na man, the MPC will do a fine job!

 

[2GooD Productions]

Cubase used to do a fine job, but man it wasnt enjoyable to do, in Fl Studio even that is fun. The time stretching in FL is brilliant. Does the MPC have time stretching capabilities?

 

[crosstevsky]

Yeah well tell the drummer who did the break! I'll see what I can do though, maybe just take the laggy part out. OR remove the drums completely and just bang some spoons together.

You said that you added other drum sounds along with the break, i think that pattern can be better, not the break itself...

 

[Fade]

Cubase used to do a fine job, but man it wasnt enjoyable to do, in Fl Studio even that is fun. The time stretching in FL is brilliant. Does the MPC have time stretching capabilities?

Yes, depending on the OS.

 

[crosstevsky]

I think he meant quantize your drums

well no...by quantizing the whole thing he can lose the groove, maybe manually moving the kick until it feels right...

 

[K-waz]

I think the drum break is fine. it doesnt need to be changed. J Dilla never quantize his drums and neither does a live drummer :biggrin: :biggrin:

 

[K-waz]

well no...by quantizing the whole thing he can lose the groove, maybe manually moving the kick until it feels right...

ok :up2::up2::up2:

 

[Fade]

I think the drum break is fine. it doesnt need to be changed. J Dilla never quantize his drums and neither does a live drummer :biggrin: :biggrin:

That's what I like about using drum breaks and how it's got that human touch. Sometimes a programmed drum track gets to be too rigid so it's nice to have variety. Swing makes a difference but even that gets boring.