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Originally Posted by Incredible
Congrats uh oh dope shit. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated. Or you can just say it sucks lol idc either way. At least I tried. I'd like to see a top 10 fortune 500 beat from Amen.
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So first off your drum kits are booboo. Idk what program you're using, but never use stock drums. If you're using Garage Band or Fruity Loops you can find drum kits that sound better. There's really only 2 types of kits, but the possibilities are endless. First there's "live" drum kits. These are typically literal recordings of real drum sounds. They can vary in effect and tone. You can literally tune a live drum set so just even tone-wise you can find a million kicks and snares. Then there's all types of kits you can find with different effects like reverb added.
Secondly you can get 808 or 909 or simply just "synth" drums. These are typically more "computerish" or "synthy". These are most popular with southern style or west coast beats. There's no rules, but typically you'll want a low frequency bass to go with a nice crisp kick drum. Something that really knocks on the subs.
Most soul samples are easiest you match with live drums. I noticed you did more "stabs" than running your loops. Whether this was intentional or not is irrelevant.
Once you get more comfortable with sampling, the hardest part will be tempo matching and getting your chops right. It's funny because I've actually had a few talks with other people here about HOW to sample, so I'm not going to do a huge tutorial on how to get better. There are thousands of videos on how to get better.
What's important is once you've established "ok, i can play my loop over and over and it sounds good" that's when you can start getting creative.
Where i pointed out Uh Oh and Peezy in my last post is they essentially hit cruise control at that point. Once you get your loop, or loops, that's the meat of the process. You're essentially done at that point.
Where i think you started was you got your drums first, then added your stabs and midi later. This isn't bad, but typically reserved for more experienced producers who know exactly what they're going for.
I feel like you made your sample fit your drums, rather than going the other way. Once you get your loop and chops the way you want, you can add the drums you feel like sound best.
This is where Uh OH and Peezy have me in spades. They can match tone and depth with the original sample to where the drums compliment the sample as if they always should have been there. I INTENTIONALLY clash with my sample typically and throw very loud and IN YOUR FACE synth drums and low sub bass lines to give my beats a real KNOCK. Even on my smoother beats I'll still like hard drums to really push the envelope.
It's all about style. Check out my beat tapes of you want to see what I'm talking about.
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