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Old 08.22.2008, 10:36 AM   #1
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I'm trying to programme the simplest of drum patterns in but do you think I get it to sound like anything other than a, well, a drum machine? Can I fuck!
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Old 08.22.2008, 10:53 AM   #2
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drum machines'll do that... y'know, sound all drum machiney.
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Old 08.22.2008, 12:15 PM   #3
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It's possible to make it sound good. The drum machine on Melt Banana's Cell-Scape was pretty real sounding
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Old 08.22.2008, 12:19 PM   #4
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I pretty much have to use a drum machine but I try not to make it sound drum machiney.

But no matter what, drum machines can't groove.
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Old 08.22.2008, 12:39 PM   #5
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Old 08.22.2008, 12:44 PM   #6
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get a drummer to prigram the drum machine .
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Old 08.22.2008, 12:49 PM   #7
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yeah, they're better at prigramming.
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Old 08.22.2008, 12:50 PM   #8
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My philosophy when I had a drum machine (I since sold it since I never use it anymore) was to add percussion but do somethings a drummer couldn't do. So there were some parts in songs where the drum machine would hit the snare so fast it sounded like a power drill.
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Old 08.22.2008, 12:51 PM   #9
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yeah, they're better at prigramming.

ha! shit.. i turned aussie there for a second..

sirry!
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Old 08.22.2008, 01:15 PM   #10
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for real sounding drums, sample a real kit and let the drum machine play that, sounds more realistic. but if you want the real thing do it.
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Old 08.22.2008, 01:57 PM   #11
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I just discovered this today:
http://www.hobnox.com/index.1056.de.html

If the software modelling is even somewhat accurate, then those things are easy as fuck to dabble around with. I want a real one.
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Old 08.23.2008, 06:30 AM   #12
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I'm trying to programme the simplest of drum patterns in but do you think I get it to sound like anything other than a, well, a drum machine? Can I fuck!

I see what you mean, that's why I rarely use them. There is a way out of that: Download an editing program that is also a flexible sampler for looping, that way you can build up original drum patterns bit by bit with your own peronal trademark on them, and also you get to fuck them up in the frequency department, which means that you can modulate the way they sound for as long as you like, almost like they are real drums.
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Old 08.23.2008, 06:32 AM   #13
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Sound Forge remains the best for me, but I see Audacity (which is I think is shite) mentioned on here a lot.
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Old 08.23.2008, 06:38 AM   #14
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It's all about adobe audition.

And again no matter what, drum machines can't groove, that's their biggest problem.
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Old 08.23.2008, 06:40 AM   #15
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It's all about adobe audition.

And again no matter what, drum machines can't groove, that's their biggest problem.

Hmm. not sure. Depends how filter them, but yeah, they aren't much cop most of the time.
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Old 08.23.2008, 06:43 AM   #16
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my best friend made a sample of lots of farts
and then made it into an awesome beat
it was a truely good sounding hip hop tune but he lost it
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Old 08.23.2008, 06:43 AM   #17
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I usually play live to a drum machine and it sucks ass. Since drum machines can't make mistakes, you can't make mistakes or you become completely lost. That can be fun too though.
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Old 08.23.2008, 01:37 PM   #18
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my best friend made a sample of lots of farts
and then made it into an awesome beat
it was a truely good sounding hip hop tune but he lost it

I make beats, riffs etc out of my voice all the time. The human voice is like, whoaaa!
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Old 08.23.2008, 01:42 PM   #19
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I am searching for some breakcore stuff since Ive visited paris last year. there was this track in that store being played full throttle. the whole track was sounds of, poops, shitting, puking, burping and toilet flushes, but in a really fast AFX/Venetian Snares style
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Old 08.23.2008, 08:25 PM   #20
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I need a drum machine.
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