tips on drums? - dj forums

Sean 5 · 02-12-07, 01:50 PM

I can never seem to get drums to sound as "tight" or "crisp" as I want them to be - I don't know if its the samples I'm using, or if its the techniques...

can someone point my in the right direction of tying to improve this? should I get new samples? where should i look for a nice array of House-oriented drum samples?

Also, I'm looking for some tribal/middle eastern percussin samples... anyone know a good bank or VST for this?

**Skeyelab** · 02-12-07, 05:48 PM

try compressing them, with about a 1:10 ratio, 15ms attack, and a slower release

zuzz · 03-01-07, 05:16 AM

36 kick drum samples
http://www.audioskull.com/dnb1.html

17 snare drum samples
http://www.audioskull.com/dnb2.html

try those/mess around with those.

revere · 03-01-07, 09:19 AM

layer your samples and use distortion

pionear · 03-01-07, 04:38 PM

Try using a different Drum Vst. Many Decent Drum/Percussion based VST's offer excellent Drums.

Try NI's Battery.

McPK · 03-01-07, 10:23 PM

It can be either your samples or your technique OR both. Giving compression settings isn't going to be very helpful as we all know drums can sound different and specific settings are only gonna sound good on certain drum sounds.

Good sample selection is key. Learning good techniques which you understand and are able to apply to different sounds is also key. Filtering, compression, reverb, distortion etc.

What kind of drum sound are you trying to achieve? Post up examples init.

**mostapha** · 03-02-07, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McPK

Good sample selection is key.

I think any drum machine will do basically the same thing. The samples and how you use them are what matters.

trance.nu has a decent tutorial on how to build a good kick out of a couple easy-to-find samples and tools...but that only works if you like Airwave's kicks.

I use ReDrum and iDrum with Battery's sample library atm for everything but kicks, I have a synthesized kick that I really like that I send through a compressor. They work okay. microtonic is a good drum synth imo.

drone · 03-02-07, 10:00 AM

What skeyelab said.

H3lx · 03-02-07, 10:21 AM

layering, eqing, compression

02-12-07, 05:48 PM	#2
Skeyelab Eric Dahl Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 12,968 Track: i like them all	try compressing them, with about a 1:10 ratio, 15ms attack, and a slower release __________________ www.eric-dahl.net Affordable Mixing and Mastering for your productions - Click for Info New Studio Phone #: 312.970.0MIX

03-01-07, 05:16 AM	#3
zuzz Beginner DJ Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York Posts: 87 Track: eep opp ork ah-ah	36 kick drum samples http://www.audioskull.com/dnb1.html 17 snare drum samples http://www.audioskull.com/dnb2.html try those/mess around with those. __________________ zuzz \| drum samples \| free loops

03-01-07, 04:38 PM	#5
pionear Resident DJ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Jerzey Posts: 1,296 Track: Hello Brooklyn 2.0 - Jay-Z w/Lil Wayne	Try using a different Drum Vst. Many Decent Drum/Percussion based VST's offer excellent Drums. Try NI's Battery. __________________ www.piosystems.com 'The Forsaken Notes' EP available to listen. New EP, 'Revenge of the Synth' coming soon!

03-01-07, 10:23 PM	#6
McPK Resident DJ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: London Posts: 1,065 Track: 20Hz - 20KHz	It can be either your samples or your technique OR both. Giving compression settings isn't going to be very helpful as we all know drums can sound different and specific settings are only gonna sound good on certain drum sounds. Good sample selection is key. Learning good techniques which you understand and are able to apply to different sounds is also key. Filtering, compression, reverb, distortion etc. What kind of drum sound are you trying to achieve? Post up examples init. __________________ My productions on www.myspace.com/omicron .

03-02-07, 10:21 AM	#9
H3lx Elite DJ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 4,115 Track: ...	layering, eqing, compression __________________ I always said I'd never do one of these, but I did: http://www.myspace.com/h3lx


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03-01-07, 09:19 AM	#4
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03-02-07, 10:00 AM	#8
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