While speaking of drum sounds. Does anyone know where did Todd Terry get those tribalish drum sounds used on his old records, that everyone is sampling now (Sims, User, Recycled Loops...).
> Of course you get the BOSS drummachines FOR THEIR CRAP SOUNDS! You can get > 808/909 sounds from everywhere, but it's the "unique" sounds in those > machines that make them interesting. It's great to see producers makin' > tracks, whole records even, just with a simple drummachine. I know there are > lot of people who say "you must search for the most extreme and unique > sounds as possible, synth your own sounds etc.", but I think using what's > available at the time is most important. You can make any old shit sound > cool if you just analyze what's good about it and what's not, then you use > it for it's GOOD features, be it sounds, sequncer, filters etc. > > Perhaps it's showing us something when most drumpatterns in modern techno > -and housemusic are basic, average shit. 4/4 kick, a snare, handclaps and > hi-hats, that's all about there is. There's lots of cheap and useful gear, > why not use them and make things a little funkier? Jernej -- http://megaklik.si/sol/ the sound of ljubljana
