> > that's a truly excellent site...i like the bit where they take the piss > > out of weedy 80s digital drum machine kicks such as the RZ1... > > The RZ1 kick may be nothing to take note of, though it is actually used > on a number of tracks, and Kerri Chandler is famous for layering the > RZ1's kick with a 909 kick for a specific mid-low frequency bump.
well funny you should mention it but my RZ1 came with a hiphop pattern in it (using the kick) that didn't sound too bad (more natural, so sits better i guess) > However, it's hard to beat the closed hi-hat and handclap on that box. > It was DBX's hi-hat and clap box for a long time (most of the DBX > classics rock that closed hat and clap), and lots of others, myself > included, are still pretty ga-ga for it (I hear you out there, Todd Sines). yeah i go ga-ga for it too....why i bought it :) > A final note - I remember hearing about a number of Chicago jack tracks > whose vocal samples were entirely produced by the RZ1's sampling pads. > Anybody know? the obvious one is work that motherf*cker by steve poindexter tho i'm pretty sure there are others > If you couldn't tell by now, the RZ1 was my first piece of gear ;-) :), my third robin...
