| drum module/machine features
Let me share something that helped me immensely in this arena.
Yes - I think layering samples will help a lot. But the process of creating the layers is critical.
I recently bought Dr 008 from fxpansion.com. This drum module let me do 2 things elegantly that enabled me to rapidly improve my kick/snare on every track.
1) It has a type of pad that is a Layer pad - that can have up to 4 other pads assigned to it. When triggered by midi - the layer pad plays the others in unison - yet each of the others can be edited/muted switched out while playing the track.
2) The module auditions each selected sample in the open dialog while your groove is playing. So when you want to add another sample layer - you have the groove playing and simply select samples on your hard drive and they are bleded in.
These features, which I'm sure are in many kits, have enabled me to create layered kicks and snares that "perfectly" fit the surrounding context of the groove. Which is what IMHO really makes them convincing and potent. Previously - it was a struggle - layering and going back and forth between files and hitting play.
HTH |