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| I think it was e-cue who said to go get sample kick and snare from No Doubt's hella good. If I am wrong... sorry cue. |
That was Dave Pensado actually... well, he didn't actually ADVOCATE doing that - "that" meaning "stealing" samples from that recording. He just said he thought they were nice sounds, and they are. I've used them myself, actually, on a few songs, and they worked quite well. Not for anything I would commercially release mind you. That would be illegal, and we are a legitimate business here!
But if you were to indulge, just drop the pitch a whole step and no one will be the wiser.
Drumkit From Hell, I've used quite a bit. They're a little heavy-handed for some songs, but with some editing and mixing chops you can do a lot with them.
Future Music magazine often has some very usable drum sample CDs included.
Drumdrops is mos def worth checking out.
I often find myself dipping into the Kontakt sample library for drum samples, which is nice, because I found the software itself to be mostly useless, so at least I got SOME value from it.
There's another forum with some very usable samples posted for download, which I've used. In fact I believe e-cue even posted some of them himself (thanks Dylan!).
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C_F_H_13 posted:
A good starter example is Ants Marchin by dave mathews band.....4 solid snare hits at the beginning of the song soloed out!!! |
Hey, thanks for THAT tip!
Another observation:
I've found getting good samples is only half the battle. The other half, is utilizing editing and mixing Kung Fu on the "virtual kit" in getting it to sound "realistic," or at least enough so to fool the average listener into not noticing/caring/giving a flying fook that it's "virtual." That's an entirely new thread.