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Originally Posted by Lrmusic  For you guys who have placed a fair amount of beats (on any level...from ghost placements, $50 sales, to grammy award winning beats  ), how often do you reuse those sounds on beats intended for future placement? Pure curiosity =). |
I tend to have certain sounds i reuse during the time I make certain tracks or a certain arrangement i go with. If you listen to J.Holiday's first album, the song "Come Here" I played a Synth from Sonik Synth a certain way and then on his second album, a song called "Make That Sound" I played a synth from the Triton the same way. It sounds similiar because i made those beats right around the same time, then switched it up.
Mostly now, because i have so many sounds it comes down to a playing style at the moment im making ideas, but there are drum sounds i like to use alot because it's my brand.
I will say that making your sound or crafting your sound also comes from your production techniques in the studio. Like how you process the sounds. Using samples is one thing but how you tweak those drums underneath is another. If you listen to Kanye West you can always tell when he goes back the the ASR-10 because the drums have a certain sound. Listen to Kid Cudi's joint. Also Jermaine Dupri uses the same drums(MPC 60) on alot of his joints. It's his brand. Not saying it comes down to just drums but i guess that is what you are asking about. So I say, tweak tweak tweak until it sounds not just right but it sounds like it's yours.