Old hiphop remix

jazzius II · 18th May 2004

i pulled this one off!

Teacher · 18th May 2004

sounds pretty cool to me

djui5 · 18th May 2004

yep....cool stuff.

Jesse Skeens · 19th May 2004

I love the timing on the drums. How did you program it? I think its the shaker thats moving it the most for me. Sounds loose but right in the pocket. Any tips?

Jesse

jazzius II · 19th May 2004

thanks....the cabasa (shaker) was just played live (recorded in stereo IIRC)......the drums were programed without quantize......i'm not so happy with the groove, although i like the way the kick works with the bass......i think i ran the final mix to 1/2 inch for some "smudge"

Jesse Skeens · 20th May 2004

Hmmm. what don't you like about the groove? I hear you on the live percussion. I've spent years and years trying to get it right and now I just record real shakers live, problem solved.

How do you enter in your drums (with no quantize) MPC pads? Kit?

Jesse

jazzius II · 20th May 2004

Jesse....IIRC, i just programed in the basic beat on a keyboard.....then went thru the track, adding or taking away kicks/snares, and knudging them around so the groove changes slightly every bar.

I dunno, the groove could be better....i can hear better now what wasn't clear to me a couple of years ago.

BTW, it was mixed on a Mackie 1604VLZ Pro

Jesse Skeens · 20th May 2004

If I had any critique of the mix I would say it seemed a bit on the clean side. Especially the snare/clap could have been crunchy/dirtier to add some contrast.

jazzius II · 21st May 2004

Jesse, you're right......but i was going for a sort of clean, hi-fi'ish electronic sound.....totally different from Jay-Dee and that school....i was trying to be sort of jazzy/deep/clean

..also, 'cause a lot of my sounds were recorded live (including the hand-clap), it doesn't have that "re-sampled 20 times" naastyness....you live and learn!

I'll post another mix later that's more filthy!

chumusic · 24th May 2004

i'm not really feeling it

Keep it up...

Jesse Skeens · 24th May 2004

Quote:

Originally posted by jazzius II
Jesse, you're right......but i was going for a sort of clean, hi-fi'ish electronic sound.....totally different from Jay-Dee and that school....i was trying to be sort of jazzy/deep/clean ..also, 'cause a lot of my sounds were recorded live (including the hand-clap), it doesn't have that "re-sampled 20 times" naastyness....you live and learn!

I'll post another mix later that's more filthy!

I think for a clean mix like that the groove would have to be tightened up a bit, for that nu jazz feel. So maybe thats what you were hearing as well (groove-wise)

Anyways keep me updated.

Jesse

BevvyB · 25th May 2004

Where is it?

djui5 · 26th May 2004

Quote:

Originally posted by jazzius II
i pulled this one off!

gone

Jax · 31st May 2004

wtf? I wanted to hear it.

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jazzius II Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,002 Thread Starter	Old hiphop remix i pulled this one off!

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chumusic Gear nut Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 148	track sounds real dutchy i'm not really feeling it Keep it up...

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18th May 2004	#2
Teacher Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2002 Location: NY Posts: 1,913	sounds pretty cool to me

18th May 2004	#3
djui5 Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 6,664	yep....cool stuff.

19th May 2004	#4
Jesse Skeens Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2004 Location: London Posts: 284	I love the timing on the drums. How did you program it? I think its the shaker thats moving it the most for me. Sounds loose but right in the pocket. Any tips? Jesse

20th May 2004	#6
Jesse Skeens Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2004 Location: London Posts: 284	Hmmm. what don't you like about the groove? I hear you on the live percussion. I've spent years and years trying to get it right and now I just record real shakers live, problem solved. How do you enter in your drums (with no quantize) MPC pads? Kit? Jesse

21st May 2004	#9
jazzius II Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,002 Thread Starter	Jesse, you're right......but i was going for a sort of clean, hi-fi'ish electronic sound.....totally different from Jay-Dee and that school....i was trying to be sort of jazzy/deep/clean ..also, 'cause a lot of my sounds were recorded live (including the hand-clap), it doesn't have that "re-sampled 20 times" naastyness....you live and learn! I'll post another mix later that's more filthy!

25th May 2004	#12
BevvyB Mindreader Joined: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 2,604	Where is it?

31st May 2004	#14
Jax Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,779	wtf? I wanted to hear it.