[ddots-l] Re: getting more punch on drum tracks
- From: "Omar Binno" <omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:32:46 -0500
Hi Steve,
Funny you say that about software drums not being as punchy as hardware. A
friend of mine brought in an Akai mpc4000 to my studio, and I have to say that,
although I have great drum samples that I run through the sfz, they still don't
hit hard like they do when you play them through the akai mpc4000. My buddy had
been telling me that for quite a while, and at first, I thought that with good
samples, you could emulate the hardware sound, but it's just not the case. Now,
I'm considering purchasing an akai mpc4000 myself. The only thing stopping me
is the accessibility question with the unit. Akai software is definitely not
accessible. So now, the question remains: how accessible is the unit's
interface.
Omar Binno
Website: www.omarbinno.com
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Skype: obinno1
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Wicketts
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:26 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting more punch on drum tracks
Hi Len,
The thing I've found about software drums is they're not usually as punchy as
top spec hardware.
Drumcure (not accessible) is the only Drums software I've come across that
really does kick hard.
Regarding Sonic Reality Oceanway Drums, I don't believe the Sonic Reality
snares are any better than Superior.
To give the Superior snare more attack:
1: make sure you are using all the audio tracks across all the Drums.
2: I believe three of the microphones are purely for the snare, these all
need to be assign to one bus.
4: on the Snare Bus Channel, go to the effects column, add either Sonitus
Compression (Drum Destroyer) or Sonitus Compressor (Vintage DBX).
5: Still on the Snare Bus Channel, put the cursor 1 right of the effect
column so you are on the Compressor and then press your application key (this
will ensure that this next effect that we are about to add is in front of the
compressor.
6: Add sonitus Gate, select (Zero One Default Gate)
This should not only give the snare some body, it should add a little punch.
Superior Bass drums will not need any compression.
Using HSC, go to Mixer presets.
arrow down to Kick sub menu, now arrow down to muscle and press enter and
this will blow your speakers off the wall.
The guys at Toontrack may have only spent 5 minutes on sampling the Snares
but they spent Days on the Bass Drums.
Hope this helps.
Steve W
----- Original Message -----
From: Len Viljoen
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:49 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] getting more punch on drum tracks
Hi guys. I use superior drummer on my tracks. I need to get more punch or
power or thickness or whatever it's called on my drum tracks. Especially my
snare drum sounds a bit thin. Any ideas on wich plugins I could use or what
form of eq could remedy the problem? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
Len viljoen
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