| Why would you want to generate snappy kick and | | | | visual and aural cues that match the settings with the |
| snare drum samples? Well, as we all know, there's a | | | | impact on the sound. |
| serious loudness war going on, and what better way | | | | Compression is probably the most useful quick fix to |
| to drown out the competition that have the rhythm | | | | turn drab into 'fab' when it comes to snappy samples. |
| track in your songs simply cut through any speaker set | | | | Raising the volume everything below a low threshold |
| or car radio and be instantly recognizable and catchy? | | | | with a fast release will bring interesting results to start |
| With the importance placed upon drum samples and | | | | with, but this is certainly no hard and fast rule, and in |
| their arrangement and sound, budding music producers | | | | fact will sound downright ridiculous with certain |
| pay no attention to this topic at their peril! | | | | samples. It's such an adapted art form, you've really |
| Making your drums snap and pop isn't as hard as | | | | got to have your go at it, and write down some of the |
| some others may lead you to believe. It's simply a | | | | settings. |
| matter of using compression that is well-adjusted to | | | | When writing down the compression settings you are |
| the type of samples you've chosen, and also is | | | | changing, note how they affect the sound according to |
| accented via other samples that you may choose to | | | | your ear. Try not to use sonic and producer jargon, but |
| boost the effectiveness of the snare and kicks. EQ | | | | describe it in perfect English. This will reinforce the |
| can also be used to emphasize the frequencies in | | | | effects in your mind. After having noted the effects of |
| which the instruments really keep their punchy bits. This | | | | each pan and fader, combine them two at a time and |
| can be found out via a spectrum analyzer quite easily. | | | | write down the cumulative effect of each set. Make |
| A wave editor can also help to gauge the volume-time | | | | sure to mix them all up for maximum comparative |
| dynamic. | | | | description! |
| There are a lot of default sound patches in many of | | | | Finally, choose the right drum samples to start with. |
| the compressor and EQ (short for equalization) units | | | | This will always help you achieve the desired sound |
| that help you get started when trying to optimize your | | | | you are hearing in your head (and have probably |
| drum samples for maximum snap that will add | | | | heard even before having started to make this beat) |
| definition to your rhythm track. Using these sample | | | | and get it down into your sequencer program. To |
| patches can be extremely intuitive for newcomers, as | | | | explain it simply, less tweaking equals more time for |
| seeing the differences in the visual editor will trigger | | | | the music! |