Edit that preset! A blogg about synth, e-mu sampler, music and pillows

2Jun/070

Higen – Whats that Smell

Posted by Higen

Download here: http://www.higen.org/misc/Higen-Whats_that_Smell.mp3

New track done its my first track made with the emu.. and i had a killer time :D

Genre:  Drum & Bass

Drums:  Emu drumkit (self sampled)

Bass: Emu, sampled from my Nova, layred and fixed in emu.  Used RFX compressor.

Sweet & Pads: Emu, sampled from my Nova, layred and fixed.  Used RFX reverb.

Rhodes: Premade emu sample (it was on my harddisk :P )

Other synth sound: Juno 106 emulator from my Creamware card.

 

Feedback are welcome.   It was a blast making the track.. its not eq-ed on the bottom.. so don't play it too loud on crappy pc speakers..

26May/072

Splicing drum loops! :D

Posted by Higen

Okay.. finaly i found a methode for splicing a drum-loop into singlehit shared out on each key..  i got it from the emusonacid forum.

http://www.emusonacid.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2006

"This chops up a single breakbeat accross 8 keys without you ever needing to cut up the sample!
Get a breakbeat sample (1 bar) and assign it to a preset.
Edit the voice and set non-transpose to on, and optionally set solo on.
Edit cords and set the first 5 Cords (00 to 04) to Gain4X > 'SStart +100%
Set Cord 05 to Key~ to Gain4X + ? (see below)
Now on your master keyboard hit D3 and adjust the Cord 05 amount until you find the first snare hit in the beat.
And thats it - you've now got a chopped breakeat mapped on keys C3 to G3 (including minors).
This works by using Key~ to adjust the sample start (with several Gain4xs to extend this). If you use key+ instead of key~ the range will be C-2 (lowest key) to G-3."

This made wonders..   What it does it takes a sample and set the starting position up in 8 equal parts.. shared out of 8 keys.

I took a housesample i made a week ago, it was a 110bpm sample.  i made sure it was excatly 1 bar.  applied the cords and tweaked it so it was fitting perfectly. 

 then i rearranged it into a new beat.. and applied som filters.. the new beat was now i 130bpm.. and i used the amen break pattern :) .

Listen to an example here E-mu Sampler splice

This made my day :D

21May/070

New track in progress

Posted by Higen

Well.. the new drum and bass track i am working on, which have the creative name 211 at the moment, are progressing.  Yesterday i worked on getting the beat right with the bass.. i am not sure if i am happy.. but its improving.    I figure that i need some more skills in beat programming aswell :P    I also added a layer of pad chords that was floating realy good with a bass pattern change.  I was rather please with the outcome.  And its a perfect spot where i can play with the filters on the drums.. creating a good mysterious break. :)

I figured out that i wanted to sample down the pad, then play it from the emu.  Even though i did not finish the patch before go to bed yesterday i was quiet pleased with the pad patch. BUT it still lacks of some of the energy when playing it from the Nova. but on the other side its much wider in the stereo image, because i layered it twice with diffrent panning.  :)

 I will try not to use too long time on this track.. when i am exploring new genre like this, its important to finish a couple of half good tracks in short time, instead of one good in long time...