Message 4/47
Date: 30-Oct-02 @ 09:58 AM -
RE: Quantisation Theory
Thank you for the response. However, I am still unsure as to what you guys mean.
The thing is I find the whole "groove" a bit of a mystery. I know that velocity is hugely important to groove and I do you this alot.
Generally, stuff that falls on a 1/4 or 1/8 note I leave dead on the beat. Then stuff like hats and perc that fall on the 2 or 4 16th note I put a swing on. This tends to be a 16b swing (ie 21 ticks).
However, is there not a drumming rule? Like I would say the hats are what should be what is "shaking" the most so I would of thought that you would have to put this on the most swing, like say 16d in Logic. Then the stuff like perc would want to be a bit tighter and solid so I would think that this should be a bit tighter so maybe a 16b. However, this don't work so my theory is obviously wrong.
ALso what do you mean about "the bass playing empathicaly with the drums" K?
Also, listening to my favorite tunes, it seems that the snares are coming in earlier a bit. Even the records that I have that are 125 BPM seem alot faster and I pressume this is down to pro programming. There is a real energy and a kind of "push-pull" thing going on.
Maybe I'm just hearing pumping compression but I am sure there is more to a grooving drum track then a punping stereo compressor.
Any more help would be greatly appreciated.