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Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 01:52:

I'm upset today

I've been listening to a lot of Aphex Twin lately and making a fair bit of IDM like I mentioned before but to tell you the truth i've been a little annoyed at how I can't make snares and hihats sound quite the same as Aphex's. I'm wondering how the hell he gets his snares to sound extended like in "girl/boy song". I understand that he would add a fair bit of FX to his drums to get them to sound this way but I cant figure out how to do it myself.
I reckon that he at least has half-decent drums to work with in the first place...

...the same with his hihats. Take "Inkeys" for example... no distortion filter that i've got can make a hihat sound like that. I'd also like to know how "sound limiting is done"...

What I mean by "sound limiting" is, i've heard lots and lots of songs, not just by Aphex, where when there is not much playing you'll here the volume rise on an instrument until the other stuff starts up again then the volume will drop again like the instrument is weaker than the other stuff. Sort of like it puts a dint in the waveform. To tell you the truth i'm not actually sure what this technique is called. I guess the thing that pisses me off the most is that I dont know anything about drums to start with.

I dunno, maybe i'm missing something here

I know that if I tried hard enough, I could probably get these shitty samples sounding half decent but what i really want is my electric drums so that i dont have to spend hours... even days to get them up to the standard of electric drums. RRRR!! why do they have to be $10,000

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 01:53:

I decided to post this here so that it would get more replies

Posted by enferno on Jul-15-2004 01:59:

one word

circle-jerk

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 02:00:

am I supposed to know what that means....?

I spoze u want me to search...

*sigh*

ok

Posted by Boomer187 on Jul-15-2004 02:10:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
am I supposed to know what that means....?

I spoze u want me to search...

*sigh*

ok

lmao

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 02:11:

sorry i did

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 02:13:

I dont see what that has to do with what I said but anyway

Posted by OrZonE on Jul-15-2004 03:20:

You'd get better/more replies in Amateur Productions forum

Posted by UWM on Jul-15-2004 03:22:

am I supposed to know what that means....?

I spoze u want me to search...

Sorry, I forgot you are having a bad day.

Posted by MERLIN on Jul-15-2004 03:33:

put your foot through your equipment in anger.

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 03:56:

quote:
Originally posted by OrZonE
You'd get better/more replies in Amateur Productions forum

yeah it seems like the usual people that are normally friendly are being strange today. I swear its on and off with these people.

alrighty i'll repost it in the Amateur Productions forum

Posted by spec on Jul-15-2004 04:02:

Loser.

No-one replying to your message and thread should have given you a message.

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 04:04:

yeah thanks man

appreciate it

Posted by spec on Jul-15-2004 04:17:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
yeah thanks man

appreciate it

Anytime.

Don't slam the door on your way out.

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 04:19:

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Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 04:50:

another one hey?

Posted by OrZonE on Jul-15-2004 04:50:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
yeah it seems like the usual people that are normally friendly are being strange today. I swear its on and off with these people.

Must be the weather

Posted by Floorfiller on Jul-15-2004 04:53:

you know meneedit...you sure expect a lot from TA sometimes.

Posted by Turbonium on Jul-15-2004 04:54:

meneedit, honestly, do something else for a while. seems like you're getting almost depressed over something that doesn't deserve getting depressed over.

don't get me wrong, i'm so into the hobbies i do (mostly computer related) that if i don't understand even a bit of one aspect of it, it pisses me right off. i usually take a break from it for a day or two, and after i approach it differently. sort of like a paradigm shift thing.

try it out if you want.

Posted by MERLIN on Jul-15-2004 04:55:

man, just take a break from it all. go back to it later. it'll come to you.

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 05:01:

cool, I just got a little bit worried thats all....

-because the thing is I swear I used to actually be able to make alright tunes when I had put the effort in.

lately I just havent been able to do what I used to, thats all.

thanks guys

Posted by meneedit on Jul-15-2004 05:06:

turbonium your right.. although I do have a general question...

If I was, say, adding effects to hihats... what could I use other than these:

distortion
delays
stereo enhancer
phaser
flanger

Posted by DjDeComp on Jul-15-2004 07:00:

velocity
filters
time stretching
reverb
EQs
different amps
unison
resonator
etc...

Posted by TwoPlow on Jul-15-2004 07:15:

To get the Snare in Girl / Boy Song, try a really tight snare sample with a bit of reverb, some distortion, and a filter. The hi-hats in Inkey$ are cymbals, not hi-hats and it sounds like they're with a bit of distortion and perhaps some flanging. Probably have their attack tweaked with as well.

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