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- »CL4: By Kam_
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- »CL1:Heil! Some time ago I've written an
- article about things that can
- contribute to a higher naturalization
- of the sound in our modules. Today it
- is time for the second part.
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- »CL0:It's a drum-question. You should
- remember that the drummer has only two
- hands and two legs. I'm not very
- original, because when I work upon a
- module, I write the first pattern to
- each part of composition, and then I
- copy it and paste it to the next
- positions. I cut tracks that are
- changing (melody), and I leave the
- rhythmic sections (bass and drumms)
- which is modified by me in the
- following patterns.
-
- »CL1:You know perfectly that at the end of
- separate parts, the drummer plays the
- so-called "passages". For that
- purpose he successively hits several
- drumms and hihats. Now imagine - on
- the first track he plays kick/bassdrum
- and snare (or something like that); on
- the second - ride hihat; on the next -
- from time to time he plays crash
- hihat. Further on instruments that
- are not played by drummer can appear:
- some latin samples for example -
- bongo, conga, timba or cabasa. They
- can play, in principle, at discretion,
- because in a real musicband it is not
- certain how many musicians play them
- or how they sound. But with
- percussion we should stay close to
- some rules.
-
- »CL0:What I've written above is the rythmic
- section of your module. You make
- copy-paste dozens of times and
- sometimes you make "passages". It's
- not very difficult. At the end of the
- pattern you can put more snares and
- crash hihats. Additionally you can
- use the tom sample, which is great for
- "passages" (attention: it's only a
- very simple example). When we add to
- that a hihat ride, we'll get four
- samples that a real drummer plays with
- his hands. We have only one leg
- sample here - it's kick. As was said
- somewhere above - the drummer has only
- two hands, so it is not possible to
- hear three or more hand-samples during
- the same time. Therefore if you have
- something like that in your module,
- you should behave in this way: turn
- on only tracks with percussion
- samples. Play them, and then - watch
- them. If you see a situation, where
- there is, in the same position in the
- pattern, three or more notes at
- different tracks, change it. How?
- Just remove some notes! What notes?
- Alright, you will obtain the best
- results when you will remove ride
- hihat, but you can also make the tom
- section a little poorer. Also think
- about the kick section. Maybe it is
- too complicated? I can't a imagine
- drummer who plays the "passage" and at
- the very same time plays a
- double-kick. (Well, my english is
- poor, so I don't know the name of it -
- the drummer pushes the pedal and we
- can hear two kicks. O.K., Barker from
- "Dimmu Borgir" is the best with this,
- and all blackmetal drummers play in
- that way).
-
- »CL1:If you had not seen this problem until
- now, I'll be very happy if you will
- take my advice into consideration in
- your compositions. To do that you
- must write modules with normal
- percussion! Let the JazzCat modules
- be your examples. See You later,
- alligator!
-