Anybody have some recommendations for good instrument samples, specifically drum samples, ie; snare, kick, cymbals of all kinds? I finally have the software to properly mix a song that's been a nuisance to me for a long time, but the drum recordings, barring the overheads, are trash; there's terrible cymbal bleed in the snare mic that can't be contained, and the snare and kick lack the punch to cut through the mix.
One of the guitar DI tracks is out-of-time w/ no amp mic to layer w/ it (meaning it doesn't fit in the mix), and the guitars bleed into the overheads some meaning I have to do a harsh high-pass filter to cut the guitar out completely.
Anybody have some recommendations for good instrument samples, specifically drum samples, ie; snare, kick, cymbals of all kinds? I finally have the software to properly mix a song that's been a nuisance to me for a long time, but the drum recordings, barring the overheads, are trash; there's terrible cymbal bleed in the snare mic that can't be contained, and the snare and kick lack the punch to cut through the mix.
One of the guitar DI tracks is out-of-time w/ no amp mic to layer w/ it (meaning it doesn't fit in the mix), and the guitars bleed into the overheads some meaning I have to do a harsh high-pass filter to cut the guitar out completely.
funky drummer
p cliche but its gr8
funky drummer
p cliche but its gr8
its your thing by cold grits is like the most overused drum sample in the world
its your thing by cold grits is like the most overused drum sample in the world
theres a pack of 147 drum machines floating around torrent sites which i cant link featuring a bunch of pretty generic samples from drum machines of olde
vengeance samples are nice and crisp but are mainly geared towards electronic music
kontakt has the abbey road drum libraries geared for certain time period styles (e.g. 50s, 60s, 70s, etc.)
superior drummer eats up a lot of storage + cpu but is specifically engineered to be virtually precise with bleeding, reverb, stereo image, and mic placement
crispydinner on freesound has plenty of nice free samples
those are about all the best ones that i can name off the top of my head, you can create your own drums through layering and processing if thats your thing but organic drums will probably be best off of samplerslike kontakt and superior drummer
google is your best friend when youre looking for samples too, feel free to find stuff on your own
b e s t o f l u c k
theres a pack of 147 drum machines floating around torrent sites which i cant link featuring a bunch of pretty generic samples from drum machines of olde
vengeance samples are nice and crisp but are mainly geared towards electronic music
kontakt has the abbey road drum libraries geared for certain time period styles (e.g. 50s, 60s, 70s, etc.)
superior drummer eats up a lot of storage + cpu but is specifically engineered to be virtually precise with bleeding, reverb, stereo image, and mic placement
[url=https://www.freesound.org/people/crispydinner/packs/]crispydinner on freesound[/url] has plenty of nice free samples
those are about all the best ones that i can name off the top of my head, you can create your own drums through layering and processing if thats your thing but organic drums will probably be best off of samplerslike kontakt and superior drummer
google is your best friend when youre looking for samples too, feel free to find stuff on your own
b e s t o f l u c k
search /r/edmproduction and /r/makinghiphop, they'll have mostly drum machines samples and edm styled drums, but they also have real drums if you search hard enough.
also chopping up any clean drum sounds in a song, or finding drum fills/loops to chop up as well.
also.. when you say your kick/snare lack the punchto cut through the mix, how are you panning and EQing the mix? Im not pro with mixing at all, but a combination of panning/compression/aggressive EQing (using a frequency chart to find the right frequencies to aggressively cut depending on the key of the song) along with tuning the drums can work wonders. But you could easily know better than I do.
edit: http://www.drumdrops.com/drum-samples/yamaha-hybrid-kit/buy-kit
"The Single Hits Pack" is free, I've never actually used it so I can't say whether it's good or not
search /r/edmproduction and /r/makinghiphop, they'll have mostly drum machines samples and edm styled drums, but they also have real drums if you search hard enough.
also chopping up any clean drum sounds in a song, or finding drum fills/loops to chop up as well.
also.. when you say your kick/snare lack the punchto cut through the mix, how are you panning and EQing the mix? Im not pro with mixing at all, but a combination of panning/compression/aggressive EQing (using a frequency chart to find the right frequencies to aggressively cut depending on the key of the song) along with tuning the drums can work wonders. But you could easily know better than I do.
edit: http://www.drumdrops.com/drum-samples/yamaha-hybrid-kit/buy-kit
"The Single Hits Pack" is free, I've never actually used it so I can't say whether it's good or not
lethargist*snip*
Thanks, after all of this time dabbling in a lot of aspects of production I think this is a great introduction when diving into the world of samples. This stuff's all golden and really gives me some options for other tracks.
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The problem w/ the recordings, above all, is bleed and poor mic placement. The kick and snare sound soft -- not in a fitting way for the song, at all -- with tons of noise from the rest of the kit making it difficult to mix either instrument w/o bringing unwanted artifacts of another instrument out. Multi-band compression didn't help a bit w/ EQ n' such.
Thanks for the sample recommendations, these definitely seem to be in the ball park w/ this song in specific.
[quote=lethargist]*snip*[/quote]
Thanks, after all of this time dabbling in a lot of aspects of production I think this is a great introduction when diving into the world of samples. This stuff's all golden and really gives me some options for other tracks.
[quote=dummy]*snip*[/quote]
The problem w/ the recordings, above all, is bleed and poor mic placement. The kick and snare sound soft -- not in a fitting way for the song, at all -- with tons of noise from the rest of the kit making it difficult to mix either instrument w/o bringing unwanted artifacts of another instrument out. Multi-band compression didn't help a bit w/ EQ n' such.
Thanks for the sample recommendations, these definitely seem to be in the ball park w/ this song in specific.
Gotcha, good luck brah
PM me a link of the finished product if you dont mind, im curious to see how it sounds
Gotcha, good luck brah
PM me a link of the finished product if you dont mind, im curious to see how it sounds
Good old Amen Break!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQLk7NcpO4
dummyGotcha, good luck brah
PM me a link of the finished product if you dont mind, im curious to see how it sounds
I will! I'll post a link on the thread as well. The song's a personal favorite of mine, so I've been wanting to "perfect" my mix. I found the song online a few years ago and have used the song to experiment with different mixing styles; I finally have my stride, though.
[quote=dummy]Gotcha, good luck brah
PM me a link of the finished product if you dont mind, im curious to see how it sounds[/quote]
I will! I'll post a link on the thread as well. The song's a personal favorite of mine, so I've been wanting to "perfect" my mix. I found the song online a few years ago and have used the song to experiment with different mixing styles; I finally have my stride, though.
Is mayonnaise a instrument?
Is mayonnaise a instrument?