Propellerheads
Peshay
not to much else in this category that i listen to
I just started listening to Drum n Bass this year. I do not know too much about this genre but I like Big Bud, Syncopix, Calyx, Resonant Evil, and whatever sounds good to me. I wish they had Drum N Bass Radio.
i just came by and wanted to let you know Drum and Bass is also done with “Drums” not just turntables hahahahah
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This guy is a beast, savage, monster and broken beyond belief.
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Yeah, that guy is a beast. He even played at the radio station live c89.5. With some extra equipment.
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Word up. I’ve a pair of MK2’s and a Pair of MK5’s.
anybody know what exactly what you need to make this kind of music? you know where im going from here…
Drum machine/Sequencer, sampler, synthesizer or two. That would be the basics of what you need.
A lot of dnb artists use Cubase and umm Kontakt is a popular software sampler.
that made me cry tears of joy :lovin:
Pretty much anything coming from across the pond is usaually worth checking out. Here in the states i would have to say that Dieselboy reigns supreme. And dont forget to check out Breakbeat.co.uk
good cause I actually want to start making this kind of music. better browse around guitar center then…
Before you buy hardware, I’d say consider the cheaper…somewhat more effective alternative in software.
With software you don’t need to keep “bouncing” tracks. You eventually will have to if your song is busy but it’s not like you can have 10 instances of your hardware synth at once unlesss you’re like a millionaire. There are tons and tons of sequencers out there, you should try them all out. A lot of people will tell people starting out to use FL studio to get started, but I personally think that Ableton Live is much better for D N B because dealing with samples is much easier there.
Second, you need a good sample CD or some great funk/jazz songs you can sample off of. Chop 'em up and be creative, I think sampling is much more fun though.
Good software synths that can make a mean reece bassline imo are V-Station, and impOSCar. You might want to get a tape saturation simulator to get it warm. Pendulum uses Z3ta+ and Albino too. You might want to check on that. Imposcar is really complex, but it’s computer friendly, and it sounds very good, it’s something you should consider.
The cons of software are that to a lot of people, it doesn’t seem phat enough. I guess you can sort of hide that in software because analog tape, and all those wires give analog a personality of it’s own through giving the track distortion. You can emulate this effect on software though.
Once you learn the basics of arrangement and you know 100% that you like, go buy yourself studio monitors. These bland speakers will help you out by showing the true colors of the song. It’ll make EQing a lot easier.
wow thanks for the advice. I have alot of smooth jazz stuff everywhere and reggae music would you consider that a good start? also can you “water” this stuff down for a n00b? 
All I can say is, try to experiment. I can’t give you a straight up answer on this to be honest because music is part art and part science…sort of. I don’t listen to smooth jazz or reggae, but I guess you can sample from them and make it work. Sample the drums and chop em up. As long as you can clearly hear the percussions, I guess it’s fine. I think a lot of producers perfer to use samples for which you can clearly hear every part, that’s why the Amen Break is so popular. http://youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac - The amen break. I personally perfer using one shot samples, so I’m pretty clueless about knowing what’s good when it comes to chopping.
And what do you mean by “watering” stuff down? I’ll give you what info I know on making music that I know.
I’ll also suggest that you try out the program Reason as slave, and maybe FLstudio or Ableton Live as master. Reason has a lot of nice samples for real instruments, and even though I’m not a fan of it’s synths, it’s pretty decent.
that beat wow! I play that all of the time and didint even realize it. Its been there my whole life. about sampling i guess that was the pint I was trying to get across.
-about the whole water down thing, I just needed you to explain easier, but you answerd that/
yes I like a jazzy sound soft almost a relaxed careless sound.
the best way to start is to simply do re-edits in somkething like fruity or cubase. Just take drums and synths from tunes you already have and experiment in cutting them up.
A tune like The Nine gets double dropped all day long so just try and recreate the mix in cubase. Simply load in a tune, then experiment with patching in the switch from The Nine as you would normally cut it in a mix.
From there you can start making more complex mashups, like the V one they finally released a few years back. Although this method wont teach you how to make amazing sounds and tracks, its a good way to start getting familiar with the software you are using and various techniques such as time stretching and normalising. One you have that sorted in your mind, you can get something like Reason and work on making your own sounds and melodies.
you can also take snare / drum instrumentals from hiphop and just speed that shit up and adding special samples.
or get a buncha dudes together with a badass drummer and go apeshit in a garage…
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good idea especially gangsta rap songs.