25 Jul
2007
25 Jul
'07
2:51 p.m.
Blending kits! Great idea. Have you shared this before?
I may have mentioned it. To me, most of the kit samples sound anemic by themselves. Sometimes I bring in the tracks one at a time as well so I can add effects and control volume of the tracks individually. Another technique I've found useful is to layer in real cymbals over the sampled drums. Though I really didn't lay down any tom toms, here's an instrumental using both techniques <http://fuzzylogical.com/demos/NovaraActionTheme.mp4>. There are 8 aiffs for the kick and snare parts, four for each the verse and chorus. I think it starts to fatten up nicely. Cheers, Corey