Hey Navie! How do I get a sample to appear normalize when I throw it in the channel rack but when I click on Normalize it decreases the sample rather than Normalize? So it’d be the opposite of normalize, usually in Edison we can press normalize and it’ll make the sample louder. I want to do the opposite, have it real loud and click normalize so the louder gets whiter in the channel rack. Please & thank you!
Since Navie gives a lot of gems, I'll add an FL gem for drums: the quantization tool in the piano roll. Using alt+Q or going to Tools>Quantize in the piano roll options and play with the different presets, or if you know how to, add your own custom grid patterns to add swing to your drums
Drives me nuts how modern producers don’t understand what swing is. Swing comes from jazz, and it is specifically about adjusting the second note in a pair (of eighth or sixteenth notes). In the video, only the kick changed because those are the only second notes of a two note sixteenth pair. Swing is not some magic “make your beats sound like Dilla” dial. It does a specific thing in a very precise and mathematical way, and using it in beats without understanding is will absolutely lead to unexpected results. If you wish to use swing, please do your listeners a favor and learn what jazz swing is and how it works!
I love using swing. Maybe it's the old head in me but if you want that "ba-boom boom bap sound" and Dilla feel swing makes the work flow so much easier. I don't think you should create a drum pattern and turn up swing. You need to turn up swing first and then create your pattern knowing that swing is being used and how to create your pattern to get that desired rhythm. To me it's no different than using MPC swing. I can see why it turns people off though in FL because it sounds off beat if used on a pattern already created. Thanks again for the tips Navie!
That's fair, but I would just say that swing doesn't put your notes in a place where you can't put them yourself. There are times when the rhythm that swing provides won't be the right fit for your beat that you're making. That's the big takeaway I am trying to convey.
There once was a Humanize preset or function in Fruity Loops. It would offset notes to an extent, depending on options selected. It's in one of the Tools in the Piano Roll's top right dropdown, but seems different from the old one. The Swing knob also can get mixed up if using swing on specific channels too. They can be weirdly additive if you aren't understanding enough to combine them correctly for the music / rhythm. But this is a place of experimentation too, and trying stuff.
For a louder Kick or Snare I usually, put a fruity soft clipper on both Then go to your sound options, turn up the sound volume a bit, then pull it down on the mixer a bit. Its gonna be more pumpy.
That tinder example was hilarious! Lol. Great tips, though. I can say starting to learn compression has massively helped my drums/beats. I never fully understood "phasing issues" before. I've heard it plenty of times but when trying to look it up, shit got confusing fast. Lol. So thank you for that! Straight brilliance!
Thanks for this vid. Been doing this, or trying to do this for a while now, but I really learned a gem there in Tip 3. I’ve known of the idea of phasing issues, but never really thought about it when layering drum samples. Now it’ll be in my mind. Thanks man!
"In the case of the Step-sequencer, swing affects the length of odd vs even steps (every second step). If 4 beats per bar are set, 'swing' holds odd 16th notes (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15) at the expense of even 16th notes (2,4,6,8,10,12 and 16) in the bar." Also if it's good enough for Nick Mira and countless other top producers, and I happen to like it, then I think it's fine. I'll keep an eye on it though, mixing swing and some manual movement will likely be the best result.
i agree with you but this 'industry producer do this so it's right' is the biggest bullshit i heard in a while. so many of these industry producers would be nothing without the engineers who fix their mess
Aye Navie with this 2nd compression tip it just hit me, “Sound Separation”, I feel as if the Better Beat Makers course(I got the course y’all & it’s great) teaches you how to think and make (your own) decisions, making it an invaluable course. Id love to see you take it to a sound design & manipulation iteration, are future courses something you’re considering or perhaps behind the scenes working on?
That's a great summary. I wanted to design it so you can make your own decisions, but I can help guide what the difference is between a "good" decision and a "bad" one. I plan on expanding the course out even more. Check your email next week, plan on sending out a feedback form for all members to fill out.
another imporant point is phaseshift. i often eq my drums wrong in the past and the eq increased the db due to phaseshift while the sound itself got quiter
Your drums in the intro sounded so dope how do I make my drums sound dusty and grainy like that but without being weak? Would love some tutorials on how to make a drum pattern cohesive like their played live.
i was today years old when i’ve found out fl has swing. i’ve been using it for 6+ years, producing and mixung full time in it for the last three years, every single day 🤣
From what I see, the way swing is commonly used is as a one-knob answer to create an off beat feeling. But as I showed, it just created one very specific way of getting that off beat feeling.
great stuff fam. i never use the swing. well maybe once or twice. lol but it was very little. o by the way likre like your picture on that profile. lol you look happy.
As someone who been using FL since 98 when I first use the swing function your right the kicks move that's why you shift the snare to the right 2/4 clicks depending how much swing you use only good for boom bap and and that Chi-town sound try it
FL Studio's little Swing knob at the top of the Pattern Sequencer isn't very good/versatile but other programs such as Ableton, Reason, Studio One, etc have far better options as you can apply the swing to individual midi lanes, you can shift the timings back and forth and also have custom swing grooves for each lane. So to say don't use it should only apply to FL Studio here.
Compression might be the most crucial part of the process. When I started, I never used compression unless it was for sidechaining. Now when I look back at my first beats, they're all very rough sounding even for lo fi and it's because I just cranked the gain knobs instead of using compression and taking my time to preserve the dynamic. Now when I make a beat, I compress each sound individually as soon as I add them to the mixer, and then I tweak the compression settings during the mix process. I use Underbelly's philosophy of establishing the dynamic before you EQ the tone, and my sounds have been a lot easier on the ears because of it.
What exactly is the difference between using a compressor for a Snare / Kick instead of a transient shaper? To me it looks like it serves the same purpose for short 1 shots.
transient shaper is almost a sort of compressor, with a transient shaper, usually you cannot choose how much milliseconds the attack goes up by, and a compressor, you can set a slow, specified attack to let the transients of a snare for example pop out while the quieter parts are compressed
Thanks for answering Mabi! Compressors only start working once a sound goes over a certain volume level. Transient shapers start working no matter what the volume of the sound is.
@@NavieD yeah that is true, the release wont be affected with a transient shaper, would you say that using upward compression ( i think thats what its called , basically negative compressing is what i mean ) is the same as transient shaping for attack? where the threshold just touches the transient and you boost?
Hi Navie! Great video! I watched your explanation video for compression as well, but didn’t quite understand the release knob. Does the release knob affect sound that goes under the threshold as well as sound that goes above it? Because to my understanding, the compressor only compresses noice that exceeds the threshold, so how does the release affect sound below the threshold?
@@TheJohnsofDoes Thanks for the answer! I am not quite sure I understand compressors fully yet though. Do you mean that the compressor is activated once something exceeds the threshold, and then gain reduces noise even below the threshold depending on how long the release is set to?
i wonder if the swing behavior is consistent from DAW to DAW. Chances are with it being an adopted standard it does, but maybe it doesn't... any makes sense what you say about groove boxes VS computer DAWS. it's why those boxes had more or less a sound where computers DAWS don't. They are sort of flat in a way like a good monitor giving you more flexibility to create your sound.
Can always use swing on any of the individual sounds you have loaded instead of using it as a whole like you did in the video. There’s a lot of producers who only use it on the hi hat.
Precisely. You can’t “swing” the first note in a pair. Swing is specifically about moving the off-beats later. It should, and will, do nothing to the first notes (on-beat) in a pair.
Got a question you can possibly solve. I just got fl studio 20 and sakura (the money :( ), and now when I click a different preset instrument, it takes a while to play when I click it. I am using my laptop and when I first used it, sakura would play, let's say: strings STR Violin, right away and then I would click a different instrument and it would play it right away when clicked to see how it sounds. Now, it doesn't play the other clicked instrument and I end up having to wait a while for it to play! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Idk imma have to disagree with the swing thing how ever I think it’s great your showing multiple ways to do something. If you don’t put swing in your tracks, just good luck, that’s all I’m saying.
7:04 my question is.. using compressor on 'whole' track or specific elements like kick for example or low freq. ? or depends how I want.. compressor also is sidechain or not? the same effect?
People do use compressors on the whole track, but usually the settings won't be as extreme as they would be for individual tracks. And yeah, compressors are used for sidechaining, but in a different way. I would recommend watching my vid on compressors like I mentioned
@@NavieD thanks for replay, I will check it and more def. it's topic that a lot ppl miss out like me, but still quite mad to understading in practic way. cheers Navie.
i honestly think swing and even manually moving the notes just sounds off. playing offbeat works because these drummer play all the drums at once and most important they learned playing off for years. just shifting the hats like most people do it will just create mess
Definitely has to fit the groove of the track as a whole. Sometimes it makes sense to stay on grid, situationally. With crispy trap drum samples and melodies locked to the grid, it's hard to go too far off grid without sounding "off". But if you pull up a melody with some natural swing and then start adding groove to your drums you'll really start opening up your possibilities on that end.
@@iMobinator i listen to a lot of rock music and sometimes soul and jazz, so that's not true at all. like i said, some drummers play off on purpose and that's an actual skill. letting the snare hit a bit to late for example is very common. you clearly don't even understand what my point is so stop being pretentious and making stupid assumptions about me
Ahhh you just don’t know rhythm 🥁 Use it like this bro- Swing isn’t late ⏰ It’s groove. You have to know ALL timing. If you don’t know the fundamentals of notations- just grab a metronome and study different timing. So after getting a feel for notations with a metronome. You can dial in swing on patterns. Change up your patterns by subtly swinging Top Drum notes and layer your lower 🥁 layers. Properly layer it. You have to know EQIng. It’s better to use sounds with dynamic range. You have to learn music theory - especially rhythm theory. The mechanics of groove and pocket create the lock.
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Fireee drums
Navie D is invaluable ok💁🏽♂️
Haha that guy gonna snack all them ladies
Lemme get the navie P drum kit 😂😂😂
Hey Navie! How do I get a sample to appear normalize when I throw it in the channel rack but when I click on Normalize it decreases the sample rather than Normalize? So it’d be the opposite of normalize, usually in Edison we can press normalize and it’ll make the sample louder. I want to do the opposite, have it real loud and click normalize so the louder gets whiter in the channel rack. Please & thank you!
Since Navie gives a lot of gems, I'll add an FL gem for drums: the quantization tool in the piano roll. Using alt+Q or going to Tools>Quantize in the piano roll options and play with the different presets, or if you know how to, add your own custom grid patterns to add swing to your drums
Fire tool right there!
Definitely a helpful tool.
Whoa nice tip bro!
Not really a gem it's pretty well known but appreciated regardless
@@Cartman-Official yeah you need some self reflection.
“You’ll end up shaking hands with the milk man” had me 😂😂
Good content!
Drives me nuts how modern producers don’t understand what swing is. Swing comes from jazz, and it is specifically about adjusting the second note in a pair (of eighth or sixteenth notes). In the video, only the kick changed because those are the only second notes of a two note sixteenth pair. Swing is not some magic “make your beats sound like Dilla” dial. It does a specific thing in a very precise and mathematical way, and using it in beats without understanding is will absolutely lead to unexpected results. If you wish to use swing, please do your listeners a favor and learn what jazz swing is and how it works!
"Swing is not some magic “make your beats sound like Dilla” dial"
- I agree. This is why I wanted to include this in the video
@@NavieD Loved it, thanks for doing it! 😁
your right bro
I love using swing. Maybe it's the old head in me but if you want that "ba-boom boom bap sound" and Dilla feel swing makes the work flow so much easier. I don't think you should create a drum pattern and turn up swing. You need to turn up swing first and then create your pattern knowing that swing is being used and how to create your pattern to get that desired rhythm. To me it's no different than using MPC swing. I can see why it turns people off though in FL because it sounds off beat if used on a pattern already created. Thanks again for the tips Navie!
That's fair, but I would just say that swing doesn't put your notes in a place where you can't put them yourself. There are times when the rhythm that swing provides won't be the right fit for your beat that you're making. That's the big takeaway I am trying to convey.
There once was a Humanize preset or function in Fruity Loops. It would offset notes to an extent, depending on options selected. It's in one of the Tools in the Piano Roll's top right dropdown, but seems different from the old one. The Swing knob also can get mixed up if using swing on specific channels too. They can be weirdly additive if you aren't understanding enough to combine them correctly for the music / rhythm. But this is a place of experimentation too, and trying stuff.
Thanks for directing me to that compression video you did. I actually got it now after 2 years of producing you crazy son of a gun.
For a louder Kick or Snare I usually, put a fruity soft clipper on both
Then go to your sound options, turn up the sound volume a bit, then pull it down on the mixer a bit. Its gonna be more pumpy.
Love this channel, you really go in depth about the small touches that make or break a production.
Thank you my friend! I am glad you're enjoying the channel so much
You always go straight to the point and give a clear solution to it. That's what I like at you! :)
this channel is criminally underrated
Thank you Bryan!
A great tip about reversing the polarity. Immediate fix in so many situations.
Thanks alot.!!
💎💎💎🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 🔥as usual Navie 💪🏾
shaking hands with the milkman lol. Great video
You picked up what I was puttin down
I heard about the last tip but didn't know exactly how I could use it properly, thanks :)
You're welcome!
seen a lot of tutorials like this but really liked the way you explained everything with the visual it helped reframe all off it once again, good vid
Dropping gems! Thanks Navie!
That tinder example was hilarious! Lol. Great tips, though. I can say starting to learn compression has massively helped my drums/beats. I never fully understood "phasing issues" before. I've heard it plenty of times but when trying to look it up, shit got confusing fast. Lol. So thank you for that! Straight brilliance!
Great advice 💯💪🏽
hahah love the videos man funny and informal. keep it up bro!!
Absolutely my friend!
I'm glad the Grooves function in Ableton is so much more usable.
Yeah Ableton has some stuff I wish FL had
Really appreciate all the content you'r putting out here. Really looking forward to your better beat maker class.
Great video! Very informative I learned a lot!
Nice cat!
Instant like, cuz you already know!
All I want for Xmas is Navie D's Drumkit V2! 😬🧐
Cheers, lol.
Hahah I have something else sneaky coming out soon. Be on the look out!
@@NavieD my eyes shall dry up, bc I got em PEELED, SON. Lol cheers!
bro got the most thorough videos with the best humor i dont even use FL and i still watch these
Hahah awesome! I hope these ideas make sense no matter what DAW you use
I would be lost without your videos, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us less knowledgeable folk! Keep up the good work!
lmaooo that tinder analogy hilarious
Slick with that 2nd Tinder photo lol, nice gems bro. Definitely learned something new!!
Thank you for watching my man
You the man buddy another gem
Thank you!
Thanks for this vid. Been doing this, or trying to do this for a while now, but I really learned a gem there in Tip 3. I’ve known of the idea of phasing issues, but never really thought about it when layering drum samples. Now it’ll be in my mind. Thanks man!
"In the case of the Step-sequencer, swing affects the length of odd vs even steps (every second step). If 4 beats per bar are set, 'swing' holds odd 16th notes (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15) at the expense of even 16th notes (2,4,6,8,10,12 and 16) in the bar."
Also if it's good enough for Nick Mira and countless other top producers, and I happen to like it, then I think it's fine. I'll keep an eye on it though, mixing swing and some manual movement will likely be the best result.
i agree with you but this 'industry producer do this so it's right' is the biggest bullshit i heard in a while. so many of these industry producers would be nothing without the engineers who fix their mess
That's a fair approach. I just want to make producers aware of what everything does, and the possible limitations.
What is "...at the expense of even 16th notes..." explaining?
Aye Navie with this 2nd compression tip it just hit me, “Sound Separation”,
I feel as if the Better Beat Makers course(I got the course y’all & it’s great)
teaches you how to think and make (your own) decisions, making it an invaluable course.
Id love to see you take it to a sound design & manipulation iteration, are future courses something you’re considering or perhaps behind the scenes working on?
That's a great summary. I wanted to design it so you can make your own decisions, but I can help guide what the difference is between a "good" decision and a "bad" one.
I plan on expanding the course out even more. Check your email next week, plan on sending out a feedback form for all members to fill out.
@@NavieD Thank you for all the value
Thnx for this helpfull vids 💯
The phase explanation omg you just earned sub
This is a very good tip! Now i know why my drum pattern was sounding so week, Tnx!
Yrrrrrrrrr welcomeeee
Stop kissing ass
@@ItsDhunt no
Thank you, great work
O.O. you might be the most reliable subscriber I have
The “shaking hands with the milk man” comment got me. I’m officially subscribed although I should’ve a looong time ago. Just lazy thumbs
another imporant point is phaseshift. i often eq my drums wrong in the past and the eq increased the db due to phaseshift while the sound itself got quiter
I am funnyboi
Thanks a lot! I always learn something from your vids. also I recommend you to my homies that use fl studio. peace from Japan
Oooh thank you for spreading the word!
Your drums in the intro sounded so dope how do I make my drums sound dusty and grainy like that but without being weak? Would love some tutorials on how to make a drum pattern cohesive like their played live.
i was today years old when i’ve found out fl has swing. i’ve been using it for 6+ years, producing and mixung full time in it for the last three years, every single day 🤣
Hahah that's wild
Navie pushin that tinder game to next level 💪
I'll never release any music because every Tuesday I learn something new that improves my beats... THANKS NAVIE
Hahah getting into the habit of releasing music is a skill in itself that you should also develop my friend!
@@NavieD no friggin' cap! I think I said that right hahaha
The tinder example 🔥😂
This man always releasing pure gems
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@@NavieD 😭😭
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Dont people use the swing for boom bap hihats? Or am I tripping?
From what I see, the way swing is commonly used is as a one-knob answer to create an off beat feeling. But as I showed, it just created one very specific way of getting that off beat feeling.
"Shaking hands with the milkman just like me" No one can compete with this man's comedy.
Hahah thank you for laughing at my foolishness
Thank you 🔥⚡🙏
Thank you for watching!
That compression thing sounds good! Imma try dat
great stuff fam. i never use the swing. well maybe once or twice. lol but it was very little. o by the way likre like your picture on that profile. lol you look happy.
Compression is hard. You did a great job explaining it.
As someone who been using FL since 98 when I first use the swing function your right the kicks move that's why you shift the snare to the right 2/4 clicks depending how much swing you use only good for boom bap and and that Chi-town sound try it
I use the swing knob and draw or shift notes at the same time. The key for me is to use either or both options it "gently" and use "my ears".
😂😂 The tinder part was too funny
Thank you Tyty
Your examples are epic 🤣🤣🤣
The comedy refuses to stop evolving
LOL bro the Photoshop part
FL Studio's little Swing knob at the top of the Pattern Sequencer isn't very good/versatile but other programs such as Ableton, Reason, Studio One, etc have far better options as you can apply the swing to individual midi lanes, you can shift the timings back and forth and also have custom swing grooves for each lane. So to say don't use it should only apply to FL Studio here.
6:18 ah shit here we go again
The way you explained compression by using tinder and photoshopping your pics its just so funny to me lol, but great video as always
Thank you Eazy! I hope that stupid analogy made sense
you're the greatest producer on youtube ngl
Right away I can see with tip #1 is a chance for you to create your own swing plugin to do just as you said.
Hmm that is an interesting idea for a plugin
@@NavieD I'm glad you think so. I think its your turn to contribute your own gear. I want to see all of you guys win. Cuz it can always get bigger.
Compression might be the most crucial part of the process. When I started, I never used compression unless it was for sidechaining. Now when I look back at my first beats, they're all very rough sounding even for lo fi and it's because I just cranked the gain knobs instead of using compression and taking my time to preserve the dynamic.
Now when I make a beat, I compress each sound individually as soon as I add them to the mixer, and then I tweak the compression settings during the mix process. I use Underbelly's philosophy of establishing the dynamic before you EQ the tone, and my sounds have been a lot easier on the ears because of it.
What compressors u recommend ? Which one is good for each sound
Why are you compressing each drum? Won't that just take the punch out of them?
I usually just put a bus compressor on my drum bus
analysis on the example of tinder is beyond praise)
Nice video Navie
Absolutely lost it with the tinder analogy😂
Fire drum set
Yeeee
What exactly is the difference between using a compressor for a Snare / Kick instead of a transient shaper? To me it looks like it serves the same purpose for short 1 shots.
transient shaper is almost a sort of compressor, with a transient shaper, usually you cannot choose how much milliseconds the attack goes up by, and a compressor, you can set a slow, specified attack to let the transients of a snare for example pop out while the quieter parts are compressed
Thanks for answering Mabi!
Compressors only start working once a sound goes over a certain volume level.
Transient shapers start working no matter what the volume of the sound is.
@@NavieD yeah that is true, the release wont be affected with a transient shaper, would you say that using upward compression ( i think thats what its called , basically negative compressing is what i mean ) is the same as transient shaping for attack? where the threshold just touches the transient and you boost?
nvm thats not upward compression i just dont know the word
Hi Navie! Great video! I watched your explanation video for compression as well, but didn’t quite understand the release knob. Does the release knob affect sound that goes under the threshold as well as sound that goes above it? Because to my understanding, the compressor only compresses noice that exceeds the threshold, so how does the release affect sound below the threshold?
@@TheJohnsofDoes Thanks for the answer! I am not quite sure I understand compressors fully yet though. Do you mean that the compressor is activated once something exceeds the threshold, and then gain reduces noise even below the threshold depending on how long the release is set to?
hey navie, is that a mind pump shirt? just curious.
FL studio user here. Ableton’s swing tool is so much more useful, one of the things I’m jealous about. They can keep their piano roll tho...
Does fruity compressor work too?
Thanks ❤️❤️❤️
That tinder analogy though 🤣
i wonder if the swing behavior is consistent from DAW to DAW. Chances are with it being an adopted standard it does, but maybe it doesn't... any makes sense what you say about groove boxes VS computer DAWS. it's why those boxes had more or less a sound where computers DAWS don't. They are sort of flat in a way like a good monitor giving you more flexibility to create your sound.
The Tinder part made me wheezing :"D
I hope that analogy made sense
@@NavieD It did yes. Thank you soo much !!
Ohh Tinder pic looks fire Mr. Navie Seal
Hahah it took me a second to see what you did there
@@NavieD greatest joke of all time across all genres
Auto align by sound radix is a good plugin for layering
Hmm I don't think I've heard of this. Might need to look this up
Can always use swing on any of the individual sounds you have loaded instead of using it as a whole like you did in the video. There’s a lot of producers who only use it on the hi hat.
Can you tell me how to do that in fl please ?
lmao the tinder part 💀💀
I've been using compressor and I tune my drums to C flat
Your video about tips on sampling drum breaks is not in youtube anymore 😞
Really? I don't recall delisting it...
well swing knob isnt gonna do anything when nothing (hihat) is playing on any off beats
Precisely. You can’t “swing” the first note in a pair. Swing is specifically about moving the off-beats later. It should, and will, do nothing to the first notes (on-beat) in a pair.
Yep. I think many people are unaware of this.
thank you
Got a question you can possibly solve. I just got fl studio 20 and sakura (the money :( ), and now when I click a different preset instrument, it takes a while to play when I click it. I am using my laptop and when I first used it, sakura would play, let's say: strings STR Violin, right away and then I would click a different instrument and it would play it right away when clicked to see how it sounds. Now, it doesn't play the other clicked instrument and I end up having to wait a while for it to play! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
how to you do that drum view in the channel rack .. ?
ND big up man
Big up to you
Arturia 1973 Amp, will make your Kick bump
Idk imma have to disagree with the swing thing how ever I think it’s great your showing multiple ways to do something. If you don’t put swing in your tracks, just good luck, that’s all I’m saying.
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Noti gang saved my life
The Tinder portion was hilarious 😂. Most of us know that was straight gospel right there! 😂
Can you make a video on intervals and ear training
Music theory isn't really my specialty unfortunately
@@NavieD But you know how to play what you hear in your head
6:25 lmaooooo Navie Swole
That will be my final form
what is name intro music?
Do you have a link for a good place to download camel crusher? I've seen you use it a lot in your videos but can't seem to find it anywhere.
Found it finally.
7:04 my question is.. using compressor on 'whole' track or specific elements like kick for example
or low freq. ? or depends how I want.. compressor also is sidechain or not? the same effect?
People do use compressors on the whole track, but usually the settings won't be as extreme as they would be for individual tracks. And yeah, compressors are used for sidechaining, but in a different way. I would recommend watching my vid on compressors like I mentioned
@@NavieD thanks for replay, I will check it and more def. it's topic that a lot ppl miss out like me, but still quite mad to understading in practic way. cheers Navie.
it depends on what you want to achieve
Anyone know where to find Camel Crusher for Mac??
i honestly think swing and even manually moving the notes just sounds off. playing offbeat works because these drummer play all the drums at once and most important they learned playing off for years. just shifting the hats like most people do it will just create mess
I think the problem often is that people shift and move way too many things way too far. Context gets completely lost since nothing becomes on-beat
Definitely has to fit the groove of the track as a whole. Sometimes it makes sense to stay on grid, situationally. With crispy trap drum samples and melodies locked to the grid, it's hard to go too far off grid without sounding "off". But if you pull up a melody with some natural swing and then start adding groove to your drums you'll really start opening up your possibilities on that end.
it sounds off cuz ur used to things being on grid, its not that the drummers are playing off, its that you dont understand what drummers are doing
@@iMobinator i listen to a lot of rock music and sometimes soul and jazz, so that's not true at all. like i said, some drummers play off on purpose and that's an actual skill. letting the snare hit a bit to late for example is very common. you clearly don't even understand what my point is so stop being pretentious and making stupid assumptions about me
@@KRISTIJAN63 okay if you listen to soul and jazz then why is manually moving notes bad if thats the desired sound they want?
The "positives and negatives" comparison is great, when reffering to magnetism, but not when reffering to maths.
Ahhh you just don’t know rhythm 🥁
Use it like this bro- Swing isn’t late ⏰
It’s groove. You have to know ALL timing. If you don’t know the fundamentals of notations- just grab a metronome and study different timing.
So after getting a feel for notations with a metronome. You can dial in swing on patterns.
Change up your patterns by subtly swinging Top Drum notes and layer your lower 🥁 layers. Properly layer it. You have to know EQIng. It’s better to use sounds with dynamic range.
You have to learn music theory - especially rhythm theory. The mechanics of groove and pocket create the lock.
I'm aware. But most people use the swing feature as a catch-all approach to dequantization.
YES IM HERE
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