Most DAWs have a normalize function but unfortunately Ableton Live doesn’t. You’ll also want to trim out any silence at the beginning and end of your samples.Īfter recording, it’s a good idea to normalize the audio files to get them all to a baseline level of loudness, in this case, 0dB. (This could be OK if you’re going for a lo-fi vibe but for the purposes of this article we’re assuming that we want clean recordings.) Of course, if it clips, you’ll get nasty pops in the samples. If it’s too quiet, later processing will really bring up the noise floor. When recording, make sure that the signal is plenty loud but not clipping. We’re assuming that you’ve already recorded your sounds. Here is how the processed samples sound in the context of a track: To these production-ready ones: Processed TR-808. We’ll go from these raw drum sounds: Raw TR-808 boom. As usual, click on the image to see a larger version. We’re working in Ableton Live today but any DAW will get the job done. Brandon Rogers kindly supplied the raw TR-808 and TR-909 sounds and the TR-606 ones came courtesy of Starsky Carr. These tips will work equally as well on analogue or digital drum sounds. We’ll be tackling an 808 boom, 909 kick and snare, and 606 closed hi-hat.
The idea is not to go crazy with distortion and effects – you can do that when you’re working on individual tracks – but to get them uniformly punchy and powerful. In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to record, prepare, and process your samples so they’re ready for production. If you’re after an old-school Chicago sound, you could just throw those Behringer RD-9 samples into an audio track, although we’re guessing you’re going to want to get them up to snuff first. However, there’s a difference between raw and production-ready samples. Taking these original sounds and importing them into your DAW, MPC or Maschine can give your productions a boost of originality.
Or you could even be synthesizing your own percussion sounds with analogue or modular gear. Maybe you’ve picked up a cheap Yamaha RX unit for making synthwave. Maybe you’ve sold an internal organ and bought an original Roland TR-909. Yet there’s something to be said about making your own samples. The world of music production is awash with drum sample packs. We show you how to get your percussion samples in shape.
There’s a difference between raw drum machine samples and production-ready ones.
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