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An approach to layering drum sounds

An approach to layering drum sounds

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An approach to layering drum sounds

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- [Instructor] So let's talk about getting these drums to sit a little bit better, but again, we're talking premix. We're still in the programming stage. I'm going to open this on up, and let's take a look at some of the simple tools, hey Battery. I'm going to talk about some of the simple tools that with have in Battery. By the way, this is something that's in all of the drum samplers that you use, most of them at least, and things that should be available to you pretty readily, if you're programming your drums. Now, we're going to jump in here and just take a look at this kick, and this sub. And in my book, I consider this sub a drum. I know some people, it's going to be a bass, but this isn't really a bass line. This is just lending power to that four on the floor, so it's more of a percussive element to me. Plus it's coming out of the drum sampler. So, let's take a look at what we have right now. Let's listen. (bass beat) We can hear that we have, as George Costanza would say, a…

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