Bitcrusher

[sam the dnb man]

Everyone seems to be using one. Its starting to get on my nerves abit. I started making a tune with one in a while ago but now i dont wanna finish it because it just sound similar to a lot of other things.

when i listened to kool fm last night i heard so many tunes that used bitcrushers on the bass.

does this annoy anyone else?
or am i the only person that has noticed.
I dont mind the sound, its just lack of creativity

 

[hoochsta]

whats a bit crusher?

 

[kama]

Yeah these things come and go, just last week it was sidechaining lush pads to your kick... well not last week but it's like, so 2008, meh. Better yet, create a thing like that for yourself that will credit you that "sam the dnb man" sound...

Not bothered by it in any case, but then again I haven't heard it that much. Can you point out some specific tunes?

 

[sam the dnb man]

i dunno what they where called man im not upto date wuth the jump up tunes really.

they where on koolfm last night.

about 4tunes in a row at one point thats why i made this thread.

 

[sam the dnb man]

a tune thats playing on kool fm now is using it

 

[kama]

whats a bit crusher?

Makes your signal sound like it's 4bits or 8 bits or whatever instead of your regular 16 or 24 bit depth. That will make it buzz and hiss like crazy and make it generally sound like it's coming trough a sega megadrive. More importantly they usually have a sample rate degrader that generates a sizzling effect.

 

[kama]

hmph can't tune into their internet broadcast for some reason...

 

[sam the dnb man]

fools by hazard is playin now..........

 

[RevTech]

bitcrushers are are real nice and I don't think it is used all too many times by everyone. Makes a cool sub sometimes.

 

[standard_proc]

original sin uses a bit crusher on the track love games, its applied to the drums on the build up for a few bars just before the drop.

 

[sam the dnb man]

i mean a lot of new producers coming through are using it aswell.