SpecialGuest
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- Feb 7, 2014
Hello again fellas,
So I feel like I am making a fair amount of progress with my beat making but my most recent plateau are my cymbals. I am finding it extremely difficult to get that crisp glossy hat groove going so was wondering if anyone wanted to share some tips or some wisdom.
Here is something I have recently discovered that might help some of you lot out. I have been searching for cymbal reviews on youtube. Hi hats, crashes, rides etc. And what comes up is basically a drummer tapping all kinds of rhythms on the same cymbal. So when you chop that up you have all kinds of different hits that all match up nicely. With this technique my drums are sounding a lot better but there is still something missing with the hats. It's as if their sound seems too separate to my kick and snare.
Just FYI I am parallel compressing my drums, adding some EQ, distortion, reverb, etc. Have also been experimenting with layering some breaks underneath my drums but although I like the jungly sound that brings out, I am after more of a crisp punchy sound, similar to Calyx and Teebee's new album for example.
But yeah, any advice on getting those hats and cymbs grooving would be hugely appreciated.
SpecialGuest
So I feel like I am making a fair amount of progress with my beat making but my most recent plateau are my cymbals. I am finding it extremely difficult to get that crisp glossy hat groove going so was wondering if anyone wanted to share some tips or some wisdom.
Here is something I have recently discovered that might help some of you lot out. I have been searching for cymbal reviews on youtube. Hi hats, crashes, rides etc. And what comes up is basically a drummer tapping all kinds of rhythms on the same cymbal. So when you chop that up you have all kinds of different hits that all match up nicely. With this technique my drums are sounding a lot better but there is still something missing with the hats. It's as if their sound seems too separate to my kick and snare.
Just FYI I am parallel compressing my drums, adding some EQ, distortion, reverb, etc. Have also been experimenting with layering some breaks underneath my drums but although I like the jungly sound that brings out, I am after more of a crisp punchy sound, similar to Calyx and Teebee's new album for example.
But yeah, any advice on getting those hats and cymbs grooving would be hugely appreciated.
SpecialGuest