DnB The real rolling dnb beat

[windowkill1]

Hey everyone, fairly new to producing, I've been taking a break but recently got back into it. I'm starting to learn things bit by bit now (get the drums mastered, sounds, mixing)..
Unfortunately I have no MIDI stuff/equipment but I do have some alright speakers and headphones so that's all I need. (as well as a laptop, obviously). Because I'm quite young, only 15 :/ so I don't have the money to buy this stuff haha.

ANYWAY I'll get straight to the point now, I want to aim for the rolling dnb beat kinda thing with, what I believe you call, ghost notes? in the middle of the 2 kick and snares break. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1MgZ5lyZIU <-- Kinda like this one... just without the continuous close kick and snare thing because I'm wanting to use a standard dnb beat.

I think I've cracked it but I'm just not getting the sound I want, it could be the samples I'm using (but I'm getting vengeance sound packs soon, I heard they were good), so I was wondering, what are people's techniques to get the cool rolling hi-hats/light snares and what they use?

Thanks, I love this forum and can't wait to get stuck into some producing!

 

[mistasfx]

look down the page... already a thread about this

---------- Post added at 13:04 ---------- Previous post was at 13:02 ----------

http://dnbforum.com/showthread.php/135802-DnB-Drum-Patterns-and-Samples

but its not that hard to figure out. ghost hits are basically the same sample but lower volume placed in the arrangement to roll with the next hit.

 

[windowkill1]

Alright sorry about posting the same thing again, but thanks for leading me in the right direction

 

[Mr Fletch]

Try adding some light delay to your hats too, helps give it that shuffle effect

 

[Structure4]

Shuffles after the snares from old funk breaks is a winner.

 

[windowkill1]

Thanks for the tips guys! But how do you do the shuffling/delaying using Reason 5 on the ReDrum computer? Can't seem to find much on it, sorry if I'm being a really bad noob

 

[mistasfx]

the shuffle is just essentially 2 or 3 fast hits that roll onto the next snare or whatever

 

[windowkill1]

You mean fast hits that go like

hihat light snare hi hat lightsnare
or
hihathihathihat?

or could you use both without it sounding bad?

 

[vexx]

yeah man you can use either... just got to make sure the samples compliment each other!

 

[mistasfx]

look at the hits on this waveform and notice how the fast ghost hits give the shuffle

http://soundcloud.com/haxbox/soligen-172-bpm-hard-hitting

 

[windowkill1]

Alright looks good thanks guys! I'll get straight into the asap!

 

[subprime]

Shuffles after the snares from old funk breaks is a winner.

+1

 

[rewerx]

Try just adding a high passed drum break, to the mix, this will give you basis for your ghost notes and fill out the top end a bit. Also add a compressor to the break and side chain to the kick drum, this should add a bit more rolling movement to it.

 

[Krispy]

This might help you
I just did a google search

http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/production/a-guide-to-ghost-snares-in-midi/