producer/musician-strut: breaks or drum machine?

pjl2000xl

When making a beat or a song do you use a drum machine, breaks, or live instrumentation? I do all three depending on the track. Prefer to lay a foundation though with a break then add one shot hits from machines like 808s or lindrum libraries. I also if im feeling motivated bust out the cheap kit and layer.

Bapt

I hate drum machines but I like the SPECTRALIS "groovebox"

erikbeats

i usually chop up the break and then make my own individual drums from that and either layer them over break with a little filtering or make my own break using the drums i chopped.
i use 808 kicks and claps to beef up stuff here and there as well.

rain103

i usually chop up the break and then make my own individual drums from that and either layer them over break with a little filtering or make my own break using the drums i chopped.
i use 808 kicks and claps to beef up stuff here and there as well.

street_muzik

I do it all.

Big_Stacks

Hey,

I usually rock the breaks, or chop up drum sounds/percusssion from breaks and program my beats. Rarely, I'll rock some pre-set shit for an R&B track. Even then, I'll mix in some sampled drum sounds/claps/etc. to augment the preset sounds. I prefer organic sounding drums since I'm a drummer.

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

kwality

I enjoy filtering the bejesus out of a break, laying that down and then placing one hit break/drum machine sounds over it. Used at the right volume you don't really hear the break, you just "sense" it. Dnb producers use the trick well.

Descry

i, like most of these strutters, enjoy the all of the above answer. each method gives a certain type of sound, so it would depend on the sample/composition of the piece.

ako

depends on what im going for, but i love gritty breaks more than pretty much anything.

something very very natural-sounding about some older 60s/70s drum machines though. might as well just be some external percussion instrument. whatever sly used is a Frickin' beautiful sounding machine.

ako

Frickin'

EWWWWWW....maybe i should stop swearing on here if its gonna turn into that...

hendravis

When making a beat or a song do you use a drum machine, breaks, or live instrumentation?

I do all three depending on the track. Prefer to lay a foundation though with a break then add one shot hits from machines like 808s or lindrum libraries. I also if im feeling motivated bust out the cheap kit and layer.

u can hook up thA 808 to tha turntable and record tha braek onto it that way? or how do u grab tha braek.. ive been playin in a band for awile and i need to start makin beats to widen the horizons of this band

street_muzik

Frickin'

EWWWWWW....maybe i should stop swearing on here if its gonna turn into that...

That happened to me earlier. I actually asked my self, did I Frickin' type Frickin'?

Shit!

Dubious

i usually prefer to start tracks with a drum machine... then i play my drum kit ontop of it. I really don't like working with pre-recorded breaks / loops.

soulbrono1

i usually prefer to start tracks with a drum machine... then i play my drum kit ontop of it. I really don't like working with pre-recorded breaks / loops.

BAN

Dubious

hehehe...i dont make hip hop either

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