finding groove

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SouthSideSamurai
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finding groove

Post by SouthSideSamurai » Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:17 am

any keys tips you all use to help give the track groove?

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Re: finding groove

Post by H20nly » Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:29 am

no tips here, but just as curious.

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Re: finding groove

Post by v00d00ppl » Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:34 am

Is this a push question or a live question in general?
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Re: finding groove

Post by Tarekith » Mon Nov 09, 2015 6:51 am

Swing set to 7% is a good starting place.

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Re: finding groove

Post by SouthSideSamurai » Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:39 am

v00d00ppl wrote:Is this a push question or a live question in general?
live question in general. i've been turning off every channel and starting with the kick keep adding stuff which has worked alright.

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Re: finding groove

Post by SouthSideSamurai » Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:41 am

Tarekith wrote:Swing set to 7% is a good starting place.
thanks will try that out

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Re: finding groove

Post by Matt_Quinn » Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:09 pm

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Re: finding groove

Post by jlgrimes » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:14 pm

SouthSideSamurai wrote:any keys tips you all use to help give the track groove?

Record parts with no quantize. Quantize parts selectively (or move them to taste). Use percentages such as 50% or 75%. Even very high percentages like 90-95% keeps a slight human feel in your song.


For swing, I mainly just rely on the MPC presets and use just a slight amount (unless I want a swingy beat). Also alot of late 80s hip hop used alot of 1/16T time signatures. Good Drum-loops help as well.


Alot depends on what you are trying to do. A jazz groove would be different from a Rock groove, or House Groove, or Hip Hop groove but most of it is just variations of the above (or just having great timing to start with).

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