lo fi sound

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hobz_
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lo fi sound

Post by hobz_ » Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:16 pm

I wanna know how mndsgn and knxwledge get there drums so dirty and punchy and there overall lo fi sound?

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Re: lo fi sound

Post by yur2die4 » Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:08 pm

Oh man. You don't wanna I there. I've got the same problem. It sucks soo bad. Everyone compliments me on my dirty sound, but I'm just furious that my old gear can't get that crystalline modern digital clarity!

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Re: lo fi sound

Post by outsidesys » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:59 am

yur2die4 wrote:Oh man. You don't wanna I there. I've got the same problem. It sucks soo bad. Everyone compliments me on my dirty sound, but I'm just furious that my old gear can't get that crystalline modern digital clarity!

(sarcasm button)
^ This. Get a hold of an old Akai sampler or MPC drum machine, and record your drum mix to cassette tape.

If you don't want to go down the hardware route, experiment with Saturation, Bit Reduction, Compression, Distortion, and Tube effects.

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Re: lo fi sound

Post by v00d00ppl » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:36 am

hobz_ wrote:I wanna know how mndsgn and knxwledge get there drums so dirty and punchy and there overall lo fi sound?
Are you using drum samples from vinyl?

Have you used Live's redux bit reduction yet? The soft downsample at 12/13 bit setting with drums sampled from vinyl tend to go a long way. Try that and tell me if you like the sound.
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