Drum Modules and Sample Reaplacement Pt1

[TonyB]

Originally Posted by Danny Danzi

Oh man, there's a great example!!! YES!!! Hahahaha! You know what I'm finding out though...as long as the lead singer has some twang and an accent going on, some slide or pedal steel etc...I can make it as hard, heavy or raunchy as I want and it STILL seems to sound killer. It's funny, I had a guy come to me with a session he did in Pro Tools. Thankfully he purchased the .OMF utility so I could bring the stuff right into Sonar. He told me he wanted the sound of that Rascal Flatts cover of "Life is a Highway" and I was like "oh hell yes!!!" I was in my glory there.

Came out perfect. But speaking of drums....none of my Drumagog samples gave me what I was looking for on that particular project. I had to dive into my own personal samples I've made (I'm a sneaky lil baystid...each time I do a session with a new drum kit, when the client leaves I'm sampling the entire kit to add to my arsenal. LOL!) as well as my Bob Clearmountain library. I used quite a few samples combined on that guy's kit but it made it sound huge.

I like the jobs where I can be the producer as well as the engineer....such a great challenge as well as a chance to use some creativity. Glad you're enjoying these types of bands and production as well. As long as I don't get those box-car Willy type country bands, I'm ok with it. Hahaha!

Good idea on "stealing samples." I have some really good stuff from outstanding drummers I could lift into a sample; just haven't had time to do it.
Some of the best drummers have some outstanding custom snares. <wink wink>

BTW, great discussion, and not reallly off topic, since we were talking about how to use samples in a particular genre.

Bottom line: Take the best sample I can that I think matches what I need to do, then refine it (gated reverb, comp, etc) to get the sound I'm looking for (which doesn't necessarily mean 100% sample).

Yes, I've done my share of Box Car Willy's....no sampling needed here....live and raw is pretty much what we need there!

[willjrockstar]

Originally Posted by TonyB

Good idea on "stealing samples." I have some really good stuff from outstanding drummers I could lift into a sample; just haven't had time to do it.

Just hit add from track. It takes no time at all.