Syncopated beats

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Syncopated beats

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hey guys so i'm new to the forum i just start making music ! i use ableton ( i still don't have money to buy a sampler :( ) so i'm huge fan of bugseed , ill sugi , elequant , xperiment ..... so can someone plz tell me how to this kind of swing on drums in ableton ( i tried a lot of thing with 1/4 1/8T grooves but it's not the same things as others )

https://soundcloud.com/elaquent/childs-play
https://soundcloud.com/chaserichardtrenton/kloudedsnow

and this guy uses ableton and he got the same groove
https://soundcloud.com/poptartpete

thank you have a nice day !
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Don't quantise. Just play in natural style :D
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yeah dude i tried that but it's not the same :(
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I suggest you try it again and again... And again... Aaaaand again. Keep trying untill you're satisfied with the way you laid it down.

After all, practice makes perfect. :wink:
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riPaddo wrote:I suggest you try it again and again... And again... Aaaaand again. Keep trying untill you're satisfied with the way you laid it down.

After all, practice makes perfect. :wink:


That's pretty much it. There's no short cut I'm afraid.

try doing it in layers, so snare first, then kick, then hat etc. Try and make your snares early. Also, variate your patterns
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I just click the 'instant beat' button.


But yeah, practice, practice, and what they said.
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thx ill try to do that :)))))
btw preqwal http://preqwal.bandcamp.com/album/dr-jekyll in your track detective and jigsaw your drum groove is what i'm searchin for :))))) you work only on sampler u dont use ableton or fruity
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play say a 1-2 bar loop of just hats live and loop it. then go in and move the ones you want just a bit forward or back and play with it until you get a nice groove. then duplicate that 1 bar to a 4 bar and repeat if you want a bit of variance. easy way to do it with software like ableton.
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dry it might sound wack but add a comp/vinyl simulator/saturator type shit, i know live got em, try dat aye. beef shit up aye.
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Yeah or a real subtle delay to create some in between hits off tempo.
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Don't always rely on the grid or quantize. It's a good starting point but to get something groovy you can either play them shits on a midi controller or just cut/paste/nudge/move them midi notes or sound waves around.

Try this in live...
Lay down 2 bars of a kick, snare and high hat all quantized to a grid. I'll assume you are using midi but anyways keep the snare on the grid and play around with shifting the highhats up or back a few notches. Try moving the kick up and back a few notches. You can keep the movement consistent or inconsistent. Just experiment.

This is how I used to make my drums swing.
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