swing on the 303-any tips ?

justusc · Post by **justusc** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:42 am

is there some sort of swing feature while recording (not quantizing) on the 303?

i keep recording patterns on beat and then when it plays back it sort of has a swing feel to it? i have a 505 and thought it does, what about the 303

any tips?

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:59 pm

me too i have the 2 beasts, what about any SWING solution?
peace

tape smoke · Post by **tape smoke** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:06 am

you can rock hard core swing on the 303. diferent types of swing with 16 and 16.3 . there is a sweet spot for tempo for diferent swings so experiment.

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:43 am

you mean the quantizing stuff? i don't know but i don't have 16.3 in my 303...

tape smoke · Post by **tape smoke** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:55 am

i think its called "16 t " then maybe its just a triplet.

you can test them in action by painting them onto the suquencer with quanitize. and then erase the ones you dont like. and then mix non triplets 16s and 8s .

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Post by **Euclid Ov Oåklånd** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:49 am

Naw man, there is no 16th note triplets on the 303 like the 404 and it doesn't record 32nd notes either. But if you double you pattern length and double the bpm the 8th note triplets effectively become 16th note triplets for those that might not know already. Now go get your Bernard Purdie on y'all. :wink:

tape smoke · Post by **tape smoke** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:52 am

thanks for the correction.

been a while since i used a 303 and it didnt have digits that light up.

oh shit yea 16.3 on the 404 has to be used right. i kinda went crazy with it before i knew what its about.

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Post by **Euclid Ov Oåklånd** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:02 am

I like to lay down kicks with the triplets rather than hi hats, that can give a nice swing if done right. I think Juxt might use triplets to get those bangin' drums on his 404.

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:11 pm

Naw man, there is no 16th note triplets on the 303 like the 404 and it doesn't record 32nd notes either. But if you double you pattern length and double the bpm the 8th note triplets effectively become 16th note triplets for those that might not know already

nice trick euclid, thanx

Acities · Post by **Acities** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:13 pm

Ya man...just dont use quantize at all....quantizing is for club producers lol.....real hip hop producers do not quantize...but just a note: the 303 does quantize better than the 404/555.

Post by **Chulukinat** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:11 pm

im not sure if i get this right but you wanna add swing while recording unquantized? that just doesnt make sense to me

if you really want to do it this way ( or even withe quantized shit ), just record your samples with some air in front and use the mark button to put them at the beginning of your sound ( dont truncate them ). after recording the pattern you can now adjust the start points to your liking to create some swing.

deck daddy · Post by **deck daddy** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:41 pm

I always double the tempo on all sequencers I use for these resons:
1: it doubles the resolution
2: count in takes half the time (can't stand to wait that long to record)
3: 8t is then 16t, and that gives me the swing I need for my kicks

Sinapse · Post by **Sinapse** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:50 pm

Very interesting topic but it seems a lil weird to me that there are all these quantizing tricks to get swing. Swing is something that drummers get by playing thru the measures...wouldn't the best way to get swing in your beats be to learn how to play them live with swing (i.e. no quantizing)? Maybe I'm being a lil bit overly simplistic about it but it seems all these tricks are just a diff way of doing what you can do by hitting the pads at the correct times to give feeling of swing

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