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50 dissed Dre?
i said this in another post...but 50 is gonna end up like tony montana...locked up in the aftermath office, heavily armed while lloyd banks is outside going "feeefty! open the focking door mayng!". theres gonna be a big firefight between 50 and dre's henchmen and then eminem is gonna sneak up...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Basement
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Double KICKS DRUMS
you could do a couple things... a) turn the shuffle up...that will make the pre bump hit a little later... b) on the redrum, above the square button that you toggle on or off to program drums, there is a little LED looking thing that lights up as the sequence plays that drum. click on it...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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The Original Sound of Hip-Hop
yes. in its ideal state, hip hop's only constants are mc+beat. and even then the lines are being blurred.- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Basement
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The Original Sound of Hip-Hop
the original sound of hip hop was a dj spinning two identical records, juggling drum breaks from disco/funk/soul/whatever records, with an mc on top. thats as specific as you are going to get because early hip hop (from what i have learned) was not based on a single "sound" as it is today...and...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Basement
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chop question?
exaaccttlyyy... you gotta make sure you cut your samples right on the actual attacks of the sounds...especially if there are drums in them...also as an option, if you play your slices on a keyboard, try quantizing the notes (if you didnt already)- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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Mac and PC users shout out!!
(straight from the artist page) Computers, DAW: -Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5 -Logic Pro 7.1 Synthesizers, Samplers, Instruments, Software: -Roland Fantom XR -Access Virus|Classic rackmount -Akai MPC 1000 -Fender P Bass with EMG pickup -Gibson Les Paul Studio -Taylor 814 ce acoustic...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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Voice tag programs
unless you're good enough with a vocoder to make a robotic one sound sick ::cough cough::: (mine) its mind-numbingly easy do do...but a little more difficult to make it sit with the beat and not distract the listener. that, my friend, is an art. but...if you want me to do it for you i...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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Someone knows how I could Isolate my room on a budget??
i'm not sure theres a way to isolate you room in terms of sound escaping unless you blow out the drywall and install acoustic foam in the walls etc... but if you want to dampen the room a little try this: ...a method mixed from what i've read in magazines and my own common sense... plywood or...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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Pharrell IS doin a solo Album?
that annoying ass falsetto singing he does...then he's gonna have guest mc's handle the actual rapping. man...i thought the first N.E.R.D. album was fresh...they made a good desicion having spymob play most of the instrumental stuff...i dont know if it the first version of the album would have...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Basement
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Expand Gear
that depends...go to guitar center/sam ash/whatever and play around with the hardware. you could go the triton/motif/fantom route or you could go the mpc route etc. i'm not sure if you can sequence hardware in acid pro though...ask questions of the people that work there and get a good feel...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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MC Exhibit?!?!?!?
i sent some pms to the offending parties of mc's so we'll see if that helps- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Basement
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MC Exhibit?!?!?!?
hah yea it was my idea...thats why i dont want to see it die!!- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Basement
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MC Exhibit?!?!?!?
I dont know if the people that signed up forgot about it or something but it is in fact still going on. if you signed up but havent checked in at the threads in a while, please do. we got mc's that signed up that havent posted since september...we got like 7 beats out of the bunch of...- Agent Smith
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how many of u mix and master your own tracks
yo opera, what books do you ahve?- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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Good Deal?
i dont think so but you want 1/4" regardless...just tell the guy at the store and he'll tell you whats up- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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Good Deal?
no worries man... cables-- just long enough to reach homie- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab
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Good Deal?
ok this is gonna be looong, but ive seen this happen before so im gonna lay it down for anyone else in this situation-- the motif isnt weak man...i would concentrate on learning the sounds on it and also on your composition. the concensus (from whave i have seen) between the big three names...- Agent Smith
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- Forum: The Lab