Accents on drum rolls

[boneyboys]

Any tips on how to get a decent snare roll. If i just use the snare over and over it sounds real mechanical, and I've tried just changing volumes a little but that doesn't seem to give the effect really so does anyone know how to get the accent and real hardness of hit onto certain parts

 

[soundboy2]

What do you use,


Well if its not the MPC , i can't tell you, but if it is, then use the note repeat buttom and use a lite reverb and play with the decay, or really any number or effects to get the sound you looking for.

 

[Copenhagen]

I always try and think of how you would do it with the real instrument e.g. with a shaker you move it back and forth from the mic when shaking, so in your sequencer, you would have to make every second shake lower in volume etc.
With a drum snare, I guess you start of hitting hard on the drum and then decrease the velocity slowly and also the first notes will be shorter than the last ones...or something like that. Try experiementing with your fingers on a table and then put that experience into your sequencer, if you understand what I'm getting at.

 

[Formant024]

1.Just remember there's a top and a bottom snare on acoustic recordings.
2.Length of the sample and Brilliance make accent too.
3.Don't forget the hi hats, they're a reasonable feature to a drumroll.
4.A drummer has 2 hands, he can't bang all the drums at the same time.
5.Envelopes, any audible recording has one and all generated frequencies too, attack, sustain(hold in fl),delay, release. Play with that.

 

[boneyboys]

Yeah cheers guys, I'll have a play with the attack a bit, cause I think a shorter attack on the middle notes may just sort it. I'll have a chat with my drummer too, see what he reckons

 

[eka]

I also play with the shift in fl to get the drumsounds closer together.