Shakey Dog - Ghostface/Lewis Parker

[Daymo]

Back in the mid ‘90’s I used to use a Commodore Amiga running Octamed 8 for sampling before I got a PC. When I sampled with the Amiga the chops used to sound really lo-fi and distorted and was a quality that I really liked about the Amiga.

If you listen to Shakey Dog on the Fishscale album it sounds like Lewis Parker has replicated that same sort of sound with his samples in that song. My question is – does anyone know how to best replicate this effect with software? I’ve tried resampling in Soundforge using a lower bit rate (which only seems to muffle the sound) and eqing – neither of which are getting the desired effect.

Anyone point me in the right direction of how to achieve this? Is this particular sort of effect only achievable with outboard equipment or can I use Soundforge/FL Studio/Audition to recreate?

Cheers
Daymo

 

[Phi'Zik]

I know a vst in the cubase suite : BitCrusher -> u choose the bit quantize, the sampling freq and the method and it's sound nice with good settings like our old amiga.
I made my first beats on a Amiga 500, i keep a box of hundreds disk full of samples , does anyone know if it's possible to read those disk in my PC ?

 

[exel]

I know a vst in the cubase suite : BitCrusher -> u choose the bit quantize, the sampling freq and the method and it's sound nice with good settings like our old amiga.
I made my first beats on a Amiga 500, i keep a box of hundreds disk full of samples , does anyone know if it's possible to read those disk in my PC ?

Phizik, is that BitCrusher VST only for Cubase or can I use it in FL?

 

[exel]

Hold up I think I found it... Is this it?

http://home.comcast.net/~exelthebrain/bitcrusher.JPG

 

[Phi'Zik]

it seems to make the same thing, do u try it ?
If FL can load VST, u can use cubase's bitcrusher in FL (copy the dll file in the FL's plugins folder)

 

[Daymo]

Quality. Phi'Zik that's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thanks a lot guys.

Cheers
Daymo

 

[Rhythmikal]

let me use this oppourtunity to big up lewis parker. for those who dont know he is a UK emcee/producer with mad mad skills. that ghostface joint is nothing compared to some of his other beats. best producer ever from england IMO.

btw, he uses a Commodore Amiga still to this day.

 

[Daymo]

Thanks Rythmikal - didn't realise he actually uses a Commodore Amiga. I thought he'd just processed the sounds. Gutted I got rid of mine recently. With a bit of tweaking that Bitcrusher plugin pretty much nails the sound I was looking for though.

Cheers
Daymo

 

[Jenre]

That's one of LP's weakest beats

 

[Daymo]

^
You're joking right?

 

[Jenre]

^
You're joking right?

No. 'Shakey Dog' is not LP at his best.

 

[Rhythmikal]

No. 'Shakey Dog' is not LP at his best.

word. like really word.

 

[The Bastard]

That's one of LP's weakest beats

but its one of the albums sickest songs....

 

[Jenre]

but its one of the albums sickest songs....

Well there you go. LP is a sick producer

 

[KEV31]

thanks for mentioning him. i'll have to check for him in the future. i saw a pic on his myspace where he had 2 sp's and 2 s950's.

 

[bigdmakintrax]

Ring modulation was in full effect...that's my only hint back then...then a lot of the dance music in the late 90's and some of the earlier house used it, but it was a huge effect if used correctly...