On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 08:23:11PM +0100, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using the drumkits from Hydrogen's page for a while, and > though they're quite good, I don't still get the sound I'd like from > them. In particular, I've been trying to get a good trip hop or hip hop > sound with them, but I really don't know how. My experiments with > several drumkits and equalization have been a failure; and that's an > euphemism :-) > > So I invoke thee, guardian angels of LAU: are there any general tips > on how to get a good trip-hop/hip-hop drum sound? > > Please, take into account that my knowledge of equalization and all > things sound is pretty limited. Every time I read you speaking casually > of "low pass filters" and similar artifacts, my head spins. > > Thanks in advance, > Best hip-hop sound I've gotten was from Hydrogen: http://www.restivo.org/blog/podpress_trac/web/135/0/on-strike-0.1.1.ogg It was one of the standard kits, I think "HipHop-2". I thought it was aight on my monitors, but then when I played it on a club soundsystem, I was like, whoa... The samples were obviously chosen/designed to work in that environment. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
