squarepusher IDM/Drill n Bass questions

  aeser said:

how do i architect a really awesome skyscraper? i saw this thing on pbs about sky city in tokyo and i really wanna build something like that.

tracker

  Adjective said:

  aeser said:

how do i architect a really awesome skyscraper? i saw this thing on pbs about sky city in tokyo and i really wanna build something like that.

tracker

YES

I used to use a tracker back in the day. I started on Soundtracker 2.1 on the amiga, then moved up to protracker.

I thought I'd have a play with renoise today and it is damn good for drill and breakcore. So good in fact that I just outright bought the thing. I used a tracker interface all the time from about 89-95 so it was like slipping into comfortable shoes, but with jet wings on them.

I won't switch to it as my primary composition tool because for melodic stuff I prefer using logic but this thing can fuck up audio really nicely.

You don't need a tracker to make the stuff Squarepusher/Aphex Twin make. All I know is that Vsnares does (renoise, as mentioned --not an intuitive program for me).

I use Acid, but I think you can do all the same things with Cubase. Just load up a break (or make your own), sync it up with whatever tempo you want to work with, then divide the grid up into 8ths/16ths/64ths/triplets accordingly. Matching up what's in your head with what's on the grid just takes a bit of experience (knowing that an 8th note kick + an 8th note high hat + a sliced up snare rush will sound like X).

And yeah, the most key thing is of course talent. Not everyone can do what these guys are doing half as well as they do it.

get a drum kit and play the drums very fast

  we_kill_soapscum said:

get a drum kit and play the drums very fast

yeah, it worked in Alarm Will Sound.

can you sing that fucked up rhythm in your head? well if you can't just make ambient. if you can, work. maybe it would be better not to reach that result but to reach something more personal, what do you think? which means not asking for techniques but developing your owns. (tho it's fun to slice the amen break but since it's been overused you can only use it for cheese i guess)

  Adjective said:

  aeser said:

how do i architect a really awesome skyscraper? i saw this thing on pbs about sky city in tokyo and i really wanna build something like that.

tracker

great, scary avatar.

can one make teh drill beats on hardware? what about an mpc? werrrrrrrrd up ^

  YEKKER said:

can one make teh drill beats on hardware? what about an mpc? werrrrrrrrd up ^

yeah i tried somthing like that on a 707 using last steps and scale, but i got bored after 1 pattern group...

i made some cheesey drill on a mc505

you can do some really fine step editing on there, like so fine that it makes the LED's flicker or just not light up

well, I can do it with my bair hands on the table, maybey not quite the entence of a drill, but I do break beats, when I'm bored at school or something. I dunno.

in part of this movie, he does some Drills live, pretty kick ass. (also does shit ones in the start)