Atari st/Commordore 64 sid/ym thread pics and tunes

i hate to say it but a dedicated "s' series akai makes drums sound a lot better than a computer to my ear.

no matter what I do[stereo sampling,edited wavs,plug ins,eq,compression etc]

the computer drums don't have as much balls,punch, grit or depth as the drums coming out of an akai.

the computer sounds great and has it's own thing but i like drums from a real sampler

there are 2 setups i would love to replicate

an atari st runnimg cubeat or cubase v1

with an s-950 a 1080 and or a d50 and an obie rack matrix,

or squarepusher's kit from 96 that is in the now famous video

  On 11/29/2011 at 1:47 AM, yikes said:

i hate to say it but a dedicated "s' series akai makes drums sound a lot better than a computer to my ear.

no matter what I do[stereo sampling,edited wavs,plug ins,eq,compression etc]

the computer drums don't have as much balls,punch, grit or depth as the drums coming out of an akai.

I take it you've tried bitcrushing the samples slightly? Especially if you're using an S950, it's 12-bit, so if you want your computer to emulate that sound, you should somehow reduce the quality to that amount.

the only solution that works is sampling the drums into the akai then slam them into the computer

Yeah I have to say bitcrushing drums gives them a real grit and its especially good if you're making like 8-bit type of tune.

Sorry to bump up an old topic but I was just wondering if anyone has got or used the Mssiah cartridge and if so what their experiences were of it. Cheers.