Memorial Day was eleven days ago. The dead military people of America inspire us to think of battle as we attack and devour both the goods and spoils of BBQ’s everywhere. And what do zombie soldiers like more than anything else? That’s right! Marching snare drums.
So I pooped open Renoise and went to work with eight marching snare samples I discovered in my archive. I used a lot of track DSP’s to get a thick, rich movie sound. March, BBQ zombie soldiers, march!
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b-knox weekly beat 03 120bpm.zip
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I’m only 4 days late here — H00RAYZ!! My head is spinning.
So, this time around I’m going to include something I have been working with – SoundManager 2, a javascript library. Namely, the MPC demo. Basically, SoundManager hides a Flash movie that dynamically integrates with javascript to load and trigger MP3 files.
Yeah, mash that keyboard. I’m not a huge fan of the kit they use but I’m even less a fan of how coordinated my fingers are. Hopefully this is my worst loop ever because it’s not even loopable! :D
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A week is too short! ^__^;
This week I resolved to get this done as quickly as possible and still keep it interesting. Oh whatever should I do? I whipped open my Renoise and the included 808 drumkit.
I decided to do something with a lot of bounce. Shuffle, skip and swing are all adjectives used to describe this type of rhythm. It’s applied in all sorts of genres including jazz and psychobilly.
Pictured at right is the beginning of my pattern data. In the Master column you see an alternating effect command. F2xx sets the Ticks Per Beat. Now the pattern rhythmically swings. I wrote 8 quick measures and applied a little distortion for teh funs. \:D/
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b-knox-weekly-beat-01-120bpm.zip
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Alright, I’m gonna try sumptin’ out here, alright? Inspired by drummist Ryan Gruss’s blog, I will do my utter mostest to get a drumloop posted on every Monday from now until epic miserable fail. That’s a promise! :D/
So, for this, the first installment, I did what I will probably do every time, what came naturally. Au, so naturale! I busted out famitracker and did a slightly downtempo/hip-hop beat at 90bpm. If you open the .ftm source file you’ll see I worked at 180bpm. When using a tracker, doubling your tempo is the difference between 16th notes and 32nds. You thus get twice the rhythmic detail to work with. Quadruple your tempo and your work resolves around 64ths. You get the idea…
I’ve been doubling my snares with a clap lately and this loop is no exception. I used only the NES’s noise and dpcm channels. I made a pitch swishy noise snare and put a 909 clap along it’s side. Maybe next time I’ll try to create a clap sound with noise… the possibilities are endless!! This is chiptune, galldurnit!!
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download b-knox weekly beat #00 – 90bpm
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