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Reason's Redrum: Drum Samples Made Easy

Propellerheads have really done something great with their virtual drum machine, Redrum. The Redrum is a combination of easy drum samples sequencing, loading and manipulation. There are ten drum channels in one instance of Redrum, each one with multipl... Read >

Sequencing Drum Samples: How Many Bars?

The number of bars used when sequencing drum samples can vary quite a lot. Usually, the total number of bars will be equal to the length of the song as a whole, and if you're making loops to start with, it can be a bit more complicated. One of the most... Read >

Using Drum Samples With Reverb

Reverb, when applied to drum samples, is grossly underused in popular music. At the same time, though, a lot of the people who make use of the effect for their drum parts abuse it and degrade the drum samples to the point of annoyance. When using the r... Read >

Using Hi-Hat Drum Samples: 2 Mistakes

The hi-hat drum samples available today are as varied as they are popular. With basically every kick drum and snare combination, you can find a hi-hat working away in the background, patient and contributing throughout a song. The effect of a hi-hat canno... Read >

Drum Samples: Analyzing Snares

Snares are just about an essential part of most popular songs; everything you hear on the radio and nearly all songs on all CDs in the rhythm and blues and hip hop, rap and dance genres. Snare use is determined based on the type of music and the groove of... Read >

Types Of Kick Drum Samples

There are many different types of kick drum samples available for music producers today. Beat making is such an involved activity that having to use the same samples over and over can really kill your creativity. This is especially true with kick drum sou... Read >

Drum Samples Volume And Velocity

The easiest mixing stage to apply when sequencing and organizing drum samples is the volume dynamic. Many producers like to do this on the fly, immediately have done the drum channels or after the beat is made entirely. Because it is such an easy process,... Read >

Panning With Drum Samples

Sequencing drum samples is very important, but of the same high importance is panning drum samples for palatability in a music scene where packing instrument upon endless instrument is becoming the trade of many seasoned producers and amateurs. Panning... Read >

Drum Samples With Swing Settings

In beat making, there exist two spatial factors that are often overlooked: time-sensitive density and swing. We'll be taking a look at the latter in this article, as there are a lot of beat makers who have not paid enough attention and have not applied th... Read >

Drawing In Or Tapping Out Drum Samples?

When it comes to sequencing and laying down drum samples, producers and beat makers have a few different options. Sampling is still quite big, with a lot of amateur and established music producers still employing pre-sampled loops and making their own to ... Read >

Double Baby Stroller Ergonomics

For most parents who've decided to buy a stroller online, the ergonomic features (recap: basically to do with comfort and injury prevention) of a double baby stroller are often placed behind price and looks in order of importance. Most double baby stroll... Read >

Double Baby Stroller - How the Options Affect You!

How many are there? Can you easily pick the good from the bad? You want your double baby stroller to be practical, great-looking, and - most of all- within budget! In fact, the affordability of a stroller is probably the single biggest factor in you purch... Read >

Double Baby Stroller – Should you shop online?

You've probably purchased a lot of goods online; Books on Amazon, clothes on auction sites like eBay, who-knows-what on Craiglist - the list goes on! But a baby stroller? Many people feel that for something so inherently dependent on needs, circumstance... Read >

Double Baby Stroller: Choosing a Tandem or Side-by-Side?

The two most popular double baby stroller models are the side-by-side and tandem types. It shouldn't be such a difficult decision when you take aboard all the differences. They both have their pros and cons, and you may already be leaning towards one type... Read >