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Just going back a littleton the originality comments, I really like this interview with Goldie on the subject... Also, a note on transient shaping, swell as tweaking the drums, one of the most useful things I've found with mixing in general is using transient shapers to create a sense of depth to a mix. Our hearing perceives sounds with sharp transient elements to be closer than those with softer transients. This can be manipulated in the mix to create a 'front and back'. For example, you had an acoustic guitar sound and were happy with the volume, you could soften the transient to make it appear further away then enhance the attack thespian to bring it closer. The sampan be achieved with microphone choice if you're recording. This thread is cool Can't think of anything specifically lofi to add, also I did do a session a while back where we ran the lead vocal through a domestic tape deck and sent it back in the computer.... Although it was then quite an edit to restore the timing where the tape seen had fluctuated.

as a continuation of what Questlove was saying, he spoke about Dilla on there too. I'd be prepared to go out on a limb and say that EVERYONE you know and rate as a producer did this - and it seems like a lot of people never stopped, too.

I never sidechain. I experimented with it a load years back, but I ultimately decided that I simply don't like the feel it gives the tracks, especially when I'm producing in headphones (i.e. always). I can absolutely see the logic on gating or shaping the drums to remove the sustain of a particularly ringing snare or something like that, but I just tend to skip those samples and use something else. I figure the world is filled with drums - I'll just grab others. Also I'm more likely to put more noise in rather than take noise away This whole conversation makes me think about something else I came across whilst searching for some old articles that are apparently no longer on the net (I'm scouring the wayback machine currently...) This is not completely on topic, but it's connected. One of the golden rules of hip-hop is: don't bite. One of the other golden rules of hip-hop is: learn by biting. The way I learned how to make beats was pretty much: 1. Recognise samples from hip-hop tracks in the tracks they'd sampled (hello, Blue Note records) 2. Listen to the hip-hop productions and work out what the producers had done 3. Attempt to identify & collect the samples used in a hip-hop beat, then attempt to remake it.

Here's a pic of the placement...

here is one. Z-Trip and Emile - Hip-Hop Mix - 02-12-1999.mp3180.72 MB

make a pass at him. He won't come back in a hurry. Let the hit making commence.

Soulseek seems to have some stuff : Any of that look any use?