Live instruments - do you use them?

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:00 pm

Whos using live instruments in there production?

Producers today are more like programmers!

Who is using the real deal?

Id love to here a few of your productions

skavoovie_blind9 · Post by **skavoovie_blind9** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:41 pm

CRYPTIC wrote:
Id love to here a few of your productions

Check out the dubs section brother

plenty riddim in there

gwaarn

barryhercules · Post by **barryhercules** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:44 pm

a few of mine have got some guitar playing on, nowt fiddly tho... and you cant tell its guitar most of the time. buying myself a bass in the near future

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:00 pm

all the time.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:49 pm

I've recorded precusion, and things like claps and finger clicks, and wood stick hits. I've got two tunes on the go at the moment, one with clarinet, the other with pungi (which is a double reed woodwind instrument from india) and also some djembe. Got some triphop with acoustic guitar too, thinking about finding and MC and making it hiphop though.

asusu · Post by **asusu** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:42 am

I use instruments, but i tend to filter/pitch shift/process beyond recognition. I don't think it makes a difference whether you're producing or programming though, it's still creative.

misk · Post by **misk** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:15 pm

i bought a cool african flute a little while ago...

as far as the "real deal" fuck that. The computer is a musical instrument.

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:54 pm

anyone using real drum kit here?

roqqert · Post by **roqqert** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:48 pm

i dont rly get it... why dont you use samples ? thats almost the same as you recording it by yourself ... ok ok you get your own swing on stuff.... but dont be bad for samples cause its like the same you do only 20 years back something like that

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:25 pm

IVE GOT A MINI DISK PLAYER AND I WANNA RECORD ON THAT

ANYONE RECOMEND A GOOD MIC FOR IT!

I WANNA SAMPLE OUTDOOR STUFF!

LIKE BUS'S TRAMS, LOCAL CRACKHEADS, PEOPLE KICKIN OFF @ THE DOLL, OFFICE, AGRO ON THE BUS!

asusu · Post by **asusu** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:10 pm

I've recorded my mate on the drums at college, but it's quite hard to get a good sound sometimes. Quite a bit of skill is required, and I like 'em dirty, so I usually just sample lo fi stuff or off vinyl.

asusu · Post by **asusu** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:11 pm

I've recorded my mate on the drums at college, but it's quite hard to get a good sound sometimes. Quite a bit of skill is required, and I like 'em dirty, so I usually just sample lo fi stuff or off vinyl.

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:55 pm

asusu wrote:I've recorded my mate on the drums at college, but it's quite hard to get a good sound sometimes. Quite a bit of skill is required, and I like 'em dirty, so I usually just sample lo fi stuff or off vinyl.

isnt that stuff already compressed tho?

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:13 pm

CRYPTIC wrote:
asusu wrote:I've recorded my mate on the drums at college, but it's quite hard to get a good sound sometimes. Quite a bit of skill is required, and I like 'em dirty, so I usually just sample lo fi stuff or off vinyl.
isnt that stuff already compressed tho?

yeah and sometimes the point of sampling is to get the characteristics of the recording... plus if you are sampling a hit, well it doesnt matter if its compressed... it'd be quite hard to duplicate the sound of an old funk recording... particular drums, mics, mic and mixing techniques, not to mention the player

asusu · Post by **asusu** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:02 pm

^^ True... If I had the space and time (not to mention the equipment) I'd probably record more cos you can get some really interesting sounds if you experiment. Dunno if anyones checked out Amon Tobins latest album but I think he recorded drums underwater and with peas in the snare drum to make it rattle, stuff like that. His Splinter Cell soundtrack's another great example of live instruments being used in electronic music.

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:17 pm

CRYPTIC wrote:anyone using real drum kit here?

yup, on lots of stuff. working on a tune right now based around real drumkit(s), doumbek, and djembe. lotta fun... gettin' back to my old ska roots!

ronin-producer · Post by **ronin-producer** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:10 pm

skream hired sum guy to play a flute on several of his tracks

westernsynthetics · Post by **westernsynthetics** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:29 am

i play guitar, bass, didgeridoo, the ceiling fan (dont laugh) on dubstep choons

thesis · Post by **thesis** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:49 am

Yeah, I've played guitar & various percussion/hand drums for my productions.

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:59 pm

Played guitar for years.. but yet to have a go at introducing it into my productions.

I'm buying a new soundcard this week, probably the audiophile 2496(?i think thats it) and i'm just wondering whats the best way to plug in the guitar. More specifically which input would i use on the card.

I'd run my guitar thru my amp then line out into the card, is a DI box in need, or directly into some kind of input thats on the card. How do you do it??? maybe westernsynthetics you could help us out with this one bruv?

cheeers

*Not meaning to derail the thread

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