humbly beseeching reggae and dub fans of ILM. i'm replacing my band's very rudimentary drum machine programs with taped loops, from live sources whenever possible, and we have a pretty bangin' post-punk track that demands yr standard reggae beat. i thought it would be fun to, you know, steal a drumbeat from the real thing.
so, is there such a thing as a drum break in reggae? even in dubbed out things, it seems like the bass just never stops plunking away.
― chachuuung, Monday, 14 February 2011 10:41 (fourteen years ago)
not trying to self-promote here, but here's the track, FWIW:
http://soundcloud.com/goatflower/7thdoor
― chachuuung, Monday, 14 February 2011 10:45 (fourteen years ago)
Hmmmm.......
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:49 (fourteen years ago)
What I would do is get a loop from a track you like, wack it into Propellerhead's Recycle and then use Reason to replicate that same loop using Dr. Rex plugged into Redrum. Essentially, you can use the original rhythms and syncopations but replace the original sounds with your own ones.
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:56 (fourteen years ago)
too much work.
no, really i just need to build a decent library of drum sounds. then i could do it from scratch.
― chachuuung, Monday, 14 February 2011 18:04 (fourteen years ago)
Jah Lloyd's Herbs of Dub has plenty of bass-free drum breaks
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Monday, 14 February 2011 18:13 (fourteen years ago)
don't know if it would suit your need for a standard reggae beat, but there's a nice Sly Dunbar drum breakdown about 4 mins into "War of the Stars" by Gregory Isaacs
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 14 February 2011 18:26 (fourteen years ago)
Herbs of dub is also pretty fuckin irie
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:19 (fourteen years ago)