Drum Loops

[Matt B. (Direkt)]

HEY, i just got some nice samples and i wanna use em proper. i've got my basic percussion already laid out, but as my song progresses, i want to add even more perc. for this i would like to use a high pass filtered drum loop. my song is 135 bpm and the loops are recorded at 140. How should I go about doing this and what are the best tools?

[Matt B. (Direkt)]

i forgot to mention that i'm using Cubase SE, Reason 3.0 (rewired) and i have battery 2 but would rather not use it for lack of cpu efficiency.

[music-tech]

You can use the time stretch tool in Cubase to change the loops from 140 bpm to 130 bpm. Also, newer versions of Cubase and Nuendo will work with ACID format loops directly and change them to the project tempo automatically... but, I don't know enough about the stripped down Cubase SE to tell you if it will work in that or not (might also depend on which version of SE you are using).

For the high-pass filtering, that all depends on what tools you have at your disposal. The basic channel EQ in Cubase should get the job done for you (not sure if it's there in Cubase SE or not, since I haven't worked with SE). There are plenty of other EQ plug-ins available for purchase, as well as many free ones, that will do simple high-pass filtering. The difference in sound will depend on the type of filtering scheme they use and the slope of the filter. Certain filters with steep slopes will cause a resonance, or peak, right around the cutoff frequency. That will be where the biggest difference is between high-pass filters -- i.e., how it affects the frequencies right around the filter cut-off point.