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Hattrixx · Post by **Hattrixx** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:43 pm

BREAKBEAT GUIDE IS NOW ONLINE...

http://breakbeat.hattrixx.co.uk

It's been A LOT of hard work to put this tutorial together. Please let me know what you think, guys!

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:47 pm

Well ,I'm just starting to look at it: I can really use it

And I must say I appreciate the way you make things approachable and non-dogmatic on the front page. Thanks for your work

jens · Post by **jens** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:53 pm

thanks very much for it - it' s great!

snareSpanker · Post by **snareSpanker** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:02 pm

This looks great! Thanks!!

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:46 pm

Looks like you got all the bases covered there Hattrix. Good show I say!

snooky · Post by **snooky** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:53 pm

those. wav files won't play in win media player...can't be bothered to get realplayer because it's crap and destroys your system.

Hattrixx · Post by **Hattrixx** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:20 pm

Sorry Fractalism, you only need RealPlayer for the video content (which isn't necessary by any means). The wav files are standard 16/44.1 PCM!

Thanks to everybody who showed some support!

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:10 am

A quick question (hope I didn't miss it on the page):

When you load up the slices of a beat in your sequencer, do you tell the sequencer to cut/stop playing when the next slice is triggered?

So when SLice B plays, does A stop?

snooky · Post by **snooky** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:13 am

Hattrixx wrote:Sorry Fractalism, you only need RealPlayer for the video content (which isn't necessary by any means). The wav files are standard 16/44.1 PCM!

Thanks to everybody who showed some support!

yeah, so I figured..guess it's some shite in mediaplayer

Hattrixx · Post by **Hattrixx** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:07 am

ouroboros wrote:A quick question (hope I didn't miss it on the page):

When you load up the slices of a beat in your sequencer, do you tell the sequencer to cut/stop playing when the next slice is triggered?

So when SLice B plays, does A stop?

Yes. You tell the sequencer how long each cut plays... often this is done by the length of the trigger (note). What sequencer are you using?

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:53 am

Hattrixx wrote:
ouroboros wrote:A quick question (hope I didn't miss it on the page):

When you load up the slices of a beat in your sequencer, do you tell the sequencer to cut/stop playing when the next slice is triggered?

So when SLice B plays, does A stop?
Yes. You tell the sequencer how long each cut plays... often this is done by the length of the trigger (note). What sequencer are you using?

I'm using Fl Studio - but I am learning to use the slicer for the first time

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Prior to, well, today, I would try and edit out the sample I want and then trigger it in its own channel. So one break would consist of, like 6 samples I had prepped and edited triggered from the step sequencer. I would only use individual hits is what I'm trying to say, I think....

I never really got a good sound, especially with pitched or fast breaks, but ironically, I got better at programming realistic drum lines with a lot of time intensive velocity/quant editing.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:05 am

The Breakbeats of Champions -- Wheaties, isn't it? ;-)

It's not my style of music, but I had a look anyway. Impressive! Your design is nice and clean; the content is literate, engaging, and witty; and from what I can tell from a quick shufty it's informative.

Well done, Hattrixx! *bow*

Meffy

Hattrixx · Post by **Hattrixx** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:17 pm

Ouroboros - I don't use FL Studio, but I get the impression you would need to load your breakbeat cuts into a virtual sampler and use the piano roll to edit, rather than the drum-specific features.

Hattrixx · Post by **Hattrixx** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:22 pm

Meffy - Thanks very much for the kind words. Although, I wonder about the comment, "It's not my style of music". What style is that? I've tried to write the guide as non-specific as possible. Breakbeats can be a part of MOST musical styles these days... and even if you're not using any breakbeats, I'd argue that a lot of the techniques can be useful on other materials such as vocals.

I really wouldn't have put all that effort into writing a guide if it were only going to be appropriate to one closed-in style of music. Glad you liked it, though!

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:36 pm

Hattrixx wrote:Ouroboros - I don't use FL Studio, but I get the impression you would need to load your breakbeat cuts into a virtual sampler and use the piano roll to edit, rather than the drum-specific features.

yes, that's certainly a/the standard way to do it: that's how I did it following your tutorial, and it woked well

There is a built in slicer that comes with FL that is well spoken of, but it doesn't slice from slice point forward; it slices every separate hit. I', just not efective with it yet.

Thanks again for the lucid explanations: you certainly bested CM's tutorial!

For black belt breakbeat champions and beginners too!...