Dat feel when you finally find the snare you've been agonizing over and it was right in front of you

[FunkDoc1112]

This shyt right here:



I've been trying to figure out that damn snare for YEARS. Going through every break I've had download, jyst putting that shyt on shuffle in VLC and seeing anything that even comes close, knowing Tipster was probably layering some snares anyway.

I would play the instrumental version and put the parts where the snare was by itself on repeat. For minutes on end, just analyzing the highs and lows, mids, everything. Still nothing.

So then I look closely at other Tip productions. He's reused snares before (he used the Give Up The Goods snare like 8 times in '95/96, Temperature's Rising and Crooklyn are also the same snare sample just mixed differently)

So the song I go to that's close to it is Stressed Out from Beats Rhymes and Life. Same sounding snare. Turns out it's actually the snare from the Oh My God Remix.

Then FINALLY, I remember that We The People from their latest album used the exact same snare. So I go to Whosampled not even expecting it to turn up with anything, AND WHAT DO I FIND?!



Bingo.

So I record the whole break on Audacity. Save it with proper tagging to my drum breaks folder...I get a notification that i already have a file with the same name



I've had that damn break in my files for 3 years now. Never once came up on my shuffle. Not ONCE.

God damn I feel relieved and annoyed brehs

 

[Supa]

That Nas remix is one of my favorite Tip beats. Never noticed how loud and aggressive that snare was.

I need to start building my own drum kits. I got a bunch of breaks I found in samples I just haven't sliced them up.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Snare is crazy!

I think it's layered indeed and it has hi-hats recorded with it i think. And it has reverb on it.

 

[NormanConnors]

Facts

On first glance I thought you were talking about finding the right snare to use in a beat though, that usually has me if i dont find it right away. Then the clock starts ticking into a couple of weeks later.

 

[Supa]

Facts

On first glance I thought you were talking about finding the right snare to use in a beat though, that usually has me if i dont find it right away. Then the clock starts ticking into a couple of weeks later.

I got beats I made months ago that I never found the right snare for

I don't like putting that much thought into drums because I need that time to go to flipping the sample.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I got beats I made months ago that I never found the right snare for

I don't like putting that much thought into drums because I need that time to go to flipping the sample.

The big awakening for me was when I downloaded Havoc's Infamous Drumkit, which had all that drum samples he used on The Infamous. I've never used them, but I wanted to see what he used...and to be honest all the drums sounded like shyt when isolated. Like the snare on Give Up The Goods that's an absolute monster was just two impotent .5 second files stacked and mixed. Which made me realize so much of it comes down to mixing. So I don't trip too much.

 

[Supa]

The big awakening for me was when I downloaded Havoc's Infamous Drumkit, which had all that drum samples he used on The Infamous. I've never used them, but I wanted to see what he used...and to be honest all the drums sounded like shyt when isolated. Like the snare on Give Up The Goods that's an absolute monster was just two impotent .5 second files stacked and mixed. Which made me realize so much of it comes down to mixing. So I don't trip too much.

I got a Dilla kit and was expecting to hear something amazing but it's just kicks and snares.

I just go to any kit and pick a kick/snare that sound good with the sample, try 2-4 others to see which ones are the best, and get to putting the beat together.

I got do more layering but I don't like adding too many elements because it increases the mixing time.

 

[NormanConnors]

I got a Dilla kit and was expecting to hear something amazing but it's just kicks and snares.

I just go to any kit and pick a kick/snare that sound good with the sample, try 2-4 others to see which ones are the best, and get to putting the beat together.

I got do more layering but I don't like adding too many elements because it increases the mixing time.

I normally use any snare to get started myself then once i get the beat ill make the adjustment, sometimes fatgiue sets in though and that snare will just have to work if it fits well enough

 

[Supa]

I normally use any snare to get started myself then once i get the beat ill make the adjustment, sometimes fatgiue sets in though and that snare will just have to work if it fits well enough

Yeah, I try to get the beat done in 15-30 minutes so I can mix. If it's not done I save and come back to it. I don't like revisiting unfinished beats because whatever I was feeling in that moment is gone.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I normally use any snare to get started myself then once i get the beat ill make the adjustment, sometimes fatgiue sets in though and that snare will just have to work if it fits well enough

Yeah, I'm the same way. For a long ass time I started off every beat using the Detroit Emeralds "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" (Incarcerated Scarfaces is the most well-known use but J Dilla used em a million times in his early days) kick, snare, and hats, because they're probably the most easily adaptable drum sounds in existence.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

I always kinda have in mind what type of snare i'm looking for when i have the sample layed down.
Like a snappy snare, or a live sounding snare, or a punchy snare, or a real dusty snare.
Sometimes the sample i'm using reminds me of what certain producers would sample and look for a similar type snare they usually use.
Than i usually look into 'producer' drumkits.

I have like "go-to" drumkits that i always check first when making a beat.
I noticed that usually the first matching snare i find usually becomes the main snare for the beat. Lot of times happens to be that way...

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

this X0 plugin apparently groups 1 shot samples together for easier browsing no matter where you store them.

i dunno if it would help for breaks

XO, XO plugin, buy XO, download XO trial, XLN Audio XO

 

[Why-Fi]

that break is one of my favorite jungle bros beats and i had no idea it was black sabbath