drum filters.....

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Crate Raider

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if i have a sample with heavy drums all over it, is there a way i could filter these out or at least tone them down as much as possible?? if so does anyone have a filter they reccomend??
 

Shonsteez

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Raider -
I know you can stuff like that in CoolEdit 2...But it also anihilates alot of tha quality of other sounds that you still want to exist.
My advice would be that you could see if it works for you in CEP2...and if it doesnt, its back to diggin for those pristine samples that we all want with either jus dope drums, or dope instro's.

Steeze
 

soundboy2

ILLIEN
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When sampling from a record or cd, if I want the drums or lows to be less dominant, I sometime will turn the lows down on the Dj mixer and turn the highs up a little. Just keeping tweeking it that way, It won't remove them totally but they will be lighter coming into the sampler.
 

God

Creator of the Universe
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The quickest thing is to have a large dynamic EQ (30 band) at your disposal (I think cool edit has this) and bring down the low end to some degree to ease off the heaviness of the kick. Remember, an EQ is a filter.

Find the frequency range that you're most comfortable with by band passing the kick sample through the EQ. In the EQ you should cut and boost through experimentation to find out what's right.

If there are other overtones, like a "click" that is inherent in the drum sample, it'll take some tricky EQ'ing to get by it. Or you could compress that frequency band and hope that it mollifies the attack and sound of the kick's "click."

Try a frequency analysis with Cool Edit (I'm sure it has it) and then see in what frequency range there is the most bass saturation.

Sincerely,
God
 
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