July 13, 2009
Author's Response:
Cheers brah :)
Kicks are pretty simple. Find a good sample to work off of, then compress and EQ to taste. I try not to let my kick drum get too "airy", give it a bit of a boost (with moderate amount of Q) at around 50hz, and carve a bit out of the 100-200hz range to make some room for the bass.
As for stuff like hats, download as many 130 - 140 bpm hat loops as you can find. Quite alot of the loops I find tend to have claps or snares in them, and once you cut out all the low end (about 500hz and down), they go real nice, thin and fidgety :). Then it's just a matter of chopping and re-arranging your loops for interest.
If I need a meatier snare, I'll just grab a 909 snare and compress the hell out of it :]