Drum 'n Bass

[Murcielago1]

What does DnB usually have? What kind of instruments/sounds?

[loansindi]

At 5/3/09 07:29 PM, Murcielago1 wrote: What does DnB usually have? What kind of instruments/sounds?

Well.

Drums.

And, you know... bass.

Seriously dude. What kind of question is that? It implies you haven't even listened to the genre in question. Or even read the wikipedia article. for a basic understanding before asking a vague and general question that will get nine million different questions because no genre gets perceived exactly the same way by two people.

[JinNJuice]

DnB has drums and bass... yea

it also has hard and fast beats. lots of it. some saw synths too. oh, and anything else to make a good mix. what would that be? that is all up to you.

[Slipstreamer]

Reeses, drums, hoovers, grinders, strings, pads, all kinds of stuff.

[Offgore]

At 5/3/09 07:29 PM, Murcielago1 wrote: What does DnB usually have? What kind of instruments/sounds?

have you listened to drum and bass at all?

[Slipstreamer]

Lol you didn't need to bump this.

Stop bumping this! >:U

[guilmonx]

(*Bump*) (hehehe)

Drum n Bass... What ever music you have currently in your project window... Turn up the tempo to around 160 to 220. Bam... You got D n B style music. Making a D n B track sound good is the key. Too many drum beats that sound like a kid quickly whacking at all sorts of things doesn't make a good sounding D n B track.

Try it sometime...

[RyanPridgeon]

Set the tempo to 174bpm, add some well processed fast breakbeat drums, then program a really wobbly reese. Then add a sub under the reese which plays the same thing.

After that just add pads and synths in the background and play with automation / effects

[Slipstreamer]

At 5/5/09 03:19 AM, RyanPridgeon wrote: Set the tempo to 174bpm, add some well processed fast breakbeat drums, then program a really wobbly reese. Then add a sub under the reese which plays the same thing.

After that just add pads and synths in the background and play with automation / effects

That's not really good advice, subs shouldn't play the same pattern, they should fill the ghost or empty notes of the bass if done right.
And that's only half of the stuff that goes into a well-made DnB song.

[Quarl]

At 5/5/09 10:17 AM, Slipstreamer wrote:

That's not really good advice, subs shouldn't play the same pattern, they should fill the ghost or empty notes of the bass if done right.
And that's only half of the stuff that goes into a well-made DnB song.

Actually it's all debatable/ situational. I find that by layering the lead reese melody with the sub you can fool the listener into thinking the sub is in fact part of the lead reese (when done correctly.) However there really shouldn't be a right or wrong way to layer a sub into the mix. If it sounds good, roll with it.

Also, to say that such is only half of what goes into a well made dnb song is not really true either. There's too much variety within dnb to say that there's a right or wrong way to do anything. Take idm and breakcore for example. Those are the two best examples for what a little experimentation can do and they've had far reaching influences on every sub genre of dnb. The only time when there's only one way to do something is when your trying to appeal to a label, in which case fire up the tech step drum pattern, follow the atypical modern electronic dance music song structure and throw in an amen break after the drop for lols.

[Quarl]

At 5/5/09 10:54 AM, Quarl wrote: and throw in an amen break after the drop for lols.

Nostalgic lols. Old people like the amen break. It reminds them of the good old days.

[Rave4Yourself]

I'd say....based off of what everyone has said so far.... and based on what "dnb" tracks are out nowadays, and, well, considered "dnb" tracks...... that:

Drumnbass is ANYTHING, as long as there's 1. breakbeat drums (pretty much meaning anything thats not 4x4 "techno"/trance beat) and 2. bass.

So based off of that information, hopefully you are now well edumacatificated sir.

[Triskele]

At 5/5/09 10:55 AM, Quarl wrote: Nostalgic lols. Old people like the amen break. It reminds them of the good old days.

Apparently 20 is old >:

For real though, I'm not sure why people STILL aren't fed up with two step dnb. Boring shit.

[Hades]

For some additional reading on samples and the like (along some links), check out these threads:

Drum N' Bass?
Drum n Bass Drums
Drum n' Bass Samples?

[nathanallenpinard]

From what I've heard, DnB seems to be more like a jungle beat combined with unique bass lines. Most of the bass lines almost never start on beat 1.

[Slipstreamer]

At 5/7/09 04:07 AM, nathanallenpinard wrote: From what I've heard, DnB seems to be more like a jungle beat

That's in a sub-genre... called jungle...

lol

@ Quarl

Amen breaks ftw :3

[nathanallenpinard]

At 5/7/09 02:28 PM, Slipstreamer wrote:

At 5/7/09 04:07 AM, nathanallenpinard wrote: From what I've heard, DnB seems to be more like a jungle beat

That's in a sub-genre... called jungle...

lol

@ Quarl

Amen breaks ftw :3

Um...you only took half of what I said there, so it kind of messes with the context.

[btriangle]

listen to some goldie bo.

[Slipstreamer]

At 5/7/09 04:07 AM, nathanallenpinard wrote: From what I've heard, DnB seems to be more like a jungle beat combined with unique bass lines. Most of the bass lines almost never start on beat 1.

That's in a sub-genre... called jungle...

i haz quoted better nao?
lol

[Quarl]

At 5/7/09 10:06 PM, Slipstreamer wrote:

At 5/7/09 04:07 AM, nathanallenpinard wrote: From what I've heard, DnB seems to be more like a jungle beat combined with unique bass lines. Most of the bass lines almost never start on beat 1.

That's in a sub-genre... called jungle...

i haz quoted better nao?
lol

Actually jungle is what spawned drum and bass so technically dnb is the sub genre... also, technically jungle is dead. Do some home work.

[Triskele]

At 5/7/09 11:03 PM, Quarl wrote: technically jungle is dead.

Sorry for bump but...

no it is not. Plenty of artists/labels/shows out there that still push the junglistic sound (and I'm not talking throwback replays of oldschool classics. Jungle is a thriving and evolving sound)

www.ragga-jungle.com
www.grindthieves.com
www.scientificwax.com
etc etc etc

[Slipstreamer]

At 5/7/09 11:03 PM, Quarl wrote: Actually jungle is what spawned drum and bass so technically dnb is the sub genre... also, technically jungle is dead. Do some home work.

Jungle owns your fais and is far from dead, back to your room Quarl.
>:O

[Slipstreamer]

Jungle did come before dnb though lol.

[Quarl]

I only said technically because the mainstream dnb crowd today cares more about dark step. Regardless, while there are still people out there that produce that early sound most of dnb has seemed to of stemmed off into even further psuedo genres. Also, the genre pretty much became "drum and bass" a long time ago. I feel as if the only people who have the right to call it jungle are the people who were around for it before it quickly became what it is today.

[Khuskan]

At 5/5/09 10:17 AM, Slipstreamer wrote: And that's only half of the stuff that goes into a well-made DnB song.

But all the stuff that makes a shitty newgrounds DnB song!