Well, I don't really know the difference between an 80s, 90s, 00s, or whatever sound,  but this sounds good.

Well, I don't really know the difference between an 80s, 90s, 00s, or whatever sound, but this sounds good.

This is one of the hipping hoppingest beats i've ever heard.

This is one of the hipping hoppingest beats i've ever heard.

Damn this sounds really good! The song is so dynamic. The sound pellet is perfect man, there aren't too many things going on and it works like a charm!

Damn this sounds really good! The song is so dynamic. The sound pellet is perfect man, there aren't too many things going on and it works like a charm!

A nice chill track and I dig the floaty synth line in the middle.  Suhweet beat too, got me nodding my head

A nice chill track and I dig the floaty synth line in the middle. Suhweet beat too, got me nodding my head :)

Try eating Nature Bars while tracking!

Try eating Nature Bars while tracking! [url="http://giphy.com/gifs/bar-valley-QWtIScXSawSTS"][img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/QWtIScXSawSTS/200.gif[/img][/url]

I like it

I like it

Nice beat.

Nice beat.

That is one dank beat. Top notch sound design dude!

That is one dank beat. Top notch sound design dude!

Yes yes and yes!

Yes yes and yes!

This is absolutely fantastic. Love the crunchy, old-school sound and the filtering of the drums in the middle section. Great tack!!

This is absolutely fantastic. Love the crunchy, old-school sound and the filtering of the drums in the middle section. Great tack!!

Seguimos mandando los hispanos y damos competencia en los beats semanales!

Bien hecho esta vez!

Seguimos mandando los hispanos y damos competencia en los beats semanales! Bien hecho esta vez!

Yeah, awesome. I don't know about the crunch (I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to those nuances), but the  BASS man. Epic. Nothing like a well-placed sine wave.

Yeah, awesome. I don't know about the crunch (I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to those nuances), but the BASS man. Epic. Nothing like a well-placed sine wave.

Ahhh yeah.  Diggin these beats / verbs.  Have a twiddle with the resample settings too... you can get some ultra crunch going on there!!  But you'll never fully emulate the DAC of the E-MU ... it has it's own sound totally!!

Ahhh yeah. Diggin these beats / verbs. Have a twiddle with the resample settings too... you can get some ultra crunch going on there!! But you'll never fully emulate the DAC of the E-MU ... it has it's own sound totally!!

Love the sound, can certainly hear that early 90's crunchy sound, this would be perfect for krs-one or black moon to spit rhymes on or would fit right in with ninja tune, early 90's hip hop is pretty much what I listen to half the time, so again love the sound

Love the sound, can certainly hear that early 90's crunchy sound, this would be perfect for krs-one or black moon to spit rhymes on or would fit right in with ninja tune, early 90's hip hop is pretty much what I listen to half the time, so again love the sound

Thanks Edmund. That "crunch" is like the "twang" sound of the early sixties: certain fat and crusty quality in the drums associated with the early nineties hip hop.

Thanks Orangedrink. I'm afraid it ended a little too monotone. I almost had no time to build an arrangement, so maybe I follow your lead and convert it to a true hip hop song next week

¡Gracias Oso Feo!

I'm glad you liked the sound. This week I'm afraid I was too concentrated on browsing through my old archives that I forgot to build a proper song. Would love to remix this into something less repetitive.

I'd envy your synth wizardry. They're just old samples of "Future Music" coverdisk synths I used. Pan and volume envelope without almost any effects. Painstakingly slow sometimes until you find the proper sound. I'd love to rework this one to give it more variation

Thanks Abludo. I'm really diggin' your stuff lately

Thanks man!

[quote=Edmund Snyder]Well, I don't really know the difference between an 80s, 90s, 00s, or whatever sound, but this sounds good. [/quote] Thanks Edmund. That "crunch" is like the "twang" sound of the early sixties: certain fat and crusty quality in the drums associated with the early nineties hip hop. [quote=orangedrink]This is one of the hipping hoppingest beats i've ever heard.[/quote] Thanks Orangedrink. I'm afraid it ended a little too monotone. I almost had no time to build an arrangement, so maybe I follow your lead and convert it to a true hip hop song next week [quote=Oso Feo]Damn this sounds really good! The song is so dynamic. The sound pellet is perfect man, there aren't too many things going on and it works like a charm![/quote] ¡Gracias Oso Feo! I'm glad you liked the sound. This week I'm afraid I was too concentrated on browsing through my old archives that I forgot to build a proper song. Would love to remix this into something less repetitive. [quote=Tone Matrix]A nice chill track and I dig the floaty synth line in the middle. Suhweet beat too, got me nodding my head :)[/quote] I'd envy your synth wizardry. They're just old samples of "Future Music" coverdisk synths I used. Pan and volume envelope without almost any effects. Painstakingly slow sometimes until you find the proper sound. I'd love to rework this one to give it more variation [quote=Abludo]I like it[/quote] Thanks Abludo. I'm really diggin' your stuff lately [quote=GrainBastard]Nice beat.[/quote] Thanks man!

Whoah... American snacks kill me, man! We've got some typical XMas candy here in Spain: "polvorones" (something like "dusties")... Still cleaning my keyboard 3 months after the event!

I'm sure that "Crunch is the new Cowbell"

[quote=Ipaghost]Try eating Nature Bars while tracking! [url="http://giphy.com/gifs/bar-valley-QWtIScXSawSTS"][img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/QWtIScXSawSTS/200.gif[/img][/url][/quote] Whoah... American snacks kill me, man! We've got some typical XMas candy here in Spain: "polvorones" (something like "dusties")... Still cleaning my keyboard 3 months after the event! I'm sure that "Crunch is the new Cowbell" :)

Thanks mate! I dig into my '90s folder: just badly normalized or even clipped samples mostly taken from the Future Music cd cover (do u remember sampling an actual cd via the audio input). Ended rechopping almost everything. It's good to rediscover the old tools after so long

Thank u, man!

Thanks, man! They weren't actually filtered... They were horribly sampled. I think they were originally 8 bit 22 kHz and upsampled. Completely distorted. I reduced them to a 10% of the original volume and drench those crappy bridge breaks on reverb

Thanks for listening again

Gracias! De veras que me hubiese gustado construir una estructura mejor para estos breaks. Apenas tuve tiempo y creo que se merecen una verdadera "canción"... Alguna idea?

[quote=Brackleforth]That is one dank beat. Top notch sound design dude![/quote] Thanks mate! I dig into my '90s folder: just badly normalized or even clipped samples mostly taken from the Future Music cd cover (do u remember sampling an actual cd via the audio input). Ended rechopping almost everything. It's good to rediscover the old tools after so long :) [quote=tim koch]Yes yes and yes![/quote] :) Thank u, man! [img]https://media1.giphy.com/media/10c9BEZyo8szo4/200.gif[/img] [quote=Martiln]This is absolutely fantastic. Love the crunchy, old-school sound and the filtering of the drums in the middle section. Great tack!![/quote] Thanks, man! They weren't actually filtered... They were horribly sampled. I think they were originally 8 bit 22 kHz and upsampled. Completely distorted. I reduced them to a 10% of the original volume and drench those crappy bridge breaks on reverb Thanks for listening again [quote=Naikymusic]Seguimos mandando los hispanos y damos competencia en los beats semanales! Bien hecho esta vez! [/quote] Gracias! De veras que me hubiese gustado construir una estructura mejor para estos breaks. Apenas tuve tiempo y creo que se merecen una verdadera "canción"... Alguna idea?

Look at your inbox, Christian

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Really glad you made that comparison, I'm flattered. I'm quite an ambient synth-head who would love to combine the trippiest textures with something so poweful as the "sound of da police" beat. And yes, KRS ONE is one of my favourites... Jeru The Damaja, Guru, Mos Def, Talib Kweili... Don't want to sound old-fashioned but when it comes to hip hop, the current "Kanye/Lamarr/Drake" stuff tells me absolutely nothing.

When I'm creating these beats, I try to picture Method Man next to a Mutable Instruments modular setup

[quote=colorful grey]Yeah, awesome. I don't know about the crunch (I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to those nuances), but the BASS man. Epic. Nothing like a well-placed sine wave. [/quote] Look at your inbox, Christian ;) z [quote=Jason Nijjer]Love the sound, can certainly hear that early 90's crunchy sound, this would be perfect for krs-one or black moon to spit rhymes on or would fit right in with ninja tune, early 90's hip hop is pretty much what I listen to half the time, so again love the sound[/quote] Really glad you made that comparison, I'm flattered. I'm quite an ambient synth-head who would love to combine the trippiest textures with something so poweful as the "sound of da police" beat. And yes, KRS ONE is one of my favourites... Jeru The Damaja, Guru, Mos Def, Talib Kweili... Don't want to sound old-fashioned but when it comes to hip hop, the current "Kanye/Lamarr/Drake" stuff tells me absolutely nothing. When I'm creating these beats, I try to picture Method Man next to a Mutable Instruments modular setup :)

Thanks cTrix! I personally had a question for you, as the "producer-extraordinaire" you are. I published an all E-MU 6400 song a few weeks ago looking for that exact crunchyness. The E-MU sounds fat, yet somehow muddier that the Akai. Loving it, though it's not suitable for a real hurry. Would you mind to give it a listen and tell me what you think?

Also, it would be great to swap some banks/presets since you actually own the same model

I'm also quite tempted by this

[quote=cTrix]Ahhh yeah. Diggin these beats / verbs. Have a twiddle with the resample settings too... you can get some ultra crunch going on there!! But you'll never fully emulate the DAC of the E-MU ... it has it's own sound totally!![/quote] Thanks cTrix! I personally had a question for you, as the "producer-extraordinaire" you are. I published [url=http://weeklybeats.com/#/laguna/music/cult-of-the-lcd-screen]an all E-MU 6400 song a few weeks ago[/url] looking for that exact crunchyness. The E-MU sounds fat, yet somehow muddier that the Akai. Loving it, though it's not suitable for a real hurry. Would you mind to give it a listen and tell me what you think? Also, it would be great to swap some banks/presets since you actually own the same model I'm also quite tempted by this [img]http://i.imgur.com/BLtOVV2.gif[/img]

It's as much of a snack as the box it comes in!

[quote=laguna][quote=Ipaghost]Try eating Nature Bars while tracking! [url="http://giphy.com/gifs/bar-valley-QWtIScXSawSTS"][img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/QWtIScXSawSTS/200.gif[/img][/url][/quote] Whoah... American snacks kill me, man! We've got some typical XMas candy here in Spain: "polvorones" (something like "dusties")... Still cleaning my keyboard 3 months after the event! I'm sure that "Crunch is the new Cowbell" :) [/quote] It's as much of a snack as the box it comes in! [img]http://cdn.skim.gs/image/upload/v1456343410/msi/Dog_eating_box_xq1v0b.gif[/img]

hahaha man. Yeah, we got some "cardboard delights" here... They seem to have a loyal following everywhere, also. Wack food for wack people, is it?

[quote=Ipaghost][quote=laguna][quote=Ipaghost]Try eating Nature Bars while tracking! [url="http://giphy.com/gifs/bar-valley-QWtIScXSawSTS"][img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/QWtIScXSawSTS/200.gif[/img][/url][/quote] Whoah... American snacks kill me, man! We've got some typical XMas candy here in Spain: "polvorones" (something like "dusties")... Still cleaning my keyboard 3 months after the event! I'm sure that "Crunch is the new Cowbell" :) [/quote] It's as much of a snack as the box it comes in! [img]http://cdn.skim.gs/image/upload/v1456343410/msi/Dog_eating_box_xq1v0b.gif[/img][/quote] hahaha man. Yeah, we got some "cardboard delights" here... They seem to have a loyal following everywhere, also. Wack food for wack people, is it?

You are very close to the typical 90ies sound.
I used to love that style of hiphop.& still do.
A little vinyl crackling and it might be perfect!!

You are very close to the typical 90ies sound. I used to love that style of hiphop.& still do. A little vinyl crackling and it might be perfect!!

Yes another winner man!

Yes another winner man!

I dig it.  Solid as groove.  Nice and back.  Maybe I'm digging the 90s vibe too.

I dig it. Solid as groove. Nice and back. Maybe I'm digging the 90s vibe too.

Absolutely glorious beat, and the old-school crunchiness is the business.  Extremely cool, laguna!

Absolutely glorious beat, and the old-school crunchiness is [i]the business[/i]. Extremely cool, laguna! [img]http://i.giphy.com/ZVWndTcqpMXrW.gif[/img]

[quote=laguna][quote=cTrix]Ahhh yeah. Diggin these beats / verbs. Have a twiddle with the resample settings too... you can get some ultra crunch going on there!! But you'll never fully emulate the DAC of the E-MU ... it has it's own sound totally!![/quote] Sure! Thanks cTrix! I personally had a question for you, as the "producer-extraordinaire" you are. I published [url=http://weeklybeats.com/#/laguna/music/cult-of-the-lcd-screen]an all E-MU 6400 song a few weeks ago[/url] looking for that exact crunchyness. The E-MU sounds fat, yet somehow muddier that the Akai. Loving it, though it's not suitable for a real hurry. Would you mind to give it a listen and tell me what you think? Also, it would be great to swap some banks/presets since you actually own the same model I'm also quite tempted by this [img]http://i.imgur.com/BLtOVV2.gif[/img] [/quote]