how to get a nice cruchy percussion?

[Jason Speed]

Hi people, am trying to get a nice crunchy percussion as heard on the likes of alot of hard techno/schranz tunes. In particular like on the Video Killed The DJ's Bootleg. I have tried using bongo's and then distorting, overcompressing and then using a filter which does get a nice crunchy sound but has too much of a bouncy feel, tried alterng eq to get rid of the sound I no longer want but then the percussion totally looses it's depth and punchyness. Any tips? Am using Logic Pro 8

[tonyc2002]

check out camelspace. its great for making interesting rhythmic patterns

[Louk]

Bitcrush mate...bitcrush all the way.

Good example for video killed the djs esque percussion would be to check a tune called Evanti - What A Rush

[Komplex]

this isn't the sound you're looking for but another cruncheriser is to time stretch a percussion loop a few times then stretch it back to its original length ;)

and bit depth + sampling frequency has been already mentioned...

[Komplex]

oh and the mother of all cruncherisers is the sherman filterbank. try it some time.

[Jason Speed]

Thanks for the help people, starting to get the sound I'm looking for.