Ride Cymbals

[thetonewrecka]

Buy 16 different ride cymbals from the second hand music store and tie them on a rope at exact distance so each cymbal is just barely touching each one next to it - no gaps. Now tie the end of the rope to your dirt bike and pedal at exactly 141 bpms down a bumpy gravel road. Make sure a friend is running alongside with a mic to record the precision.

[loopdon]

aaaahh fuk the shut up :lol:

[loopdon]

@everybody: how do you eq your rides? do you hipass them (i sure do)
and if so, where do you set the cutoff? notches? i don't know how much i should eq the rides in the +10 khz area? how loud should they be as I think mine are often a little to loud???

what kind of 'general settings' do you apply (staying the same from tune to tune)?

in addition to that: which frequencies do you emphasize? use of de-esser?
low pitched/ hi-pitched /depends?

i really am into rides and curious to gather useful info


so please go ahead and share your knowledge as it is greatly appreciated :love:

[Ritzi Lee]

take a mid band with a small Q.
peak it up, and play with your frequency ajustment.
you eventually will hear the frequency you want to tweak.
make the Q band a little bit bigger, and gain down the volume of the midband a little bit. voila, your rides are singing!

[loopdon]

tanks a lot, ritzi! :clap:

[Dj Dazel]

One thing I don't understant is if I have a 909 ride how I can make a good rhytm with only one velocity because its just sound like 16 time repeated !

Sorry if you don't understand but english is not my fisrt language

[Evil G]

One thing I don't understant is if I have a 909 ride how I can make a good rhytm with only one velocity because its just sound like 16 time repeated !

Sorry if you don't understand but english is not my fisrt language

sidechain compression against the kick can make the hats seem to move up and down. and swing will make them move side to side.

[Dj Dazel]

One thing I don't understant is if I have a 909 ride how I can make a good rhytm with only one velocity because its just sound like 16 time repeated !

Sorry if you don't understand but english is not my fisrt language

sidechain compression against the kick can make the hats seem to move up and down. and swing will make them move side to side.

what do you mean by sidechain compression ?

[Evil G]

sidechain compression is when you use a different sound to trigger the compressor than the sound being compressed. so in this example, you could have the ride come into the compressor's input, and the kick come into the sidechain. whenever the kick hits, the compressor will attenuate the level of the ride. fiddle with the attack and release to get it bouncing along the way you want.

[loopdon]

do you put swing/delay on yer rides.... ?

could anyone post some nice ride samples...

[Louk]

Buy 16 different ride cymbals from the second hand music store and tie them on a rope at exact distance so each cymbal is just barely touching each one next to it - no gaps. Now tie the end of the rope to your dirt bike and pedal at exactly 141 bpms down a bumpy gravel road. Make sure a friend is running alongside with a mic to record the precision.

HAHHAHA that is amazing advice!!!

Louk

[loopdon]

push, so i don't have to look. maybe we could create stickies for various instruments/bass etc...?

[Dave Elyzium]

Sure..soundforge, wavelab, cool edit, goldwave, whatever. If you have a sampler, chop it off in there, experiment with looping it and then sequence your specific rhythmic divisions while playing with loop length, loop range, etc. Punch it through some reverb to give some more "space" to those frequencies and resample it.

wrap your head in layers of aluminum foil and mic it up while a friend slaps you in the face with some nice hard 16th notes. That'll be sizzling too.

or change the sample start time in your sampler for a quicker fix

[Dave Elyzium]

sorry shold have read all the other replies first lol

do i need a certain type of bike or rope for that method thetonewrecka?

[Louk]

sidechain compression rocks!!!

Louk

[tekara]

i too usually have problems with the ride cymbal thinggies....

i guess it really does come down to finding the right samples as well....

chopping off the attack definately helps and lots of EQ

[audioinjection]

what is it about those damn 909 rides in techno, that just kicks ass??

i think i over use it haha

[Patrick DSP]

pitch your ride up by 2semi-tones and have it hit on every 1/8th note add a little bit of compression and reverb, and that should do it.

[loopdon]

nice tips. keep this thread going :lol: