Beef up your sound with layered claps and snares
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:13:35
Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Beef up your sound with layered claps and snares Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Beef up your sound with layered claps and snares 25 February , 2011 6.06AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos how to sounds to sample tech tips As anyone who has spent hours trying to find the perfect snare can tell you , sometimes a single hit just doesn’t cut it . The same goes for handclaps : sometimes a crisp 808 clap is all you need , but it can be tough to get the right amount of bite . In a new video tutorial , Sounds To Sample’s Marc Adamo shows how to layer claps and snares to come up with fatter , fuller accents . Check out the video , and give it a try with
: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation The Weekly Roundup : February 25, 2011 Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item The Weekly Roundup : February 25, 2011 25 February , 2011 11.45AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News weekly roundup Big room sounds abound this week , as some of the heaviest names in the game drop powerful new singles that go the distance , and then some . Read on for huge new tunes from Koen Groeneveld Umek and Christian Cambas Chris Lake Olav Basoski and more . nbsp Koen Groeneveld , Slides” EP Size Records The wave of non-stop bangers from Size continues to roll with the latest from one of techno’s finest , Koen Groenveld . The EP is packed with audible madness and production
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