Beat-Mashery FAQ

i know, but i think its the right path to take.

i've added the notes i had already written into the wiki. i'll go through this thread and extract anything else thats relevant.

 

hi guys. have been thinking a little while driving and just don't see much of a point to scaling certain breaks to certain keys as it appears synonymous to use a machine that can scoll through these parameters themselves through table automation... it's really the same thing; but i suppose whatever you feel more comfortable with will save you time.

the other thing i was going to say was either in here or in the squarepusher thread,,,, if worry of "new grounds" becoming scarce is the subject at hand, if i were you, which i kind of am since we're all trying to go for similar genres, i would start with deleting any loop you have that has not been made by you yourself. and start compiling a library of your own breaks from drum machines here in the library. (this was in response to someone talking about places to find loops or whatever.) as for rolls, you can maybe make some maps that are JUST rolls and sample select them. new ground often starts with the ground itself...moreover, if we're going to be that totalitarian about it, you might even want to change every single drum sound you have so that you can call it "yours," and only then, would you take those loops and "mash" them.

maybe this is stupid reiterations.

 

can you explain that in more detail please

 

hi.

yeah totally. like one of the LA muses or logjammers or vectory remixes in the UL.

technically they're utilizing the space a key would just as beatslice does, you just don't have to paste in a seq

 

Ive been doing this since Logic 2.5 and the other benefit of this method is that you learn about the loops you are chopping to a higher degree. It also helps you create new grooves by doing things that samplers cannot using weird quantizations you stumble accross while you are chopping away.

I am looking to play live with some sample mashers and also use them to develop my breakbeat loop library.

 

As rude as it is, I thought I'd 'bump' this one back up to the top.

So, er, BUMP!

NB* I have questions & jazz, but can't word them right now...