I had good intentions of recording a rather straight ahead, Gadd-esque linear drum loop. In fact, that's pretty much what I had... before I reached for the vocoder:
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Loop #111
With a delay set to a dotted eighth note and the EVOC 20 filter (my SIGSALY is in the shop) heavy in the mix, I give you some tripped out, space funk.
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Yes yes, I know I haven't been cranking out the free loops on a "daily" basis this week. A full refund is in the mail. I promise. You see, things are pretty crazy around "Casa del Gruss" at the moment. We're currently looking for some new digs (something a little more drummer friendly.. you know, ideally with a barn and a 48 channel Neve console) and I'm finishing up Volume II of Gruss Loops... to be released next week! But fear not, here's a loop to keep you cheap bastards entertained in t...
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One of my good friends, a fellow drummer and former classmate, offered me the chance to 'babysit' his cymbals this week. He was going down to New Orleans for Jazz Fest and, knowing that I was busy recording a series of loop packs, was kind of enough to loan me his vast array of cymbals.
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When I set up to record today, I felt like a kid in a candy store. I had two cases FULL of various cymbal...
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Loop #52
Someone got carried away with an envelope filter.
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Preview Here:
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Download the Logic session here. (48MB)
Get the .wav file here.
103 BPM...
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Tonight's loop started off as your typical meat-and-potatoes-brushes-on-snare-write-some-folky-or-cheesy-funky-shit on top style beat:
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I quickly became bored with it. Does the world really need another folky/cheesy funk beat? I've already given you about 10 of them.
I started tweaking the mix with various Logic plug-ins and then I finally stumbled on this little gem:
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Today's loop started off as your typical 6/8 Afro Cuban groove. Well, not that typical. I took the traditional bembé clave which is normally played on a cowbell and moved it around the toms. If you want authentic latin beats, don't turn to the kid who grew up in Iowa. I mean, I went to high school with these clowns.
6/8 Afro Cuban, from someone who has never been to Africa or Cuba:
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Anyway, to bastardize this loop to the fullest, I ran all of the drum tracks thro...
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