Re: [linux-audio-user] Crispy hi-hats

On Sat, 02 Sep, 2006 at 11:20PM +0300, juuso.alasuutari@email-addr-hidden spake thus:
> Something's bothering me about making beats in Linux (without a dime to spare on
> a hardware synth): The lack of high-quality hi-hat samples.
>
> I recently fell in love with a site called Freesound [0], but although I've
> found great samples there I'm still missing those crisp, airy hats I hear when
> listening to "real" music. (You may not share my taste for psychedelic trance,
> but you will know what I mean if you listen to e.g. Infected Mushroom.)
>
> Of course much of the sound is achieved with EQ's and effects, but one must
> still have a decent starting point. The only hi-hats I seem find sound muddy
> and heavy (I don't mean the genre of music, I mean that the hat hits won't
> "dance" in the air above the head, if you know what I mean). Usually they're
> also ruined by static background noise. :(
>
> I'm considering trying to locate some FOAF who owns a wavetable synth with
> digital I/O so I could sample clean hi-hats, but I would much rather have them
> home-made. Can anyone please point me to a free sample repository with
> high-quality hats, or recommend a GPL'd drum synth? (I haven't tried Smack yet,
> and I'm keeping my hopes up high - I'm sure it can say "smack" very well, and
> I'm hoping the "tschik" will also please me. :))

I don't know where in the world you are, but try and get a hold of the
UK magazines Future Music or Computer Music. They always carry lots
of samples on the cover DVD. They aren't CC/GPL but you are granted a
license to use them as you see fit, as if you'd bought the sample CD
that they are taken from.

Of course, a really good collection of CC samples of high quality
would be nice, but I don't have the equipment to start it.

James
 
> Thanks,
> Juuso
>
> [0] http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
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Received on Sun Sep 3 04:15:03 2006