Hey All--
 
I've started working on Pop songs again (need the money ) and there is a style where in the place of a drum fill they get the kick drum to increase notes so it sounds like it's being played faster. Sounds like 16th notes to 32nd to 64th. Is there a technique for doing that other than manually?
 
One example is David Guetta,  "I am Titanium" but that one only speeds up once--there are many Top 40 songs that use this.
 
Any help is appreciated!

BUMP

I think probably most of what's done commercially with this method is done by drum machine, but I could be wrong.

the only way I know is to do it manually.  shouldn't be too difficult with groove looping or cut and paste, tho.

Beagle


I think probably most of what's done commercially with this method is done by drum machine, but I could be wrong.

the only way I know is to do it manually.  shouldn't be too difficult with groove looping or cut and paste, tho.

OK, thanks. I'll give it a try.

I was one of the first people to start doing this back about 20-years ago on the House music records I was producing in Chicago. We never thought it would become such a staple. Back then everything in dance music was all done with drum machines and many of them had "auto-repeat" buttons on them that would make any drum pad repeat hits at whatever pace you had your quantizing set to. I'd set it higher each time I added a section. So really it was done as kind of a quick cop-out to trying to come up with good drum fills over and over and over. I could drop one of those in about 30 seconds. Plus it ended up working well for the genre..... I guess drawing it on the grid view would be the quickest way to do it in a DAW.

DPStewart


 I guess drawing it on the grid view would be the quickest way to do it in a DAW.
 
Yeah. That's a good idea.