Amen Break

[Capture pt]

Im going to get a new username right now.

[Hurtdeer]

you could always use another break instead

I second this.

IMO there are so many breaks in the world to be found, using one just because it's popular and vritually defines an entire genre (or more) is kinda gay.

use all breaks! people use the amen break because it has a very distinctive sound and roll to it. and then other ones because they don't

for example this track, is awesome because of the amens:

[alphacat]

Chopping an amen is a rite of passage.

this I agree with most in this thread

Absolutely. A young feller starting out could probably learn a lot from spending a year doing nothing but Amen cuts. Once you earn your chops on that, you can make any break your bitch.

[Projekt N]

I am a sample of the amen break

i've never met anyone who was an actual sample, how does it feel.

Oh wow this topic has gotten a lot of replies I didn't even see it until now. Haha epic typo, being a sample feels great!

[Rekah]

i'd only ever use it as a layer, rather than the main/only beat in the tune. but to be quite honest i can't remember the last time i used it. i do still use a badly sampled tramen here and there though. i'd love to get a better version of the same break...but the cleaner versions i've found don't have the same processing on them.

http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.ph ... did=114739 intsead of trying to find it make it

[Pedro Sánchez]

i'd only ever use it as a layer, rather than the main/only beat in the tune. but to be quite honest i can't remember the last time i used it. i do still use a badly sampled tramen here and there though. i'd love to get a better version of the same break...but the cleaner versions i've found don't have the same processing on them.

http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.ph ... did=114739 intsead of trying to find it make it

The original amen has a magical soul that cannot be reproduced, it's an example of the musicians personality filtering through to the recording plus it is more than just the drum hits that make it what it is, it's also the space captured and that relationship between the space and the groove. Too pretentious?

[Rekah]

i'd only ever use it as a layer, rather than the main/only beat in the tune. but to be quite honest i can't remember the last time i used it. i do still use a badly sampled tramen here and there though. i'd love to get a better version of the same break...but the cleaner versions i've found don't have the same processing on them.

http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.ph ... did=114739 intsead of trying to find it make it

The original amen has a magical soul that cannot be reproduced, it's an example of the musicians personality filtering through to the recording plus it is more than just the drum hits that make it what it is, it's also the space captured and that relationship between the space and the groove. Too pretentious?

i was on about the tramen, the guy said he wanted a better version of it read his post

[Pedro Sánchez]

I posted before clicking the link like an arsehole, I thought it was gonna be someone trying to create with live drum hits and compression or something. Ain't the tramen just tighten up and amen blended?

[Rekah]

I posted before clicking the link like an arsehole, I thought it was gonna be someone trying to create with live drum hits and compression or something. Ain't the tramen just tighten up and amen blended?

ye man

[Rekah]

just noticed its perfect for this thread

[arktrix45hz]

Finally, in the future my friendly suggestion is to charge blindly ahead and fuck with it until you really hit a stumbling block.

This is the best bit of advice you can ever be given as a musician to be fair.

[disco.infiltrator]

[Pedro Sánchez]

I've sampled that video

[deadly_habit]

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[1aoone1]

Right, want you do is cut it the fook up, glitch the shit out of it, Pitch bend like a fookin maniac, add some sub that will make you shit yourself and HAPPY DAYS... you are now a junglist

[upstateface]

Absolutely. A young feller starting out could probably learn a lot from spending a year doing nothing but Amen cuts. Once you earn your chops on that, you can make any break your bitch.

Guess what I've been doing for the past year or so?

[alphacat]

Absolutely. A young feller starting out could probably learn a lot from spending a year doing nothing but Amen cuts. Once you earn your chops on that, you can make any break your bitch.

Guess what I've been doing for the past year or so?

Heh. It pays off, doesn't it?

I swear - and bear in mind I was using the oldskool Hammerhead beat app - that after a year or so of practically nothing but Amen choppage, my beats went to a whole 'nother level.

[upstateface]

Absolutely. A young feller starting out could probably learn a lot from spending a year doing nothing but Amen cuts. Once you earn your chops on that, you can make any break your bitch.

Guess what I've been doing for the past year or so?

Heh. It pays off, doesn't it?

I swear - and bear in mind I was using the oldskool Hammerhead beat app - that after a year or so of practically nothing but Amen choppage, my beats went to a whole 'nother level.

Yup, learned a ton from chopping various breaks all day, errday.

[DJ Crackle]

Dont use it that shit has been rinsed

Disregard this, amens can never be rinsed.

Har har, see wat i did thar.