jrisreal wrote:joshisrad wrote:jrisreal wrote:wormcode wrote:Yes a very bad thing.
By opposite spectrum, I meant some of the best samples ever are geared toward stuff you might not even like. I've probably got more use out of the Big Fish Orchestral and Winds packs than anything else that comes to mind.
But to answer his question the Distance pack had some great unprocessed content for a genre specific pack.
Agreed. If you use samples that are geared towards the genre you're working in, then what are you bringing to he genre?
Drums are the only way you can make your track stand out from the crowd
You and I both know that is not what I meant. Overall, if you sound just like the rest of the genre, you aren't bringing anything of your own to the table...this applies to drums, leads, basslines, atmospherics, melodies etc...all of the above.
I disagree with the idea that using drums geared towards dubstep is bad. Really I disagree with the entire idea that using anything geared toward a specific genre is bad. I mean the entire idea of genres is that things are done the same way in most respects. I mean the basic components of most non-edm music is simply a drum set, electric/acoustic guitar and a bass guitar. Even though I've heard an electric guitar a million times it doesn't mean I'm not going to like it in the next song I hear.
Personally I hate the expectation that everything has to be different all the time. Just because I use a kick drum in one song then I can't use it in another song, or just because I used this synth sound in one song then it can never be used in another. I think if it fits, and it sounds good in what you are doing, then use it. As long as you aren't just remaking the same song over and over again then I don't see what the big deal is. I think this goes even more so for drums. I mean come on, a kick and snare is a kick and a snare. As long as it does it's job then it's right, at least to me.
Now, as far as sample packs, I don't personally own any dubstep specific packs. I do have packs that are sort of mixed and have multiple genre style sounds, but none that are just dubstep. When I put my money out for samples I like to be a bit diverse as my music tends to be all over the place. I never stick to making just 1 type of sound. I think the majority of my drum sounds actually come out of trip-hop samples I've accumulated, as well as some glitch samples. I also prefer not to layer the hell out of my kicks and snares, and when I do It's usually just 2 samples layered together. If I can get away with it though I'd rather just use 1. I will say this though, I use the same synth patches ALL the time in many songs and most people probably wouldn't even notice.
