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yo anybody have a clear-sounding amen or amen style breaks at around 130? I got like 300 amen breaks on my computer but when I slow them down they sound well dusty and shit. also the ones I found online were proper musty sounding

guess I'm not looking for an actual amen break slowed down but something that is very similar to it but actually different sample. case in point:

Don't actually slow them down them proportionally to 130bpm, just slow them down as much as possible then add reverb to cover the gaps

thanks for the tip but as they're not particularly crisp to begin with it's not helping me much. if you listen to the tune in the OP u can hear it's kinda amen but not.. nahmeen?

Doesnt it get that amen feel because of those "ghost hits"?

The beat itself doesnt sound very complicated to recreate

yeah that's def just recreated.

topmo3 wrote:thanks for the tip but as they're not particularly crisp to begin with it's not helping me much. if you listen to the tune in the OP u can hear it's kinda amen but not.. nahmeen?

Sorry, I assumed you were going to cut it up. So, slow it down as much as possible, then cut it up and sequence as desired before finally adding reverb to cover gaps. There is also a vst of the Amen, bland but it does the job

the original sample is around 130 bpm anyway, you can it here for example
http://www.rhythm-lab.com/breakbeats

the original is 137

topmo3 wrote:yo anybody have a clear-sounding amen or amen style breaks at around 130? I got like 300 amen breaks on my computer but when I slow them down they sound well dusty and shit. also the ones I found online were proper musty sounding

guess I'm not looking for an actual amen break slowed down but something that is very similar to it but actually different sample. case in point:

i think that's cold sweat, not amen

Old jungle used to be creative in making use of the limitations of time stretching, makes things kind of like a slinky like this (play from 3:49 for a slowwww, crunchy break)

syrup wrote:i think that's cold sweat, not amen

Yeah, it doesn't sound like an amen. Same technique for different breaks though. Timestretch!

You could stretch the entire loop to half time then slice out all the samples and return them to their original length or somewhere near and rise it up to the required tempo then verb it up with a bit of delay to add a bit to the hits to give them some more tail so they don't sound so choked.

test_recordings wrote:Old jungle used to be creative in making use of the limitations of time stretching, makes things kind of like a slinky like this (play from 3:49 for a slowwww, crunchy break)

Tuuuuuuuuuuune holy shit.

It's actually one of the really well-regarded old skool jungle choons, I can't remember if that's the A or B side but apparently the B side gets overlooked (random fact there for you)

OP, do you mean you want the Amen rhythm, but with different cleaner drum samples? Ableton will let you convert an audio clip to MIDI, and it creates a drum rack and a midi clip for you. Just replace the samples in the drum rack with your own. That way you keep the timing, but replace the drums.

The tune you posted is layered, so the snare has been replaced with a snappy one, and the kick for a tight punchy one. In fact, the only part of the break used in that tune are the shuffles and ride, and they've been highpassed to remove all the bottom.

Or just sample that tune you posted.