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1996-05-22 23:45GDWhile listening to the DJ Food Refried Food CD I noticed that the first two tracks, Strang

From:: GD <gd@interramp.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Wed, 22 May 1996 18:45:17 -0500
Subject:: (idm) a few thoughts about breakbeats...

While listening to the DJ Food Refried Food CD I noticed that the first two tracks, Strange Taste and Spiral Dub, sound a lot like slowed-down jungle programming. Since I don't have pitch or speed control on my CD player and I only have the CD version, I can't really tell how it would sound sped up. Do the tracks sound more like d&b tracks when sped up? Also I was wondering if anyone has tried constructing d&b tracks by cutting up MIDI sequences as opposed to audio files? It seems like a cool way to do breakbeats, either by deconstructing/rearranging pre-existing MIDI sequences and then assigning drum patches to the beats or even deriving them with a pitch-to-MIDI sequencing package... GD

1996-05-30 01:12GEOTRAXHi! On 22-05-96, Gd wrote... G >Also I was wondering if anyone has tried constructing d&b

From:: GEOTRAX <geotrax@jukjoint.warp.co.uk>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 30 May 96 01:12:00 -0000
Subject:: Re: (idm) a few thoughts abo

Hi! On 22-05-96, Gd wrote... G >Also I was wondering if anyone has tried constructing d&b tracks by cutting G >up MIDI sequences as opposed to audio files? It seems like a cool way to do G >breakbeats either by deconstructing/rearranging pre-existing MIDI G >sequences and then assigning drum patches to the beats Anyone who does interesting Drum and Bass will be doing this anyway, not simply laying down breakbeats, but making new breaks with individual drum hit samples sequenced with Cubase/Logic etc. Of course, there's always LTJ Bukem to cock up this theory.. Cheers, SjaY. *Fido* 2:250/151 *E-Mail* Geotrax@jukjoint.warp.co.uk ... 'Freestyle' - Mayday ___ * UniQWK v4.1 * The Windows Mail Reader

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