Beat Making Drum Programming 3

Question 1

What does 'humanizing' drum patterns mean in production?

Accepted Answer

Introducing slight timing and velocity variations to mimic a live drummer

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Adding more drum tracks

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Replacing drum samples with live recordings

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Applying heavy reverb to all hits

Question 2

What is a 'polyrhythm' in drum programming?

Accepted Answer

Two or more rhythmic patterns with different time cycles playing simultaneously

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Using only one drum sound in a pattern

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A technique for tuning kick drums

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Repeating the same pattern without variation

Question 3

What is the role of a 'rimshot' in a drum pattern?

Accepted Answer

It produces a bright, cutting snare accent by striking the rim and head simultaneously

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It replaces the kick on beat 1

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It mutes other drum sounds

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It is used exclusively for fills

Question 4

In what format does a drum machine typically store pattern information?

Accepted Answer

MIDI data or internal step-sequencer memory

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Audio WAV files

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MP3 audio tracks

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Video files

Question 5

What does 'choking' a hi-hat mean in programming context?

Accepted Answer

Making a closed hi-hat cut off an open hi-hat's sustain

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Reducing the hi-hat volume to zero

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Adding distortion to hi-hats

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Playing hi-hats on every 16th note

Question 6

What is a 'break' in hip-hop drum programming?

Accepted Answer

A rhythmically interesting percussion-only section sampled from a song's breakdown

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A section where all instruments stop playing

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A tempo change within the beat

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The final 8 bars of a track