UnkNowNGenius
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A lot of industry producers use loops - Timbaland, Hit-Boy, Boi-1da, T-Minus, KE. Just to name a few.
There's nothing wrong about doing it.
I dont think so....
A lot of industry producers use loops - Timbaland, Hit-Boy, Boi-1da, T-Minus, KE. Just to name a few.
There's nothing wrong about doing it.
Well, you may believe it or not, but it's a fact.I dont think so....
I am 100% against loops.. I would feel guilty if I used it.. I have used a midi melody before and I still feel guilty for that.... but Bangladesh has used some basic loops that came with a daw and went platinum with them so I'm not hatin..
Side discussion...do people see a difference between an arp and a royalty free loop?
Man its amazing how many people use loops too. We need to take the ego out of music. Take the ME and what did I do out of music and remember its about good music regardless of how its made. Nobody is tripping on you for using a piano loop and looped it because the song itself can still be wack as hell if you chose a wack loop you know.Loops add so much to your sound when you don't have access to live instruments.
Bongos, I always use a loop unless it's just a 1 hit part of a drum pattern. Most of the time I have to chop them, variate the speed of them for key parts of songs and add effects to make them blend into the background more, but still just loops.
Drums, I use live drum fills for key parts in songs to give a live drum breakdown vibe, even when it goes right back to drums I programmed myself, it's enough to give the impression the session had live elements orchestrated into it. Another trick is to take a famous drum loop(tons of them to pick from)and filter it, then throw your own elements over the top whill keeping some of the original to give the sound of a drummer replaying it live.
Strings, I get a good riff you can't emulate with keys nomatter how good you play, then I play over the top of it until it's my own peice with a few key trills and flutters that were outsourced.
Choirs....do I really need to explain that one?
There is a certain quality you will never achieve with "patches", you'll either need real instruments....or the next best thing....a sample/loop. You're not making a very convincing lead guitar riff with "patches" 9/10.
That's not downing patches, there are very convincing keys(Pianos, EPs, Organs, Harpsichords, ect) and bass. Don't see much need to loop any of that stuff.
Side discussion...do people see a difference between an arp and a royalty free loop?