drums...how to make them sound dusty?

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alright..I got a **** load of old drum breaks and while the patterns are dope, they just dont sound grimey enough..whats the best way of EQ'ing them so that I can get that boom bap sound? Can i do this using cool edit pro/adobe audition? Any help appreciated..I'll also hook you up with some dope drum loops if u can gimme any assitance..peeeace
 
A boost around 250 Hz should add a little muddiness to the sound and a tiny bit of distortion and compression will help the drums crackle a bit. There are some beautiful guides on EQ here at FP, check the "Recording, Mixing, and Mastering" board specifically.

And you can always layer vinyl noise on top of each hit to give them some dust.
 
can i do all this using cool edit pro? i'm not all that familiar with the program, so i dunno

but yeah thanks for the heads up, i'll make sure to check that out...
 
The post made me think of old dusty ass drums that you found in your grandma's attic. Like Grandaddy tried to learn once but they been up there for 35 years and nobody touched 'em. Off the top of my head I would definitely compress hard, especially the kick. Take out as much resonance as possible like a dead ass thud. The snare take out some of the high frequencies and find a sample with a little rattle like a bottom mic'd one and layer that. The vinyl is a good idea and and I would probably detune either a little to simulate neglected maintenance. (I normally visualize things so that's what popped in my head) I would just keep playing with stuff until it invokes what I imagine when I'm listening to it. Maybe a little flanger too for some tape warble but not too much. Maybe a little bit of sand on top of the snare head falling back down after the hit. You could add some white noise like real subtle a couple ms after the hit, almost subliminal like might help. Try to visualize what's being played and use your tools to create that image, that's the best I can tell you.
 
You can do anything with Cool Edit! Just about, anyway.

For the vinyl noise layering, all you have to do is open up your drum sound and your vinyl sound, select your vinyl, copy the whole thing, pull up your drum, right click > mix paste > OK. Recommended you Save As a new file to preserve your original drums.

Definitely do read and follow tdubl, also. Great ideas. Subtle edits are glorious edits, especially with EQ. Cool Edit's Parametric EQ is a good tool, but keep your boosts/cuts under 12/-12db to be safe, cut high end (12k+) to take out any ring, boost low end to accentuate thump.

Experiment!
 
speed your breaks up, sample them into an SP-1200 or an ASR at a pitch, and then pitch them back down. The should sound plenty grimey by then.
 
some filter plug ins effect can make vintage records sounds.

i make beats using FL5, and i can make samples, or beats sounds really tight with this plug in.
 
You can always change the bit rate ( i.e. from 24-bit to 12-bit) so it sounds more grimey
 
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