[JJ Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Nick

not if your gravity blasting with 16's on double bass under it at 230

That's different. Real men do STANDARD blast beats with one foot

[kristallin]

Originally Posted by ZeroSignal

I can.

I you.

Originally Posted by HANIAK

yep, that's it! but it's really hard to reproduce a cool blast beat on programmed drums... you need some dynamics (the intensity on the snare beat is not constant, it's more like a wave), which are hard to get...

Just vary the velocity, I use Logic's Humanize feature to randomize the velocity of certain notes within a certain dynamic range, and that adds a lot of dynamics. I also go in and nudge entire parts back or forward by about a 1/192nd note, and then vary individual notes from there. I've programmed "mistakes" in a lot of drum parts to keep up the authenticity.

[Ancestor]

Originally Posted by JJ Rodriguez

The European blast is alternating bass/cymbal and snare. The Suffocation blast is bass/snare/cymbal at the same time.

I asked a drummer I know about this and he said the same thing. I don't think that there is a "correct" way to do it. It's all about what you want to hear.

Perfect reply, J.

[Napalm]

Originally Posted by Ancestor

I asked a drummer I know about this and he said the same thing. I don't think that there is a "correct" way to do it. It's all about what you want to hear.

Perfect reply, J.

Yes but what he pointed out is that there is several different styles of blast i.e. gravity,one foot,heel toe (JoJo) Cannibal, Suffocation and host of other ones. " Its music mess around with it" or something to that effect. Your friend also has a really good way if looking at it as well.

[All_¥our_Bass]

I perfer the Suffocation style to the alternating style. Sounds sooo much heavier (to me anyway). The alternate kind has a wierd grooviness to it, which might be useful for certain stuff but it's not my favorite.

When your programming the blasts, try some untraditional stuff. Like I did a bass/china cymbal/low tom one that sounded pretty cool. Also, just for kicks I did a bass/ride/cowbell blast!!

[newamerikangospel]

For my little input, I prefer the "bomb" or "european" blast on the ride bell

RB-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
SN--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
KI-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

And the more standard blasts on the high hat

HH-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
SN-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
KI-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

HH-0-------0-------
SN-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
KI-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

HH-0-------0--------
SN-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
KI-0000000000000000

These are two quarter notes (half a bar). Just incase you didn't catch it. HH-Highhat, RB-Ride Bell, SN-Snare, KI-kick
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