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From: kenchiu@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kenneth Chiu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Distant Drums
Message-ID: <1875@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 27 Feb 88 17:05:33 GMT
References: <620005@otter.hple.hp.com>
Reply-To: kenchiu@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kenneth Chiu)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <620005@otter.hple.hp.com> ljc@otter.hple.hp.com (Lee Carter) writes:
>What I want to know is how can I get GOOD sounding drum samples.
>How come everything else I sample sounds great BUT NOT DRUMS.

Well, first remember the Amiga is NOT a professional sampler.  It also has
low-pass filter to attenuate aliasing noise.  This filter can be physically
removed, but the aliasing may bother you.  Try playing around with a 500/2000
(the filter can be removed through software).

I don't know why drums sound so much worse.  Maybe just some psychoacoustical
subjectivity or something.  Or, if you're sampling snare drums or cymbals,
the most important part of the spectrum may be at or near the cut-off frequency.

Ken Chiu