Now set your tempo to 180 BMP and trigger playback. We will be usings FL's standard Slicer as opposed to Slicer X, which is tailored for triggering samples on the fly using its integrated filters.
This loop is entirely royalty-free and you can use it anywhere, anyhow and in any which way you like! Copy it to your sample library in FL Studio.ĭrag and drop the Sample directly into the FLS Step Sequencer. Your browser does not support the audio tag.ĭownload the 'Amen' sample provided here. So, go grab yourself a cookie, ignore your boring neighbours and let's get down to business. It has been used extensively throughout early hip-hop, and many would argue it is the reason why Drum & Bass is with us today. The original live drum solo was preformed by Gregory Sylvester, and the beat was sampled from the 1960 Soul/Funk Song "Amen, Brother" preformed by The Winstons. We will be working with a reproduced version of one of the most famous breakbeats in history: "Amen, Brother". In this tutorial we will be using FL Studio, but the principles would be the same in any DAW.
Click back to the site to read the tutorial with audio or download the Play Pack at the end of the tut. Note: this tutorial contains embedded audio that will not display in a feed reader. In this tutorial you will learn the time honored techniques of manipulating one of these famous breaks and fashioning it into Drum & Bass sensibilities. This tutorial was first published in August of 2008. Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site.