How to get the dirty old sound?

[mrwiseintelligent]

Hi there!
I spent much time trying to get that sound by myself, using some distortion tools and EQing, but i couldn't get that sound i can play in my head.. hehe
so what sound i'm talking about - here are some examples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttm0zfN9C_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTHl5pW9 ... detailpage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf2CIV-XUw8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w63kym-45E
maybe this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4sNEeKgss4
and so on..
well.. it's not only about processing the drums, but about processing the whole track and other sounds too, in other case that won't sound well.
but first of all it's about drums hehe
and i'm not talking only bout the exactly sound in the tracks i posted here.. it differs, sometimes you want to make more dirty and gritty track, another time you will do something softer.. but i hope you will get the main idea
and i put here drums, processed by Damu the fudgemunk.. i found it somewhere, that is a good example too

[kozikowski]

Anything we do is going to depend on you having all the instruments on their own tracks. If you apply dirt to the drum tracks it may destroy the vocals if this is a mixed show on one track.

Try applying Effect > Leveler to the drums. Try it at maximum and see if you're any closer.

Koz

[mrwiseintelligent]

Anything we do is going to depend on you having all the instruments on their own tracks. If you apply dirt to the drum tracks it may destroy the vocals if this is a mixed show on one track.

Try applying Effect > Leveler to the drums. Try it at maximum and see if you're any closer.

Koz

sure, atm i work with drum loops, every instrument is on its own track.

i'll try it now! thanks

this is a good example too - https://soundcloud.com/mrwiseintelligen ... p-hop-boom

[mrwiseintelligent]

hmmmph, it didn't go very well with the leveller
maybe i tried it on too processed drums, i'll try tomorrow on some another loop :0

[steve]

Which is your audio sample?
I can see where you are trying to get to, but what is your starting point?

[mrwiseintelligent]

Which is your audio sample?
I can see where you are trying to get to, but what is your starting point?

well, i'm trying different samples, most of them are vinyl samples, sometimes i'm trying to work with some oldschool breakbeat drums...
have one thing to tell you... i have one hi-hat sample, from vinyl, with a huge "vinyl noise" after hit.. so on track these hi-hats make that noise permanently and it really gives a sound some nice athmosphere..
and when i tried to cut this noise and mix it with another hats it work well too, but i think i should work more with EQ, because even if drums sound well, i can't get exactly what i want, and it's kinda hard for me to explain, but i hope you understand what i mean

[Trebor]

... i have one hi-hat sample, from vinyl, with a huge "vinyl noise" after hit.. so on track these hi-hats make that noise permanently and it really gives a sound some nice athmosphere..

Could add some "vinyl surface noise" samples ... http://www.freesound.org/search/?q=surface+noise

e.g. ... http://www.freesound.org/people/alpert/sounds/93001/

http://www.freesound.org/people/veezay/sounds/130393/

Bespoke vinyl and/or turntable noise is possible using this free plug-in from izotope.com ...
http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/vinyl/ [windows & Mac only]

[mrwiseintelligent]

yeah , i sure tried this stuff.. so what about getting that drum sounding?

[mrwiseintelligent]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN2INzoHuoI
this is the best example
if i would lo-fi sound in such style, i could get what i need...
is that so hard guys?

[steve]

is that so hard guys?

See: http://tinyurl.com/alq58nm