May 5, 2020
Pingu -Samuele Bertola-
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Deadman (2014) interviews Kid Lib, a Jungle producer who owns Green Bay Wax; A label which specializes in bringing the old-skool 90’s Jungle sound back. Kid Lib mentions some of the other producers like Tim Reaper, Dwarde and Percussive P who are also producing this style of Jungle. In an interview Kid Lib mentions he uses the Akai s950, a Mackie mixing desk and various hardware synthesizers to arrange his tracks inside Cubase. He explains that he records his samples into the s950 and changes the bandwidth so he can increase his recording time.
The problem with using the Akai previously was that the input was only being used and the samples were not actually being recorded into the sampler. Further research was needed to learn how to record into the sampler to take full control of the samplers capabilities; like changing the bandwidth for a crunchier/lo-fi sound.
DXA Records (2009) made a video tutorial on how to record samples into the Akai s950 explaining how to name the samples and change the bandwidth. This was experimented with and tested which produced a lot better results. Two samples at different bandwidths are shown in the video which shows the crunchier sound was achieved more than the first attempt in the previous video. The 12-Bit sample rate could be heard a lot more after recording into the Akai s950, which is what producers did back in the 90’s.
This definitely had an impact on the sound and the time taking to learn it was beneficial. In future the equipment would be learned well before making the album so that no time is wasted experimenting and understanding how the equipment works.
DXARECORDS. (2009). Akai s950 Video Manual [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXP13duwPaY
Deadman, A. (2014). Deadman Presents - Ep 5 - Kid Lib - Post Collide [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcstFeZ-VlA&fbclid=IwAR2vCr3yf8yFmqWkaoM-ZQePqYMKNj4Kvy-fXDA52scUwiVNknH8CyrJQvY
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