Producers enjoy an exclusive interview with Greg Savage, a sound designer who shares his skills and experience in his approach toward re-creating the drum sounds of J Dilla and Kev Brown. A breakdown of the techniques which he used is featured in the article, including gear and signal chain specifics. This interview is courtesy of Alkota Beats.

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When your done checking out the interview, listen to samples from Greg's drum kit "Boom Bap Phonetics 2", the follow up to the wildly popular Boom Bap Phonetics Drum Kit released by hiphopdrumsamples.com. With all original drum samples recorded live through multiple condenser mics, edited and designed using a classic MPC3000, Greg has created a drum kit the intent of providing the bang for your sound library. You have a total of 100 16-bit drum samples to choose from including Kicks, Snares, Breaks, Fills, Hi Hats, Bass and Loops.

Boom Bap Phonetics 2 What's different?

Added Spice: Drum Loops/Fills, (Clean/filtered versions)
Sampler's Dream: Kept it RAW for you to chop and filter
Over 100 Samples: Kicks, Snares, Breaks, Fills, Hi Hats, Bass, Loops
16 Bit
Compatibility: Logic X, Pro Tools, Cubase, Reason 7, Fl Studio, Digital Performer, All Hardware Samplers: Akai Mpc 3000, 2000Xl, 1000 Maschine
Recording Chain:
Live Drums → Microphones (Multiple Condensers/Dynamics) → Joe Meek Preamp → Mpc 3000/Sp303
Bonus: Select Stem Files, Multiple recording perspectives (Motown Style)