aye up!!! just a quickie.........if you like your breaks NASTY, first download the free MDA DYNAMICS plug-in (i think they're on this site somewhere) for vst/wavelab, etc. use the following settings - thresh - 15db
ratio - 1.644681:1
output - 4db
attack - 27us
release- 70ms
limiter- off
gate thr- off

i had sampled a not-bad hip-hop type break, the bd was a bit naff but the snare was nice.....i used this setting in wavelab, applied it, listened to it (still running through the compressor), applied it again, listened to it, etc. i think i applied the compression setting 5 - yes, 5 - times!!!!! ok, you get a fair bit of grunge between the drum hits, but f*ck me!!!! it started off sounding like pots and pans and ended up like a fucking h-bomb!!! nice. i suppose it's the same with any compressor, but i do love the sound of this one.....if you're worried about the grunge, try mega-clean beats, this one was off vinyl. anyway, bollocks to it - have some philthy phucked up phatness in your life!!!!! love, peace and nasty beats.....maff.

p.s. some lo-fi crunch courtesy of the MDA (no i don't work for them) DEGRADE plug-in is also shit-hot for having some variations of the break, eg, for triggering at the end of every 8 or 16 bars, etc.

could you please post a link to the mda dynamics plug in? I need the nasty nasty beats!!!!Thanks much
_jere DOll

Mda Dynamics can be downloaded as part of a pack from,

http://www.abel.co.uk/~maxim/vst/index.htm

Cheers for the link, there are some nice plugins there. I've been using that sub-bass synth for a couple of years, it's evil. Wattch ya bass bins!
I'll have to download the whole lot now...

Thanks much for the link!!!

No problem

Why can't I get that link to work? It don't make no sense!

do a search for 'DAVE BROWN' plugins - he's the maxin author - in the Dancetech File section (FILEZ) there is 100 FREE vst plugins !!!!!!! including dave browns freebies... just go to FILEZ and 'search model' for 'VST'

Something's wrong with the html there, k. here's the links anyway:

MAXIM-MDA-1

MAXIM-MDA-2

MAXIM-MDA-3

MAXIM-MDA-4