Getting into the swing of things
With the kick and noise groove rolling, Ben and Jon look through their Maschine library of percussion sounds, with the aim of importing them into Logic. The first sound added is a clap, made from two samples – the roomier of which is high-passed so as not to interfere with the track’s low-end. A small offbeat snare sound is added to funk up the groove, before a shaker and hi-hat loop created in Maschine.
“We tend to use Niche Audio 909 and 808 kits, which is close to getting real ones in the studio. They’re the old sounds that everybody recognises. When we use them for layering, we tend to use the note repeats in Maschine,” says Jon. “Dragging loops from Maschine into Logic is easier than having loads of layers in Logic.
You’re also freeing up space in Maschine. In terms of swing – if we have any in the track – it usually comes from Maschine. There’s not that much in here – maybe 5%, just so that it grooves a little tiny bit.”