Tightening up drums
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Mason
fires up a work in progress in Logic Pro, and draws our attention to the drums. “In house music, drums are so essential, so if you’re not 100% sure your groove’s right, it really works to solo your drums and only listen to them for a while, and keep it on loop until the groove is perfect,” he affirms. “And really pay attention to microtiming, putting the hi-hat a little bit to the right or left – you’re really talking about microseconds. I’m spending a lot of time on that. Even if you do that for one hour and make sure that every one of the drum sounds is exactly timed where it should be in the groove, it’ll make the whole thing so much more danceable.”