2x Drop Drum&Bass Fun

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2x Drop Drum&Bass Fun

messin’ around with double drops.

[QUOTE]What is Double Dropping?

(info copied and pasted from another site)
There’s a massive phenomenon in D&B circles called the double drop. Basically a double drop is when you’ve got your two cuts lined up so well that both of them drop at exactly the same time. Essentially it means loads of impact, and I mean loads.

When it’s done properly you’ve got two basslines and melodies rolling at exactly the same time. You’re effectively creating another track altogether, or a remix of two cracking tunes. In fact sometimes it can make a track that doesn’t sound too good on its own sound amazing!
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Playlist:

‘Shockout’ - Danny Byrd
‘Bite the Bullet’ - Roni Size
2xDrop @ 1:08

‘Feel You’ - Split Second
‘Harmony’ - L.A.O.S.
2xDrop @ 3:21

‘Momento’ - Method 1
‘Sabatoge’ - Blame
2xDrop @ 5:23

‘FZero’ - Brookes Brothers
‘Let Me Know’ - Slip n Slide
2xDrop @ 7:36

‘Make it Tonight’ - High Contrast
'Attack Ships on Fire - London Elektricity
2xDrop @ 10:12

‘Cosmonaught’ - Logistics
‘Split Level’ - Utah Jazz
2xDrop @ 12:47

‘Gold Rush’ - Danny Byrd ft. Brookes Bros.
‘E.L.O.’ - Craze & JuJu
2xDrop @ 15:00

‘Darkside 99’ - Aphrodite
‘Enigma’ - Break (Calibre Remix)
2xDrop @ 17:24

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your skills with more than 2 decks are commendable :smiley: i cant listen to your mix cos im at work but i get the drift lol. good shit!

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thnx :slight_smile: +1

got ur friend request on facebook too!

I have to admit tho, I’m not using Traktor and the vestax to its full potential.

I’m still running version Traktor 3.4 with only 2 decks and no version 1.3 firmware update :disappointed: I gotta get my ass up to speed just to keep up with you guys!

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Watching/Listening to this now @ work. I’ve been playing a lot with double drops recently as well.

In fact my sets are largely based around double drops, or at the very least dropping new kicks/samples at the drop. Ableton is pretty sweet for that.

I’ve been mixing a lot of oldschool jungle with neurofunk, and fuck does it stomp. The best think about is (especially if you use a bit of sidechain compression) is that as jungle is usually huge sine sub-basslines and neurofunk is usually big kicks & far more mid-range bass they dont actually mess with each other too much.

Dropping neurofunk kicks over old jungle also is nice n a bit simpler. Makes it feel more updated but with that minimal jungle flavorrrrrrrrrrrrr that I love.

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Bentos’ ableton smart mixer is absolutly bad-ass for double drops!

Avoids all the muddyness without losing the impact.

Kinda makes it almost too easy :slight_smile:

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i’d really like to see this vid but i haven’t got a facebook account (and i really don’t want one)…
can i watch it somewhere else?