VJ Corny
I don't know very well how to explain this, but I'm looking for a way (sound effect?) to make a song only play the beats in the typical pattern of breaks that can be heard in reggae or dancehall songs such as "Here I come" by Barrington Levy.
There are actually two (maybe more) kinds of patterns:
1--0--1--0--1--1--1 (on each full beat) as can be heard in the mentioned song, and
1-0--1-0--1-1--0-1 (quicker on half beats) less frequently heard.
I tried to do that with the beatgrid effect but that only repeats beats...
Is there a plugin that could do this?
There are actually two (maybe more) kinds of patterns:
1--0--1--0--1--1--1 (on each full beat) as can be heard in the mentioned song, and
1-0--1-0--1-1--0-1 (quicker on half beats) less frequently heard.
I tried to do that with the beatgrid effect but that only repeats beats...
Is there a plugin that could do this?
Posté Tue 20 Aug 24 @ 8:20 am
locoDog
lots of trance gate vsts out there to be had.
I could probably make something but chasing beat_bar, doing the ramp down ramp up and making a skinned plugin, together are a tedious set of tasks to code.
I could probably make something but chasing beat_bar, doing the ramp down ramp up and making a skinned plugin, together are a tedious set of tasks to code.
Posté Tue 20 Aug 24 @ 8:41 am
VJ Corny
The origin of this beat pattern is how deejays (called selecters in jamaica) would move the volume faders up and down, only permitting certain beats to come through the speakers. Musicians have emulated this effect in songs and live performances.
A plugin would ideally only play the beat, bass and harmony (not the vocals) in a choppy way at the predefined pattern...
A plugin would ideally only play the beat, bass and harmony (not the vocals) in a choppy way at the predefined pattern...
Posté Tue 20 Aug 24 @ 10:27 am
DJ VinylTouch
I'm almost sure Barrington Levy's Here I Come has no gating in the beat (the instrumental was actually played that way) but I know of other 90s dancehall tunes that have the technique (normally done with the kick/bass) and I think that was manually done.
What you're describing is sidechaining the volume of the instrument parts to lower frequencies of the song, and that's normally done in a DAW, using automation to control when in the song it takes place. It might be possible to do with some VST but I'm not sure of a recommendation there.
The closest attempt I can think of automating this in VirtualDJ may be using a compressor somehow on the instrumental stems with a very low threshold, slightly slow attack (to let part of the lower frequencies "escape"), moderate release, and probably a sharp knee and hard cutoff to get the gating. The lower frequencies are naturally louder in Dancehall music so they wud be driving the effect (which is how it's done in most examples I could think of). This still would not sound close to/as good as proper sidechaining in a DAW.
What you're describing is sidechaining the volume of the instrument parts to lower frequencies of the song, and that's normally done in a DAW, using automation to control when in the song it takes place. It might be possible to do with some VST but I'm not sure of a recommendation there.
The closest attempt I can think of automating this in VirtualDJ may be using a compressor somehow on the instrumental stems with a very low threshold, slightly slow attack (to let part of the lower frequencies "escape"), moderate release, and probably a sharp knee and hard cutoff to get the gating. The lower frequencies are naturally louder in Dancehall music so they wud be driving the effect (which is how it's done in most examples I could think of). This still would not sound close to/as good as proper sidechaining in a DAW.
Posté Tue 20 Aug 24 @ 12:32 pm
VJ Corny
Thanks both for your inputs. A lot of it goes over my head, VinylTouch. I'm afraid I'm not too savy technically. LocoDog is looking into the matter... It would make an incredibly impacting addition to the VST plugins for all deejays who often play reggae!
An example of the other break can be found in "Sweat" by Inner Circle.
1-0--1-0--1-1--1-0 (on beats and half beats)
An example of the other break can be found in "Sweat" by Inner Circle.
1-0--1-0--1-1--1-0 (on beats and half beats)
Posté Tue 20 Aug 24 @ 3:02 pm
VJ Corny
Here you can listen to the breaks I am referring to...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VdR_fZl33GeOFO3qEDJyho6LiFrKRKZQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VdR_fZl33GeOFO3qEDJyho6LiFrKRKZQ/view?usp=sharing
Posté Thu 22 Aug 24 @ 10:28 am