How do I make Linkin Park style intro beats?

[ktmay2]

Hi,
I really want to cover some Linkin Park, but in almost every one of their songs they have a crushed drum beat at the intro, usually continuing throughout the song.
For instance, in their song 'in the end', you can here it underneath the piano riff in the intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVTXPUF4Oz4&ob=av3e
How can I make that sorta sound? I have cubase if that makes a difference.
Thanks!

[kennytan]

think it just soundfx to imitate the vinyl,hiphop do that often,the scratch,...lofi....

[Sporky_McGuffin]

Most likely a graphic EQ with most of the bass and some of the top end knocked off will get you there. Maybe a mild overdrive and touch of stuck phaser.

[tehLORD]

Buy Evolve/Evolve Mutations.

Job done.

[*Noodles*]

In the End is an example of a DJ scratching a drum beat. Difficult to reproduce without being a DJ, and having their kit. It's possible - but certainly falls under the 'advanced' heading of production!

I can make you a quick tutorial on how to produced a crushed drum kit ( a la :Drum Distortion ) if you want?
Send me a PM and I can do it this afternoon.

[ktmay2]

Most likely a graphic EQ with most of the bass and some of the top end knocked off will get you there. Maybe a mild overdrive and touch of stuck phaser.

What, a drum track with the eq and od and phaser? I've tried stuff like that before and have occasionally added a bitcrusher but the whole beat sounds very broken up and not too smooth. And whats a stuck phaser? I've never heard of it before

[Sporky_McGuffin]

It's a phaser with the sweep speed set to 0 - ie stuck in one position.

[*Noodles*]

I've not added a phaser in the video - but used a free glitcher. I could add a phaser if you wanted to hear the difference. I'd probably prefer a flanger, imo!

Anyway - here's my first video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EdXoVkrEKE

[fwiw - I teach music tech @ a uni, so I hate trying to describe things like this. To keep the speed up, it's easier to just do it!]

[ktmay2]

I've not added a phaser in the video - but used a free glitcher. I could add a phaser if you wanted to hear the difference. I'd probably prefer a flanger, imo!

Anyway - here's my first video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EdXoVkrEKE

[fwiw - I teach music tech @ a uni, so I hate trying to describe things like this. To keep the speed up, it's easier to just do it!]

Thanks a lot, noodles! I think for the in the end cover i might be doing i'll probably just sample the beat anyways, but im definetely gonna use this sort of thing in some original songs i should be doing soon. Thanks a lot!!!

[Sporky_McGuffin]

I've not added a phaser in the video - but used a free glitcher. I could add a phaser if you wanted to hear the difference. I'd probably prefer a flanger, imo!

It'd be interesting to compare the two - they're both comb filters after all.