Dj - Premier Drum Kit

To sound like Preemo, don’t buy a kit. Go dig (digitally or physically), find a dusty drum break, chop it into atoms, and rebuild it wrong . That’s the kit. “It’s not the drum machine, it’s the drum selector.” — DJ Premier

| Element | Sample Source | Processing | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | "Synthetic Substitution" - Melvin Bliss | Low-pass filter at 100Hz, +3dB at 60Hz | | Snare | "The Champ" - The Mohawks | Medium attack compressor, slight reverb (room, 1s decay) | | Cymbal | "Nautilus" - Bob James (the bell hits) | Pitch +2 semitones, no reverb | | Texture | Any 1970s vinyl drum solo | RC-20 Retro Color (Wobble + Noise at 30%) | dj premier drum kit

Then, he from those slices, leaving out most of the original hi-hats. He then writes new hi-hat patterns using cymbal hits from a different break. To sound like Preemo, don’t buy a kit