#02 Humanising your drum sound

When it comes to constructing your rhythm tracks, it can be tempting to load up a sampler, fire a pattern into your DAW with a MIDI controller, quantise, then move on. Indeed, lots of genres practically require such a process. But follow this sequence enough times and you’ll quickly find yourself frustrated with the results.

So, how do top producers keep this procedure from leading to barren, banal and ultimately boring beats? In this month’s tutorial, we’re going to take a look at various simple steps you can take to give your drums their swagger back, from using a few well-chosen