Tuesday's class delved into some of the traditional instruments of Hip Hop sound creation. We took a deeper look into the rise of the turntable as instrument rather than merely record player. Not having access to musical instruments and formal training, early Hip Hop artists used what they had at their disposal and expressed themselves despite the limitations.
We also talked about human beatboxin' where an individual would use his own human body to produce the sound of drums and other percussion instruments.
And then came the drum machine.. Roger Linn was not the inventor of the drum machine, but he is probably its most prolific innovator. Prior to his creation of the Linn Drum in the early 80's, most drum machines didn't sound like real drums at all. They sounded more like the toy drums. Many organs of the 60's and 70's had on-board drum machines that sounded very much like toy drums. These were the earliest drum machines. Roger Linn took that concept and created more lifelike sounds using first PCM (pulse code modulation) and later sound samples. Then in the mid to late 80's Mr. Linn took the science to the next phase with his MPC 60 (Midi Production Center, licensed to Akai Professional Electronics, Inc.). The MPC 60 is the prototype for most of the drum pad-based production centers that are used to this day by the most prominent hip hop producers.
No comments:
Post a Comment