Warm leatherette

curdledgurled · February 3, 2019, 9:36pm

I’m trying to cover the normal’s ‘warm leatherette’ but can’t figure out the snare pattern. Anybody know it? I’m using a daw for my drums.

pselodux · February 3, 2019, 11:01pm

Isn’t it just a snare on the 2 and 4?

curdledgurled · February 4, 2019, 12:25am

That’s what I thought but it didn’t sound right. Maybe I just screwed up the kick drum too.

pselodux · February 4, 2019, 1:45am

Do you have a recording of your attempt? I could help you get it right…

edit: you could easily do it all on the OP-1, it’s quite a minimal song

curdledgurled · February 4, 2019, 2:20am

here’s my kick pattern.

pselodux · February 4, 2019, 2:54am

Ah ok, you’ve got the kick slightly wrong. You need to move the second and third kick back a little. I’ve tried using the same resolution as your Reaper piano roll here:

Blue is kick, green is snare. Hope this is clear!

curdledgurled · February 4, 2019, 3:01am

FANTASTIC YOU RULE DUDE!

pselodux · February 4, 2019, 3:07am

Happy to be of help

Unflattered · February 5, 2019, 12:38am

That song belongs to Grace Jones and the compass point all-stars.

keus92 · February 13, 2019, 2:16am

The snare is on the upbeats. All of the “and’s” of the count.

pselodux · February 13, 2019, 2:38am

If you’re counting in 4/4 it’s on the 2 and 4. If you say “ands” I’d expect that to mean an eighth note between the 1 and 2 (or similar).

keus92 · February 13, 2019, 9:20pm

It depends on how you view the meter. Both are technically correct. But based on the phrasing of the song, the feel of the snare is most likely in double time 4/4.

Here is an example of what I mean: