Roland Drums

When you are mixing a good rule of thumb is not to overtax the sound system or clipping will occur or worse you might blow the sound system.

Clipping is when the music begins to distort or have a crackle sound and the sound cuts of and then on again.

When mixing something like drum and bass you want to keep the bass down on one track but not completely out. Give the mix just enough of the bass so you know it's there.

You want to do this so this because it makes for a cleaner mix. It also gives you some headroom to really give the house some boom when you cut it in on some 808 drops.

Any person with a personal computer can develop and make their own drum samples for various purposes. It is still not such an easy process and the learning curve can be quite steep, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be able to make your own unique, signature drum samples with ease and precision like a professional.

Common tools for the task include audio editors and wave sound compatible sequencers and plugins. There are free audio editors like Audacity that you can download at a moment's notice. These types of programs are usually a snap to install, so if you haven't used one, don't worry; you'll get it installed within seconds in most cases, even if you're not all that comfortable with computers. Editing in a program like this, although very powerful and accurate, is not as hard as many make it out to be. There are usually some simple operations that need to be performed to trim and crop, nothing more!