sleng teng riddim on esx

jerseykorg · Post by **jerseykorg** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:07 pm

What's the best way to put together the sleng teng riddim on an esx? Should I just sample the whole loop and the use the slice function to split it across the keys or is it easier to get a one shot sample of that bass sound and try to play it on a keyboard part?

TrondC · Post by **TrondC** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:01 pm

so what's the "sleng teng riddm"?

xbubbax · Post by **xbubbax** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:30 pm

Sleng Teng is the name given to the first fully computerised riddim in Jamaican music. The riddim created by the collaboration between King Jammy and Wayne Smith's was entitled "Under Me Sleng Teng". However, in this case Wayne Smith was the one who had found the computerized sound in Noel Davey's keyboard. Together they were the ones who arranged the riddim, slowed it down, matched it to his key, and rehearsed on it before taking it to Jammys studio. The riddim itself is allegedly an attempt to recreate Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else". It is a pattern allegedly found in the Casio MT-40 home keyboard. [1]

jerseykorg · Post by **jerseykorg** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:37 am

It's a super simple beat made with bass tones. I don't know how to write notes but it uses like 4 keys. I'm just trying to find something easy to make to learn. I made a hip-hop beat, I mean just the drums no samples over it, but that's all I've put together. You know how on guitars or whatever there are easy songs that everyone learns first for practice, well are there any like that for electronic stuff? I watch these videos on youtube but the guys move their hands so fast I can't see what they did and also I don't know what they assigned to drum, keyboard and slice parts. Even stuff that sounds simple, when you really listen to all the parts there's so much to put together.

Edit: Oh yeah, I was thinking all wrong. I was thinking "I want to make it sound just like the old records!" but now I realize since I'm making the music here I can make it sound like whatever I want. Grab any bassy synth or tone sample, throw some reverb on it and play the damn thing. Then sample it and throw it on a drum to save the keyboard parts. Fun!