Recreating Classic Songs

Chisel · Post by **Chisel** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:37 pm

Groove in the style of Portishead - Glory Box (originally posted by Ralph)

- set BPM to around 110-120
- use '8th Rock' style with kick complexity at 15%
- turn on 8th shuffle and set shuffle to 100%
- turn on 'Halftime'
- load 'James Stix' drummer
- in FILL tab, set 'Toms' under 'Focus' to 0% and 'Simplify' to 100%

This will get you close. If you need the precise kick behavior and 2-bar snare scheme from 'Glory Box' then you'll need to hand-edit in 8th shuffle mode at the same BPM and then use 'Turn Groove Into Style' in the bar editor menu.

Chisel · Post by **Chisel** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:41 pm

John Bonham's When The Levee Breaks (originally posted by Ralph)

I listen to the original and determine that it is a two-bar halftime rock pattern. Hihat and snare are standard rock stuff so I use the 'Custom Rock' style to start off with. The kick is a unique two-bar pattern so I edit that myself in an empty part and save the bars. Now I disable the kicks in 'Custom Style' (or move their sliders to zero) and then I add a 'groove importer' via the add function of the brain menu. I select my saved kick groove. The groove is now complete.

The quarter hihats are not open in the original. They are just hard played 15" hats and the 8th notes in between are much quieter. You do that by raising the 'Main Hats' power and lowering the '8th hats'.

Finally, I select the 'John' model, of course and the 'Big&Fat' BonzoPak kit. I couldn't match the snare sound but approximated it by tuning the snare up a bit.

deanc · Post by **deanc** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:00 am

Chisel,

Excellent work - thanks so much for posting these tips for the rest of us.

Regards,

Dean

A/V4U · Post by **A/V4U** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:52 am

Thanx for share Chisel

voodoo32 · Post by **voodoo32** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:35 am

how about sabbath "war pigs"?

roty_lee · Post by **roty_lee** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:38 am

couldnt there be a repository to share jamstix extra's
such as

fills
grooves
parts

skins
settings
and songs

i have nothing in the fist three folders should there be some default data there.

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:11 pm

The folders are for you to save your own files into.

craig_glenn · Post by **craig_glenn** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:45 am

[b:df8c17655b]MORE PLEASE!!!![/b:df8c17655b]

THIS IS AWESOME, WE NEED MORE OF THIS STUFF...ITS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE SITTING IN MY STUDIO GIVING ME POINTERS...!!!

Anybody got some Alter Bridge stuff or something in that genre??

[i:df8c17655b]Craig[/i:df8c17655b][

nexus_77_ · Post by **nexus_77_** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:48 am

Ralph has been kind enough to help me with a Radiohead song here.
http://rayzoon2.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5551&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

billzoe · Post by **billzoe** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:21 pm

I was looking for Presets for Jamstix , but i guess its not that type of VSTi. This post comes close to what was hoping for.

* anyone know any tips to try for Country Western (Classic , Not Modern which is just Pop beats)...

Like above where it shows Ralphs advice to Load ____, Tweak this, that... but how-what to do for Classic Country Ballads and Shuffles?