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Tutorials
-How to Filter Samples

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-Pete Rock, DJ Premier, J Dilla, and so many more producers “filter”. What this means is basically you kill either the high or low frequencies in your sample to bring out a certain sound, or use it as a bass line. To me it sounds like your underwater, that drowsy soulful sound especially when you use a low pass filter.

-First you will need to setup your mixer and sample to que the effect. Change the FX bank on your sample to “1”, then select the “Fruity 7 Band EQ” on FX bank #1 in the mixer. You might need to double the effect by adding another 7 Band EQ so be ready for that.

-A small window will popup that looks like the picture below. This is just like any other EQ: the first two knobs are low-freq., the third/fourth are mid-freq., and the last three are high-freq. If you want a low pass filter on your sample, then you would turn down every knob except the first two. Turn the second knob all the way up, and turn the first knob down until your beat stops peaking. You can also select the “soft-clipper” from the choices in the mixer effect menu to prevent peaking/clipping. Big ups to the homie Concept for suggesting the soft clipper.

-If you want high-pass instead, follow the same procedure however turn up the last three knobs, and turn down the mid & low frequencies.