[jlstudio1]

Andrew Payne wrote:

My answer is a drummers answer and a flam is normally played with the grace note (quieter) before the beat so the louder note is on the beat. And same approach whether a right or left flam. Quantizing is up to you (as most drummers won’t quantize – in order to keep human feel and groove) but normally you would quantize the main hit of the flam to be on the beat.

Thanks for this info. It also led me to realize, on my cheap kit, my first hit’s velocity was registering too high (equal) in many cases. I can pull that down a bit while tightening up the flam – way more natural.

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