they don't fall on his snares but on the off beat. they are falling on the off beat and sound like toms in the background compared to his snare in the foreground. In theory, wouldn't pitch shifting the vocals higher also change the tempo of the whole sample? How did he arrive at that vocal and in addition, from what it sounds like, remove the sounds from the original sample and then add his own drum sounds (kicks, snares) at a slower tempo? Or does the beat have the same drums from the original just slowed down?Īctually now listening again i can see at least in the chorus he didn't chop it he just sped it up and the snares in the original were overshadowed by his own snare.

How is this possible? How did he alter the vocals, make their pitch higher, without forcing the tempo of the whole song to be faster. In this beat, it sounds like the vocals aren't sped up, but pitched up? Then, compared to the original sample, 9th's beat is at a slower tempo. I'm only familiar with slowing down or speeding up the entire sample by altering the tempo. If I want to speed up or slow down audio, specifically a sample, I use Pro Tools. > The Whispers - On Impact - Album Mix 1983. Sample comes from The Whispers 'On Impact', it comes in at :58 seconds (I'm not sure where he sliced the other parts from) > 9th Wonder - Slow Down (Instrumental) - YouTube Recently heard a 9th Wonder instrumental that goes by 'Slow Down'

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