I went back to "Rappers Delight" to see where Jay Dee could've taken his stuff. To my surprise : ALL drumsounds can be found CLEAN in "Rappers Delight".
- Every second clap in the intro is clean.
- Hihat-loop clean (right after the clean clap).
- A few kicks in the same intro have NO BASS underneath 'm, so : clean as well.


Here's the evidence :

first, the entire loop where the samples have been taken from :
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/fulloop.mp3


Now, here's the part where the kick is ...
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/kickloop.mp3

It sounds like the kick is everything but clean, BUT ... when you chop it up, this is what you find :
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/kick.mp3
... as clean as can be ...

The clap and hihat are even more open and clean :
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/claphihatloop.mp3

Chopped up, this gives us ...
a) the clap
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/clap.mp3

b) the hihat
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/hihat.mp3
(the hihat has a lot of low frequency, so this needs to be taken care of when mixing)


Now, if we put all these drumsounds together and program it like JayDee did, you get something like this :
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/PLAYER_BEAT.mp3

or ... a more crispy version, with different EQ for the hihats :
http://users.skynet.be/krewcial/JAYDEE_PLAYER/PLAYER_BEAT_2.mp3


Now you go out and try it for yourself children !


krewc
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