Odd Time Signatures?

[thefloorislava! Profile]

Hello. Another question for you guise.
Does anyone on here use odd time signatures? Or just the basic 4/4. If anyone does use them what are they? I've been messing around with 5/4 and 7/4 and getting some pretty interesting sounds I suppose. I guess apparently Venetian Snares uses them frequently and I started paying more attention and I definitely hear it.
Anyway it would be pretty cool if you could kind of give me a little help on how to make them sound good I guess. Like where to put the kicks and snares at least. That would be super cool.

[producer_snafu Profile Website]

how about you just experiment and put kicks and snares where ever you please and say fuck a time sig.

[xTxRxAxVxIxSx Profile Website]

Some of the tracks I've enjoyed making most were started with random time signatures. I'd throw it in like 9/4, 13/4, or whatever and just get to work. It's always fun because you kind of have to re-learn rhythm to fit the off beat, but once you get it, there's a groove that 6/8 (and definitely 4/4) can't achieve.

All I can say: experiment.

[djtheblade Profile Website]

I tend to work in 4/4, but I sometimes use 3/4 for Waltz type stuff and some volatile math sigs like this bad boy which is sort of 15/4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr0xWm53zfQ

Gets me right fucking randy that one does

[DJ DL-44 Profile Website]

I really like 5/4, dunno why.

[MrKoekje Profile Website]

Once I made a song that was partly in 11/4 time but then somebody called it "not breakcore" and "generic shitty dnb". That was the day I learned that 160 bpm is too slow.

[thefloorislava! Profile]

thanks for the help everyone. i can always count on you guys. apparently i'm just gonna experiment.

[producer_snafu Profile Website]

that's right nigga!

[weyheyhey !! Profile Website]

it works best when people dont notice it.

i've made tracks with alternating/multiple/compound time signatures, works quite well at creating those 'moments'.