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OT: Drums

thindave

thindave

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Gents, what are you using for drum tracks on your recordings, practice sessions? I'm a Mac guy, I've got GarageBand and a few of the Jam Packs, but the drum loops in there don't seem to contain any good simple 4/4 rock beats. If ti has bass as well, that would be a plus.

I'm open to software, hardware or even chaining a hungry drummer in my basement...
 
I have a Boss DR-770 drum machine. I program all my own patterns for my demos. Love it to death.. easy to use and sounds damn good!

Click the 'some ideas in progress' link in my signature and you can listen to that baby for yourself.
 
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I have a DR-770 as well, and like that a lot. Still learning on it, but got this book called 200 drum machine patterns that's helping me learn how to put together a nice beat.
 
If you are decent at programming drums...the only choice is Drumkit from Hell Superior...
If not...get loops...
I highly recommend stuff from Mick Fleetwood, Steve Gadd, etc....
Simple yet effective, and it's all real drums...
Steve
 
SteveLINY said:
If you are decent at programming drums...the only choice is Drumkit from Hell Superior...
If not...get loops...
I highly recommend stuff from Mick Fleetwood, Steve Gadd, etc....
Simple yet effective, and it's all real drums...
Steve
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I'm really not and that's where my problems have been in the past. I'm looking at DrumCore as well - it looks to integrate pretty well into Digital Performer, so...
 
SteveLINY said:
If you are decent at programming drums...the only choice is Drumkit from Hell Superior...
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It's not the only choice, BFD is pretty good too.

We have a drummer, but for noodling around on the PC BFD I'm using BFD with a Trigger Finger.

tv
 
tvanveen said:
It's not the only choice, BFD is pretty good too.

We have a drummer, but for noodling around on the PC BFD I'm using BFD with a Trigger Finger.

tv
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Where I grew up, BFD had an entirely different meaning.. :o
 
Beej, my son would LOVE that, but maybe when he gets a few more years of lessons under his belt...

Thanks for the suggestions, all - I'm going to look into BFD again, as well as the new Reason Drum refill and DrumCore...

beej said:
I've got a Roland V-Drum set in the basement for that :D
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thindave said:
Beej, my son would LOVE that, but maybe when he gets a few more years of lessons under his belt...
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Fair enough! It rocks though. Actual heads (not the rubber ones) so you have the feel of a real kit - and being able to turn up/down the volume would be awesome for any parent. (Me, I have it cranked through my PA.) Being able to select from dozens of kits is really, really cool too. Kids love the cartoon sounds in there :D
 
beej said:
Kids love the cartoon sounds in there :D
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Not just kids, Beej! ;)

My buddy has a nice studio which has a Roland V-drum kit. They are a blast, and I'd like to get a set someday. I had small drum set when I was in 1st grade. I can' still sit down and do some basics, but it sure would be fun to practice! The V-drums are ideal as I tend to do my musical explorations after the kids are asleep.
 
Believe me, I'm already primed for it! Every time I take him to Guitar Center, they're the first thing he heads for - of course, not the lower end V-Drums, ... No .... He shoots straight to the mac daddy setup running around $5G's... !!! He's just like his old man... <snif, snif> .... a gear snob at 9!



beej said:
Fair enough! It rocks though. Actual heads (not the rubber ones) so you have the feel of a real kit - and being able to turn up/down the volume would be awesome for any parent. (Me, I have it cranked through my PA.) Being able to select from dozens of kits is really, really cool too. Kids love the cartoon sounds in there :D
Click to expand...
 
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