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* Keep the kick dead-center on the beat unless you're going for a dragging effect. * To get a nice pocket going, place the snare just a tad behind the beat. You can loosen it up with a few little tricks gleaned from observing real rhythm sections. Quantizing all but guarantees a robotic feel, but ya gotta start somewhere.
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(In addition to EZD's included patterns, you can get free ones from outfits like Groove Monkee that will drop right into your EZD grid.) Starting from scratch, as many have observed, is a tougher row to hoe. Since EZD patterns are played in by real drummers, a certain amount of "feel" is built-in - avoiding the quantized mechanical sound that give MIDI drums a bad reputation.Ī lot of folks have success dragging in a pattern or a fill, then tinkering with it to get the desired effect. That was almost 100 projects ago, and I've never felt the need to upgrade.Įvery time I could afford it, I'd buy an expansion kit or a MIDI pack (new grooves to use with your existing drum kits).
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Was frustrated with drum machines and MIDI typing so I got it when it first came out, thinking I'd get the hang of it and then upgrade to something more upscale like Superior or Slate. Well worth the download.Īnother +1 for EZD. One last thing, there is an open source script for it that adds tons of cool functionality, it is called Launchpad 95. To that end, if you do consider this option DO NOT buy the Launchpad Mini as it does NOT have velocity sensitive pads. Again, with the velocity sensitive pads it captures all the nuances of louder/softer just as you play it. Once I have the bass and snare I'll later on the hi-hats or ride cymbals. With MIDI you can layer multiple passes each time and undo or correct any mistakes. Then on the drum track for the first pass just worry about the bass and the snare. Then go back and put something more interesting guitar-wise on another track. One of the cool things is the pads are velocity sensitive so as you hit them harder or softer it grabs that too.įirst record a basic guitar chords part for four measures. It also has a note mode for playing keyboard parts with various scale modes.Īnd finally it has a very nice drum mode. The Launchpad acts as a DAW controller, letting you records tracks and adjust mixer settings, etc.
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If you buy the Launchpad it comes with Ableton plus a bunch of other cool VSTs.

I've been using Ableton Lite and a Launchpad X for recording and creating drum parts. you will learn a lot about rhythm and syncopation if you actually learn to program drums from scratch. if you want the easy button - ezdrummer is pretty great at allowing you to just plop down drum tracks. Have learned a lot doing that.Īll this said. I freq go on youtube and look for drum lessons and listen and try to either play it on my drum pads or program it into the daw editor. Just programmed in a number of these beats to staff/piano-roll and learned a lot. _&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz6DJxfHh7QIVph-tBh2EuAHREAQYBCABEgK0FvD_BwE There are a number of books that I read when I was maybe 20 that def helped me learn about it.

It's a whole art form/instrument by itself to write convincing drum patterns on the staff/piano-roll. then if you start altering the loop you'll learn about what sounds right where. but you'll get a sense for what actual drum parts look like if you import these and look at them on the staff or piano roll. Midi loops - you not only will get lots of stuff you can use here. great for recording patterns and then sending them to the pc. the quantize in them is hard to emulate on a pc.

I have a drum pad controller and that certainly gives a more 'drum like' feel given the pad organization.
