Aug 02, 2009 05:37 pm Just to get it straight, your preference is to record real drums or do you want to set up strictly for programming the drums via either a trigger kit or a controller?
Drum Programming etc HELP
Posted on Aug 02, 2009 05:30 pm
Engladdict
Member Since: Jun 19, 2009
Hey guys
I'mma need a good way to record drums, heavy metal style. I've seen programs, would i need to buy one of the programs and then a drum machine or pad controller or whatever? I have no idea, so a rundown would be appreciated
thx guys
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Aug 02, 2009 05:37 pm Just to get it straight, your preference is to record real drums or do you want to set up strictly for programming the drums via either a trigger kit or a controller?
Aug 02, 2009 05:52 pm for now all programing
i have no idea what trigger kit is or any of that. I play guitar and bass, but need something for the studio than i can handle ya know
Aug 02, 2009 05:58 pm If you have a tracking app, like Cubase, Sonar, ProTools or whatever then you need a virtual instrument to run in it and sequence the drums...something like Native Instruments Battery, Cakewalk Velocity, Fruity Loops or something similar (there are lots of 'em) and you can program them in there with just your PC.
Aug 02, 2009 08:09 pm Yep, you'll simply need either something along the lines of NI Battery which is probably one of the best out there or you can go with DrumCore which is what I use along with my outboard gear.
But you can get by either writing them by hand or playing them in with a simple pad controller like the one from Alesis or M-Audio or a small 25 key keyboard controller would work as well as long as it has velocity sensitive keys.
Aug 02, 2009 08:30 pm or get something like Jamstix that just kinda jams along with the music...
Aug 05, 2009 01:49 am what about drums from hell
what would i need to control that?
Aug 05, 2009 07:30 am You'll need EZdrummer for that (Drumkit from Hell is one of the kits / expansion packs). It's not a standalone program, but you use it as a plugin in a DAW. For example you have Reaper where you can record guitars, vocals etc. and there you can load EZdrummer in a track. And with EZdrummer you can create a drumtrack.
www.toontrack.com/products.asp?item=7
And tutorials how to use it:
You can buy different expansion packs for it, each pack containing a different drumkit and sounds/grooves. For example there's the Drumkit from Hell which is metal, but also you have a Vintage Rock one, Jazz, Industrial etc. the one that standard comes with EZdrummer is the Pop/Rock one.
Aug 05, 2009 03:05 pm thanks man, that looks pretty good. thanks for the vids as well
Aug 07, 2009 05:59 pm I started off with EZdrummer when I didn't have a drummer and was looking to do one small project. Pretty solid app. I don't know much about the others, as I have not used them. But it does work well. I don't use it much now, as I upgraded to the next level app from EZdrummer's Toontrack company, but I still do use the sound samples from it. Give it a whirl. Its cheap, and as it says in the title... pretty E.Z. to use.
Sep 10, 2009 08:41 pm Personal recommandation: Addictive Drums
Great sounds, and you can tweak a lot of stuff (compression, eq, effects, etc. are all integrated in the plug-in)
For any of the software that everybody mentionned, you have the option of programming it directly on the PC, or playing it on either a keyboard, trigger kit, etc. Basically, anything that has a MIDI output!
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