Boss DR770 Good for recording?
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Posted on Aug 07, 2002 02:28 pm
still4given
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Member Since: Jun 12, 2002
I have been trying to get set up to make some drum tracks for recording. I went through the drum section you have here. I've got to tell you that it sure seems like a lot of work to make something I can use.
Well, I was in Guitar Center yesterday and I hear these very nice sounding drums playing and go to see where they are comming from. I see this guy standing in front of this little box and he pushes a couple of buttons and this really nice drum track starts playing. He pushes a couple of more buttons and a totally different but equally nice sounding drum part starts playing. After he walked away I had a few minutes to mess around with it. It is a Boss DR770. I couldn't believe how real it sounded and how easy it seemed to program. This might be just what I'm looking for.
Have any of you had any experience with one of these? Are they any good for recording?
What do you think?
Thanks, Terry
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Aug 07, 2002 02:45 pm I have used drum machine type of things back in the day, but not recently. What myself and several other peeps here use is similar, it's a software program called "FruityLoops" which is essentially the same thing (and more) that is PC based.
The program uses real .wav file samples of real drums (or samples of drum machines if you so choose) FruityLoops comes with many, many samples, plus you can make your own and use them. plus you can use other samples too, synths, basses, guitars, whatever sounds you want.
It also has composing tools so you can make several beats and arrange them into a song and export them to .wav or .mp3 to import into your main multitracking app like Sonar, Cubase or whatever.
Check it out at service.bfast.com/bfast/c...mp;bfmtype=gear seriously, it is awesome, I have been using it for a couple years and it rocks! program the songs beat and jam along with it to write songs, add in a bassline and play along with drums and bass to write your guitar line, etc...it has honestly been one of the most valuable tools I have added to my audio arsenal.
SonicoMember
Since: Apr 19, 2002
Aug 07, 2002 04:36 pm I second the opinion given by dB, I recommend you to buy fruity loops and you can get virtually an unlimited number of samples of any kind, some for free (low quality) and some with a cost, but from the best instruments and recorded with excelent gear.
Fruityloops is also simple and easy to use and is growing and geting better too fast. The good news is that you get lifetime upgrades.
Aug 08, 2002 10:49 pm I went to West LA Music today and checked out some of their software. Can you believe they don't carry any Calkwalk stuff? They tried to sell me "Battle". I looked at it on one of their systems and it looked like it was going to be really tough to learn. So, I came home and downloaded the trial version of Fruity Loops 3.5. You're right, it is a pretty cool setup. Arrg, more stuff to learn.
It has a lot of nice sounding drums but the cymbols still don't sound right. How tough is it to import sound samples? I have downloaded some nice sounding cymbols of the web, but don't know how tho get them into FL.
Thanks for the tip on Fruity Loops. I think I'll buy it. Should I just buy the downloadable version? I think its called Fruity Loops Full.
Thanks again, Terry
Aug 09, 2002 05:32 am No matter where you buy it, it's the same, but I would recommend buying it through the link above :-)
Importing new sounds is super easy. You just open Windows Explorer, browse to the FruityLoops folder, in there somewhere is a "samples" (or "loops") folder, open that folder and you see folders with the same names as the groups of sounds in FruityLoops, in that folder you just create a new folder named whatever you want and start dropping your files in there, or if you want you can drop them into existing folders as well.
I personally like to keep all my sounds in a different folder, then they are easy to backup during my weekly (or so) backup processes.
Aug 09, 2002 04:23 pm OK, I'm confused. I tried what yo said and loaded them into a folder in the loops section of FruityLoops but FruityLoops won't see them. The loops and samples I have are Wav files and FL wants it's own format. NOw what?
Also, the link you've given me to MF lists the "pro version" for $99. On the FL website has the pro version for $49 and the full version for $99.
www.fruityloops.com/English/frames.html
does the one at MF offer more than the pro version at FL Website?
Thanks, Terry
Aug 09, 2002 07:20 pm I dunno, I don't understand the FruityLoops versioning, I always get the "Full Version"...I dunno though.
FruityLoops uses wav files just fine. I will investigate my installation and make sure I had the right folder name, I use all wav's and they have worked for me. Just make sure the folder you put them in is full of folders that are named the same as the different categories of samples in the FruityLoops application, then you will know you are in the right folder.
However, I will investigate further this weekend and get back to you.
Aug 11, 2002 05:08 am i did the same thing db did. i just opened windows explorer, went to my fruityloops dir, created a folder in the samples folder, and placed all my samples in it. it worked fine.
i suspect this maybe something they disabled with the trial version.. not sure why. but could be.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Aug 11, 2002 08:42 pm Yes, that is a normal procedure for most audio app's. When they supply a trial version, there is usually no save option or they are not able to load non-standard sample's.
Aug 12, 2002 07:38 am That makes sense. I guess I better pony up the money.
Thanks, Terry
