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Posted on Nov 17, 2005 12:45 am
Diemusik
String bender
Member Since: Unknown
I know this topics has been covered but I couldnt find what I was looking for. I have been using a very old version of Fruity Loops to do my drums up until now but I'm looking to upgrade to something a little better. My question is this, do any programs let you get a little loose with drum hits. ahhh I know thats not a very good explaination. I mean if I want to do a tom roll and have them a little off of the beat. There is a little bit of a shift in Fruity Loops but its not enough to make the drums feel natural. If anyone can make heads or tails of this post I would be greatful for you input. Thanks!
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Nov 17, 2005 02:09 am the best thing in the world from what i can see--and i have done exhaustive searches and played with demos--is fxpansion BFD. if you check out thier website, wow. this is the king, i think, for realistic rock drums.
but any program that leans more on midi input and spits data out to your piano roll is the way to go. you have complete flexibility and can quantize the data or let it play loose, as inputted (i know, thats not a word.) or move hits as you want. best service artist drums is the other main prog like this, from what i know. i think there are other ones using the kontakt engine. i am hoping to get BFD for xmas. not sure if comp can handle it tho. if not then damn it. if anyone knows other progs like this i havent heard of, i wanna know. cause i can tell this is gonna be where its at for me.
screw fruity; it is time to move on.
Nov 17, 2005 06:59 am Well, since you use GuitarTracks Pro it'll be tougher, cuz as I recall that doesn't support MIDI. If you move over to HomeStudio or upgrade to Sonar or something like that you'd have MIDI support in your tracking program, then you could use ANY drum software. I prefer Battery 2 myself, from Native Instruments, Velocity, the drum machine that comes in Project5 is nice as well. If you can use the native MIDI support of a tracking program, you can generally move beats and notes anywhere you want.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 17, 2005 05:59 pm dB, would JamStix work for him? Or is it pretty much preset style's?
Nov 17, 2005 06:10 pm Yeah, I was kinda thinking that as well...but it wouldn't be programmed, just letting it free-wheel thru the tune kind of guiding it toward the style he wanted...
DiemusikString benderMember
Since: Unknown
Nov 17, 2005 06:47 pm Yeah MIDI would be my problem with both Guitar Tracks and my Delta 44 sound card. I can still use MIDI to some degee with the stock sound card. What I have been doing is programming the drums in Fruity then exporting the drums as a wav file into Guitar Tracks.
Nov 17, 2005 07:45 pm Yeah, but if you have softsynths and are OK with steptime sequencing, you don't need anything but the audio outs cuz all the MIDI processing is done in the PC and just sends out audio.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 17, 2005 08:57 pm dB is very right. If you are using Fruity you are already using the internal midi interface it provides. You are simply setting up your drum beats and it is telling the drum synth part of fruity via midi exactly what to play.
dB, ya I couldnt remember exactly how JamStix worked but thought it worth a shot.
DiemusikString benderMember
Since: Unknown
Nov 17, 2005 11:44 pm Ah, I learned something new. Thanks for that guys. Sorry about my lack of understanding on these things. I'm a guitarist what can I say. :) Actually I think thats part of the problem I have with some of the newer programs, understanding the interface. I had a demo of one of the Native Instruments drum programs but I'm used to the drum machine style layout of Fruity and could not figure out how to work it.
