couple of midi drum questions

[DankStar]

1) is it possible to take a bunch of loops that are stacked back to back (some touching, some with some space in between) in a DAW and create one large midi file out of all of them?

2) has anyone ever created a song using one type of midi drum program and then used another midi drum program to process the loops? basically I love using EZD for making up a tune cause it's super easy to audition loops, but I like slate's sounds better. I want to take the song I created in EZD and use slate to process the loops. I guess I'd just go into slate and re-assign the midi notes for each kit piece, or is there more to it (perhaps going into each loop and shifting the hits to the appropriate slate counterpart)?

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: couple of midi drum questions

1) Yes. Most recording software will have a File mode in which you can import rhythmic loops and a Song mode in which you can position these loops in real time with respect to each other. The completed results can be reduced to a single stereo track/file. The name for this function will appear as something like Combine or Bounce or Mixdown.

2) Yes. Frequently. MIDI Event data is MIDI Event data. Create your performance in EZD. Save the data as a MIDI Song file. Import that file into Slate and match up the drum sound/sample MIDI Note Numbers to make everything play back correctly. Simples!

 

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Re: couple of midi drum questions

You might like Drumagog. http://www.drumagog.com/

Nevermind, just use the midi in with Slates sounds.

 

[DankStar]

Re: couple of midi drum questions

1) Yes. Most recording software will have a File mode in which you can import rhythmic loops and a Song mode in which you can position these loops in real time with respect to each other. The completed results can be reduced to a single stereo track/file. The name for this function will appear as something like Combine or Bounce or Mixdown.

2) Yes. Frequently. MIDI Event data is MIDI Event data. Create your performance in EZD. Save the data as a MIDI Song file. Import that file into Slate and match up the drum sound/sample MIDI Note Numbers to make everything play back correctly. Simples!

cool, thanks!

ah, in logic I see now - select all the loops, go to Regions in menu, select merge.

most drum hits appear to be mapped similarly in slate as ezd. just a few things to change. with all in one midi file I can just grab all the hits for one thing and move collectively to whatever note. I may also just mute the snare in EZD and do a separate snare file using slate since that is the main thing I want to change. either way, thanks again! now that I've merged I have a lot more options.

 

[DankStar]

Re: couple of midi drum questions

You might like Drumagog. http://www.drumagog.com/

I've goofed with the demo, and it does seem useful for one thing, like a bass drum. but to trigger a whole kit seems a little daunting. right now I don't have each drum piece going to a separate channel, I just do it all the drums to one stereo track.