Re: Drum Software?
I've been eyeing EZ drummer for a while . . . 179 is just too much to pay for software. 100$ is maybe doable. How do you record your drum tracks with EZ drummer, are there built-patterns that you can tweak? Do you use a midi keyboard or something to input the rhythms? Do you just copy and paste the sounds in?
Select Pop/rock
select style (4/4, 4/4 shuffle, 3/4, 4/4 with 6/8 feel, 6/8) we will select 4/4 for this
under 4/4 we have pop/rock, funk/rock, motown, ballad, sidestick, lets use pop/rock
I now have 40 pop/rock grooves to choose from. these are listed 1-40, but really if you are going through them you will notice that the ones that are close to each other have similar patterns, just variations. I will find one that is close, then try the ones that are within 2-3 each direction (if I like 23, I will try out 20-26)
Choose one.
Then choose variations. with hats - 1/4 notes hard closed, half open, or rock open. 1/8 tight closed, tight closed ghost, etc. 16 variations with 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16. Also 4 variations with ride.
Once I pick the exact one I want. I just drag and drop it to the song. The built in humanizer keeps it from being mechanical sounding (not every hit is exactly the same or exactly on time, just like a real drummer)
For variation within a song, you can change the variation (go from 1/8 hard closed to 1/8 rock open) or you can also change the "velocity" lower values mean less aggression and variation (more subdued playing) higher values can get crazy. I usually like to keep it about half way on the bigger open sections than drop it down a little for the verses or more subdued sections.
Oh yeah, there are also about 100 different fills for each section (4/4 rock for example)
On top of that, you can also download other peoples patterns if you want. I downloaded the groove monkee samples when I had the lite version, because it had less variation in the patterns.
