Pretty cool drum machine program

[Dankerella]

I found Rhythm Rascal in my quest for a better drum machine program. I don't like the price of some of the ones people have recommended here; I'm sure they work great though. I also don't like using canned beats.

This one is pretty cool because it's cheap, and you can use about any WAV file drum/percussion hit. It can also change tempo within a song (unlike HotStepper - a free, similar drum machine). I've been goofing around with hacking up songs I like in order to nab drums sounds (a bass drum from a Confessor CD, a snare from Captain Beyond, etc.). You have to find a part in the song where only one of the items is hit. Often, they can be taken from intros to songs where only the drums are playing.

I let the inventor know of a weird issue with using these "nabbed" drums where there was some clicking at the end of each sample even though there was nothing there, and he claims to have worked out the bug, although I haven't tested the new version yet.

More info is available here:
http://www.rhythmrascal.com/

 

[usagi]

Re: Pretty cool drum machine program

I just downloaded it! I've been looking for something like this at this price Thanks for sharing the info.

 

[Dankerella]

Re: Pretty cool drum machine program

I just downloaded it! I've been looking for something like this at this price Thanks for sharing the info.

Oops - the test version he's working on to fix the bugs isn't quite up yet, I thought it was. The version that is there works fine, but if you tried to do the ol' nabbing drums trick, it would likely have the same issue. He appears to be working on it pretty vigorously, 'cause he's been emailing me updates to try.

He also had this to say:
By the way, you should check out the ns_kit7free WAV sounds if you
haven't already. There are some really good ones in there....
http://www.naturalstudio.co.uk/ns_kit7freedownload.html

 

[More-Gear-Than-Skill]

Re: Pretty cool drum machine program

had a look at jamstix by rayzoon? adds funk, flair and feel for you...like a good drummer should... http://www.rayzoon.com/

 

[Dankerella]

Re: Pretty cool drum machine program

had a look at jamstix by rayzoon? adds funk, flair and feel for you...like a good drummer should... http://www.rayzoon.com/

I like the funkiness slider...

 

[tone4days]

Re: Pretty cool drum machine program

sample the snare drum from the intro to 'refugee' by TP & the HBs 'damn the torpedos' .. also, for killer 80's hair metal snare, get ' i'll remember you' from skid row (happens after the strummy strummy ballad part

if you samples ANYthing from phil collin's from the 80's, you will be caught and punished

have fun - good luck
t4d

 

[Dankerella]

Re: Pretty cool drum machine program

great ideas.

here's a cool DIY drum trigger kit. http://members.cox.net/ampage/triggers.htm

I guess I'm getting pretty far away from guitars with this thread, and seymour duncan too. but the end result of all this is recording songs that have guitars, which hopefully have a set of duncans in them!