Good Drum Program Options

[ElHombre]

Hello

I use EZ drummer, but I can almost only use 4/4 time signature.
I is not possible atleast for me to change it in the actual daw.

I was thinking of getting Superior drummer instead? good or not?

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[ElHombre]

Thank Todd but that did not work at all for me, I have used it before and I can only seem to change the tempo, never the signature.
I feel like im missing something, something u have already expected me to do to get it to work but i have not done


When working with projects i only drag the actual grooves out to the track
Well the bars change when I do this, but actual drums remain the same

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This post has been edited by ElHombre: Oct 13 2013, 12:04 PM

[Cosmin Lupu]

Thank Todd but that did not work at all for me, I have used it before and I can only seem to change the tempo, never the signature.
I feel like im missing something, something u have already expected me to do to get it to work but i have not done


When working with projects i only drag the actual grooves out to the track
Well the bars change when I do this, but actual drums remain the same

I think I know what your trouble is - are you writing the drum grooves from scratch in the DAW over the newly set time signature grid?

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[ElHombre]

I think I know what your trouble is - are you writing the drum grooves from scratch in the DAW over the newly set time signature grid?

I am not writing them
Just "dragging" ready made grooves

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[Cosmin Lupu]

I am not writing them
Just "dragging" ready made grooves

Well, that solves your problem You should write them from scratch according to the time signature that you set beforehand. It will most likely work

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[ElHombre]

Well, that solves your problem You should write them from scratch according to the time signature that you set beforehand. It will most likely work

The only thing I have ever programmed for drums is a few "count ins" in 4/4
I would be more than lost unfortunatley

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[Cosmin Lupu]

The only thing I have ever programmed for drums is a few "count ins" in 4/4
I would be more than lost unfortunatley

Mate - it's very simple The first step would be to analyze a simple groove and re-write it so that you may understand how things work - you open up the piano grid and if that channel has the drum pluggin assigned, each piano key (the black and white ones on the left side) will have a drum element assigned - of course, if you say you have written the 1,2,3,4 hi hats you have done this at the most incipient level Now, try it with the simplest groove - listen to it and try to emulate it on the grid.

The grid is divided into rhythmic subdivisions as you will choose them, but it's better to set it on 16th notes

Please let me know if there are questions and I'll gladly help further.

Great topic, interesting stuff.

I have never really thought about making my own drum tracks - might give it a go now!

So it looks like Superior Drummer is the way forward. Do i need a DAW as well? Is Reaper good enough, or would something from Cubase be better / easier?

I take it SD contains loads of loops that can then be edited in the DAW?

Mate - as I said, it's better to learn how to write a groove from scratch, rather than be confined in using pre made loops. You need a DAW, having the SD assigned to a midi channel, on which you will start writing the drum groove. Reaper is very good so, please try this and once you do it, open up the piano roll or events grid how it's called and follow these steps:

he first step would be to analyze a simple groove and re-write it so that you may understand how things work - you open up the piano grid and if that channel has the drum pluggin assigned, each piano key (the black and white ones on the left side) will have a drum element assigned - of course, if you say you have written the 1,2,3,4 hi hats you have done this at the most incipient level Now, try it with the simplest groove - listen to it and try to emulate it on the grid.

The process is pretty nicely described in here:



The grid is divided into rhythmic subdivisions as you will choose them, but it's better to set it on 16th notes

What do you think?

Cosmin

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