Making My Own Music :) |
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Making My Own Music :) |
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Dec 31 2008, 03:00 PM |
Happy new year to you Matt
I'm using EZdrummer for drums and grooves now. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Dec 31 2008, 03:10 PM |
I think a drum machine can often limit your music, or "my" music I should say since that's the affect it has on me. Any beat will lead into the same ol same ol firring.... <-- new word, such a good one I'll leave it. I mean riffing of course
So instead what I like to do is to keep the drums as simple as possible for starers, a metronome or just a very basic drum beat. Then after the guitar rhythm and melody is done I add the real drums because then I can hear how I want them to be. I use Ezdrummer and when that was released that was a huge step up to music making compared to making beats with a MIDI keaboard which I was used to from before. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Dec 31 2008, 03:10 PM |
I use EZdrummer and/or Addictive Drums VSTs for drum beats..But I never start with a drum beat , rather adapt the one to the groove I think of..
Happy New Year Mat!!! -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Dec 31 2008, 03:41 PM |
I use Cubase and Toontrack Superior 2.0, but thats a really expensive one. Ezdrummer comes highly recommended from me as well because it sounds great and is affordable.
I will also recommend starting with Reaper as your DAW for 2 reasons: 1. It's free 2. It's easy to learn the recording basics in Reaper and will make the transisition to the more advanced tools like Cubase or Sonar easier if you eventually want to use one of those. This post has been edited by Trond Vold: Dec 31 2008, 03:41 PM -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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Jan 2 2009, 12:38 PM |
I recommend EZDrummer also!
I used that before I switched to Superior 2.0.. It's easy to use and sounds very good as well |
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Jan 2 2009, 01:26 PM |
For writing use Guitar Pro. For drums I use Acoustica Beatcraft but if you have the money then you should probably go for something else.
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Jan 2 2009, 04:52 PM |
In general as Nemanja said it all comes down to habit and knowledge and I agree 100%. Making good drums does not mean that you need to have great VST drum instrument, you just need to spend some time with it, and learn how to produce drums and add EQ, compression and reverb to it to make it sound good for the specific composition you are doing.
I have used Addictice drums and it is good, it has premade grooves. Currently I'm using Toontrack products tho, Superior Drummer 2.0 for samples and EZD products (pop/rock, latin, coctail, vintage, drumkit from hell and other) for MIDI banks. All EZD products come with quality MIDI patterns that you can drag&drop on the MIDI track. All of them have a simple mixer as well, while Superior Drummer 2.0 has advanced mixing with full bleeding control, inserts, buses, and everything else that you need. Also SD 2.0 samples are behaving much better in the mix, while EZD samples sound a bit "shallow". -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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