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Jan 9 2012, 05:11 AM
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One thing I've always done since I was a kid was to air drum, I've always found really fun to do, and then I actually played some drums and that really gave me a clearer idea of what it takes, so maybe consider that,
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Jan 9 2012, 10:15 AM
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There are some basic drum MIDI patterns that you can create and save as templates for future use, and modify them as the song goes by. EZDrummer has premade grooves, so you just drug & drop them on the timeline. You can choose simple one, and just modify it to whatever you need. Drums should be in some way locked with the rhythm section in order to sound coherent, so try from there, and like Daniel said, try to imagine (by playing air drums), if a real drummer could do it, this will help. You can always sing the beat to see if it fits, and type it afterwards (like "tu-tu-tu-pa-ts-ts", where "tu" is kick, "pa" is snare, or whatever other sounds you can think of for those)
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Jan 9 2012, 10:17 AM
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I worked with a drummer friend on a song once where I programmed the patterns and he told me what to put where.
One thing that I learnt was using 2 bar patterns as well as 1 bar patterns, they really help take the programmed feel from the track -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Jan 9 2012, 03:39 PM
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Thanks for the advices!
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