How do you program your drums?

djelements · Post by **djelements** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:07 pm

forensix (mcr) wrote:
dubsteppa wrote:renoise is a bitch i dont know how the fuck people make music with it
they learn how to use it.

Someone has been Owned™, I do believe.

djake · Post by **djake** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:16 pm

i usally program it in my head first then start clickin

pointless thread really

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:57 pm

set up a sampler for each sound and play around till it sounds good. Eq each sound to taste. Send desired sound to a reverb bus. Route all tracks to a buss with a compresser and some more eq.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:00 pm

Or just sample a preset riddim and cut the fuck out of it.

tristan · Post by **tristan** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:02 pm

tinker tinker.....capture last take.....slide, swing,,,,,schiing bop

do what your ears say yes to.

auan · Post by **auan** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:53 pm

Get a drum machine. Totally different way of thinking about drums.

westernsynthetics · Post by **westernsynthetics** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:32 am

the buttons on da redrum

auan · Post by **auan** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:45 am

Oh, yeah. They'll do.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:39 am

what the fuck stupid topic is next?

HOW DO YOU CLICK YOUR MOUSE?

spherix · Post by **spherix** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:06 am

i use straight up audio for drums, no midi

thomas edison · Post by **thomas edison** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:09 pm

i program my drums the way i like them

MountDoom · Post by **MountDoom** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:09 pm

layers on layers on layers

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:43 pm

Spherix wrote:i use straight up audio for drums, no midi

werd. there is actually answers that aren't nonsense that can be applied to this thread.

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:45 pm

Anyone got a link for a tutorial on shuffling on cubase?

djake · Post by **djake** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:50 pm

decklyn wrote:
Spherix wrote:i use straight up audio for drums, no midi
werd. there is actually answers that aren't nonsense that can be applied to this thread.

its alot easyer to edit drums when there done in audio....reversing shit n dat u can see whats goin on alot easyer aswell

r · Post by r » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:46 pm

captaindboom wrote:layers on layers on layers

CRYPTIC wrote:Anyone got a link for a tutorial on shuffling on cubase?

just put the quantize on 1/32 and shuffle your butt off !!!

gkz · Post by **gkz** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:46 am

thanks to all who gave honest responses. I was trying to figure out if producers in dubstep, dnb etc use midi controllers to program their drum patterns, or just do it all with a mouse. It seems like most of you prefer the latter. I guess i already knew that heads are cutting up breaks and shit in audio so it was sort of a stupid question.

I know for me, i need to have something tangible to work with in order to bang out decent rhythms. I couldnt just sit there and tweak out with a mouse all night.

peace.

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:17 pm

you have to feel the groove with your whole being if you're mousing it out, so there is something tangible. I record myself beatboxing all the time, everwhere, and then go back in the studio and listen until I feel the grooves, then start to translate down. With preconception, working in straight audio has all the advantages of tapping down rhythm.

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:31 pm

doublepost

slim · Post by **slim** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:51 pm

gkz wrote:thanks to all who gave honest responses. I was trying to figure out if producers in dubstep, dnb etc use midi controllers to program their drum patterns, or just do it all with a mouse. It seems like most of you prefer the latter. I guess i already knew that heads are cutting up breaks and shit in audio so it was sort of a stupid question.

I know for me, i need to have something tangible to work with in order to bang out decent rhythms. I couldnt just sit there and tweak out with a mouse all night.

peace.

Yeah, i find that odd, i really enjoy bashing out rhythms physically, i find using the mouse or dragging audio around tends to feel more like endless tweaking.

Not to say a bit of tweaking isn't involved when using the midi controller, but it tends to have a bit more flow. Using audio can actually be quite fun though.

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