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Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90347]

Tue, 25 September 2007 08:27

rick

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Registered: February 2006

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while on the road and away from his kit he needs to write drum
parts...suggestions.

thanks

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90541 is a reply to message #90347]

Tue, 25 September 2007 12:48

LaMont
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Take your pick:
-NI Battery 3
-XLN Addictive Drums
-BFD
-Ezdrummer
-Reasons
-Stylus RMX ...

rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>while on the road and away from his kit he needs to write drum
>parts...suggestions.
>
>thanks

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90557 is a reply to message #90347]

Tue, 25 September 2007 20:01

Aaron Allen

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Registered: May 2008

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what kind of drummer (country, rock, fusion, progressive, marching, etc...),
what experience does he have with programming and what kind of computer, if
any, is he comfortable with/will be using?

AA

"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> while on the road and away from his kit he needs to write drum
> parts...suggestions.
>
> thanks

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90581 is a reply to message #90557]

Wed, 26 September 2007 03:21

rick

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rock, alternative. he's writing stuff for harley. he's on a mac
running DP and PTle. i'm not sure of the programming thing.

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:01:02 -0500, "Aaron Allen"
<know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:

>what kind of drummer (country, rock, fusion, progressive, marching, etc...),
>what experience does he have with programming and what kind of computer, if
>any, is he comfortable with/will be using?
>
>AA
>
>
>"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:f3aif39pi0v085ctpdcqt8pepc161k3n1q@4ax.com...
>> while on the road and away from his kit he needs to write drum
>> parts...suggestions.
>>
>> thanks
>

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90589 is a reply to message #90581]

Wed, 26 September 2007 06:03

Aaron Allen

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Registered: May 2008

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Does he want to use his own samples, or is ITB/what comes with ok?

AA

"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> rock, alternative. he's writing stuff for harley. he's on a mac
> running DP and PTle. i'm not sure of the programming thing.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:01:02 -0500, "Aaron Allen"
> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>
>>what kind of drummer (country, rock, fusion, progressive, marching,
>>etc...),
>>what experience does he have with programming and what kind of computer,
>>if
>>any, is he comfortable with/will be using?
>>
>>AA
>>
>>
>>"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:f3aif39pi0v085ctpdcqt8pepc161k3n1q@4ax.com...
>>> while on the road and away from his kit he needs to write drum
>>> parts...suggestions.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90593 is a reply to message #90347]

Wed, 26 September 2007 06:27

gene lennon
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Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

DP has a very powerful step style drum programmer built in and also has a
good loop record program (Polar) built in. The basic tools for both step
style and play in style are well covered, and worth the time to learn.
I would suggest he adds Ezdrummer. That program comes with high quality samples
and also has a great interface for building drums from its included library
of midi files. You can also build from scratch or use a hybrid approach and
start with a basic midi file and add on by-hand. Ezdrummer also has ad-on
drum samples available to cover most styles.
Gene

rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>while on the road and away from his kit he needs to write drum
>parts...suggestions.
>
>thanks

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90597 is a reply to message #90589]

Wed, 26 September 2007 07:53

rick

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Registered: February 2006

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probably anything that works.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:03:05 -0500, "Aaron Allen"
<know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:

>Does he want to use his own samples, or is ITB/what comes with ok?
>
>AA

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90600 is a reply to message #90581]

Wed, 26 September 2007 09:14

Jamie K

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Registered: July 2006

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If he doesn't want to lug a full-sized electronic drum kit around there
are some great portable options for composing/recording drum parts.

If he has a sampler plugin for DP, then he's probably set for sounds. If
not, Native Instruments Battery 3 is the most flexible (he could sample
his own set), or preset ones like Easy Drummer or BFD.

To trigger the sounds he could drop notes into a musical staff in DP and
write/hear drum parts that way, mouse them into DP's piano roll editor,
or he could play a synth keyboard or get a percussion trigger pad like
those from Akai, Roland or M-Audio's Trigger Finger.

Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com

rick wrote:
> rock, alternative. he's writing stuff for harley. he's on a mac
> running DP and PTle. i'm not sure of the programming thing.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:01:02 -0500, "Aaron Allen"
> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>
>> what kind of drummer (country, rock, fusion, progressive, marching, etc...),
>> what experience does he have with programming and what kind of computer, if
>> any, is he comfortable with/will be using?
>>
>> AA
>>
>>
>> "rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:f3aif39pi0v085ctpdcqt8pepc161k3n1q@4ax.com...
>>> while on the road and away from his kit he needs to write drum
>>> parts...suggestions.
>>>
>>> thanks
>

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Re: Drummer wants to know which app is best for programming drums. [message #90611 is a reply to message #90597]

Wed, 26 September 2007 12:08

Aaron Allen

Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008

Senior Member

Honestly? I'd suggest a drum machine for going on the road with. They're
tougher and more focus driven than a PC or MAC laptop would be. And they're
cheap these days.

Suggestion is he ebay up a Yamaha RY30 or Roland R8 and get a few expansion
cards for them.
MPC if he wants to hit a deeper pocket.

AA

"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> probably anything that works.
>
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:03:05 -0500, "Aaron Allen"
> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>
>>Does he want to use his own samples, or is ITB/what comes with ok?
>>
>>AA
>

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