Using samples or a drum machine - Advice please!

[Jared]

Hello, I am looking for the right and best way to record drum tracks into Cool Edit Pro. I have been looking at either a drum machine (DR-770), a PC based drum program like "PC Drummer - <A HREF="http://www.pcdrummer.com"" TARGET=_blank>http://www.pcdrummer.com"</A> or prerecorded drum samples and loops like what I've found at http://2dcd.com.

I could spend about $400 and get the DR-770 drum machine, hook it up to a mixer and load a pattern directly onto a track or I could spend about $50 for PC Drummer which has a good sound and create a drum track, export it to a WAV file and import it into a Cool Edit Pro track. The other option that I think I have is to purchase a bunch of great sounding samples and loops like I've heard at http://www.2dcd.com and figure out how to get them into a drum pattern for creating a track.

Will Cool Edit Pro even allow creating tracks from individual samples and if so is it extremely painful? I know most folks have Cakewalk so how is it done in that program? Thanks in advance!
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Jared

[dicblack]

All of the options sound good!
what you should consider is: which of the options give you the best sound your looking for? Remember, once you get that 770 your stuck with it (so is it worth it?) Will you come out ahead buying the sounds, or the machine?
Good luck!

[Fishmed]

MIDI... MIDI... MIDI... MIDI... MIDI... MIDI

Calkwalk has a MIDI sequncer which will allow you to prgram your drum patterns right into the computer. Forget about the patterns on the drum machine, create your own drums for your own songs. It is easier than you think.

[Shailat]

The MIDI option is more flexible and not such a pain in the neck to work with BUT.....
you can't beat the sound of a sampled loop or single hits when it comes to reality !!

[Nicolay]

Creating drumloops in Cool Edit Pro itself would be tough - and weeks of work. For drumtracks I actually use (some people may start laughing) a tracking program called Modplug. You just load in the individual drum sounds (.wavs), sequence your loop or entire track and export it to .wav. Then you can load them in Cool Edit Pro to play with your other tracks. Works like a dream, very ease to build up sequences, and it´s free for download!
Contact me if you need it...

Nicolay

"you can't beat the sound of a sampled loop or single hits when it comes to reality !!"

and I fully agree

[This message has been edited by Nicolay (edited 01-06-2000).]