Yeah I was asking f it can be done by a real drummer, I figured if it's not physically possible then it would automatically sound robotic no matter what techniques I used to humanize it.
What were you playing in marching band that was 190bpm?16th notes at 190 is easily possible, did shit like that in marching band a lot.
16th note anythings at 190 bpm is pretty hardcore.
I practice my double-strokes in the shower before work every day.
And it's all downhill from there.
What were you playing in marching band that was 190bpm?
No, the song. I assumed you were playing drums of some sort. I just can't imagine a marching band marching at 190 bpm. The band would be shuffling around the football field at 30 mph!er, snare drum? I played snare, tenor, and bass drum for field shows, but our 190 bpm show I was snare.
Actually, it was 180 I think, but more or less the same thing.
It's great that you took into account the fact that it might be possible or not. A lot of non-drumers ( I hope I'm not making an in-correct assumption in your case) do some pretty un-realistic things with drum machines.
Hey! I'm that guy, neat!
I'm not a great drummer by any means, but I think doing something like that is within the range of where a standard drummer's chops should be. I like to think that 200bpm is a standard target for single stroke roll, more for double (not buzz).
http://www.metronomeonline.com/
To clarify, 200bpm - play sixteenths; the metronome is a quarter note, or the final hits are equal to 800bpm. Then you should be able to go around the snare and any toms as you like.
I didn't do percussion in school but I have heard of 180bpm as a rudiment req (paradiddle, etc).
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As for the original post, hell, you could find a few drummers that could do that speed roll on a snare and a single tom at the same time if they used a rim click trick, so it is a perspective thing, but I think most drummers would agree that it's cool to hear someone asking a question like this, many having aversions to drum machines.
He does unnatural things with drum machines.