DesertRatt
Member
I've been making basic, two mic recordings of guitar and vocal and pretty happy with the results. It would be fun to add a beat - a minimal kind of drum set.
I've tried:
1. Just various tapping techniques on my acoustic guitars. Not bad, but not great variety of sound.
2. I have an Alesis 16 drum machine. The first trouble is that controlling it in the breaks is well, impossible. Secondly, programming it is for me hideously tedious and complicated. And, the canned rhythms are not interesting for me.
I am considering one of these simple all-in-one drum practice "toys" that sell for like $150, but was a bit turned off when I see two dozen buttons, LCD screens, and read about the zillions of menu items and blah blah blah. And, the outputs are pretty limited as far as plugging into my Tascam 424.
My latest thought is a DIY drum - made from ? - whatever - which would provide a simple, easy to play drum that I would mic into my mixer.
So, I'm wondering what any of YOU do to add drums?
P.S. I'm definitely NOT a drummer! But, I can follow a simple beat.
I've tried:
1. Just various tapping techniques on my acoustic guitars. Not bad, but not great variety of sound.
2. I have an Alesis 16 drum machine. The first trouble is that controlling it in the breaks is well, impossible. Secondly, programming it is for me hideously tedious and complicated. And, the canned rhythms are not interesting for me.
I am considering one of these simple all-in-one drum practice "toys" that sell for like $150, but was a bit turned off when I see two dozen buttons, LCD screens, and read about the zillions of menu items and blah blah blah. And, the outputs are pretty limited as far as plugging into my Tascam 424.
My latest thought is a DIY drum - made from ? - whatever - which would provide a simple, easy to play drum that I would mic into my mixer.
So, I'm wondering what any of YOU do to add drums?
P.S. I'm definitely NOT a drummer! But, I can follow a simple beat.