Can I record Electric Drums with this?

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You can either use the voices in the software or have the midi track control your drums and then you record the audio out from the drums.

So if it was me it would go like this

1) record midi
2) fix midi, add stuff, delete stuff etc..
3) run midi track controlling drums and record to an audio track.
 
Nugagerube said:
I have a new question that has arised and I figure I can just ak it on here instead of making another thread; When recording on MIDI can you use the voice the drum modules has or do you need to use the voices of drums the software has. I ask because I've heard people say I need to replace the MIDI part (after recording it) with drum voices and I was wondering if I could use my drum modules voices.
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You can do it either way. Like TetraFish said, if you want to use your drum's sound module, you can play the midi back into the module and record the Audio Outs

Or you could use a VSTi like EZDrummer. You would record the midi from the e-drums, edit any flubs, mistakes, make changes, etc... then run the midi into ezdrummer VSTi. I don't have an e-drum set yet, but I will eventually get one and that is how I would record with it.

hope this helps.
 
Chili said:
Yup, it's a stereo out called Right-Output-Left/Mono,
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Oh haha I apologize I didn't know. As you can probably tell I am a newbie to this all. And I appreciate you sticking around to answer my silly questions. So I just plug midi into drums record song, fix midi parts. plug midi recorder back into said drums in the left/right output (probably left) then what?
 
Ah! But that drum module only has midi out, not in. So his only options are to record the midi data and use sounds in the software/VSTs he's using or record the left/right audio from the drum module. He won't have the option of returning the midi back to the drum module after he's tweaked it.
 
daddymac said:
Ah! But that drum module only has midi out, not in. So his only options are to record the midi data and use sounds in the software/VSTs he's using or record the left/right audio from the drum module. He won't have the option of returning the midi back to the drum module after he's tweaked it.
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^^^ Yep. Now that we see a picture of the back of his drum machine, there is only midi out visible. There is no sign of a midi in unless there is one on the front. But . . . going to the Yamaha website and looking at specs there, I see that there isn't. What an annoying limitation!
 
daddymac said:
Ah! But that drum module only has midi out, not in. So his only options are to record the midi data and use sounds in the software/VSTs he's using or record the left/right audio from the drum module. He won't have the option of returning the midi back to the drum module after he's tweaked it.
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Huh, that is too strange. I've never seen a midi device without an in and an out.
 
Well this is problematic. Is there any other way I can record on my drum module and use the voice my module has? Is there a cord or something where you can plug it into midi out to make a midi in?
 
Nugagerube said:
Well this is problematic. Is there any other way I can record on my drum module and use the voice my module has? Is there a cord or something where you can plug it into midi out to make a midi in?
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If you must use the voice from your drum module the only option is to connect you analog outs to an interface. It's not really that big of a deal. If your an ace drummer that never makes mistakes it's not a problem at all.
 
TetraFish said:
If you must use the voice from your drum module the only option is to connect you analog outs to an interface. It's not really that big of a deal. If your an ace drummer that never makes mistakes it's not a problem at all.
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Will the interface that I previous posted a link to work for this method of recording, AudioBox USB. If so, where do I plug my analogs outs into on the interface?
 
Nugagerube said:
Will the interface that I previous posted a link to work for this method of recording, AudioBox USB. If so, where do I plug my analogs outs into on the interface?
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Yeah, sure. Audio Outs (both of them) into two channels on the Presonus. You should really read your manuals.

There's a good site you can go to that I recommend you read through EVERYTHING.

http://www.tweakheadz.com/index.html

There's also a book that will help you tremendoulsy called Home Recording for Musicans for Dummies by Jeff Strong. Don't let the title dissuade you, it's a very good book and will get you up to speed and understanding the little things like what cable to use when connecting your edrums to an interface.

I make these suggestions because you asked how to connect your edrums to an interface and that is a very basic thing. If you don't know how to do that, then you need to read, read, read. Lots of learning to do.

I had a lot of experience doing live sound before I started recording at home and I still bought the book, read that website and this website extensively to learn what I needed to do. It's a steep learning curve.

Good luck and have fun,
 
Chili said:
Yeah, sure. Audio Outs (both of them) into two channels on the Presonus. You should really read your manuals.

There's a good site you can go to that I recommend you read through EVERYTHING.

http://www.tweakheadz.com/index.html

There's also a book that will help you tremendoulsy called Home Recording for Musicans for Dummies by Jeff Strong. Don't let the title dissuade you, it's a very good book and will get you up to speed and understanding the little things like what cable to use when connecting your edrums to an interface.

I make these suggestions because you asked how to connect your edrums to an interface and that is a very basic thing. If you don't know how to do that, then you need to read, read, read. Lots of learning to do.

I had a lot of experience doing live sound before I started recording at home and I still bought the book, read that website and this website extensively to learn what I needed to do. It's a steep learning curve.

Good luck and have fun,
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Yes I have noticed that there is a lot to learn about recording. Thank you for the tips. Good day!
 
Forget the MIDI and record the line outs. If you make a mistake, record it again until you like it. I mean, that's the way people record real drumsets.
 
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