Do I have what I need???

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OK, I have read many posts from this section because I'm trying to come up with a way to put drum tracks into my own recordings and covers. I don't play drums and I'm not in a band with a good enough drummer to record so I need to create this stuff. I currently rely on the drum loops in Garage Band but they are not the best for my music so I tried to purchase some software.

I bought a copy of Battery 3 from the local guitar shop but I didn't do the research on this product first. After I open and installed this on my computer, I realized it had no click and drag functionality for quick loops that I could just drop into my songs as I would do in Garage Band. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't understand how this software is truly used.

My question is, did I waste my money or is there a way that I can still use this software to make full drum tracks. My equipment is as follows:

PowerMac G5 Dual Core
Firepod
Logic Express 7.2
Korg TR Series Keyboard (for MIDI device)

I have to admit that my experience level with this side of recording is also crap. If I can use what I have, what is the learning curve.

Any help / advice would be very appreciated.
 
hoops said:
Take a look at EZ Drummer from Toontracks. :)
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Thanks hoops. I have looked at this and it seems like what I needed from the start but I have wasted $300.00 on Battery. I was hoping that someone could advise me if this can be used or not. I will certainly look at EZ Drummer though.
 
Yeah Id say Battery is fine for drums.
Im sure it has some cracking plug-ins.
Fruity Loops is good for drum beats also.

Eck
 
I have no experience of that partricular software, but I assume it has some sort of mixdown/export function, so you can mix two bars or whatever to an audio file and import into your DAW like any other loop, OR it possibly has rewire, where you run the two programs together and have Battery output through a Stereo channel in Logic...
 
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