Don't beat me up...

[punkin]

The majority of my time in my humble studio is spent working with other artists...they play, I listen, push buttons and set up microphones and stuff.

From time to time, I do get the urge to work on some personal projects. I'm a pianist, I don't always have a qualified drummer on hand to work out my tunes with. Here it comes and before you say it, I already have a complete and "then some" SONOR kit here at the studio. They're big, pretty, shiney and loud but, I suck at playing them. I'm secure with that...I know my limitations.

I'm looking for a comparison for ease of use and realism between "Drums on Demand" and "Drumkit from Hell". I really don't want to take the time to muck with MIDI programming and have played around a little with ACIDized wave files and like the flexibility of click and drag audio for the purposes of writing and getting ideas down quickly.

I promise...for my final product(s), I'll get a human to sit and play.

Any comments?

 

[cobradenim]

some people have recorded there stuff with a click track and then later a qualified drummer will come in, listen for a while and then add his parts. That works great for some people.

 

[geet73]

Learn how to play?

Like cobra said, you could just record to a click track and let someone else come in and also record to that click track. If you really wanted to.. you could sample your drums/cymbals and just place them in the song to the click. That's a bit more time consuming though.

If it's not too much of a hassle, maybe you should sit down and learn a couple beats.

 

[triple-zero]

I'd get a drum machine - a descent one like.. Korg Electribal series or something... completely pro sounds and some amazing beats. I'm a drummer and I use it in my band to do some rock/electonica crossover stuff and it works great. Really simple to use.... Failing that hire a real drummer