How does one create a drum track?

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i use fruity loops and sonar, and do just about the same thing you want (acoustic guitar, drums, maybe a little keyboard). Sonar works great for me, and nuendo seems a little too pricey for what i do.

Also, if you have acid, there are a lot of sites that have acidized drum tracks free with no copyright. They arent the best, but they serve their purpose. I dont remember all the sites right now but i think one is http://www.e-drummer.net thats just a taste of whats out there. also try http://www.loops.net.

There are a lot of dance and techno loops out there, but if you wade through them all you can usually find some pretty accetable stuff.
 
Nutdotnet said:
Meshuggah- thanks a ton!!

Alright, so one gets some decent sounding samples and then creates different drum programs in fruity loops. But then you say to export the programs. Wouldn't one want to apply the fx and what-not to the samples before exporting?
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"programs" would be 'patterns'. These patterns you put together to a 'song'.

Of course you can add fx IN Fruity Loops before exporting (step 3 to 5), but if you leave them without fx, you can add the fx later in your editor/multitracker.

And what would be a good program to incorporate Fruity Loop Programs and then the Acoustic Guitar, etc....that I have recorded? Acid? Or would a program like Nuendo be better?
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Well.. any multitracker-software, really. Cool Edit, Cubase, N-Track, et c, et c.....
 
Alright cool!

As you can tell I am definetley a noob, but thanks for the great info!
 
My drum programming and sequencing...

Hey there,

With the discussion of realistic drum programming, I thought you guys might be interested in hearing these fusion compositions of mine...

I'm the guitarist and I sequenced all the other instruments...

I really tried hard to make the sequences as realistic as possible, so they aren't just sketches or temporary tracks...

In fact, Keyboard magazine, Recording Magazine, and Music and Computers magazine, all featured my sequencing and composing back in 1996...which essentially, were these tunes without the guitar parts (which I just added January 2002)...

Once you guys have had the chance to listen to the results, I would be more than happy to share my process and discoveries in programming...

Anyway,

MP3-All in high quality MP3 files, download time will vary...

Muldar's Search-Hi energy fusion.

Every Time-a tribute to Weather Report with a Tribal Tech vibe.

S'Corea-a tribute to Chick's Elektric Band.

Three Steps From the Sun-some elements of Japanese and African music with a touch of Bill Frisell and Mike Brecker.

Give It Time-a fast-paced short little tune, quite fun.

Heartland-a laidback, Robben Ford style tune I wrote the day of the Oklahoma City Bombing back in 1995.

Tito's Time-a latin fusion tune I wrote back in 1995, and later renamed to dedicate it to the late Tito Puente.

Rise Above-a kind of Steve Kahn/Anthony Jackson vibe.

Beast of Burton-a tribute to Gary Burton.

One-a "fun-filled", dark tune in 7/4.

From Nothing-a busy, keyboard chops fest.

Think About It-a Yellowjackets kind of vibe.

Eek! A Mouse!-one of my oldest compositions/sequences...very hard to read down when I did these guitar parts...but, the title says it all.

STREAMING-these will vary automatically according to your connection speed...doesn't do too well with dial-up.

Fusion index Page-It's obvious which are the new ones with guitar...

Anyway, enjoy...and thanks for listening!

Peace,

Scott
 
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File inconsistancy...

Hey,

I noticed that the song "S'Corea", from my original post, was a .ram file, instead of an .mp3, so here's the .mp3...

S'corea-MP3

Peace,

Scott
 
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