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Greg_L
Banned
Thanks for the heads up chili. 30 bucks and half a bottle of codeine syrup later I can make drum tracks for goofing around. Not bad.
Chili
Site Moderator
Cool. I think the vocals are a little low in the mix and maybe bring the bass up too. Guitars sound perfect!!! What stack are you using??
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Greg_L
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Chili
Site Moderator
Lolz.
I hate that they call everything "grooves".
I know you do.... and in the past I tried to call them other names like midi files, or beats, or whatevers... but grooves seems to stick because people know what I'm talking about.
Oh, make sure you turn down the room mic. LOL.
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Greg_L
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I know you do.... and in the past I tried to call them other names like midi files, or beats, or whatevers... but grooves seems to stick because people know what I'm talking about.
Oh, make sure you turn down the room mic. LOL.
I did, all the way. That thing is yuck. I'm not crazy about the stock sounds that came with it, but again, it's pretty great for 30 bucks (one kick head is more than that) and I'm looking forward to being able to demo my own songs without having to record scratch drums.
Chili
Site Moderator
Yeah, the room mic was one of the best bits of advice you gave me a long time ago. I thought it was worthy of repeating here.
Glad to hear you might be able to work it into your routine. As an accomplished drummer and being familiar with something like EZD, you can give us non-drummers a lot more insight into programming drums. That would be cool.
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Greg_L
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Yeah, the room mic was one of the best bits of advice you gave me a long time ago. I thought it was worthy of repeating here.
Glad to hear you might be able to work it into your routine. As an accomplished drummer and being familiar with something like EZD, you can give us non-drummers a lot more insight into programming drums. That would be cool.
This isn't really "programming" though, is it? I mean, you're just grabbing loops and dropping them in. While I was goofing around with it, I was thinking, "I wish I could drop a crash here". I didn't try it yet, but I'm guessing you can go into the midi event and draw in hits or take em away if you want to?
Chili
Site Moderator
If you're just draggin and dropping, then it's not programming. I don't remember which DAW you use, but you should be able to go into the midi file/loop/groove in your DAW timeline and edit. Yup, just draw them in; changing velocities and timing a smidge to get a different feel for each one.
I use Cubase. I can open each individual measure and change what I want. One of the things I don't like about EZD is they don't have a typical "Crash-on-the-first-beat" file; I always edit that in.
Chili
Site Moderator
Oops, meant to say...
I can spend hours editing my drum track.
I can spend hours editing my drum track.
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Greg_L
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I've always wondered about that. People talk about going in and altering each hit. That's mind-boggling to me.
So how do I get different "kits" in there? The cymbals sound kind of poopy. Could I just make my own sounds?
minerman
Tonetard
Wow, the Gerg using a drum vsti......never thought I'd see this......
Look at the left upper corner for different sounds, if I remember, there's a "roomy", "dry", & a couple more.....using EZ Drummer isn't that bad really Greg, they sound good enough for a song idea, & with a little work/time, can sound pretty convinving.......
If you need 'em, I have all the keymap files (which are just text files) for a bunch of Toontrack stuff, specifically for Reaper, lemme know dude.....
That's what I started out with, EZ Drummer, but I've gone to Native Instruments 80's & 90's Drums, I think they sound better from the get-go, but that's just me.....
I'm no pro at programming by any means, but if you need any help, lemme know. Hell, you could probably help all of us that use drum vsti's with your drumming skills......
Again, lemme know if I can help dude, gonna go grab some more turkey!!!!
Look at the left upper corner for different sounds, if I remember, there's a "roomy", "dry", & a couple more.....using EZ Drummer isn't that bad really Greg, they sound good enough for a song idea, & with a little work/time, can sound pretty convinving.......
If you need 'em, I have all the keymap files (which are just text files) for a bunch of Toontrack stuff, specifically for Reaper, lemme know dude.....
That's what I started out with, EZ Drummer, but I've gone to Native Instruments 80's & 90's Drums, I think they sound better from the get-go, but that's just me.....
I'm no pro at programming by any means, but if you need any help, lemme know. Hell, you could probably help all of us that use drum vsti's with your drumming skills......
Again, lemme know if I can help dude, gonna go grab some more turkey!!!!
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
Bought it too. Thanks for the heads up Chili. No time to play with it tonight, but I'll report back as soon as I do.
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Greg_L
Banned
Thanks dude. I'm not switching over though. I'll never not track my real drums in favor of ez drummer. For 30 bucks, I figured what the hell. I like the idea of using it for demos. I can't even tell you how many times I've gone through the process of tracking my drums for a song only to never go back to it because I end up not liking it. ez drummer would be perfect for that. I'll let you know if I need some help. I had a hell of a time just getting it to work in Reaper (I didn't have the one little .dll in the right place). Lol.
JimmyS1969
MOODerator
Not to mention, it makes for a great click track. I still use it for that.
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Greg_L
Banned
Now I just need ez bass and ez guitar and I'll never have to pick up an instrument.....or even know how to play!
JimmyS1969
MOODerator
Now I just need ez bass and ez guitar and I'll never have to pick up an instrument.....or even know how to play!
Where is the fun in that? lol
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Greg_L
Banned
Lol. Last night, I was watching the pats v jets and going through an endless list of "grooves" in ez drummer. I was like "I can't believe people do this for every song". My head was swimming.
How do I check for updates or add-on packs or any of that stuff?
JimmyS1969
MOODerator
Trust me, If you register at Toontrack, they will email you.
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Greg_L
Banned
Lol. Great. Does that mean they're gonna blow my shit up with ads and deals? I already delete about 20 a day from musicians friend and guitar center.