what is every one using to lay down drum tracks

[Carter]

EMU MP-7 drum machine, Reasons 3, Fruity loops, Yamaha keyboard.

Thats how I get it done.

 

[MadAudio]

For scratch tracks or sketchpad ideas, I'll use my drumKAT and Alesis DM5. I have a Pintech Ergokick for the kick drum, and use pads 9 & 10 of the KAT for closed and open hat.

But for real recordings, I use real drums. Nothing like 'em.

 

[tourettes5139]

Real drums. Much better. IMO.

 

[Myriad_Rocker]

Since I don't have an amazingly nice kit and an even better sounding room to track them in, I use FXpansion BFD. I find that it sounds better than I could probably do anyway. LOL

 

[fraserhutch]

Like Noisewreck, a combination of my Kurzweil K2600 and a variety of soft-synths. Mostly the 2600 though. There isn't much I cannot do with that beast.

 

[fraserhutch]

Real drums. Much better. IMO.

That and a good room would be my first choice, if feasible

 

[noisewreck]

Real drums. Much better. IMO.

Depends on the music style

 

[dwillis45]

Depends on the music style

Not to mention the quality of the drummer, how well the drums are tuned, and issues related to mics (type and placement, etc.).

 

[Monkey Allen]

Yeah dwillis about what you were saying before...I never took the time to learn about drum loops and all that. My mindset was 'it'll be waaaay too hard to get it right'. But I wouldn't mind giving it a go one day.

I also have a large cymbal that i didn't mention before. Mainly it's just shakers though

 

[dwillis45]

Mainly it's just shakers though

Now that you mention it, I'm thinking about picking up a pair as a stocking stuffer for Christmas. Then I'll retire the old oatmeal box which has been passing for percussion.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Put the oatmeal box on ebay, I'll start a bidding war

 

[Sorcerio]

Hi. New member here.

I use a few drum machines. SCI Drumtraks, Roland
TR-606, and an Akai S950 loaded with individual drum samples.

 

[daveparker]

I use a Roland TD8 triggering DFHS via midi. I find I get way better sounding drums
this way when compaired to recording my real drums. In an ideal world I would have
all the mics, a really good kit and a nice sounding room to record in, but I don't. Plus
when recording midi any little screwup doesn't mean a bad take because you can fix
it afterwards.

 

[sucram]

i used to use lots of TR samples from the internet, which was fine for a while but got stale. i discovered Drumatic (sp?) which is the best free drum synth i've come across (especially so with version 3) which somewhat replicates the TR machines but with very flexible envelopes. if i want acoustic drum sounds, i'll use the ones i sampled from my Yamaha DD55, which aren't anything special, but get the job done for my needs.

recently, i'm enjoying twisting up things i record to minidisc using Sound Forge. throw on a pitch envelope, amplitude modulation and some heavy compression and anything can be a drum... unless you need it to sound like a real drum.

i'd still like to get a high hat, shaker, and tamborine though. dwillis mentioned his oatmeal box. well i've used a seasalt container for the same thing

-marcus

 

[Yareek]

Tama Starclassics, Custom snare, a whole mess of custom cymbals, and lots of mics.

 

[nomadshiz]

i heard that software doesnt let you create your own drums, just copy an already made track, if that's true that is stupid. i got mc-307 to do all my shit.

 

[trickedthePigs]

Are any of these drums machines you guys are mentioning free?

 

[noisewreck]

i heard that software doesnt let you create your own drums, just copy an already made track, if that's true that is stupid. i got mc-307 to do all my shit.

Yeah, I've also heard that software doesn't allow you to do your own vocals, guitars, keys, well pretty much anything. The only thing you can do with software is use construction kits

Think how much sense that makes, and how useless software would be if these statements were true

 

[Jay_west]

Reason 3.0 (redrum), my controller(m-audio Ozonic), trigger finger

 

[billyshuler]

I use the FPC2 in FL Studio, loaded with Beta Monkey samples. I use the Akai MPD16 to trigger samples. From there it goes to tape.