What Software Do You Use For Your Drum Parts? Options

[bcatcho]

So what software do you use to create your drum sections in your music(if you do)?

[Jsegura]

I use Stylus RMX of Spectrasonics,Ultrabeat of Logic and Miracle beats of Power FX.

[arvidtp]

MaxMSP! and/or the EXS24 in logic.

[kaboombahchuck]

Metro 6.2 drum edit grid (midi sequencing) N S drum kit sound font.

[Riverdog]

Gawd -- You're probably going to laugh...
But, I've been a drummer for years and I find that the "Garage Band" "Rock Drums" have a wonderful all around sound for some great powerful drum tracks... It's a soft synth you can use within Logic Pro and they sound great - They are the same sounds as the EXS24 and the GarageBand Drums use less horsepower to begin with...

I also have an Alesis DM5 and a few other modules that I "Mix-N-Match" with...

Riverdog

[Jsegura]

Garage Band, is as valid as any other drum software. In addition it grows per moments and its future is great. I also use sometimes, and gives me the results that I want.

[_Alex_]

I have a question. How are you sequencing the drums from the EXS24/EXSP24 in logic. (Im using express) I have that free NS kit 7 and i think it sounds amazing im just not sure how to use it with logic. So far i have just been using the NS samples in doogiebag to sequence and then exporting the loops, but its a bit of a hastle importing the loops into logic all the time. So i was just wondering what the best way to do the same thing was in logic.

[arvidtp]

i dont do too much "traditional" drums, but usually i record each loop with a number of passes using my midi keyboard or midi drum pads (found the yamaha midi drum brain in a trashheap, fixed it myself and made pads for it from 75 cent piezo elements and some adhesive backed rubber disks! That drum brain is also the basis of the interface for the instrument you see me playing in my avatar [the percussicube])

Then i work on them in the Hyper-editor and matrix editor to clean up my performance/add or remove stuff. But I am not the guy to ask about this stuff. I usually leave it pretty sloppy and spontaneous.

This post has been edited by arvidtp: Fri 20 May 2005, 22:14

[Arnolfo]

I use Waldorf Attack. It's a really cool vsti; it's possibilities are endless!

[bogh]

EXS24, Battery 2 and Intakt are my prefered samplers when sequencing drums.
I've also started bouncing sequenced drumloops and re-importing them as Apple Loops, which gives a new set of possibilities for loop manipulation.

[coldharbour]

I mostly use Ultrabeat and EXS24MkII - both wonderful, especially Ultrabeat.

I have a question. How are you sequencing the drums from the EXS24/EXSP24 in logic. (Im using express) I have that free NS kit 7 and i think it sounds amazing im just not sure how to use it with logic. So far i have just been using the NS samples in doogiebag to sequence and then exporting the loops, but its a bit of a hastle importing the loops into logic all the time. So i was just wondering what the best way to do the same thing was in logic.

English isn't my 1st choice so I don't know what you mean by "doogiebag", but the way to use the kit is to load it in EXS24 and then program the drumpattern in Logic's arrange, just like programming any other software instrument. You don't have to export or import anything.

[Jsegura]

Oh yeah, Ultrabeat is a monster!

[B3 Basher]

dfh Superior is awsome.

If you can program well it sounds like a Real Drummer (ie. No five limbed drummers welcome) and the bounce to audio includes 'microphone spill' thus making the whole drum track as authentic as the real thing. You need at least 1Gb of RAM to have a basic kit because it (rightfully) avoids disk streaming to avoid glitches.

It is an AU/MAS plug in.

[Jsegura]

If you want to do with Ultrabeat which beams with DFH do not obtain it, but DFH either does not do the one of Ultrabeat. As it is better? it depends on which you want to do. Realism not always is equal to better sound.The best sound is something than is subject to your form to see and to understand music.DHF is a great plug in their style, and Ultrabeat also in his. They move in different scenes.

This post has been edited by Jsegura: Thu 26 May 2005, 16:56

[Adrian Delso]

Doggiebox is an awesome Mac-only low-cost drum sample player, with a really intuitive interface, which virtually forces you to think like a human drummer (e.g. only two hands and feet!).
The sample library is fantastic and you can export audio (.aiff) or MIDI into your software sequencer, from Doggiebox.

It's a download, so just do a search for it. There's a good demo.

This post has been edited by Adrian Delso: Fri 27 May 2005, 12:24

[cornutt]

Like kaboomchuk, I also use the Metro drum grid to create most of my drum parts. At some point, I plan to get one of those Akai drum pad boxes, because I hate trying to tap drum parts out on a keyboard. For the sounds, I use a mix of: DR202, Proteus/2 rompler, JD800, and some stuff I sampled myself (tin cans, cookware, cukoo clocks, building materials, or anything around the house that looked like it needed hitting at the time. )