Making drumtracks

[Jeroenn]

Hi,
Besides punching each note in or hiring a drummer, what would be a good way to create a midi drumtrack? The things I want are complex and I'm not gonna spend a month to punch in a drumtrack for one song.

Thnx.

[Artist]

You could get a midi out drum pad (one of those square ones, say from roland or alike) and a pair of sticks.
Then enter each drum part at a time (say hi hat first, then kick etc). That will give you a realistic feel.

Opposed to that search on the net for some midi drum loops that are played in by a real drummer, not put in by mouse.

I have a few but they are mapped for the Drumkit From Hell layout. If you want I can send you the midi files + a jpg of the DFH layout on a keyboard.
(These beats are played in by Thomas Haake of Meshuggah

[SuperJemBoy]

I know this is a little off topic, but "Artist" can you link me to a website where I can buy Drumkit From Hell (or the prorgram it runs in) and the official website of it too? And can you use it with Pro Tools LE?

Thanks a lot!

Joe

[Jeff]

If you want to use MIDI drums punched in by a mouse, you'd be suprised how many MIDI files are out on the internet. Just download one and replace the drums with NS_KIT or something that fits your need.

www.musicrobot.com

That's a tremendous site for finding MIDI files (tons of pop-ups though.)

[Soup Kitchen Studios]

Originally Posted by SuperJemBoy

I know this is a little off topic, but "Artist" can you link me to a website where I can buy Drumkit From Hell (or the prorgram it runs in) and the official website of it too? And can you use it with Pro Tools LE?

Thanks a lot!

Joe

www.toontrack.com

Yes it works with PTLE.

[SuperJemBoy]

Thanks a lot!

Joe

[Societysucks]

I use an alesis SR-16 direct into cubase VST R4, It's time consuming when I make my own tracks, but I find a standard rock sample usualy works just fine.

the drunk machine sounds are far better then any drum font cubase is capable of creating

[Ferrous Lepidoptera]

I, knowing nothing of drums, found this article to be quite helpful. The resulting drum tracks still suck, but a lot less than the did before. (well, they really sucked before, so...)

How to write Original Drum Tracks Fast and Furious in a MIDI Sequencer

[Mr Orange]

Propellerhead Reason. Works.