Questions tagged [drum]
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Can new drummers be downloaded into Logic Pro?
I was wondering if there are other drummers that can be downloaded or created by users.
Interested in Latin rhythms like bossa, samba, huapango, etc.
maybe even a 3rd party plug in or something
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Multitrack recording on mackie pro fx 12v
I'm trying to figure out whether this mixer model suits my needs.
I have an electronic drum kit, and an electric guitar which I want to record.
The drums need left and right input. The guitar needs a ...
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How to procedurally generate basic percussive sounds (e.g. metronome like clicks)?
I'm wondering if there are some standard techniques to procedurally generate basic percussive sounds like metronome like clicking sounds?
Regarding periodic sounds, I'm aware of many procedural ...
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How do I recreate this drum beat from Nu:Logic - The Sound Of Your Smile?
I found this drum beat, that is extremely prevalent in electronic music and I would like to recreate it in my song. I am a beginner, so I am not sure how to pick out the individual drums and time them ...
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How can I use kick drum pedals to trigger Midi?
I have some double bass drum pedals. I want to trigger midi notes with them.
I bought a "Yamaha KP65 Electronic Drum Kick Tower" assuming it would have midi out if it was going to call ...
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Progress of replicating the sound of Roland vintage drum machines
I own a Roland 808 and a Roland 909 (originals). I'm thinking of maybe switching to newer clones/replicas but I'm not sure of the objective standard of those. I usually combine the 808 and the 909 for ...
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What are these metallic percussion instruments/effects?
I'm trying to figure out how the instrumentation of a particular section of music.
The piece is from the video game Halo 3 titled Sierra 117: Released/Wild Life/Another Walk by Martin O'Donnell and ...
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How do I remove the vocals/bass/drums from a stereo mix?
I have a track I wish to hear without the vocals/bass/drums.
How do I do that?
This is an attempt to make a new canonical QA based on current technology & ignores 'old-style' manual phase reverse ...
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How to Reduce Latency with ASIO driver?
Thanks for reading.
Last year, got an electric drum set. However, I had no idea what I was doing, was faced with a problem, and eventually gave up and went back to my acoustic kit.
My problem last ...
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How to make realistic instrument sounds digitally from scratch?
I am looking at basic JavaScript Web Audio API examples, such as building simple synthesizers and such, hoping to find something where they create the sound of a drum or the sound of the human voice ...
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Using a midi drum kit to trigger .wav sounds
I've got a midi drum kit (Alesis Nitro), and the sounds on it are less than satisfactory. So I've looked into using something like EZ Drummer, or Superior drummer, but since I'm pretty new to all this,...
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Should each drum component be created separately when coming from a midi source, then mixed?
So like render the snare to audio, render the kick, etc. and then mix them all.
Would that then reduce CPU usage?
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Enhance vocal percussion / beatboxing
I'm looking for a way to enhance the vocal percussion (i.e., beatboxing) of some acapella recordings--this is the one I'm working on at the moment. I realize I'm not going to be able to isolate it ...
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Midi Sequencer Help
Does anybody know if it is even possible to use my Alesis SR18 to trigger vst's in a DAW via the MIDI out feature?
Basically i'm trying to build a set up for live performance whereby once a song is ...
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How to make this synthpop 80's style tom sound?
i would like to know where the kind of drum sounds heard in this video at 27m13s 36m56s and in particular the tom sound ("pew pew pew" tom )are from. And how to make them?
The particular tom sound ...
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Muffled snare/clap in dark house & techno
I really like the clap/snare on every second beat that sounds a bit muffled away but still pops out very strong to define the rhythm.
Is that a clap, snare, rim or something else? Any tips how to ...
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How to edit take folders for multiple tracks at once
I have a drum recording with 6 mics and 10 takes. Is there a way to make Logic use the take selection from any of these tracks for all of them, if that makes sense? Basically, I want to be able to ...
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How to replicate this saturated drum sound?
I have seen one video where someone was just importing the Joe Barresi SDX to Superior Drummer and was listening to it on his studio monitors and recording the camera.
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"Filling" drum sound
I'm looking for a technical description of how a particular drum sound can be made. Prodigy have it at 15th second in
for couple of seconds soloing.
I think those are ...
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Convert drum audio recordings to midi
I recorded an acoustic drum kit with multiple microphones, and I'm not 100% happy with the sound. I have Superior Drummer 2.0, and I'd like to blend/replace my recorded drums with the samples. I ...
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Why do my speakers sound good with recorded music but not live electronic drums?
I'm trying to evaluate speakers that will sound good with our Roland TD-9 V-Tour e-drums. The TD-9 sounds pretty decent with headphones.
When the e-drums are plugged into a Mackie 808S powered mixer ...
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How to pick drum notes for a song?
First, I would like to say that Im not sure if this question belongs in sound or music stackexchange since it is related to the musicality and the mixing of a song.
I know that each part of a drum ...
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drum machine for traditional drum sound?
I'm looking for a drum machine for a traditional analog sound, i mean for rock, not for electronic music, i'd just want the basic drum sound
maybe a plugin for laptop? any suggestion is welcome!
(i ...
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TR-606 hi hats oscillator running
Quick question, does anyone know the exact timing for the 6 square oscillators that make up the hi hat sounds on the TR-606?
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Which effects are common in electronic drum mixes [closed]
What effects are typically added to drums with regard to electronic music?
EQ is of course one and compression another. You could also add reverb or maybe even delay to a clap.
Are there more ...
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One Shot for drums
I'm programming some drum samples in Logic's exs24. Are there specific drums that are typically "one shot" and others that usually aren't. For example, I'm guessing the kick drum should be one shot ...
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Bass drum and Bass guitar can damage Home Theater system. Myth or Fact?
We have a sony DVD player with home theater speaker system. Recently, we are using it for live band rehearsal.
Does bass drums and bass guitar really damage home theater speaker system?
Band ...
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Are drums often quantized in modern jazz recordings?
I'm really curious about this ever since I read about how drummers now are expected to play "on the grid" and what quantization is and how its applied.
I read in modern rock drums are ALWAYS heavily ...
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Industrial or Odd Percussion Creation
I could be totally wrong about what it is called. Good examples are in Skrillex "Fire Away"
Starts at 1:10 barely, full, and clear at 1:20
Comes in with main drums at around 2:07
Morphed somewhat at ...
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Which gear to use to get dark and ambient techno / house sounds?
I've put together some hardware that I like and use for my productions that can resemble 80s house and techno pretty good with my setup which is a Roland TR-909, a Roland TR-808, a Roland Juno 106, a ...
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Glitching hihats of vst drum
(I am aware of this thread: Snap, Crackle, and Pop (Making Glitches) - this particular one is about hi-hats.)
The goal:
Hi-hat output of VST drum -> / VST FX Madness / -> glitch hi-hat
Reasons and ...
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How are those drums on Lorde Royals made?
Those Drums on Lordes Song Royals, especially the Big Verb style kick. What is it? Is it an Electronic One with reverb or accustic? Any help aprecciated!!
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How to record a cajon without it sounding terrible?
I've asked around and Googled cajon recording techniques. I'm following the guidelines given by many but for some reason my cajon always comes out sounding like I'm slapping pieces of paper.
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How to produce a reasonable recording with a limited number of microphones on a drum set?
I want to record drums by using the least number of microphones while still getting an acceptable sound, in terms of dynamics, stereo image and tone.
How would one go about this?
I have heard about ...
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Shaping the transient on electronic kickdrums
As a hobby electronic music producer I want to make my own kick drums.
I am really stateside with the tail of the kicks I am synthesizing, but i got a feeling that the kicks lack a strong transient.
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How to design this bass drum?
Hello everybody my first Question here, so please tell me if I do something wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ASUImTedo
I love the Kickdrum of Disclosure, which and tried to replicate it, but ...
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What are good TR909 and TB303 default settings for electronica music?
I enjoy house, techno, trance, disco, IDM, ambient, progressive and electronica sounds as french house, progressive house, acid house, warp records, guidance records, dragonfly records, bedrock ...
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The power of many drums
I recently saw a performance of 10 drummers playing in unison. It has a certain power to it. It's loud of course. Although they played together quite well, obviously the attacks don't line up ...
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would you answer this short questionnaire to help with university research - revised
I am currently studying for a BA (Hons) in Music Production.
Part of my assignment requires the creation of sample-based software instruments (namely, Kontakt instruments).
I am creating a cinematic ...
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References of music using drums, voices and clapping hands
I'm busy designing a directors pitch for a "neo-noir" feature film. One of the elements is obviously sound and music. My soundtrack is going to use a lot of natural sound-scapes (the film is set in a ...
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Drum Synthesis Recommendations for OS X
Hi all,
I love working with drum samples but to give rhythm tracks my own character I also like to layer up synthesized drums and manipulate the parameters in real time. Sometimes I'll make sounds by ...
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Basics of miking a marching snare
I've seen a lot of Drum Core International soloist videos that have awesome quality of sound. Optimally I figured there would be one mike for the top and one for the bottom to get the full range of ...
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How can I get my drum and bass hihats and snares to sound correct?
I'm interested in doing some d'n'b stuff (specifically with Reason) using the redrum module or Kong.
As I understand, the basic "rule" of d'n'b drums are the bass drum goes on 1 and 11 and the snare ...
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nuendo4 as a music production program?
I know it's been a while, I'm proud to note though. that I'm sorted with nuendo4 as far as sound design is concerned.
It is a steinberg product and the company is known for it's cubase roots. I'm ...
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