Re: Question about electronic drums and Mac looping

[Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com>]

There are also the WaveDrum and Roland Handsonic as options.

WD-no midi but a fantastic instrument in its own right.

Handsonic, not nearly as flexible in terms of sound creation, but midi
and several trigger zones.

Kevin

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> 
wrote:
> If you want to get beyond static drum tracks, my recommendation would be
> RMX. There are certainly things about it that don't work the way I wish 
>they
> would, but it does come with a huge sample library and, most importantly 
>to
> me, it provides for randomization of a number of parameters.
> Aside from that, I have had good success using Live to play drum patterns
> also - the midi output of the patterns can be put through velocity
> randomizers, etc., and you can also easily set up progressions from one
> pattern to another. I usually put kick/snare patterns in one track and 
>hihat
> (or parts that function like a hihat part) into another track and let 
>them
> vary independently, for quite a lot of variety.
> I might point out that the way I use these is to have the loop be the 
>master
> and the drum parts slave to the tempo implied by the loop, rather than by
> starting the drum track first (you can hear some of these tracks on my 
>home
> page, warrensirota.com). However, this is pretty complicated to manage, 
>and
> is in no way necessary to using these products to create drum tracks.
> Hope this helps,
> Warren
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:17 PM, andrea trabucco
> <andrea.trabucco@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys!
>>
>> Abandoned the choice to live-looping several percussion instruments, 
>I've
>> come to the decision to use some prerecorded stuff via a Mac computer 
>and
>> also do some live-looping with and e-drum pad.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> which the most intuitive and good software for Mac to do this
>>
>> I was thinking of a Roland SPD 30, but maybe using the Mac there's some
>> other way (less expensive) such us buying only a controller and take the
>> sound from the computer
>>
>> by the way I plan to use in conjuction with this also the Rc50, but 
>since,
>> as you can understand, I've no clue on how to do all that (being new to 
>Mac
>> and computer music usage) there's no more need...
>>
>> Thank to all that want me to suggest something to help me get the 
>point: I
>> want to able to start prerecorded tracks in a multitrack fashion and to 
>loop
>> live on the with e-drums (with many different sounds as in the SPD 30) 
>and
>> also as always play and record guitar besides that
>>
>> any advice also on a good audio interface based on the software 
>suggested,
>> having decided for the Macbook pro and planning to record myself the 
>track,
>> some percussion and vocals via mic and some guitar
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Andrea
>
>
>
> --
> Warren
> http://www.warrensirota.com
> Latest CD: Loops, Live & Otw
> http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/warrensirota
>



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