recording drums, what are my options? -ACID Product Family

Subject:recording drums, what are my options? Posted by: jimbobjoe Date:10/22/2003 1:26:50 PM I'm ready to start a new project and am relatively new to audio recording...i was wondering what would be my best approach for recording drums,should i look into renting a high end drum machine or should i buy a cd with drum loops ,one shots etc... thank you
Subject:RE: recording drums, what are my options? Reply by: Iacobus Date:10/22/2003 1:41:21 PM This is a rather subjective question. You could also use a drum sequencing soft synth (like NI's Battery or even Reason's Redrum (which is part of Reason)), for example, in addition to what you've said. It all depends on what approach you want to take. Do you want to have a "hands-on" experience? Go for a hardware drum sequencer. (Be sure it can slave via MIDI Clock and/or MTC to ACID.) One of the cheapest ways is to use drump loops or samples. You could design your own rhythms using ACID Pro's Chopper tool for Loops and arranging One-shots on the grid. (The latter requires you know some rudimentary music theory in order to manifest what you have in your head, much like you would use a drum machine.) Of course, you can also record your own loops/samples with a real drummer, which is even cheaper (provided you already have the equipment available to record). Going this route may provide a bit of humanity as opposed to the coldness of processed drums. HTH, Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page
Subject:RE: recording drums, what are my options? Reply by: braulio Date:10/22/2003 3:09:54 PM There is another option which I have done a few times. A drummer friend of mine has a midi drum set. I recorded his drums in midi. Then I used a soundfont player to render them to wave, or used the audio from a Roland MIDI drum module. This gave me the ability to record live playing without having the need for a sound studio or microphones.

Subject:recording drums, what are my options?

Posted by: jimbobjoe

Date:10/22/2003 1:26:50 PM

I'm ready to start a new project and am relatively new to audio recording...i was wondering what would be my best approach for recording drums,should i look into renting a high end drum machine or should i buy a cd with drum loops ,one shots etc... thank you

Subject:RE: recording drums, what are my options?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/22/2003 1:41:21 PM

This is a rather subjective question. You could also use a drum sequencing soft synth (like NI's Battery or even Reason's Redrum (which is part of Reason)), for example, in addition to what you've said.

It all depends on what approach you want to take. Do you want to have a "hands-on" experience? Go for a hardware drum sequencer. (Be sure it can slave via MIDI Clock and/or MTC to ACID.)

One of the cheapest ways is to use drump loops or samples. You could design your own rhythms using ACID Pro's Chopper tool for Loops and arranging One-shots on the grid. (The latter requires you know some rudimentary music theory in order to manifest what you have in your head, much like you would use a drum machine.)

Of course, you can also record your own loops/samples with a real drummer, which is even cheaper (provided you already have the equipment available to record). Going this route may provide a bit of humanity as opposed to the coldness of processed drums.

HTH,
Iacobus
-------
RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid
mD's ACIDplanet Page

Subject:RE: recording drums, what are my options?

Reply by: braulio

Date:10/22/2003 3:09:54 PM

There is another option which I have done a few times. A drummer friend of mine has a midi drum set. I recorded his drums in midi. Then I used a soundfont player to render them to wave, or used the audio from a Roland MIDI drum module. This gave me the ability to record live playing without having the need for a sound studio or microphones.