How would you get drums into a track

darius · May 2020

Continuing to record acoustic and vocals with the young’ un, the next track could do with some simple drums. Maybe just a kick and shaker or side stick. I’ve got no midi keys or anything midi at all and I’m using Reaper so no virtual instruments readily available.

What’s the easiest way to get a simple drum track in?
Was thinking of using GarageBand and exporting but feel it will quickly become a mess.

The billion drum plugins are mighty confusing.

octatonic · May 2020

A person playing a drum with some microphones in front of them.

darius · May 2020

octatonic said:

A person playing a drum with some microphones in front of them.

Bit tricky at this particular moment in history

Keefy · May 2020

I use this free plugin: https://www.powerdrumkit.com/download76187.php

Lots of basic patterns, or use it as a sound module to play back MIDI drum tracks. You can easily open up drum patterns in the MIDI editor window e.g. to take out stuff you don't want.

MIDI rabbit hole ahead!

mrkb · May 2020

darius said:

octatonic said:

A person playing a drum with some microphones in front of them.

Bit tricky at this particular moment in history

Record yourself scat singing the drum part and email it to me, I’ll chuck it into Superior drummer and find the nearest match and send you a wave file (or midi) of the part you can drop into reaper.

Keefy · May 2020

darius said:

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Was thinking of using GarageBand and exporting but feel it will quickly become a mess.
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If you have GarageBand I'm guessing you're on a Mac. Create a track, open up the plugins, and choose AUMIDISynth (Apple). You can then go into the MIDI editor and choose channel 10 to bring up percussion sounds. Drop in some bass drum and snare hits or whatever.

darius · May 2020

Keefy said:

darius said:

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Was thinking of using GarageBand and exporting but feel it will quickly become a mess.
...

If you have GarageBand I'm guessing you're on a Mac. Create a track, open up the plugins, and choose AUMIDISynth (Apple). You can then go into the MIDI editor and choose channel 10 to bring up percussion sounds. Drop in some bass drum and snare hits or whatever.

Hey that works! Much thanks.

Channel 10, of course! Like i knew...

Keefy · May 2020

darius said:

Keefy said:

darius said:

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Was thinking of using GarageBand and exporting but feel it will quickly become a mess.
...

If you have GarageBand I'm guessing you're on a Mac. Create a track, open up the plugins, and choose AUMIDISynth (Apple). You can then go into the MIDI editor and choose channel 10 to bring up percussion sounds. Drop in some bass drum and snare hits or whatever.

Hey that works! Much thanks.
Channel 10, of course! Like i knew...

Colour me chuffed for you!

poopot · May 2020

If your on Mac just use Apple drummer...

crest anew drum track and hey presto drums!

Keefy · May 2020

Approaching things from another angle, find or make things that you can hit or shake and stick a mic in front of them.

darius · May 2020

poopot said:

If your on Mac just use Apple drummer...

crest anew drum track and hey presto drums!

I'm on a mac but Ive never heard of Apple drummer

darius · May 2020

Keefy said:

Approaching things from another angle, find or make things that you can hit or shake and stick a mic in front of them.

May well be doing that too / instead.

poopot · May 2020

darius said:

poopot said:

If your on Mac just use Apple drummer...

crest anew drum track and hey presto drums!

I'm on a mac but Ive never heard of Apple drummer

Track menu up top... choose new track and then select “new drummer track”

it will stick a virtual drummer in you song for you... you can configure it quite a lot... it’s the same as in logic but in logic you can control it further...

https://soundcloud.com/user-617343615/genie-in-a-bottle-cousin-slippyfist

That is using Apple drummer!

newi123 · May 2020

As well as midi drums, don't forget audio loops. Lots of free sample loops including drums and percussion available. Look at the musicradar sample library to start. Easy to work with in reaper.

pintspiller · May 2020

Keefy said:

I use this free plugin: https://www.powerdrumkit.com/download76187.php

Lots of basic patterns, or use it as a sound module to play back MIDI drum tracks. You can easily open up drum patterns in the MIDI editor window e.g. to take out stuff you don't want.

MIDI rabbit hole ahead!

This is what I use too. Use the supplied patterns or create your own.

www.soundcloud.com/pintspiller will show you what I've done.

ewal · May 2020

There's loads of free drum vsts which will work with Reaper. I have used TransistorDrums in past

darius · May 2020

@poopot I think you’re talking about logic. I don’t have logic.

@Keefy ive downloaded power drum will have a play tonight.

Ta

poopot · May 2020

darius said:

@poopot I think you’re talking about logic. I don’t have logic.

It’s in GarageBand as well... and that come bundled with your Mac

open a project, go to track, create new drummer track and hey presto drums...

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