Hey everyone,
I'm tracking drums this weekend and I'm looking for some tips from everybody on getting the process nice and natural.
We'l be tracking using a MIDI kit into Reaper, and the drummer will be hearing SSD4 drums while tracking. We'll be using a click while tracking.
What I'm concerned about is the editing process. I know that my drummer can play to some extent with the click, but he will still be loose in parts, particularly because the feel of the MIDI kit on things like the kick drums is slightly different, leading to small timing issues usually.
How does everybody approach tightening up a MIDI recording so that it feels tight without being mechanistic? (I'm worried about over-quantising and being overly tight).
Do you bounce down the MIDI to individual audio files first and then make changes, or do you stick with editing a single, combined MIDI file?
Also for Reaper users, are there any Reaper-specific approaches you guys take (e.g. use of humanize functions etc)?
Cheers!!
I'm tracking drums this weekend and I'm looking for some tips from everybody on getting the process nice and natural.
We'l be tracking using a MIDI kit into Reaper, and the drummer will be hearing SSD4 drums while tracking. We'll be using a click while tracking.
What I'm concerned about is the editing process. I know that my drummer can play to some extent with the click, but he will still be loose in parts, particularly because the feel of the MIDI kit on things like the kick drums is slightly different, leading to small timing issues usually.
How does everybody approach tightening up a MIDI recording so that it feels tight without being mechanistic? (I'm worried about over-quantising and being overly tight).
Do you bounce down the MIDI to individual audio files first and then make changes, or do you stick with editing a single, combined MIDI file?
Also for Reaper users, are there any Reaper-specific approaches you guys take (e.g. use of humanize functions etc)?
Cheers!!