the Ultimate in lazy-mans drum programming

[darthjujuu]

This just dawned on me, not sure if it's an original idea or not- but to all you OCD desk-drummers, constantly irritating your co-workers at the office by incessantly doing pretend double bass on the floor or slapping hand blast beats on your desk, have you ever adjusted a kick or snare track in a recording (or created a fresh one from scratch) by aiming a 57 at your desk, tapping a kick drum pattern with your hands, and then slapping drumagog on it? even just for the lolz of it? i'd feel like a criminal employing this tactic for a paying customer. but think about that. making some serious fills one track at a time just by slapping your desk or making some other arbitrary noise and then replacing all of it in sequence. just a thought

 

[Zombietakeover]

old news

 

[Jackal_Strain]

I've actually fastened a trigger to my desk and hammered out some fills and shit that way, but I've gone back to normal programming with a mouse. It's great fun though!

 

[LeSedna]

OMG I was thinking of that let's say, 3 hours ago !!! I was doublekicking at table, eating, and I had this idea !

 

[if6was9]

yeah done it a few times- you can just tap it on to the mic itself and make it work that way.

 

[JoeJackson]

Dude, once I had a drum-performance with sloppier than sloppy tom-fills in it - the hits were barely audible. I wasn't fast or agile enough to tap the fills with my fingers, so I (!!!) played the fill on my guitar (I just palm-muted the pattern) and slapped aptrigga on it - worked well and the drummer didn't even notice it.
NOW BEAT THAT, FUCKER!!!

 

[TheDriller]

 

[TheDude]

 

[Cyanide_Anima]

I've been programming drums with a midi keyboard as of late. Chimp spanner style! Works great and once you get pretty decent at it its a lot of fun!

 

[Erkan]

HIGH TECH

 

[beyond dead]

love the color

 

[Eschatologist]

love the color

Those are lights actually, and they blink when you hit the pads, and in multiple patterns after you've left the pad unused for a while....very cool little instrument

 

[wishtheend]

The trigger finger has horrible response from my experience. You only have a small trigger zone in the dead center of the pad, and if you are slightly off - it'll miss, or trigger very low velocity

 

[ahjteam]

 

[reg3n]

i kinda did it when i first tried drummagog, like everyone, but... i never thought of doing it for the mixes :O... so today's drumfills r gunna go this way >:]

 

[GarethSE]

for the album mix im currently doing this might be worth trying actually.
once ive got the patterns figured out (damn horrible raws, seriously fucking horrible) i have to figure out how that translates to programming, which is an extra 30 seconds of playing with note positioning
it soon adds up
could just tap that shit out on my desk, quantize, perfect

 

[slashvanyoung]

I'm usually better off with mouse-programming because I can't hold an intricate drumbeat to safe my life (lack of training). And if I end up moving almost any hit anyway... I might as well program it from the get-go.

 

[digitaldeath]

I know people have done something similar before but I was thinking of designing my own version of the following...
Using a baggy pants, I'd stick triggers inside the leg at different positions, just above the knees. Snare would be left knee, hi-hats and ride on the right knee. Then position extra triggers to suit for toms and crashes etc. I'd also get an old pair of runners and wire the triggers into them (at the ball of the foot below the toes). The hi-hats could be closed with the heel of the left foot (or however you please).
Then cable-tie the lot together, plug them into a module and you can practice right there (yes I know crosstalk would be a bitch!)
Even better, run a MIDI cable from the module to your interface connected to a laptop with your fav drum VSTi and have even more fun!
So when tracking a band, you could be wearing a lot of this gear the whole time (reckon they'd notice? lol!), when something sounds terrible just turn on the module and record the patterns you tap out on your knees or with your feet etc.

 

[Metaltastic]

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE, TRIGGER CLOTHES WOULD FUCKING RULE!! :Lol:

 

[slashvanyoung]

Still waiting for "Direct Mind Access" to drop... Thinking about it, I actually drum a lot with my teeth, maybe I should just trigger them.