Whats everyone using for writing drum tracks

[digitaldeath]

Roland TD-3 VDrums

 

[Jevil]

Cubase, piano roll, and a mouse.

Me too.

 

[exoslime]

i use a akai mpd 16, to record into a midi track

i usually make a 8th or 16 hi-hat scratch track first,
then i do one session with bassdrums and snare
then i do toms
then i remove the scratch hi hat and replay the hi-hat/cymbals track

and then i do rolls and such things mostly again

between each season, i quantize/edit the notes of course

 

[jipchen]

Guitar Pro: Writing
Logic: Humanizing (sometimes only Logic)

 

[Machinated]

logic pro+hyper editor=win

 

[TheDriller]

Logic Pro , samples loaded into Ultrabeat.

 

[Mikaël-ange]

Using Cubase's drum editor.

Same for me

 

[digitaldeath]

For some late night drum programming when I can't use my Roland TD-3 Vdrums, I use Izotope iDrum as a VST in Reaper.
I've set up a kit in there to trigger the correct notes for SD2.0 and when I'm happy with a pattern, it's just a matter of dragging the MIDI out of iDrum and onto a track in Reaper for finer corrections & control and I slowly build up a track this way.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Hydrogen.

I just can't let go of it....

I used to have that, never figured out how to use it

 

[digitaldeath]

I had another look on Izotope's website today, iDrum is also available for the iPhone. I think I might buy the Rock Kit pack so that I can program my beats no matter where I am and apparently you're then able to easily bring them to the desktop where I could use them in projects! Sounds pretty kick ass!

EDIT: iDrum for iPhone only supports 4/4 time sigs...think I'll pass!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

i use a akai mpd 16, to record into a midi track

i usually make a 8th or 16 hi-hat scratch track first,
then i do one session with bassdrums and snare
then i do toms
then i remove the scratch hi hat and replay the hi-hat/cymbals track

and then i do rolls and such things mostly again

between each season, i quantize/edit the notes of course

I used to have one of those, I couldn't stand the pads on them.

 

[exzem]

Just Cubase Drum edit. If you know how you want the track to sound in your head I don't see the purpose with pads where you need to quantize etc afterwards (If your not a good drummer already ofc).

 

[digitaldeath]

Just Cubase Drum edit. If you know how you want the track to sound in your head I don't see the purpose with pads where you need to quantize etc afterwards (If your not a good drummer already ofc).

Yeah, when I'm programming drums, I always take a moment to airdrum the parts to program it according to how I'd actually play it and adjust accordingly.

 

[Russtopher]

I used to have that, never figured out how to use it

It took me a bit to figure out, but now I'm so used to it I haven't bothered figuring out how to use the MIDI scroll in Reaper to program LOL! Plus, I found a "metal" kit for it that has some decent sounding kicks and snares (toms are so-so, but the cymbals are really good) and I use it for demos and such.

 

[MdiMonk]

Just added Cubase LE4 from my Presonus Inspire and damn I forgot how easy it is to use.Logic needs a drum edit window, I use hyper edit as well, but it lacks that ease of set up.

 

[DanLights]

Yeah, when I'm programming drums, I always take a moment to airdrum the parts to program it according to how I'd actually play it and adjust accordingly.

sounds funny but yeah I do that too, imagine how it would be to play it for real, so it´s real drums and no three-armed drummer pops out, then I program the drums by keyboards/mouse in Guitar Pro 5