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Forgive me if this is too simplistic but as a starting point you could set up a simple 4 bar 4/4 clip, set the grid to 1/8, add snare to 1.2, 1.4, 2.2 etc, put hi hats on every beat, add kick to 1.1, 2.1 etc. Then experiment putting extra kick beats in and varying the velocity of the hats until you...

I use separate tracks for kick, snare, hats, toms, crashes, ride. This makes it easy to select different instruments and then eq, pan, compress, reverb etc. I also use grooves for the hats and “add some random” velocity (say 94 to 100) to them. Then group everything into a buss and tweak the overal...

you need to think like a drummer and about how a creature with 4 limbs interacts with a drum kit if you want to program stuff that sounds something like a person playing a kit (if that's what you mean by "realistic"). here are couple of decent vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qiThX...

Hi David, I'm a drummer and drum tutor, and when I collaborate/record will often program the drums using MIDI in Ableton. If it would help I'm happy to send you one of my drum midi tracks for you to see where kicks, snares, hi-hats etc are on the grid, and how to use velocity/groove to create more ...

There are also some VST drum machines such as AudioModern's Playbeat, where you can drag the midi from a preset into a drum rack and then modify. I sometimes find this can be a useful start for ideas. I'm not so skilled at programming drum beats so the VSTs can help. I have EZ drummer 3 so probably...

chris harbin wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:06 am

Or you could just do what all rappers do. Make exactly the same "beat" over and over and over and make mad coin!

Cynical? Yep.

ha,ha your right but I'm not like that

Hello :D As a hobbyist I have been struggling to write in realistic drum parts,into the midi note editor for sometime now. Its a basic thing I would like to learn and get right My issues is with the grid itself and where to place drum notes,what grid size to use.My timing is out too, lol. I like to ...

chris harbin wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:02 pm

I have most installed and they are really quite good.

Thank you,I will take a look

Tarekith wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:39 pm

Ableton had a bunch of packs here, a lot of which are feee and have what you want.

https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/

Great thank you

Hi everyone Could anyone recommend a Kontakt library or Ableton Live pack,which has electronic style drums in there Trying out some ideas, merging orchestral instruments with electronic beats etc I have Omnisphere2 ,so i will take a look in there too Appreciate the help Suite includes a good amount...

Hi everyone
Could anyone recommend a Kontakt library or Ableton Live pack,which has electronic style drums in there

Trying out some ideas, merging orchestral instruments with electronic beats etc

I have Omnisphere2 ,so i will take a look in there too
Appreciate the help

Hi everyone :D I like to create ambient music,and I have a bunch of great sounding samples packs. And I am looking for idea how do I start using these packs, in terms of arranging etc This will be my first time making a track with sample packs,eventually building instruments into the track,too Appre...

chris harbin wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:54 am

login wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:55 am

BTW you can also download and try the suite version for 30 days: https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/

It's 90 days

Its a great deal for sure 90 days

Hello Ableton Live is at home in a live setting for sure. But equally at home in the studio or home studio too ,I use Ableton for my ambient music as a hobbyist Lots of great tools to use,excellent audio warping, capabilities, comping of audio,and much more. Lots of great stock plugins and sounds to...

Hi everyone :D I like to create ambient/cinematic styles of music as a hobby and just recently bought a bunch of great sample packs for ambient/cinematic styles This will my very first time actually creating music from sample packs. Whats the best approach to using these samples packs,to create good...