By
Clint
Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:58 pm
An interesting thought, which can help to produce some surprising results, especially if programming drums isn't your thing.
But then, that is one of the often overlooked benefits of MIDI especially when you consider the repetitive nature and composition of tempo-driven drum patterns. The benefits of using existing drum programs is one of the first things we all learn, so I won't go into that. It simply saves time.
Anyone using programmed drums is able to build a library of drum tracks in either Standard Midi File format or using a native MPC sequence file.
For example:
A collection of basic kick drum patterns in two/ four/ eight bar measures.
Some secondary or syncopated kick patterns of various lengths.
A collection of programmed snare rolls/ fills/ ghost patterns.
Various Hi-hat patterns (1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, 1/16 notes straight and with swing).
These and other percussion instruments could then be used as core rhythmic elements of a track ready to be mixed, matched, edited and tweaked for a particular song. You could describe this method as Subtractive Drum Programming, where editing rather than programming itself is the key to getting a solid groove. Some added programming, without quantize, really completes the process and loosens things up.
Of course, many of us (myself included and Lampdog it seems) prefer the immediacy and tactile process of creating every single rhythm track from scratch which is fine, but not the most efficient way to work in all cases. There is much repetition, naturally.
But as we all know, experimentation is something which can produce surprising results, for those who interested enough to try.
Experienced programmers need not apply!
MeSoHordey wrote:Unfortunately for you, both Clint and Lamp are right..
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