Can't afford to hire a funky drummer then How to lay down sampled drum tracs is a must read. With a wide variety of free drum samples available on the web and a host of very affordable programs available, you could be dropping phat azz beats in a matter of minutes. Just keep in mind the following tips:
- The
average song has 3 or 4 parts. Some may be more or less complex, but you
should know how many distinct parts your song has before you open up
your drum program.
- Some drum
programs are set up for multiple channels of different drum sequences.
If you have 5 parts to your song you might want 5 different drum
parts.
- Get drum
setups on the right channels before you play the whole song. After the
channels are set, it's easy to play your song from the beginning and
manually change each drum set and tweak other settings on the fly. When
you have your drums absolutely perfect, add it to the mix of your song
in your favorite multi-track program. Then you're ready to polish it up,
add some awesome effects if you want... and put your recording to
bed.
- If you
want to expand your sample collection, there are free drum samples
available on the internet and a wide variety of percussion sample CD's
available.
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