Plus nothing like a bit of cross-fertilization of genres and ideas to create something unique to you. So whatever style you are into, you should be able to create your own drum tracks to suit with his help. Chris is a guitarist who found himself in need of creating his own drum tracks to accompany himself, and over the years he has become a complete expert in this area.Īlthough he comes musically from a Death Metal background (nobody’s perfect…) he has experimented with all genres and covers many of them in his book.
In the first instance I went right up to the part where he shows you how to set up your DAW (Desktop Audio Workstation or recording software) for drum programming. So how did I do it? First off, I read the opening sections of Chris’s book, where he covers all the different kinds of drums in a typical kit. If I can learn how to play virtual drums then so can you.
If you are interested, it is available for immediate download as an eBook, or if you prefer to have a hard copy next to you, it is available in paperback too. Chris’s book takes you step-by-step through the process from beginner to advanced. Once you have your first basic track, then you can quickly move on to more complex rhythms and fills having mastered the basics. So much in fact that I decided to put together a step-by-step tutorial of exactly how I did it so that you can too. I learned a lot in a short space of time, and really enjoyed the process too. I finally rolled up my sleeves and created my first drum track. Then I came across Chris Nothdurfter, who’s written a complete book on the subject of drum programming, and I decided once and for all the time had come to get over myself and get on with it. So I have been skirting around the idea of going anywhere beyond the drum loop libraries. Build confidence in your ability as a musician.Have a lot of fun learning a new skill and impress your mates with your new-found know-how.Really get to grips with another feature of your DAW.Avoid having to re-use stock beats and loops.Never have to purchase (or steal) drum tracks again.Create and develop your own unique beats and style.On the right-hand side, you can listen to demo tracks to hear the impressive results. This is especially clear with our hi-hat samples, for instance. Then, we cut most of the necessary sounds out of the grooves, in various velocities, and processed them to deliver samples as realistic as possible. Although doing so is almost impossible, we broke with tradition in sample recording, which calls for capturing every sound individually Instead, our studio drummer played entire grooves. In particular, the innovative functions for creating fills generate very smooth and realistic drum tracks ( see video).īecause we used high-quality cymbals and microphones for the recordings, the crash, ride and hi-hat cymbals sound especially refined and pleasant at various velocities.Īs early as during microphoning of the set and recording of individual samples, we took great care to replicate realistic circumstances. You can choose from thousands of assorted rhythms in the comprehensive Groove Library and compose your own drum accompaniment. The compressors built into the channels give you even more control over the level of compression. Its kick and snare drums come through clearly in any mixing situation – and still sound natural and not overly compressed. But this is exactly where the MT Power Drum Kit is strongest. Either the kick drum suddenly sounds much too slack or fuzzy in the mix, or the snare drum, which initially sounds natural and dynamic in solo mode, suddenly gets lost in the background in the overall mix, drowned out by the guitars and other instruments. Some of the expensive plugins available on the market deliver a highly natural and dynamic drum kit sound as a solo instrument, but many fail as soon as they are supposed to be used for a complete mix in a powerful pop or rock production. This is precisely where many drum sample programs fail. The MT Power Drum Kit Sampler differs from other, expensive drum samplers in that we have already pre-processed the sounds with compressors and EQs to make them a perfect fit for any mix. Samples have been specially recorded and processed to make them ideally suited for use in pop, rock and metal productions.
The MT Power Drum Kit is a free drum sampler offering the powerful, high-quality sounds of an acoustic, realistic drum kit. Multi Layer Drum Sampler AU / VST Instrument