What do you use to create your drum parts?

[Nabeel Ansari]

Tune it, filter it, rez it, modulate it, pan it... so good.

Doing that stuff in the piano roll is awful.

[ectogemia]

Doing that stuff in the piano roll is awful.

But:

You just need to learn to use it effectively.

Just saying.

[Nabeel Ansari]

But:

Just saying.

I'm sure we could fire that back and forth. However, he's already stated he doesn't like mousing things in.

[ectogemia]

I'm sure we could fire that back and forth. However, he's already stated he doesn't like mousing things in.

Fair 'nuff.

[Legion303]

I have an original Rock Band 1 kit; would that actually work? If so, how accurately does it record the velocity of the performance?

I wrote up something on getting the 360 RB1 drums working in Windows a while back: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31944

Velocities seem to work well, but I'm not sure how many levels there are.

[Damashii!!]

keyboard drums here as well.

wouldn't mind using this though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4T-cTz0xA4&feature=player_detailpage#t=32s

[Hale-Bopp]

I do a combo of mouse clicking and midi keyboard performing to get the drum "notes" in place, then quantize where necessary. Since I'm kinda lazy and I absolutely hate mixing, I go with EZ Drummer (Nashville EZX drum kit is the best thing ever) for most of my work since the samples come pre-mixed, pre-EQ'd, etc. They basically sound great right out of the box. That way I can concentrate on the other stuff I enjoy doing most without much hassle.

[Mister_Riff]

I use Superior Drummer 2.2 and the piano roll in Pro Tools ...

This might sound a little crazy but I rearranged the trigger notes of the piano roll so it's fully to my taste ... I did this in Superior Drummer by changing the trigger notes ... I used to program my drums in Guitar Pro, import them and change them around but learned to use the piano roll since I wasn't happy with my workflow!

I also have a vast catalogue of midi that certainly helps when programming

[CC Ricers]

I hardly use the step sequencer other than some claps and kicks. I do subtle variations in pitch with hi hats and snares on the piano roll. Most of my patterns are more complex than just 4 beats long anyways. Especially for swinging/shuffling beats, there's no way you can do that precisely playing it by key.

[SapSpecial]

Some times sliced samples in FL Slicer or just practice making drum patterns. Took a quite a while for me to get the hang of it. Playing drums does help the process.

as for samples you can bend them and twist them, just experiment.

Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg5O1wc0nVc