Re: BEST DRUM MACHINE FOR HIP HOP BEATS?????

On May 31, 4:34 am, Paul <quiller...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

       In other words, you would just manipulate the
sample packages like this:

             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnxAP7M7AmA

       Would triggering this be practical in a live performance
setting?

Basiclly, yes. You play the samples with MIDI tracks, and you can create the
MIDI tracks on a note-by-note basis or from a keyboard, pads, triggers, etc.

Yes you can do it live, and there's a lot of people doing just that. Using a
box would be good if you happen to find one that has all the sounds you need
and like- but you'd probably want to try before you buy.

If you're looking for specific recomendations I think you're in the wrong
group. You'd get better answers from an electronic music group.

     So people use recording software like Cubase and Protools
to perform with on a laptop nowadays?  Interesting.

     Many newer keyboards allow you to download the latest
sounds via USB.   Do any of these dedicated drum machines
allow you to download new samples?

      ok, I'll ask an electronic group too.....

Ableton Live is the preferred software for messing
with tracks live, and producers like Skrillex use
that for beat building too. Pro Tools, Logic (and Cubase) are
more like virtual studios for full writing and recording.

The keyboard or drum pads are usually trigger devices
with no onboard sounds. Like this one,
which has keys, drum pads and knobs for tweaking
parameters.

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/01/14/akai-mpk-25/

For a keyboard player 2 octaves isn't really enough
but for a DJ or for basic bass lines, synth lines etc it
could be ok.

The samples, synths, instruments, sounds are inside
the laptop or computer.

Those big keyboards with the ability to import samples
via USB are way too expensive, especially when you can
get decent results inside a laptop, unless you happen to be a
bona fide piano player.

You can download samples off the net, people are
sharing or selling producer kits, just search on
Google or Filestube. Apart from the producer kits
where some dude has sat down to sample dozens
of Polow da Don kicks, snares, etc,
it seems many ppl get their samples from dance
records, then use the dance samples in the
context of pop, urban or hip hop. There are some
Deadmau5 drums out there on the net somewhere.

If u got time you could sample off your fave records,
assuming u can find an isolated kick or clap/snare somewhere,
as u get more advanced you could try to reverse engineer
your favourite beat production, try to figure out how
they did it and why, then re-create it.

.

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