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rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:29 am

Does anyone know where to find those?
Or is anyone willing to share some?

I´m asking because the drum programming is the hardest part of the music-making for me.
Some good patterns would be very helpfull.

Stephan

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:51 am

There's tons of free MIDI files around (complete tunes that is), even rather good ones.
I allways found it the easiest to listen to the complete tunes and then just extract the drum tracks in case I liked them.
Here's a site with a few free drum MIDIs:
http://www.groovemonkee.com/

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:58 am

Thanks,

this is exactly what I´m lookuing for.

I must admit I´m too lazy to extract the drum parts of midifiles, if there is a faster/easier way I´d like to take that.

Still searching for more.

Stephan

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:21 am

rsmus7 wrote: I must admit I´m too lazy to extract the drum parts of midifiles, if there is a faster/easier way I´d like to take that.

Why?
See it that way: When listening to complete MIDI files it's way easier to decide whether the drum part is actually great or not. Plus, in complete tunes you will most likely find a whole lot of variations whereas in those isolated drum MIDIs there's often just one or two variations.
Further, you know what the drums are meant like to sound in context.
Also, it only takes a few seconds to accomplish extracting.
- Listen to MIDI file
- Bad drums => Trash
- Good drums => Drag into sequencer (in case your sequencer supports dragging)
- Delete all the rest
- "Export selection as MIDI file"
- Done

Really, once you get used to that it'll become a truly fast procedure. The longest time it takes is to listen to the original file.

eco · Post by **eco** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:23 am

Try: http://www.keyfax.com/

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:45 am

eco wrote:Try: http://www.keyfax.com/

Thanks, but it is not free

eco · Post by **eco** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:01 am

Gosh, sorry mate I've just got up

I will try again in a bit because I do need some more as well.

eco · Post by **eco** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:23 am

Try this http://www.synthzone.com/drums.htm

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 5:34 pm

eco, thanks very much, I will try there.

looks interesting.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 6:02 pm

not sure how I got on this guys mailing list, he's kinda funny actually. But sometimes he sends you some cool drum files, along with his midi lessons. There is no regularity to it though, just every so often... www.MIDIdrumfiles.com

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:48 pm

another interesting link

thanks

Quest for free midi drum patterns !!!!!!!!