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bobaudio · Post by **bobaudio** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:56 pm

Does anyone have a good MIDI version of the Funky Drummer beat?

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:06 pm

record it and then slice it up in recycle or phatmatic or anything that can export a midi file from it.

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:12 pm

I think we should create MIDI clips of Funky Drummer and the Amen break and broadcast them into space.

- m

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:14 pm

can anyone point me to audio / mp3 versions of these beats?

Sorry but I dont know what it is

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:19 pm

bourbon breaks has it http://www.rah.gq.nu/bourbon/

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:26 pm

Clyde Stubblefield. Good but no Nick Mason.

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:41 pm

Markleford wrote:I think we should create MIDI clips of Funky Drummer and the Amen break and broadcast them into space.

- m

You cant for get impeach the president, that beat may be tied with funky drummer...

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:39 pm

Hey bobaudio, here's a version for you:

http://www.markleford.com/music/tmp/funky-drummer.mid

Play with the quantization to taste. Mostly GM drum mapping with exceptions: hi-hat accents are played with both F# and G# notes (i.e. closed+foot) and ghost-hits on the snare are on C#, which is a crossover/rim on some Soundfonts. You'll also have to tweak velocities to your soundset, but it should be fairly obvious where the accents are.

- m

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:45 pm

why would you need a midi of the funky drummer break?

declassified · Post by **declassified** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:54 pm

Because he's incredibly keen on being the thousandst one to use it

Seriously, i have seen midi sample CDs dedicated to breaks.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:59 pm

i dont understand what people do with midi drum breaks. how do people use them?

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:01 pm

chop em up, use the drums for their own beats... take the rhythms and add different drums

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:05 am

splattabreakz wrote:chop em up, use the drums for their own beats... take the rhythms and add different drums

I chop up ".wav" files all the time, but what do people do with ".mid's"?

freeztar · Post by **freeztar** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:15 am

lots...
If you have midi data, then you can assign any drum sounds you want. Midi is also very easy to manipulate and small in size comparatively.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:00 am

freeztar wrote:lots...
If you have midi data, then you can assign any drum sounds you want. Midi is also very easy to manipulate and small in size comparatively.

Weird, i always just programmed a beat in Fruityloops and reason and changed the samples in the channels if i wanted different drum sounds.