Triggering drums with an arp?

[Barbed Wire Kiss]

Hi.

I've read that a few people use arpeggiators to trigger drums and I was wondering how and why they do this?

Thx
Garry.

[grandaddy]

I can't answer your question - but I saw Jacobs Mouse years ago in Camden.

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Hi.

I've read that a few people use arpeggiators to trigger drums and I was wondering how and why they do this?

Thx
Garry.

Because it sounds good? Because it produces surprising and unexpected fills? Because using tools in unexpected ways is the essence of innovation? Because they can?

Why are you asking and not trying?

[Barbed Wire Kiss]

Why are you asking and not trying?

Good question. The answer being that I've tried interesting sounding techniques in the past without knowing how to approach them, and then having not gotten anything usable out of it, become disillusioned, and given up.

Arps are new to me anyway - I finally understand what they are about after reading 'Ableton Live 5 Power' - and it's been on my mind for a while how they are applied to drums.

@grandaddy: Were they any good that night?

[jack [psychicmodulation]]

The way an arpeggiator works, is by cycleing through certain notes to create a melody, so keep in mind that the way this would work on most drum synths (ie-drumatic, optik, etc.) is that the arp would cycle through various drum sounds, because each drum is assigned to a particular note.

But if your using a drum synth that allows one drum to be tracked across the whole keyboard, then the arp would be able to create an arpeggio of only that sound with alternating pitch.

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The way an arpeggiator works, is by cycleing through certain notes to create a melody, so keep in mind that the way this would work on most drum synths (ie-drumatic, optik, etc.) is that the arp would cycle through various drum sounds, because each drum is assigned to a particular note.

But if your using a drum synth that allows one drum to be tracked across the whole keyboard, then the arp would be able to create an arpeggio of only that sound with alternating pitch.

or you could use the arp in eXT and assign what notes the arp plays...I haven't tried this on drums, but it could be an interesting idea the way I have dfhs mapped...

[grandaddy]

Yes. Just dug out the ton up ep, still sounds interesting now.

[Barbed Wire Kiss]

The way an arpeggiator works, is by cycleing through certain notes to create a melody, so keep in mind that the way this would work on most drum synths (ie-drumatic, optik, etc.) is that the arp would cycle through various drum sounds, because each drum is assigned to a particular note.

That's the sort of thing that originally sprung to my mind, and I thought there might be types of patterns that was more suited to this use.

But if your using a drum synth that allows one drum to be tracked across the whole keyboard, then the arp would be able to create an arpeggio of only that sound with alternating pitch.

Now that would be cool for junglist-like pitched drums and breaks.

[Barbed Wire Kiss]

Yes. Just dug out the ton up ep, still sounds interesting now.

Yeah, they could write real tunes, and really had a experimental side with their use of perc which doesn't lend them to any particular era. It's shame so much of it was badly produced.