drums

[Bob Slydell]

Hi Folks,

What is your way of laying down drums for your tracks? Im fed up with messing about with kick samples etc - never seems to sound good enough. Thinking of buying kick 2? I produce trance and sound design of drums doesnt interest me - what i want is once i have got a track going with synths etc I want to quickly get some decent drum parts in without too much messing about.

Any thoughts? Im sure there is a product out there smilar to logics drum synth but better?

[Mushy Mushy]

Confused.

Doesn’t want to design kicks, asks about kick synth.

[recursive one]

Confused.

Doesn’t want to design kicks, asks about kick synth.

Ever heard about presets? (though you probably don't )

Don't own Kick2 myself (yet) but it seems to be highly rated by trance producers

[Bob Slydell]

Confused.

Doesn’t want to design kicks, asks about kick synth.

haha
Im sort of looking for a drum rompler perhaps - just something to lay it all down quickly?

[Bob Slydell]

Confused.

Doesn’t want to design kicks, asks about kick synth.

Ever heard about presets? (though you probably don't )

Don't own Kick2 myself (yet) but it seems to be highly rated by trance producers

Well all i currently have is the logic presets and to my ear they are not very good at all.

[Mushy Mushy]

Confused.

Doesn’t want to design kicks, asks about kick synth.

Ever heard about presets? (though you probably don't )

Don't own Kick2 myself (yet) but it seems to be highly rated by trance producers

I have one preset called INIT

I’m struggling to find the difference between presets and samples though. Sure the former can be edited but the OP sounds as though he doesn’t want to do that.

Kick2 is superb though. The only kick machine I’ll ever need.

[Mushy Mushy]

Confused.

Doesn’t want to design kicks, asks about kick synth.

haha
Im sort of looking for a drum rompler perhaps - just something to lay it all down quickly?

Kick 2 isn’t a rompler though.

If I were you I’d look just look at professional sample packs.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

Kick2 is superb though.

And might be worth taking a look at D16 PunchBox. Maybe not quite as flexible as Kick2, but looks like it might be a bit quicker to get results.

Also, maybe see if someone is selling their copy of the NI TRK 'Kick' unit. Was originally given away as a gift, so should probably go pretty cheaply, here on KVR.

[Mushy Mushy]

Kick2 is superb though.

And might be worth taking a look at D16 PunchBox. Maybe not quite as flexible as Kick2, but looks like it might be a bit quicker to get results.

Also, maybe see if someone is selling their copy of the NI TRK 'Kick' unit. Was originally given away as a gift, so should probably go pretty cheaply, here on KVR.

Great suggestions. I hear lots of good things about both.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

Oops! Missed the bit about not wanting to design kicks.

Ultimately, I think there will always be some design that will go into kicks. Even if you have samples, they'll normally need some layering and massaging to fit into your track. Logic's samples might not seem so hot on their own, but try layering a few (Sub, Punch, Click), and process them as a group.

[Bob Slydell]

Kick2 is superb though.

And might be worth taking a look at D16 PunchBox. Maybe not quite as flexible as Kick2, but looks like it might be a bit quicker to get results.

Also, maybe see if someone is selling their copy of the NI TRK 'Kick' unit. Was originally given away as a gift, so should probably go pretty cheaply, here on KVR.

Will download the trial for punchbox tonight.

Thanks for all the suggestions

[Mushy Mushy]

BTW, how does the OP find time in between asking what we do here?

I only have 1 boss

[riddim83]

what i want is once i have got a track going with synths etc I want to quickly get some decent drum parts in without too much messing about.

If you want a temporary solution to avoid getting stuck with drum selection during the song writing process, I'd recommend making a folder with 20 or so kick samples that are generally representative of what you like. Just pick the one that works best during song writing and then come back and tweak or replace it during the production phase of the project.

If you are fed up with drum work altogether, I'd try and find someone to collaborate with. Drums - both sounds and patterns - are too important in electronic music and you will have a hard time getting even decent results if you don't enjoy what you're doing.

[vurt]

BTW, how does the OP find time in between asking what we do here?

I only have 1 boss

the missus?

[Mushy Mushy]

BTW, how does the OP find time in between asking what we do here?

I only have 1 boss

the missus?

Does Sir know Bob Slydell?