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Date: 22-Apr-00 @ 06:43 PM -
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I'll offer what I can. If you can, a combination of gear is great to have for drums. With a sampler you can DL all kinds of snares, kicks, hats, etc. from the internet. There is a whole library here at Dancetech. I use my sampler, but I also have the option of making drums with my synths or using the preset kits in my synths. Variety is the spice when it comes to putting drum tracks together.
Groove quantising is a powerful and much used tool. But if you have experience as a drummer you can play your drum track from a keyboard or drum box and not necessarily want to quantise. I play drum tracks into my pc sequencer and then go in and tweak velocity on some of the notes to give the feel I want.
Also it is best to keep each drum on it's own track whenever possible so when it comes to compression and mixing, you have full control over the drums individually. That's what they do in recording studios. They mic each drum in a kit seperately.
It really comes down to listening to recordings and listening to what you've recorded and program until you like what you've done. Ears are everything in the end.