movement/accents on percussion

breaktwister · Post by **breaktwister** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:16 pm

Feeling a bit frustrated with my drums atm, they sound lifeless and dated.

I program everything in Ableton using single drum hits or chopped up loops.

I'm not a total noob, I know about panning, velocity, using different lengths of hits, groove etc but I'm stuck trying to get to the next level.

I'm wondering if I need a drum sampler (Battery) or some VST drum module?

breakitdown · Post by **breakitdown** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:25 pm

Try turning off your grid!
Also - what samples are you using?

::BLM:: · Post by **::BLM::** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:11 am

Yeah good samples are a must. I use different packs for different things as well. Someone put up some Mbase samples which I use all the time now.

Casanova808 · Post by **Casanova808** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:07 am

Of course your drums suck, you are programming them in Ableton.

Quit being a peckerhead, buy a drum machine already. Everybody knows you can make mnml in 2010 without real analogue hardware!

Menno · Post by **Menno** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:27 am

Casanova808 wrote:Of course your drums suck, you are programming them in Ableton.

Quit being a peckerhead, buy a drum machine already. Everybody knows you can make mnml in 2010 without real analogue hardware!

it's not how you do it, it's the way that you do it
ableton has nothing to do with it..

trak660 · Post by **trak660** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:28 am

Casanova808 wrote:Quit being a peckerhead, buy a drum machine already.

I mostly work with samples from my own drum machines, but I'll use a sample pack sound if it's better than my version.

Are you only using sounds that come with Ableton, or do you have other samples?

::BLM:: · Post by **::BLM::** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:11 pm

Ignore him, he is just trolling.

jobbanaught · Post by **jobbanaught** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:40 pm

Learn about syncopation and shuffle