Drum Machines

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Sounds like math. :|
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SINsister wrote:Sounds like meth. :|

It is ;D

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That's why I can't read music; I have to learn things by ear. I couldn't tell a C from an E if my life depended on it.
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Dark wrote:
Planet Dave wrote:You could have my old one Rob, but half the buttons dont work, and it has a tendency to act 'spontaneously' - ie make whatever noise it wants to. :eek:
If he doesn't want it... :lol:
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I've just semi-dusted it off (it was holding up one of the legs on my workbench :lol: ) and apparently its a Korg DDD-5, whatever that is. It's poo, but its all yours if you've got any uneven stuff needs levelling out.
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Well, I'm getting sick of using the same drum software synth for -every- song. :lol:

Nah, Rob gets first say. You were offering it to him, after all. I just jumped in. :lol:
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I thought you had a "drumming machine" ;)
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Well I'm quite happy with Beatcraft at the moment so it's yours if you want it Korin!

Thanks for the offer Dave! :notworthy:
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Maisey wrote:I thought you had a "drumming machine" ;)
That's just the noise in my head. Am I a timelord? :lol:
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Doctorin' The Tardis! \m/ ;D
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I used to have a Roland TR626 until frustration overtook patience and it went 'wall surfing' so I finally got to have a crack at my Yamaha RX5 at the weekend
(sh!t! my drum machine is a rice burner!)
Not got an amp at the moment to crank it up but sounds pretty good through the headphones!
Zillion miles better than the TR626, as demonstrated by my problems programing the damn thing! This one wont be kissing the wall though!
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SINsister wrote:Doctorin' The Tardis! \m/ ;D
thanks Erika, i now have an immensely groovy tune running through my head! Yaaaay! :notworthy:
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Planet Dave wrote:
SINsister wrote:Doctorin' The Tardis! \m/ ;D
thanks Erika, i now have an immensely groovy tune running through my head! Yaaaay! :notworthy:
You're quite welcome, dear Dave - I've even got the 8:11 version... :twisted:
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SINsister wrote:
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SINsister wrote:Doctorin' The Tardis! \m/ ;D
thanks Erika, i now have an immensely groovy tune running through my head! Yaaaay! :notworthy:
You're quite welcome, dear Dave - I've even got the 8:11 version... :twisted:
Dunno which vers i've got, but its a remix with Gary Glitter singing all over it! :notworthy: Not very pc is it? :lol:
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:lol: "PC" is for tw@ts.
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SINsister wrote::lol: "PC" is for tw@ts.
Damn right!
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Won't get into why I disagree with that, but I think I can spare 8 minutes to take my Phil Spector LP off an put the 12" of Doctorin' The Tardis on now. :lol:
And no, Maisey, my current band has no drummer. Or guitarist. Or bassist. We just sing, and I make frankly rather strange backing tracks. At least they're mixed well. Ironic that I'm consious of mixing industrial/noise music properly... ;)

Aye, in that case, drop us a PM, Dave, we can sort summat out, awright? ;D
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
robertzombie wrote:Care to share the knowledge? ;)
Note: I always assume that every note is an eight note (eight in one beat). When a quarter note is played , I put a "-" behind the note to lengthen it with one eight note. Hence, a quarter note of F is "F-". A half note is "F---", a full note is "F-------" Simple comme bonjour ;)

The notes between brackets are second lines flowing into a longer previous note.

Strophe:

F- A F B A G# F E F D E- E F E F- A F B A G# F E (G# A B A G# F E)
F- A F B A G# F E F D E- E F E F- A F B A G# E--------

Chorus:

E-- D- E- D E-- D- E- D C-- C-- C- G-- F-- F- (x2)

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Thanks so much Iz! :D

might even play it at next week's gig :D
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Have developed a seemingly usable hardware drum set up for the modern live band.

Programming/Storage: Roland TR 707 (or any programmable midi drum machine) ---> Alesis Datadisc (Basically like a digital recorder for midi instead of audio).

Live: Alesis Datadisc (rackmounted) song by song realtime midi playback ---> Akai S3000 (also rackmounted, loaded with cool reverby drum samples) ---> Seperate outs for each drum sound for greater control at the mixing desk stage.

Quite satisfied. The key to all my midi woes have more or less all been solved by the Alesis Datadisc.
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