Programming funky drums?

[Matt Till]

Is it possible? I use fruityloops, and I can come up with a great beat, but it never has the funk of a real drummer. It has to do with subtle behind the beat kind of things, is there a way, without getting too mathematical, to get some fake funky drums?

[bongomania]

Many modern drum machines and programs have a function for "groove", where you can slide one or all of the drum parts slightly out of time by a changeable amount. If Fruityloops doesn't have that, then I would try recording doubles of the snare, hihat, and ride cymbal tracks. For each, quantize one copy and leave the other unquantized. Then you can create mixes like:
Bass and snare quantized, cymbals not
Bass and hihat quantized, ride and snare not
etc.
Or quantize the bass and snare to the 1/8ths, and only quantize the rest to the 1/32nds.
A great trick for hihat is to record all of the 1/8 or 1/4 note closed-hat beats quantized, then loop over the same MIDI channel with the open hats unquantized.