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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
- Thread starter ttasselm
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Now if someone could just invent a drum machine for people who suck at drum programming, I'd be all set.
Dude. Arturia's Drumbrutes? I don't think it gets any easier than that...
I think, honestly, the problem is my brain, not the hardware. I just seem utterly incapable of creating beats and thinking like a drummer.
Anyone see this? You can click on different points for each genre to see how it evolved through the years. Way cool.
ISHKUR'S GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC
ISHKUR'S GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Well I'm no drummer myself, but really, the Brutes sequencer can be just a matter of picking an instrument and smashing buttons until you hear what you like. Half the cool stuff you can come up with just shows up with the random smashing of the buttons...
I have a Digitakt (cuz I wasn't so thrilled with the sounds of the Brute), and I certainly understand the workflow. I just can't seem to come up with grooves. I'll listen to a lot of music, and think, oh, yeah, I can come up with something like that. But I never seem to be able to do anything remotely interesting or more than boring 4 on floor stuff.
I wish I had the brains for a Digitakt... Drumbrute sounds aren't for everyone. I certainly find myself occasionally wanting them to be something they're not. For me, though, they are an excellent sketch tool. Cheap cheap cheap, and dead easy to learn.
Try inserting random operations yielding unpredictable outcomes into your compositional process.
Gear isn't the answer for drums ( i know you guys are fully aware of this)
Shear creativity and resourcefulness is.
Article on how Cassette pause tapes changed history. Remember these are way before any samplers where available.
https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2019/04/pause-tape-production-feature
Makes the genius of dudes like Chuck D & the Shocklee Bros , Q tip, Easy Mo bee, De La Soul, Beastie Boys and EPMD even more impressive.
They literally had to pause\rec tiny loops hundreds of times, we got it EASY now!!!!!
Shear creativity and resourcefulness is.
Article on how Cassette pause tapes changed history. Remember these are way before any samplers where available.
https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2019/04/pause-tape-production-feature
Makes the genius of dudes like Chuck D & the Shocklee Bros , Q tip, Easy Mo bee, De La Soul, Beastie Boys and EPMD even more impressive.
They literally had to pause\rec tiny loops hundreds of times, we got it EASY now!!!!!
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first, congrats on the Wavestate! You have a Digitakt which is an amazing drum machine. Conditional trigs add so much I can’t even tell you. I felt like drums were my nemesis at first, but like anything, you can get good at it with time and practice. I got the Elektron Model:Cycles to have an affordable drum synth. It’s a steal at $299. Amazing little thing
I’m on the waiting list for one. Talk about a learning curve, but it sure is interesting!
A good chuckle from a FB advertisement.
Me too. I’m not sure how bad the learning curve will be. I think it is normaled and the patch points are optional. I guess we’ll see at some point
