Drum Software

[bassgiant15]

I am an ok drummer, (WAY more of a bassplayer) but i think that i want to purchase EZdrummer or BFD for recording. I just wanted to see if anyone has had any experience with these programs and could give some pros and cons on them? I am leaning towards EZdrummer from what i have heard it can do, but i figured i would try to get input here first....

Thanks to anyone who can help

 

[hunta]

I haven't used BFD, but ezdrummer is pretty nice. I like the "humanize" function with ezdrummer, that slightly randomizes your velocities to make it sound more like real drums. Overall it has good sounds, the midi presets are pretty nice. I think I prefer the flexibility of battery to ezdrummer generally, but they're both good. I've tried loading the ezdrummer kits into battery but I think you need some kind of converter which I never found.

Is there any specific feature you're looking at?

 

[bassgiant15]

i was wondering how it works because i know that you have to have a sequencer which sounds like i need another program....

Is Battery similar to Fruity Loops?

Thanks for your input

 

[seamonkey]

You don't really need a sequencer if you're drummer.
Take a look at Larry Seyer:
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If you have a keyboard and know what drums should play ,you could play the parts and record the midi. Even if you don't play piano. Or you can get triggers and a brain and play the parts on pads. i.e. an Alesis Control pad and BFD.

Or save the midi so you can map to any sample lib around.

 

[csholtmeier]

Having used all the above mentioned software, I highly recommend EzDrummer. Great sound, miniaml CPU use, great library of MIDI grooves to get you started.

Since your wanting to lay down drums and then play along to them, you'll need DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software. Go check out Reaper at cockos.com. It's shareware, and very simple yet powerful. There's even a note namer plugin mapped for EzDrummer that greatly eases drum programming.

 

[hunta]

Since your wanting to lay down drums and then play along to them, you'll need DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software. Go check out Reaper at cockos.com.

It's not really called DAW software, it's a sequencer. A DAW is the computer you run your audio software on, not the program.

But yes, I believe you can use Reaper. You need a sequencer which supports VST instruments, like Cubase, Ableton, or Reaper. They don't really have much in common with Fruity Loops. I look at Fruity Loops as something kind of fun to mess around with, but I'd never use it for doing any serious music as it just isn't that flexible.

 

[Lefty Geek]

I have been researching the same thing for a couple of weeks now and it seems like EZDrummer is the best bet if you want decent sounding beats.

From what I have been reading, Reaper supports the EZDrummer VSTi. Super busy this week, but I will be buying it next week. bhphotovideo.com has EZDrummer for $150.

 

[csholtmeier]

Try the Nashville expansion pack, it sounds amazing for a lot of styles, not just country.