What software drum machine would you recommend? (1 Viewer)

[Scientician 0.8]

I want to do some drum tracks for some forthcoming recordings, what drum machine software would yiz recommend? It doesn't have to sound realistic, actually anything along the lines of a Casio Sk-1 sound would be grand. I've heard of Fruity Loops but have never used it. Any ideas folks?
Thanks in advance and .|..|.|..|.|..|

 

[cephalopod]

Redrum in Reason is pretty snazzy, and pretty fun to use. I've heard Ableton is good too, and a lot easier for building up effects quickly..Also, basic Reason >1.5Gb of HD, and Ableton 65Mb of HD, so Ableton may be a better option of ye want something more compact

 

[cephalopod]

The Redrum user interface, bit like a Roland pattern device..heaps of fun..I loves it I do

 

[ernesto]

Redrum in Reason is pretty snazzy, and pretty fun to use. I've heard Ableton is good too, and a lot easier for building up effects quickly..Also, basic Reason >1.5Gb of HD, and Ableton 65Mb of HD, so Ableton may be a better option of ye want something more compact

how does one make drums in ableton eh?

 

[cephalopod]

Ableton has a built in drum pattern device as well, called Impulse, but its very different to Reason.

 

[cephalopod]

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun07/articles/livetech_0607.htm

 

[cephalopod]

Also I think you can play the one in Ableton in real time using keys on your standard computer keyboard, something I find a bit weird though

 

[Kermit McDermott]

There's one called battery...I think native instruments make it

 

[BC]

i personally recommend ableton for making beats over reason, to my ears it has a much nicer sound.

 

[Pantone247]

rebirth by propellorheads

do they even make it any more?

perfect sound:no complications:speed ratio

 

[ernesto]

impulse is crap compared to & redrum recycle/rex.

i like to get my beats together in reason and then export them and take em into ableton and dick around with them loads there

 

[Goodbye]

Gettin my head round this in my "spare" time

 

[aoboa]

impulse is crap compared to & redrum recycle/rex.

Agreed and the midi user interface in Ableton is shockingly bad.
Redrum is your best bet - especially if you're looking for rock style drums.
Only downside is that if you're not used to programming hardware step sequencer drum machines, it might take you a while to get used to it.

 

[Goodbye]

Agreed and the midi user interface in Ableton is shockingly bad.

Yeah it's fuckin horrible isint it.

The first place I learned with any degree of success to program drums was with cubase. I wish I still had cubase.

 

[Pantone247]

http://www.kenbrashear.com/

 

[karljacuncha]

rebirth by propellorheads
do they even make it any more?

it's discontinued, but still available, you can download it here:
http://rebirthmuseum.com/
(registration required tho)

and yeh, another vote for the propellerheads drum machines here.
reason is good for getting your basic beat in a redrum, and then adding little bits with sections of dr.rexes

if you wanna go more midi programming route, you can also use the sampled kits of reason drums (they're nn-xt sampler patches)

or better still (if you can get it), fxpansion's BFD:
http://www.fxpansion.com

(may be over kill for ya tho)

 

[HMD]

Gettin my head round this in my "spare" time

that deadly, just what i'm looking for. thanks

 

[Goodbye]

that deadly, just what i'm looking for. thanks

It really is the shit dude.

The Albini knob is fun.

 

[lemonbravo]

I used to use battery quite a bit, I like it.
I've version 1, it's up to 3 now though, haven't heard it.

http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=battery

 

[cephalopod]

You can run the redrum in reason through the frequency and resonance modulators in the maelstrom synth, cool way to add nice effects quick.