Whats better for live Drum machines or backing tracks? (1 Viewer)

[SpeedRacer]

.. again quality posting. from you.I was unhappy earlier today. Now not so.

Twat! fucking twat!!!

 

[Latex lizzie]

Twat! fucking twat!!!

..double the fun..two speedys!

 

[egg_]

SHUT THE FUCK UP!! THE TWO OF YE!!!

 

[#10-7]

Due to every drummer who's ever come through our door being shit, or having shit taste, or being a lead drummer (except for one Excellent Session drummer), I've had to programme our own beats on computer using grea drum samples and ACID/Sound forge/fruity loops. But I need to know whats the best way to play along to this live? Minidisc or laptop or something?

a laptop would be fine, but you'd need to be constantly clicking on and off songs and generally looking after it unless you had someone dedicated to the machine. it more usable than a minidisc, which might be smaller and cheaper, but you'd have to record everything onto the discs and its smaller controls could be messy.
have you though about controlling a drum machine through a food pedal?

y'know theres lots of good drummers around town, you shouldn't give up on that because you've had bad experiences with 'shit' drummers.

 

[UNKLE TOURETTES]

wahayyyyy!!!!!... drum machines are fooking bosss, long as ya dont want them just to sound like drums...... big black / the cure / nearly all warped and rephlex / arab strap / carter / Stig..... all insainly original and classic.....

prove point: http://usagi102.tripod.com/sooc/mp3s.htm
listen to stig.. then tell me drum machines aint foooking cool... stops/starts to hard.... my fukking arse.......

 

[minka]

have you though about controlling a drum machine through a food pedal?

i am now envisaging speedy starting his drum machine by stamping on a baguette.

 

[#10-7]

i am now envisaging speedy starting his drum machine by stamping on a baguette.

ha ha! oops...

 

[Alex]

A laptop is your better choice, followed by a drum machine (even though it's harder to program) and....... a tape deck!

Minidisks and CDs are no use because they skip

This said, we stopped using backing tracks because something would always go wrong

 

[Goodbye]

I cant figure out who's funnier Speed Racer or SpeedRacer...

 

[Speed Racer]

Thanks for the comments lads. I've got me laptop upgraded. Thats the way it'll go me thinks. In our experience the standard of drumming out there ain't the best. Really. And their taste is usually bog standard rock. I know there's some excellent drummers in Dublin, they're just hard to find.

cheers

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

email [email protected] - he plays with everyone / anyone and i remember him telling me he really liked your mp3s

andrew