when it gets to Track 2's new groove, I Mute-UnMute Track 1 to see if they line up - if not, I adjust Track 2 to fit. I find a groove I can work with, add it into Track 2 below where it needs to replace Track 1's section. I have the original (full) drum track on Track 1 - it needs beefing up. I was wondering if anyone else separates the different drums from a (MIDI) groove? I figured if I add reverb I would want them separated.Īnything else I can do for getting a good, realistic sound out of free software? Is this overkill? I have heard that the drum samples are already about as good as possible (with no added effects) and I have been told that they are a starting point and meant to be manipulated/processed.Īm I going to end up buying EZ Drummer anyway? How much better is that? Is it harder to use?Īlong the lines of what you're doing.

Overall, the drum tracks sound pretty good for a first try. I also humanized the cymbals and toms about 10% and the bass and snare 5%. Then I EQed each track a little as if they were from a mic-ed drum set (using reaper eq presets, actually). then I can go into the MIDI track in reaper and tweak the parts (open/close hi hat, change kick drum pattern, etc).įor one song I am doing, I separated the cymbals, hihat, and toms to one track, bass to another track, and snare to a third track. I like that I can use the rhythm/fill library to start building things. I have started using MT Power DrumKit 2 to get moving on some drum parts.

I am just getting my home digital studio up and running with REAPER on a laptop.

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