| Jazzpunk,
Yes, this was entirely programmed using only my controller keyboard and Logic's Matrix Editor. The key is, I believe, to be able to hear 'in your head' what you're working towards and to constantly 'think drums', meaning: not programming anything that is physically impossible and not quantizing *anything* (there's not a single note in this entire piece which occurs precisely on the 'grid' and there are no two notes which occur exactly simultaneously. And another thing I always do when programming drums is to 'visualize' the performance, imagining I'm actually playing a kit as it were - even though I'm not a drummer.
And finally: it also helps significantly if you listen a lot (and with 'analyzing' attention) to real drum performances, and rhythms in general. I've always loved to do that.
It's actually much less work that you'd think it is, you know, and with a library as satisfying as MIXOSAURUS, it isn't even 'work' at all: it's pure joy.
Mixosaurus,
Yes, the whole piece was done on a dual G5 with 4 giga RAM, running OSX 10.4.8 and Logic 7.2.3 and with the MIXOSAURUS-harddrive connected to a FW400 port (I have no FW800 free at the moment). And I didn't have to bounce or freeze anything during the making, the only thing that got eventually bounced was the final mix.
Thanks for this superb instrument, by the way, it really is unbelievably good!
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