Recording drum tracks with electronic drum kit!?!?!

lnd · 15th December 2003, 03:34 AM

Hi Im interested in hearing from anyone who has managed to do the following.
I would like to record a real drum player using an electronic kit - say roland drum kits
and record his midi performance into protools. thing is i want to be able to use say battery
and get him to play with those drumkits (The roland built in sounds are terrible). Once I haev his midi
performance I can tweak and replace sounds as required. (Yes I also tried sound replacer but there was
the bleed issue on other tracks to worry about). My aim is to record the real feel of a drummer whilst beeing
able to totally experiment with drum sounds on the fly.
Anybody tried this????

e-cue · 15th December 2003, 10:23 AM

I haven't done it with battery. I've done this a handful of times (with a lot of aid from the producer who was very familar with his 'system') for some pop songs where we bascially used the newer Roland brain to decide which sounds to use from the Midi performance (which was emailed to us).

I highly suggest you record the cymbals live.

Dave Martin · 15th December 2003, 02:44 PM

You can do htat (though I don't have any experiance with using softsynths with electronic drums), but it's not going to sound like a real drum set. You mentioned 'bleed'; a drum set is a single instrument, not 8 or 9 all played at once. If that's not a problem, go for it.

By the way, I've had MUCH better luck using DDrums rather than the Roland V Drums.

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15th December 2003, 03:34 AM	#1
lnd Gear Head Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 40	Recording drum tracks with electronic drum kit!?!?! Hi Im interested in hearing from anyone who has managed to do the following. I would like to record a real drum player using an electronic kit - say roland drum kits and record his midi performance into protools. thing is i want to be able to use say battery and get him to play with those drumkits (The roland built in sounds are terrible). Once I haev his midi performance I can tweak and replace sounds as required. (Yes I also tried sound replacer but there was the bleed issue on other tracks to worry about). My aim is to record the real feel of a drummer whilst beeing able to totally experiment with drum sounds on the fly. Anybody tried this???? __________________ There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who dont.

15th December 2003, 02:44 PM	#3
Dave Martin Moderator emeritus Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 3,170	You can do htat (though I don't have any experiance with using softsynths with electronic drums), but it's not going to sound like a real drum set. You mentioned 'bleed'; a drum set is a single instrument, not 8 or 9 all played at once. If that's not a problem, go for it. By the way, I've had MUCH better luck using DDrums rather than the Roland V Drums. __________________ Dave Martin Java Jive Studio www.javajivestudio.com Cuppa Joe Records www.cuppajoerecords.com Nashville, TN

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15th December 2003, 10:23 AM	#2
e-cue Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 3,883	I haven't done it with battery. I've done this a handful of times (with a lot of aid from the producer who was very familar with his 'system') for some pop songs where we bascially used the newer Roland brain to decide which sounds to use from the Midi performance (which was emailed to us). I highly suggest you record the cymbals live.