suggestions for overdubbing drum on finished tracks

[vudoo]

i need to tracks drums on a session that was already done a while back. They are not satisfied with the drum tracks so i got hired to replace it.
Anyways, my main problem is that i got the PT session with all the tracks but the session tempo has nothing to do with the tracks meaning they probably followed some sort of a click from another source ( not in PT ) but that click was not recorded into PT ( bad move ).
So the only solution i can think of right now is to create a tempo map from the drum parts BUT unfortunately it's not the most steady/grooviest part even though it was done to a click. Any suggestions people ???
Thanks

[matt thomas]

find a really good drummer, or just program a midi click manually, just set up a wood block or whatever and hit it every beat.

narco

[Drumsound]

Pull the existing drums out of the mix and learn the tune based on the way the other tracks are played. Play to the bass player and the singer.

[superburtm]

run the other way.

[joeq]

Originally Posted by vudoo

i need to tracks drums on a session that was already done a while back. They are not satisfied with the drum tracks so i got hired to replace it.
Anyways, my main problem is that i got the PT session with all the tracks but the session tempo has nothing to do with the tracks meaning they probably followed some sort of a click from another source ( not in PT ) but that click was not recorded into PT ( bad move ).
So the only solution i can think of right now is to create a tempo map from the drum parts BUT unfortunately it's not the most steady/grooviest part even though it was done to a click. Any suggestions people ???
Thanks

is it possible the click is buried somewhere in a playlist? possible the studio that originally recorded it has a more complete version of the session?

I have had to do this a few times myself. I never made a tempo map with bad drums that was better than the bang-along-with-a-cowbell thing. I think of it as a drumming challenge, not an engineering challenge.