drum loops in muendo

paulieg · 18th December 2005

Hi, I have nuendo and sample tank xl, Iam trying to find a virtual drummer with pro sounding drums that have beats I could use for writing than probable change them later to the real thing. Not to knowledgable in this and don't really want a programming nightmare .I know about BFD but I'am not sure it would be more trouble with computer issues than it worth. Anything that sound great and is easy to use?
Paulieg

Angus_FX · 21st December 2005

BFD is very unlikely to cause you any trouble, provided you have an adequately powerful computer. What's your system spec.?

paulieg · 21st December 2005

Hi , I have a dual amd 1600mps -512ddr ram -dual drives with cadys-dual monitors -rme multiface-computer is dual rack case- nuendo 2.2-waves-sampletank xl. I don't think the ram is enough for bfd. I don't have a dvd either so I would have to purchase and external usb type.
paulieg

Angus_FX · 22nd December 2005

Indeed.. you'd need a gig of RAM and a DVD drive to get the best out of BFD in Nuendo. You're not going to get anything as pro-sounding for less money and computer power, but Jamstix and Groove Agent are both worth a look.. Groove Agent is ridiculously easy to use, but sounds pretty bad on its own - however, you can use it to drive the drums in SampleTank which are a bit stronger. Jamstix is a lot more powerful, and can also drive SampleTank.. imho it's a much better product overall than Groove Agent, but it's a bit more technical, not quite as instant.

Matti · 22nd December 2005

I have much less poverfull computer but with 1G memory and
I have no problems with Jamstix driving BFD & using other virtual
instruments at the same time, even with effects.
Matti

paulieg · 23rd December 2005

Hi again, Thanks for the info. I will definately upgrage the ram to its full potential soon. Whats the best way to run BFD ? Streem it from a dvd external usb drive in real time i guess or run it from ram ,or does it always rum from ram anyway? I f I was to do this I would do it the best way possible to optomize the system with the least amount of problems. How would you do it? Paulieg

Angus_FX · 23rd December 2005

You can't stream it from the DVD, it needs to be installed to a hard disk. You can then stream it from disk or RAM. 1GB should be fine, but you might need more to use BFD heavily in big projects.. depends what else you are running.

18th December 2005	#1
paulieg Gear interested Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 28 Thread Starter	drum loops in muendo Hi, I have nuendo and sample tank xl, Iam trying to find a virtual drummer with pro sounding drums that have beats I could use for writing than probable change them later to the real thing. Not to knowledgable in this and don't really want a programming nightmare .I know about BFD but I'am not sure it would be more trouble with computer issues than it worth. Anything that sound great and is easy to use? Paulieg

21st December 2005	#2
Angus_FX Gear addict Joined: Aug 2003 Location: London, England Posts: 335	BFD is very unlikely to cause you any trouble, provided you have an adequately powerful computer. What's your system spec.? __________________ Angus F. Hewlett, CEO FXpansion Audio http://www.fxpansion.com

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22nd December 2005	#4
Angus_FX Gear addict Joined: Aug 2003 Location: London, England Posts: 335	Indeed.. you'd need a gig of RAM and a DVD drive to get the best out of BFD in Nuendo. You're not going to get anything as pro-sounding for less money and computer power, but Jamstix and Groove Agent are both worth a look.. Groove Agent is ridiculously easy to use, but sounds pretty bad on its own - however, you can use it to drive the drums in SampleTank which are a bit stronger. Jamstix is a lot more powerful, and can also drive SampleTank.. imho it's a much better product overall than Groove Agent, but it's a bit more technical, not quite as instant.

22nd December 2005	#5
Matti Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 3,756	I have much less poverfull computer but with 1G memory and I have no problems with Jamstix driving BFD & using other virtual instruments at the same time, even with effects. Matti

23rd December 2005	#6
paulieg Gear interested Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 28 Thread Starter	Hi again, Thanks for the info. I will definately upgrage the ram to its full potential soon. Whats the best way to run BFD ? Streem it from a dvd external usb drive in real time i guess or run it from ram ,or does it always rum from ram anyway? I f I was to do this I would do it the best way possible to optomize the system with the least amount of problems. How would you do it? Paulieg