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S.DRAY 
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Can anyone give me some advice on what a good piece of hardware or software is for programing d&b drum beats .I'm in an industrial project and in my previous recordings I used an alesis sr16 in conjunction with a live kit and a roland V-concert electronic kit.But now the v-kit is gone ,the live drums are going to be used mainly for live shows and a korg triton studio is being used for drum programing, however the triton is proving to be some what tedious as far drum programing is concerned(what do you think of the triton?).So I need some thing that's a little more practical for drums,with the ability to throw beats together quickly(with great sound quality of course),and edit them more easily.I'm using a roland vs-1880 as a sequencer/recorder(in conjunction with the tritons sequencer),but I'm thinking of going out and getting a good pc along with Qbase,so I'm open to software and or hardware suggestions.If any one could give me some advice I would greatly appreciate it.Thanks.
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17-11-2003 11:07 |
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Qbit
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i would just keep it simple by buying the pc with cubase. Link the pc midi-wise with the roland & the triton and program your beats in cubase. I think that would be the easiest way.
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17-11-2003 21:19 |
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Surya
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Yup, think thats best too. I know a lot of people with studios that do the beats in Cubase...
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17-11-2003 21:24 |
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S.DRAY
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Thanks guy's.I was also told from another source that ,along with cubase,I should also use..." sound forge for sample editing - recycle to cut up the breakbeats...reason to get some ideas...and a load of effects and instrument plug ins..."what about some other sources for drum sounds,for example drum machines(specifically for electonic music) and or high end samplers?Any suggestions on brand names and or units that would work well with the above pc set up?
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18-11-2003 02:00 |
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yeah, soundforge pretty much does rock when it comes to editing. I wouldn't use reason because it's just a toy (but that's my opinion, lot's of peepz here will disagree) because you can't use vsti's. It's good for learning tho. As for samplers i should go for quality softsamplers lik Kontakt, Halion, GigaSampler or the new Intakt (Native Instruments). They work perfect with Cubase. As for drum machines, i do not know any good software drummachines but that's not bad, you just program your beats in cubase or something. Good samplepacks will do the the trick. (you can alwasy consider buying a hardware drum machine like Electron MachineDrum; farout the best for electronic music) Oh yeah, a good slicer always comes in handy when making breakz (ReCycle, Zero Beatslicer)
As for plug-ins, there are lots of those out there. Somewhere on the forum there's a topic on 'the best vst's' i think...
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Something like an Akai MPC4000 would be ideal I think, it has rock solid timing, is very easy to use and it swings like hell 
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18-11-2003 12:03 |
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Something like an Akai MPC4000 would be ideal I think, it has rock solid timing, is very easy to use and it swings like hell
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it also doesn't come cheap 
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18-11-2003 15:06 |
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S.DRAY
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What piece of hardware would you guy's prefer ,Akai 4000 or Electron MachineDrum.I'm assuming the Akai 4000 has built in drum sounds does it not?
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18-11-2003 15:16 |
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What piece of hardware would you guy's prefer ,Akai 4000 or Electron MachineDrum.I'm assuming the Akai 4000 has built in drum sounds does it not? |
Not really, it's a sampler so you have to put your own sounds in, makes it really flexible 
I've never heard of the Electron MachineDrum???
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18-11-2003 16:51 |
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What piece of hardware would you guy's prefer ,Akai 4000 or Electron MachineDrum.I'm assuming the Akai 4000 has built in drum sounds does it not? |
Not really, it's a sampler so you have to put your own sounds in, makes it really flexible
I've never heard of the Electron MachineDrum??? |
never??? it's like THE drum machine for electronic music!!
http://www.machinedrum.com/
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18-11-2003 17:31 |
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S.DRAY
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I was'nt overly immpressed by some of those demos for the machinedrum.Did anyone else hear them?
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20-11-2003 15:19 |
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| it's used for electro, i don't think it's suitable for dnb. If you wanna make breakz, just stick to samplepacks and a step sequencer |
I was talking more about the sound quality itself ,but programming wise I think you could do a lot of cool stuff with it. |
you must be kiddin' 
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20-11-2003 21:51 |
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Oh it's made by the people who make the SidStation too!! They've been busy making new stuff, didn't know that...
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27-11-2003 15:02 |
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Oh it's made by the people who make the SidStation too!! They've been busy making new stuff, didn't know that... |
well yeah, didn't mention Elektron? Anywayz, check the monomachine! 
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27-11-2003 18:56 |
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S.DRAY
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Can't get them in Canada,you have to order it from the web site.However,the place where I'm finacing the Korg Triton carry Akai products.I can trade in the Triton($3900.00) for an Akai MPC4000 studio($5800.00),and just extend my payments.The only problem is that the salesman told me he heard a rumor that Akai is going out of buiseness.Any way the MPC4000 seems like an amazing piece of gear,I just don't know if I should do it.If I keep the Triton I could get a good pc for under$1500.00.
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