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reddone · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject: DRUM PLAY ...

I been thinking alot bout getting an electric drum set ( stand n pads first ) so that i can play drums for my MX n ES-1 .

I'm wondering if anyone has any experiance using them , and if they will trigger velocities from my Box's ( in the way that cubase does ) .

I'd love to get some good synth patterns into the sequencer then simply play out my kicks , snares n hats while recording . For me as a drummer i think it'd give me more freedom to get more accuratly get my rythms down .

So , anyone got ANY experiance using one of these things with MX or not ??

musikmachine · Senior Member Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 351

Ruso · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject:

in a way, I sometimes do my rhythms with a trigger finger....

also pads are nice it's not a difficult setup, all you need is roland trigger -> midi converter box, it will have up to like 8 inputs for drum pads, which will be turned into midi, you can then set it up to trigger electribes parts by changing the note numbers........ the tough part will be recording the midi data into the electribe....

ultra · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 16

a solution to controlling the transport while drumming would be to use footswitches. there's a forum called midibox (www.midibox.org where people build various midi devices. you could build a small box with a few footswitches that enable/disable recording and start/stop play. just a thought.

reddone · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:52 am Post subject:

Cheers for that boys .
I have a good idea how to put together my stuff from a kit .

The MX will record note data into song/pattern mode , the only problem is that if i play RIGID the grooves will record , but if i play with some swing/shuffle i'm not sure whether the Mx will record All my hit or just the straight timed beats . You know what i mean , its the same problem the arpeg has with swung beats/sounds.

Anyone found a solution for that yet ??? Sad

Ruso · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject:

sequence into ableton with no quantization.... then pass the midi into the esx..... you can have a LOT of possibilities with this one as an extra bonus.... like if you pass the sound from the esx back to ableton and compress your drums with a much nicer compressor...