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Post by mitchkricun on Feb 11, 2022 17:45:10 GMT -6
Hey SD3 midi users, I’ve heard some of you say that you’ve just bought a ton of packs in order to optimize the potential of finding the right groove or fill for any situation. How’d that work out for you and any packs in particular you’ve found indispensable?
Also, I’m having very little luck finding fills to start a bar/section. It seems all the fills are at the end of the bar. (Think D’yer Mak’er, although not necessarily that grand) What am I missing?
Thanks!
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Post by notneeson on Feb 12, 2022 11:02:25 GMT -6
Hey SD3 midi users, I’ve heard some of you say that you’ve just bought a ton of packs in order to optimize the potential of finding the right groove or fill for any situation. How’d that work out for you and any packs in particular you’ve found indispensable? Also, I’m having very little luck finding fills to start a bar/section. It seems all the fills are at the end of the bar. (Think D’yer Mak’er, although not necessarily that grand) What am I missing? Thanks! It’s really hit or miss, which is why the wide net approach seems to be best. Fills are especially challenging, I tend to use the simpler ones and it becomes part of the aesthetic. The best Bonham-y midi pack I have is the one that came with the Eddie Kramer SDX, FWIW. Full disclosure: my approach is to find what can work for me, not to reproduce a beat I’ve conjured in my head. That becomes a kind of process of discovery and sparks some of the direction of the tune, adds to the inspiration in the moment. By the way, I think there is a way to preview beats from the toontrack store in app. But what I’m not sure about is, do they offer a la carte pricing? I’d rather pay $5 for a beat I know I want , than to try and suss out which collection has the most stuff I’ll use. |
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Post by mitchkricun on Feb 13, 2022 10:14:59 GMT -6
Hey SD3 midi users, I’ve heard some of you say that you’ve just bought a ton of packs in order to optimize the potential of finding the right groove or fill for any situation. How’d that work out for you and any packs in particular you’ve found indispensable? Also, I’m having very little luck finding fills to start a bar/section. It seems all the fills are at the end of the bar. (Think D’yer Mak’er, although not necessarily that grand) What am I missing? Thanks! It’s really hit or miss, which is why the wide net approach seems to be best. Fills are especially challenging, I tend to use the simpler ones and it becomes part of the aesthetic. The best Bonham-y midi pack I have is the one that came with the Eddie Kramer SDX, FWIW. Full disclosure: my approach is to find what can work for me, not to reproduce a beat I’ve conjured in my head. That becomes a kind of process of discovery and sparks some of the direction of the tune, adds to the inspiration in the moment. By the way, I think there is a way to preview beats from the toontrack store in app. But what I’m not sure about is, do they offer a la carte pricing? I’d rather pay $5 for a beat I know I want , than to try and suss out which collection has the most stuff I’ll use. Thanks for the reply. I use the tap to find feature to find something pretty close and adjust by hand to get it where I hear it needing to be. The intro drum fill I was asking about has nothing to do with Bonham. I just meant ANY fill that starts a section as opposed to to ending it. |
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Post by notneeson on Feb 13, 2022 15:04:15 GMT -6
It’s really hit or miss, which is why the wide net approach seems to be best. Fills are especially challenging, I tend to use the simpler ones and it becomes part of the aesthetic. The best Bonham-y midi pack I have is the one that came with the Eddie Kramer SDX, FWIW. Full disclosure: my approach is to find what can work for me, not to reproduce a beat I’ve conjured in my head. That becomes a kind of process of discovery and sparks some of the direction of the tune, adds to the inspiration in the moment. By the way, I think there is a way to preview beats from the toontrack store in app. But what I’m not sure about is, do they offer a la carte pricing? I’d rather pay $5 for a beat I know I want , than to try and suss out which collection has the most stuff I’ll use. Thanks for the reply. I use the tap to find feature to find something pretty close and adjust by hand to get it where I hear it needing to be. The intro drum fill I was asking about has nothing to do with Bonham. I just meant ANY fill that starts a section as opposed to to ending it. Ah, got it. Maybe you can tweak something from the intros sub folder? Not all beats have that, but many do. |
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Post by the other mark williams on Feb 13, 2022 15:31:00 GMT -6
[...] Also, I’m having very little luck finding fills to start a bar/section. It seems all the fills are at the end of the bar. (Think D’yer Mak’er, although not necessarily that grand) What am I missing? Thanks! Re: this part of your post (fills), one thing I've found is I have to be pretty ruthless in chopping stuff up and moving it to where I want in my DAW. So I may like the sound of a fill that was played at the end of a bar, but I want it for an intro - no big deal: just chop it up, delete everything but the fill, move that fill to the intro. (Or whatever.) I should also note that some of my favorite fills are ones played by Chris Whitten in the Custom & Vintage pack. They're much simpler and more straightforward, and just meet my aesthetic much more closely than many of the fills in other packs. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 13, 2022 19:34:21 GMT -6
[...] Also, I’m having very little luck finding fills to start a bar/section. It seems all the fills are at the end of the bar. (Think D’yer Mak’er, although not necessarily that grand) What am I missing? Thanks! Re: this part of your post (fills), one thing I've found is I have to be pretty ruthless in chopping stuff up and moving it to where I want in my DAW. So I may like the sound of a fill that was played at the end of a bar, but I want it for an intro - no big deal: just chop it up, delete everything but the fill, move that fill to the intro. (Or whatever.) I should also note that some of my favorite fills are ones played by Chris Whitten in the Custom & Vintage pack. They're much simpler and more straightforward, and just meet my aesthetic much more closely than many of the fills in other packs. Man I think so too. Think he did the Classic ezx also. He was Chrisso on a couple other boards. I swear I think I invited him over here years ago…and he turned me down haha. |
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Post by notneeson on Feb 13, 2022 20:23:25 GMT -6
[...] Also, I’m having very little luck finding fills to start a bar/section. It seems all the fills are at the end of the bar. (Think D’yer Mak’er, although not necessarily that grand) What am I missing? Thanks! Re: this part of your post (fills), one thing I've found is I have to be pretty ruthless in chopping stuff up and moving it to where I want in my DAW. So I may like the sound of a fill that was played at the end of a bar, but I want it for an intro - no big deal: just chop it up, delete everything but the fill, move that fill to the intro. (Or whatever.) I should also note that some of my favorite fills are ones played by Chris Whitten in the Custom & Vintage pack. They're much simpler and more straightforward, and just meet my aesthetic much more closely than many of the fills in other packs. I’m chop ‘‘em up too, but I find the midi editor in SD3 to be among the best I’ve used so I pretty much arrange the entire drum performance in app. |
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Post by mitchkricun on Feb 14, 2022 5:55:47 GMT -6
[...] Also, I’m having very little luck finding fills to start a bar/section. It seems all the fills are at the end of the bar. (Think D’yer Mak’er, although not necessarily that grand) What am I missing? Thanks! Re: this part of your post (fills), one thing I've found is I have to be pretty ruthless in chopping stuff up and moving it to where I want in my DAW. So I may like the sound of a fill that was played at the end of a bar, but I want it for an intro - no big deal: just chop it up, delete everything but the fill, move that fill to the intro. (Or whatever.) I should also note that some of my favorite fills are ones played by Chris Whitten in the Custom & Vintage pack. They're much simpler and more straightforward, and just meet my aesthetic much more closely than many of the fills in other packs. That’s pretty much what I do too. Thanks for the tip on C&V! |
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