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Posted by paulc_dj on Oct-20-2005 19:18:

Drum Fills

How do I make realistic sounding bongos and drum hits, like in tiestos rmx of adagio for strings just before it all kicks back in. I just want to make realistic drum "flurries" I suppose you you would call them, that sound like they are being played naturally. Any tips, best VSTis etc, would be greatly appreciated.

Thx.

PC

Posted by djsphere on Oct-20-2005 19:56:

I think samples are the way to go.

Posted by DigiNut on Oct-20-2005 19:58:

1. Practice
2. Stop trying to sound like other people's tracks

Posted by soundscape_uk on Oct-20-2005 20:02:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
1. Practice
2. Stop trying to sound like other people's tracks

haha

Posted by paulc_dj on Oct-21-2005 13:52:

Drum Fills

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
1. Practice
2. Stop trying to sound like other people's tracks

I don't want to sound like other people, just want some tips on how to make natural sounding drum flurries. If I use samples, they don't sound very natural. Hence, the reason why I asked if any VSTi's can do this. I just want natural sounding ad-lib drum fills.

I use FL Studio BTW.

Thx.

PC

Posted by DigiNut on Oct-21-2005 22:19:

Samples are going to sound more natural than any electronic drums, provided they are of decent quality. Perhaps you need to get better ones - and once again, practice.

Posted by TVG on Oct-21-2005 23:36:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
1. Practice
2. Stop trying to sound like other people's tracks

That's not good advice. When someone is starting they SHOULD be trying to copy other peoples tracks. That is the best way to learn. You hear something and decide to recreate it. Your own style comes with time.

Posted by Freak on Oct-22-2005 01:43:

Very simple really- learn to program drum patterns..
You can make even the most synthetic sounding drums sound like they are being played naturally if you know how to program them.

Posted by DigiNut on Oct-22-2005 02:22:

quote:
Originally posted by TVG
When someone is starting they SHOULD be trying to copy other peoples tracks. That is the best way to learn. You hear something and decide to recreate it. Your own style comes with time.

No.

Posted by krew on Oct-22-2005 02:48:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
No.

+1

Posted by cristianokeller on Oct-23-2005 05:26:

Firstly I agree to TVG.. The better way to have professional results is the knowledge and we must try to know how other people sounds are recorded.
Those Tiesto style bongo sounds comes with Reason 3, It's in CD3 for NN-XT and include some bongo fills too.. very good. ok

Posted by djlogik on Oct-23-2005 06:28:

LOL gotta love Diginut. Always has the best advice.

Posted by paulc_dj on Oct-24-2005 19:10:

quote:
Originally posted by cristianokeller
Firstly I agree to TVG.. The better way to have professional results is the knowledge and we must try to know how other people sounds are recorded.
Those Tiesto style bongo sounds comes with Reason 3, It's in CD3 for NN-XT and include some bongo fills too.. very good. ok

Thanks Cristiano, appreciate the help and I totally agree, we need to learn how to make those sounds and how to program them and then we can put our own creative edge on things and start making our own. I don't use Reason, I use FL Studio, so what format are the files in and can I load them into Fruity?

Thx.

Paul

Posted by cristianokeller on Oct-25-2005 02:12:

Reason

I think that Reason is one of the best guns for trance and has no matter to exclude it from our setup lineup cause it can be perfectly REWIRED to Fruity, Ableton or Cubase. But if u really don't plain it to your setup you can try some tools called "Refill Unpackers" that are being developed and distributed freely over the net.. search for it on Google or Emule (p2p)... The samples that you are looking are packed into a big file *.rfl that is in CD3 of Reason 3.0... ok good look