[linux-audio-user] Progress

[Folderol]

On Mon, 1 May 2006 11:12:40 +0200
Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:

> On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 01:22:49AM +0100, Folderol wrote:
> 
> > Awakening The Avenger has a drum track, although I really am not very
> > happy with it. Some of the instruments have also been re-balanced
> > slightly.
> 
> I realy dig Awakening the Avenger, except for the drums, which 
> sound like you have to learn/practice drum programming a lot ;)
> 
> I'm vaguely reminded of the Alan Parson Projects "Hyper Gamma Spaces" 
> and "Lucifer", but that might be because I have been listening to them 
> frequently these days ;)
> 
> First, this GM drumkit is no good. You need sounds with some depth and 
> style. One of Hydrogen's kits should do, if your hardware hasn't something 
> better to offer.
> 
> Then you need breaks and fills in places, ghostnotes (barely hearable
> hits inbetween) ... think of how a real drummer keeps being busy.
> >From "traditional" drumming over big beat to breakbeats I could imagine 
> everything, though.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Thorsten Wilms

I am painfully aware than my drum skills are vanishingly above zero :(

It is a real struggle for me to achieve anything at all with this. I
seem to have a complete musical deaf spot when it comes to percussion
and have to do a lot of work for many hours to get anything even
remotely presentable. The result is it always tends to sound rather
laboured.

Put a keyboard in front of me and I'll really enjoy myself, guitar to a
lesser degree as well, and even some wind instruments, but drums...
Disaster!

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F