On Sunday, 26-Oct-97, Oblique Hospitality wrote [about Re: (idm) software
wanted]:
quoted 5 lines Performer kind of makes it difficult to do dense beats, as it doesn't>Performer kind of makes it difficult to do dense beats, as it doesn't
>have the weapon of choice for drum programming -- loop programming.
>Loop 2 or 4 bars, record in hits, erase 'em, add more. You can spend
>hours on the perfect 4 bar loop, but it's fun. Opcode's Vision works
>for me -- I do EVERYTHING that way.quoted 4 lines For a snare rush, read up on step recording in the on line help.>For a snare rush, read up on step recording in the on line help.
>Turn on step record, set the duration to 1/64 notes, and hammer that snare
>64 times. Then figure out if Performer will let you draw in velocity
>curves for that buildup, and you're there.
yeah, well. you can't do it while recording, but you can select the notes
and ramp the velocity from 0 to 64, etc.
quoted 4 lines All the drill and bass guys use a variety of tricks to get those drilling>All the drill and bass guys use a variety of tricks to get those drilling
>drum rolls. The MPC3000 (Mike Paradinas' current ax) has a repeat button
>you can hold down to get a drum roll. Who knows what Richard James uses.
>But consider that snare rushes are getting pretty played out.
yeah, I was quite surprised when I got in the studio how tedious the program
was, because even in a tracker, it's very hard to get smooth snarerushes, or
things like the bouncing ball in bucephalus..
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