EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

>>> I've never really "officially" learned the proper way to lay down
>>> drum beats in Logic.  It's painful as I play in real time on my keys
>>> and then go back and fix it.  Is there a better way?  Do one of the
>>> editors offer more?  Either Hyper or Matrix?

I get the best results by playing live with my kurzweil keyboard on a drum 
patch with the midi being recorded. I might play 50 bars to get one or two great 
bars with a great feel- usually quite far off from being quantized. One you 
have that, you can move the midi to another track - including the virus or 
softsynths.

I wish the Virus had a drum kit patch like the Nord Lead 2. I almost feel 
like buying the Nord just for those drum patches.

Back to the drum programming - you can easily do it in the matrix window - 
just write a note and copy and paste, then play with movement and quantizing. 

You can also cut some audio up (from a commericial CD) in recyce, then import 
the midi file or the rex file into Logic, and then change the sounds. You can 
also do this in Logic using the audio to midi function - often with a lot of 
garbage, so I don't usually do these.

Logic also has some sort of drum hyperset or something which I never use. I 
often wish it would just have a simple Recycle style sequence programmer. But 
the matrix actually does the same thing.

Thanks!  I appreciate your response. :) 

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, GAmoore@a... wrote:
> >>> I've never really "officially" learned the proper way to lay 
down
> >>> drum beats in Logic.  It's painful as I play in real time on 
my keys
> >>> and then go back and fix it.  Is there a better way?  Do one 
of the
> >>> editors offer more?  Either Hyper or Matrix?
> 
> I get the best results by playing live with my kurzweil keyboard 
on a drum 
> patch with the midi being recorded. I might play 50 bars to get 
one or two great 
> bars with a great feel- usually quite far off from being 
quantized. One you 
> have that, you can move the midi to another track - including the 
virus or 
> softsynths.
> 
> I wish the Virus had a drum kit patch like the Nord Lead 2. I 
almost feel 
> like buying the Nord just for those drum patches.
> 
> Back to the drum programming - you can easily do it in the matrix 
window - 
> just write a note and copy and paste, then play with movement and 
quantizing. 
> 
> You can also cut some audio up (from a commericial CD) in recyce, 
then import 
> the midi file or the rex file into Logic, and then change the 
sounds. You can 
> also do this in Logic using the audio to midi function - often 
with a lot of 
> garbage, so I don't usually do these.
> 
> Logic also has some sort of drum hyperset or something which I 
never use. I 
> often wish it would just have a simple Recycle style sequence 
programmer. But 
> the matrix actually does the same thing.