Latino Beats

[Micol Cohn]

Im impressed with Drum Designer and Editor and everything provided for laying down a drum track in Logic Pro X. The one area that seems to be focused mostly on only Rock, Pop and Techno is the area of Genre. I am interested in Latin American, also African influenced Blues and laying down multiple time signature beats for that nice 'Jazz night club' feel and area of rhythms.

The only thing that I can think of that can provide something similar is Addictive Drums latin stuff and Strike 2. But they don't work the same way Drummer does. There is nothing on the market like Drummer actually!

It looks like Addictive Drums works well within Logic and with Logic Pro X drummer.... I'm tempted... do you have experience with this and would you say it would be the answer to getting more genres into the Drummer environment while still being able to use the XY Pad to make easy adjustments and not have to get too absorbed into the technical side to start?

This is great to know. I'll focus on this as working with drums is an important thing, I think, to get a handle on, at least to know what my options are. The loops work perfectly, but Drummer is an experience to love. I'll put my request in for Apple to add and expand the library of choices. Meanwhile, I have added Addictive Drums 2 to the mix, as it has worthwhile possibilities to work with and a demo on YouTube shows the XY pad being used with it. Between loops and adding Addictive Drummer 2 I'm sure I'll come down to earth on this subject within the next few weeks and settle on having a choice of avenues... and back to making music...

Drummer is a MIDI sequence generator - nothing more. MIDI is just a musical language, so it's like notes on a staff. MIDI notes need to trigger an instrument, and while by default Drummer tracks use Drum Kit Designer or Drum Machine Designer, you can use whatever instrument you'd like it doesn't even have to be a Drum instrument, you could trigger guitars, harps, cellos, whatever you want. Logic or 3rd party, doesn't matter.

I won't belabor the point, to keep this thread on track, here is how I think I can get to the point of using Addictive Drums beats inside of Drummer in Logic Pro X, and get to my goal of an increased number of genre's.

I hope this pans out. I think the routing diagram is the key to getting the signal to Drummer. I think that routing diagram is a part of the Addictive Drums app. A step at a time now, one thing at a time. Let me know if you have any comment that might help me get this working.

Make sure you read, re-read and read my last post again? You can't use Addictive Drums beats inside of Drummer: Drummer is a pattern generator, and it doesn't take any input other than Logic's Drummer editor. On the other hand you can use Addictive Drums as an instrument triggered by your Drummer track.

You can't "get a signal to Drummer", so I'm not sure what you meant by that. It all starts with Drummer. Drummer generates a MIDI sequence. You have to route that sequence to an instrument to get sound. If the MIDI sequence needs modifications before reaching the instrument, then you can process the MIDI sequence after Drummer has generated it, and before it reaches the instrument, which is what is happening on your screenshot.

What I see on your diagram is that the user has remapped the notes from Drummer so that they would trigger the correct notes in Addictive drums. For example if Drummer generates C1 when it wants to trigger a kick, but AD is expecting D#2 to trigger a kick, then you need to remap C1 to D#2.

You have to realize that if you go this route, you're making things quite complex for yourself. Just want to make sure you're ready for a lot of tinkering, testing, troubleshooting, project management, environment importing/exporting, updating, template building, etc... so the time saved by using Drummer will be spent doing things that are nowhere near as fun as playing a beat on a MIDI controller or programming the beat yourself in the Piano Roll.

Again, I have looked down another long and endless alley. I'll back out of this for now, as the goal is to make music. Using Drummer, as is, and then putting together Apple Loops for the Latin American stuff is good for now. Maybe I can generate some nice Latin American MIDI drum tracks recorded from Addictive Drums that I can import into Logic Pro X, but then, as you have said, triggering the sound is the key.

Ah yes, PG Music, They do lay down some nice beats, and what I have been doing is with my newer version of BIAB let the beats play and then export to MIDI and bring that into Logic Pro X. Works perfect. I'll look into the Latin Pianist. Sounds good and Thank You Elazmo Hifetnfifter!:- )

PS: I found the $29 deal on PG Music and ordered, so now I have some very nice MIDI tracks to choose from. I don't want to set the world on fire, so I think I have enough 'equipment' to finish out my days on this planet, I'll get back to making music now and glad to have it all centered around Logic Pro X.

"But, for what it's worth," there are some crazy-fun creative possibilities(!) to be found by doing just what he suggested ... even if you find yourself having done it entirely by accident. "The Drummer," after all, is just an algorithm, which produces a complex and rhythmic note-sequence. Do we still remember the crazy, creative days when all these things really were "boxes," that really were connected by cables?

Hi Ken, I'm glad you are happy with The Latin Pianist. Back in the day ('90's), it was kind of a big deal, having access to real Latin music parts, composed and played by a trained, fluent artist. There was a companion book, called "The Salsa Guide Book," which was the bible for aspiring Latin pianists. Of course, these days, you can go to Cuba and study with the elders. Or with the teenagers...

There is so much to learn about cultures from the music, does it have any life to it? Does it set the house on fire or does it make you cry. Different periods of time and different composers make things happen. One of my favorites is Eliane Elias, the hot Brazillian pianist... But there are people who just play at home for their own enjoyment... Some of those are very good also, but hidden from public view... Good to meet you Elazmo, and thanks for leading me to the Latin Pianist, which I'm enjoying very much.

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