RTAS compatible drum software?

[tritonkorg]

hi..i also wanted to know if you guys know of any drum software with drum kit sount library and loops that works fine with protools and can be used for pop songs..most programs are for house, techno, and hiphop...i haven't found anything for soft music yet.

[Cliffy_Boy]

BFD from www.fxpansion.com

[Herkimer]

I went to the BFD website and perused the information. it looks like BFD is more of a program for sequencing pre-recorded loops than for creating original drum grooves. Is that correct? Can I program step-wise in BFD? I find banging out beats on a midi keyboard to be laborious and considerably limiting.

Most groove authoring suites (like Fruity Loops and Beatcraft) offer a grid-based window wherein you place drum hits according to a beat map. Then you can modify the pitch, velocity, panning, etc for each hit.

[Angus_FX]

With BFD you create original drum programming using Pro Tools' Piano Roll editor. Sounds like BFD's sister product GURU might be much more up your street:-

http://www.fxpansion.com/product-guru-main.php

Hope this helps,
Angus.

[Herkimer]

OMG - that looks fabulous. Thanks for the tip!!

I can't stand using someone elses beats in my tunes. It's a personal problem. I just think "it's not mine if I don't program it ALL."

PLUS, I work a lot in 6/8. I haven't yet found anything decent for 6/8 time. Then to really challenge a program - go from 6/8 to 4/4/ and back again.

Believe it or not, my Boss 864 digital recorder does it easier than any of the computer based drum machines I own. Although - granted - I only have experience with beatcraft and fruity loops. (I really should learn how to use Reason!! Can Reason change time meter and tempo?)

[CME]

On a less expensive note iDrums is a no frills Drum Machine that you create your own beats in and its about $50. Tried the demo but liked Reason (which was included in my Factory bundle) as well or better. Anyways it's worth checking out.

[spkguitar]

CME, iDrum is MAC only, and for most of the people reading this particular forum (Pro Tools LE Systems on Windows: 002, Mbox, 001), it would be irrelavant.

[Rail Jon Rogut]

I like GURU, Synchronic and DrumCore.

Rail

[Angus_FX]

PLUS, I work a lot in 6/8. I haven't yet found anything decent for 6/8 time. Then to really challenge a program - go from 6/8 to 4/4/ and back again.

Not a problem in GURU -- you can have any pattern length you want up to 32 steps, and beyond that any multiple (2, 3 or 4x) up to 128, and each of its eight engines has an independent "fractional tempo multiplier" (sounds very Star Trek, I know).. basically meaning each engine can sync to the master clock at fractions like 3/4, 5/7, 8/3 etc. Fantastic for polyrhythms.