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againsttheantichrist
05-23-2007, 04:12 PM
Does anyone know some programs I can use to do drum programming on? Preferably freeware if possible (I don't have too much money to spend right now).
Jeffw
05-23-2007, 10:27 PM
ha! no such thing as a good free drum machine!
JaQ
05-23-2007, 11:08 PM
try a basic version of Acid and use single shots. It is a bit limited, but it will only run you about $30
Munkey106
06-04-2007, 12:52 AM
I have Acid. Can you explain "single shots". Sorry I'm a newb in recording.
Father_Sole_Kiss
06-04-2007, 01:14 AM
iDrum on mac is a great program!
Munkey106
06-04-2007, 01:34 AM
Anyone know anything FREE and easy (well....preferably easy) for Windows?
Hakeldama
06-04-2007, 05:10 AM
Some might suggest living a pirate's life and downloading something like ableton off a torrent. Not me though, I would never advocate such a thing...
JaQ
06-04-2007, 07:19 PM
I have Acid. Can you explain "single shots". Sorry I'm a newb in recording.

Single shots are the individual drum sounds. They're small drum samples with just a single hit. You can place each drum sound on a separate track and 'draw' each hit in where you want it. It's kind of limited, the sound you get is what you get. the dynamics would suffer greatly, but for a cheap and easy/basic drum program, this would be it. You can still change the volumes of each hit to make it sound a little less programmed, but it is very time consuming. This is just how I did it before I picked up Reason. and before that I programmed my drums on a Roland XP-50. (even more time consuming than Acid.)
Nomad
06-04-2007, 07:26 PM
Pretty much your best bet if free is your requirement: http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/hotstepper.shtml

Similar to iDrum, but not as intuitive or fun. And it's for Windows.
Munkey106
06-05-2007, 04:12 PM
Pretty much your best bet if free is your requirement: http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/hotstepper.shtml

Similar to iDrum, but not as intuitive or fun. And it's for Windows.

Thank you! I just downloaded it. I will work with it tonight.
againsttheantichrist
06-09-2007, 08:02 PM
Thank you! I just downloaded it. I will work with it tonight.

Hey Munkey, how do you get the toms on that thing. I'm trying to draft out a drum intro to a song, and I can't find them.
Munkey106
09-02-2007, 03:11 PM
Not sure. I hated that program.
againsttheantichrist
09-02-2007, 03:30 PM
What about this one?

http://www.guitar.sk/drums/drums_main.htm
knives
09-02-2007, 05:03 PM
Drumsite seems good to me. It costs $55 dollars though, and you can't save your files in the demo version...
Still, $55 isn't too bad.