Recording Drum Track

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STUDENT ASSIGNMENT SHEET

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Te ollowing is a diagram o where o locae specific sounds on he MIDI keyboard or each
drum bea.

Assignment:
Record he drum beas below ino he sofware, one rack a a ime. I possible, record all our
measures o each rack wihou sopping. Do no copy and pase or loop. I you have o sop,
 jus sar he recording
recording where you lef off.

Procedure:
1. Open a new file by choosing File > New.
2. Save he file as “Drum Beas _ _” (your wo iniials).

Do the following procedure in the same file for each of the drum beats given
below.
3. Add hree sofware insrumen racks and choose drum sounds appropriae or he syle
 you will be re-creaing (echno,
(echno, rock, hip-hop, ec.).
4. Se he meronome o wha is comorable
comor able o record as close o he click as possible beween
80–95.
5. Record each par on a separae drum rack.
6. Record as close o he meronome click as possible.
7. Record our measures a a ime wihou sopping.
8. Do no copy and pase or loop measures.
9. Quanize each rack beore recording he nex rack. I you play quarer noes, quanize o
he 1/4 noe. I you play eighh noes, quanize o he 1/8 noe. I you play sixeenh noes,
quanize o he 1/16 noe.

Basic Techno Beat:

Tis is a very
ver y basic drum bea uilizing quarers and eighhs. Te variaion in he hi-ha, using
an open sound or “splash” (B ♭) on he upbeas, adds a nice color o he groove. Record each
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par a 80–95 o be as close o he meronome click as possible, bu play back he drum se
patern/syle a a echno empo o 126–144.

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I your original drums sounded like echno (elecronic) drums, change he drum se o a rock
ki and slow he playback empo o 116. Now you have a disco bea rom he 1970s!

Basic Rock Beat:

Choose hree accousic drum kis like a rock ki. Record a 80–90 bu play back he bea a
104–116.

Rock Beat Variation:

I you leave ou he cymbal patern, his is he basic bea o he Queen song “We Will Rock
 You.” You may wan o se he meronome o 70–80 o record he cymbals. Playback empo
is 72–92.
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Basic Hip-Hop:
Choose hip-hop, 808 or 809 drums, i you have hem. Record he c ymbal par firs. When you
record he bass drum, aim or he eighhs in he cymbal. Playback empo is 88–98.

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Slow Hip-Hop:
Tis is he same as he Rock Bea variaion, excep he firs bea inroduces sixeenh noes in
he bass drum. Record he cymbal par firs a a empo o 70–80. When you record he bass
drum, lisen o he sixeenh noes in he hi-ha. Te firs wo measures o he bass drum par
are writen wih sixeenh noes and ress, so you can see each o he our sixeenh noes o he
 bea. Te second wo measures show he radiional way o noae his figure. Playback empo
is 76–92.

Advanced Hip-Hop:
Tis is prety sophisicaed suff. Se he meronome o 70–80 o record he cymbal par fi rs.
Playback empo is 88–98.