hey so I was just wondering how everyone handles their drums, what i do is keep my synth bass on one midi track, kick and snare on another, and then hi-hats etc all on seperate midi tracks, I used to grid quantize my drums at 80% usually @ 1/16 or 1/8 so they dont sound robotic, but now ill record my drums @ 100% grid quantize, and then maybe do like 20%-40% shuffle quantize on the kick and snare. I dont know if doing the 100% grid, and then 20%-40% shuffle is a waste of time or not, my thinking is get the drums perfectly lined up, and then shuffle them, but I dont know if shuffle already does that.
Also what works well for me is layering, maybe like a clap and snare, or a kick and hi-hat etc. to make the sound fuller. Same goes for when Im doing like a brass section, to make it sound fuller ill do like a high pitch brass, and then ill move down an octave or two, and play the exact same notes to make it sound fuller. like its a whole band section. What does everyone else do I need to learn new methods? Im using a fantom g6, and a mv-8800. ive stuck with Roland, my first machine was a mc-505 groovebox
Also what works well for me is layering, maybe like a clap and snare, or a kick and hi-hat etc. to make the sound fuller. Same goes for when Im doing like a brass section, to make it sound fuller ill do like a high pitch brass, and then ill move down an octave or two, and play the exact same notes to make it sound fuller. like its a whole band section. What does everyone else do I need to learn new methods? Im using a fantom g6, and a mv-8800. ive stuck with Roland, my first machine was a mc-505 groovebox