Making complex beats

You'd be better off getting something like DR008 as a sample player and surfing the web for some hip hop/d'n'b midi files to get the general idea.

I think GrooveMonkee sells midi files - if you search this forum I'm sure you'll find him.

I'll have a look and add an edit if I can find the link.

Regards

Graham

here you go

www.groovemonkee.com

ORIGINAL: BadgerParty17

i have a drum machine with midi out and midi in - could i use that to play midi drum samples stored on my computer?

yes. but you need a software sampler that will read the incoming MIDI messages and play back samples.

does anyone know any software or techniques used to create and record complex hip-hop/electronic/drum and bass drum beats

Battery or DR-008 are commonly-used drum software that might be worth checking out. Various CDs of loops are available, and one very common trick is chopping up the loops into individual hits or breaks to make your own beats and fills. Lots of hip-hop and drum and bass producers make an art form out of sampling drum breaks and chopping them up and mangling them in all sorts of creative ways. For more "classic" electronic synth-drum sounds, the Roland 808 and 909 drum machines are pretty much the sound of hip-hop. The orignal hardware boxes are quite expensive these days, but almost any software drum box will have samples of these two.

Cheers.

For more "classic" electronic synth-drum sounds, the Roland 808 and 909 drum machines are pretty much the sound of hip-hop. The orignal hardware boxes are quite expensive these days, but almost any software drum box will have samples of these two.

for those same sounds, you could just check out vsc, but use it in GS mode!!