X2 Question: Creating drum loops

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ry1633
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2014/02/21 19:40:34 (permalink)

X2 Question: Creating drum loops

Hi all,
 
What's the best way to create drum loops?  I'm using X2 and have been through the entire library that came with it, and don't really like any of them for the project I'm writing (film music in the vein of Don Henley's "Goodbye To A River")
 
Are there any resources or downloads someone can point me to?   Are there some exist loop libraries for Sonar that are available?  -ryan
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    Anderton
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    Re: X2 Question: Creating drum loops 2014/02/21 20:06:39 (permalink)
    Start here.
    Then after you've created your loops, go here.
    These two articles should get you started. But don't forget that you can use Session Drummer 3 as a tone generator, and create loops using MIDI. That gives a lot of flexiblity. Have fun!

    The first 3 books in "The Musician's Guide to Home Recording" series are available from Hal Leonard and http://www.reverb.com. Listen to my music on http://www.YouTube.com/thecraiganderton, and visit http://www.craiganderton.com. Thanks!
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    ry1633
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    Re: X2 Question: Creating drum loops 2014/02/21 21:11:40 (permalink)
    Great thanks so much!    I also just discovered GrooveMonkee too, so I may cobble together some new stuff from them also.
     
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    Re: X2 Question: Creating drum loops 2014/02/22 18:09:51 (permalink)
    If you like random craziness, try looping 8 measures and turning on input quantize and tapping out something you like... Sometimes doing one stick and then the other in two passes through can work kind well. Clean it up and loop it. :-)

    StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
    I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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