guitar tracks pro version 3

well, i finally did it.....i got some software...pro 3...so far so good!!

using M-Audio mobile pre usb interface.....

any other suggestions??

I thought pro 3 had lots of drum loops inside, i only found 4, is this right?
are there any free drums to be found?

the new guy,
steve
fenderworks

p.s. i have learned a lot in 2 days

Hi,

There are a bunch of drum loops on the GTPro3 CD. Check the following folders...

\\Audio Loops\Smart Loops
\\Sample Content\Play Along Songs by SmartLoops

Here you can get more free drum loops...
http://www.smartloops.com/Free/

Then from there you can get Cakewalk's Drumatic CD for even more drum loops.

That should keep you busy for a while ;-)

dude,
check out www.drumsondemand.com - i bought their vol2 cd and it is wicked.

slacks,

have'nt really paid attention to the country loops yet but i hope to get to them eventually- i am putting down a song using the hyper rock loops out of vol 2 and am very excited about them- they really do sound live - only trouble is i would like to vary a couple of the loops like change a ride on one loop to an open hat but i have no clue how to do this. The sound of these loops are amazing and are perfect for my track "one last show" - it is a fast rocker in the vain of blink 182 and presidents of usa. the smart loops that come with gtp3 seem pale in comparison but i'm sure i'll put them to use as well eventually.
i do have a couple of country and country/blues fingerstyle pieces (and one kind of cliche'ed country 12 bar with pedal steel licks you've heard a 100 times before lol lol) that i want to record.- so in 6 months lol when i eventually get around to putting them down i'll let you know what the loops sound like.
As for puter call, i am developing a love/hate relationship with computer recording, lol - it is totally a new trip for me and not one i made by choice just necessity- if i had cash i would lay everything down at a good studio somewhere and let the engineer have all the headaches associated with latency,drop-outs and all the other mysterious problems when delving into the digital world.
i miss the days where i would lay back in a control room sleeping or eating pizza or talking crap to friends only to interject occassionally to the engineer "can you turn up the tambourine" or "put some more fuzz on the bass" or "more fuzz on the hammond- i want that deep purple filthy hammond sound" lol then resume socialising with bandmates while the engineer dials up a sound. i also loved the excitement of co-mixing on a non-automated analog desk while
4 of us had 8 hands on the mixing board moving faders and muting and unmuting tracks. primitive cool has been replaced by technical nightmares- anyway i'm still having fun ... i think

hey nyhatco,
just got an email from DOD this morning telling me their is a volume 3 just released. It looks like it has loads of loops and single hits- i must of bought mine two weeks too early hey lol . Thanks for the response and i agree that it could get ugly replacing the rides. i thought maybe there was some software that is more friendly for chopping up loops - someone told me about abletons live or maybe slicy drummer or something but for now i'll just wait a while and probably grab the new vol 3.

When you paste the DOD loops in the edit view do you lift the level at all or do you wait till mixdown. My last track i am finding the drums are getting buried in a wall of guitars. When i mix i can probably fix this but i was just wondering if i should do anything in the tracking stage to make sure i have a good level on the drums - thank-you man

If I get cracks and pops I put the single hits on a different track. That usually works !!

ive got volume 1 from
drums on demand

now to get vol 2 & 3, i wonder if u get specials for buying the 2 together like if u buy 1&2?