On Mon, 1 May 2006 11:12:40 +0200 Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 01:22:49AM +0100, Folderol wrote: > > > Awakening The Avenger has a drum track, although I really am not very > > happy with it. Some of the instruments have also been re-balanced > > slightly. > > I realy dig Awakening the Avenger, except for the drums, which > sound like you have to learn/practice drum programming a lot ;) > > I'm vaguely reminded of the Alan Parson Projects "Hyper Gamma Spaces" > and "Lucifer", but that might be because I have been listening to them > frequently these days ;) > > First, this GM drumkit is no good. You need sounds with some depth and > style. One of Hydrogen's kits should do, if your hardware hasn't something > better to offer. > > Then you need breaks and fills in places, ghostnotes (barely hearable > hits inbetween) ... think of how a real drummer keeps being busy. > >From "traditional" drumming over big beat to breakbeats I could imagine > everything, though. > > > Cheers, > Thorsten Wilms I am painfully aware than my drum skills are vanishingly above zero :( It is a real struggle for me to achieve anything at all with this. I seem to have a complete musical deaf spot when it comes to percussion and have to do a lot of work for many hours to get anything even remotely presentable. The result is it always tends to sound rather laboured. Put a keyboard in front of me and I'll really enjoy myself, guitar to a lesser degree as well, and even some wind instruments, but drums... Disaster! -- F
