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Drum Loops etc to Jam along to

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  • 19-01-2010 3:48pm
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    jarain
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭


    Does anybody know of any good sites (free or very cheap!) that has a lot of good beats/loops/samples to jam along to.

    I play bass and would like to be able to throw a beat on a loop and jam along to get ideas, work on my improv etc.

    Anybody with any good suggestions?

    Thanks

    J


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    NoQuarter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    http://12bar.de/backing_midi.php

    Have fun!:)


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    jarain
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭jarain


    Thanks! That'll keep me busy for a while tonight.


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    jarain wrote: »
    Does anybody know of any good sites (free or very cheap!) that has a lot of good beats/loops/samples to jam along to.

    I play bass and would like to be able to throw a beat on a loop and jam along to get ideas, work on my improv etc.

    Anybody with any good suggestions?

    Thanks

    J
    What I do is use either Guitar Pro or FL Studio with a suitable drum VST. It depends on whether I want something that sounds pretty realistic or I just want a quick beat to jam along to. Both programs can export to midi so it's possible to copy beats from one program to the other. I've attached an example of the MIDI and MP3 output from FL Studio for one bar of a track that I was working on before Christmas.

    It will take time to learn but it's a very powerful solution as you can change tempo as required very easily.
    king-stew wrote: »
    http://12bar.de/backing_midi.php

    Have fun!:)
    That's a handy looking site, thanks for posting it up, I've added it to my bookmarks!


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    Dord
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    I have a bunch of them on my site but it's offline at the moment because i need to fix it. Hopefully I'll have it back online next week and i'll stick a link up.

    Most are made using Toontracks Ezdrummer and also there's one that was recorded by a real drummer. :D


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    Dord wrote: »
    I have a bunch of them on my site but it's offline at the moment because i need to fix it. Hopefully I'll have it back online next week and i'll stick a link up.

    Most are made using Toontracks Ezdrummer and also there's one that was recorded by a real drummer. :D
    I probably should have added that EZDrummer is what I use too. It's very handy.


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    Dord
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    I don't actually have it. The tracks were programmed by a guy on another forum I'm on and I keep an archive of the tracks for people to use. Basically someone suggests a drum track style and tempo, it gets created and then people have to go off and make some little song out of that. It's a lot of fun!

    I have a lot of half finished tracks though. :o


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    Dord wrote: »
    I have a lot of half finished tracks though. :o
    Heh, I know that feeling. I tend to blast through a song idea over a couple of hours in one evening. If it doesn't get finished in that sitting it's liable to moulder away on my hard drive for years as I think up more ideas to work on or just get distracted doing other stuff.

    As an example, earlier today I found a track which I'd left a note for myself on. It's been unfinished since Feb 17th 1998 :o. Maybe when I retire or if I win the Lotto I will find time to work on it again :).

    Anyway, getting back to EZDrummer, one useful feature it has is about 20,000 beat patterns that can easily be dropped into a DAW. I don't use them much but it's nice to know they are there.


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