How To Program MIDI Drums
Added 2024-01-10 20:28:10 +0000 UTCI know there's loads of you here that are just starting to venture into (or wanting to venture into) the world of home recording and keen to start committing those home-brewed riffs and solos to disk! But unfortunately you're not gonna get very far if you don't know how to program some tasty drums to accompany your creations.
In this lesson I show you exactly how to get started writing digital drums using MIDI plugins, as well as some songwriting tips and best practices to incorporate into your compositions.
I'll be following this up with an advanced MIDI drums lesson very soon, where I'll be showing you some more in-depth beats and fills to make your drums even more pro!
Good luck and don't forget to share your progress with everyone in the Discord server!
0:00 Intro
3:28 Setting the VST path
4:44 Loading your instrument
6:00 Inserting MIDI
7:50 Core components of a drum kit
13:23 Using the piano roll
17:30 About MIDI drums
21:30 Making a beat
30:35 Adding variation and fills
35:09 MIDI velocity
Comments
Great lesson! So cool. I always wanted to learn how to program drums. After this lesson, I can program my first basic drum beat. Rock!
Guitar Sensei
2024-10-31 17:57:51 +0000 UTCYeah waiting for the next midi drum lesson, also will be good if you can record that midi drums with a midi controller or a keyboard piano
Wilbert Aranda
2024-01-17 23:58:24 +0000 UTCAwesome lesson, needed this. Such an important part of being a modern guitarist, but feels like very few people teach this for guitarists from the perspective of a guitarist. MOAR please! Could you also do one for MIDI bass? Thanks!
LC
2024-01-14 07:02:26 +0000 UTC
