aliengroover Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 A couple of years ago there was an article on Walter Afanasief with a sidebar tutorial on finger drumming. While I'm an MPC guy when it comes to drums, I've only recently begun hearing more about it, and it seems, at least, to be a more "natural" solution for doing drums on keys, than how it's typically done. Anyone on here "mastered" this technique, or implement it often? Peace If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking 'til you do suck seed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I try to avoid doint it on keys. The Roland Handsonic is great for finger drumming. The responce is much better than the pads of an Emu command station or Akai MC. Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundWrangler Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Wanna see a guy who's really good at playing drum parts on keys? Check out Dave Kerzner\'s online tutorials re: SampleTank2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmann Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 highly recommended. Every musician should develop this technique. the Handsonic is great - but you can get really good on a regular keyboard too. I have lots of controllers, and find myself often playing (for ex) hand drum parts on a keyboard just because I have gotten good at it. The great thing about this technique is that it is for everybody and you can practice it anywhere and all the time. a brief overview of Indian hand/finger drumming technique is useful. Ed Mann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I also prefer using a keyboard over any sort of pad for sequencing drums. The one thing that I try to do is reverse the order of the toms, so as you ascend the keyboard, you go down in pitch. Sometimes, if I really want to do it in one pass, I'll assign the closed and open hats to C# and D# repsectively, with kick on C and snare on D and E. This really tightens up the playing, and you can really use a modified version of the Walter A. technique...although he's a frickin' madman on keyboard drums. "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy jym Ghym Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 I've been surprised recently what a wicked sound u can get out of key drumming - just been recording bits on a Roland XV88 with the drum expansion loaded. It suddenly occured to me though, there's probably way better kits out there too. What samples are you guys using? Soft libraries? I'll rock, you roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Originally posted by zeronyne: I'll assign the closed and open hats to C# and D# repsectively, with kick on C and snare on D and E. You must be a Triton owner. I also like the kick on C and the snares on D and E. The hats tend to be assigned to G# and A# though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliengroover Posted February 20, 2004 Author Share Posted February 20, 2004 Originally posted by Jimmy j'ym Ghym: It suddenly occured to me though, there's probably way better kits out there too. What samples are you guys using? Soft libraries?I have a mixture of "custom" drums/percussion (my own and those of people I know) and many from sample libraries. My circle of programmers and I all toss around sounds we've made, culled from live sources and the processing of "stock" sounds from keyboards/modules. Future Music is a great source for drum samples, too. They come out with drum centered CDs often. I have a ton from them. There are a ton of sounds everywhere, it's just weeding through the garbage, and knowing what you're looking for. Peace If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking 'til you do suck seed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phait Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 I hate drumming on a keyboard. I have pads on my Fantom but go figure I don't use them! I don't like their response. So I (attempt to) use the keys. I've got some fun stuff holding down multiple keys with an arpeggiator in 1/24 for some wicked fast "drumming". But I do try to get a beat going, but I suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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