You might find it useful on one-shot beat, I don't know. The notching technique can be a little demanding and works best with loops. Playing drums parts from the keyboard is lame. If you decide to try a Midi controller make sure you get one with trigger pads. Sometimes I start with a bassline and add drums to work with or against it.Ĭheck this out on my website - Aphasia Complex and Decomposition, two tracks where all the drums were pieced together in Acid from one-shot samples.

Measures I use the most are 3/4, 4/4 and 7/8.

Once you have them the way you want it's easy to drop in loops for the other percussion and use the envelopes to kill the kick and snare in the loops. I find it best to start with kick and snare. Instead of chopping up loops just use the volume envelope to *notch-out* hits for variations on the beat. Then turn snap off and adjust timing where you hear things sounding too machine-like. Drag your drum samples in where you want them. Good practices for drums are pretty straightforward. Give it a try though maybe it's good for something and I'm too dumb to realize. This question is kind of all over the place but I'll give it a shot.Īcid 6 has a drum mapping utility which I find mysterious and probably less than useless. Thanks for all the advice that you may give me. What are the best measures to use when layering your drums?ĭo you think a Midi controller would help me out? Or should I start off with my samples first then add in my drums?

If I start off with one shots, what is the best to start with? Hi-hats first then add in kicks, snares, etc? Is that the best practice? if so, should I start off with already pre-defined drum loops and chop it up or should I start off with one shots? I was always told to start with your drums first then add in your samples, etc. I think I have plenty of drum sound resources to do alot of things. I have tons of drum loops, samples, one shots. What are the best practices for creating good drums in acid. My diversity on creating good drums has been very limited. I used to just lay down my sample and hopefully find a drum loop that would fit with its tempo. I used to just grab drum loops, chop it up, change tempo/pitch, etc and that was that. However, i've never been good at programming my drums in acid. I've made tons of music with the program and I think its awesome. Hello i've been a user of Acid pro projects since version 3.0.

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