drummer-new in recording

[drummarios]

whats up guys.i dont know if this is the right place for my question.so..im just gettin started on cubase.i have a roland TD 20 kit.i just want to ask if i can record my acoustic drums piece by piece and create samples of those drum sounds.then play and record drum tracks with the roland kit.and if im able to replace the roland sounds with the samples i recorded before from the acoustic drums.if its possible which is the easiest way to do it.hope u guys understand my question.thanx!!

[Electriclight]

Without looking it up I assume roland kit has MIDI outputs. So yes, you can use it to trigger samples. You will need a software sampler and whatever DAW you are using. However, you may find that purchasing professional drum samples is a wiser choice than trying to make your own.

[drummarios]

hey thanx for the reply.im sure its wiser and alot easier to purchase it and i will anytime soon.i just want to try my own to see how that works out.so the only way is to record the roland kit midi(yes it has a midi output) and then replace the sounds with my own?which software sampler do u guys recommend?(im using cubase btw).thanx!!

[Electriclight]

Originally Posted by drummarios

hey thanx for the reply.im sure its wiser and alot easier to purchase it and i will anytime soon.i just want to try my own to see how that works out.so the only way is to record the roland kit midi(yes it has a midi output) and then replace the sounds with my own?which software sampler do u guys recommend?(im using cubase btw).thanx!!

You might consider Kontakt, Battery, Reason NN-XT, there are many others. For starters you can try the Halion that came with Cubase.

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[.tom]

Reason won't make midi files -it's a handler like cubase etc. "Recycle" is an xlnt conversion pgm -I recommend this for your needs here.

[drummarios]

Cool.thanx for the help.i'll check the software u guys said and see what happens.peace!!!

[Electriclight]

Originally Posted by .tom

Reason won't make midi files -it's a handler like cubase etc. "Recycle" is an xlnt conversion pgm -I recommend this for your needs here.

I've just begun to mess around with Reason but what do you mean? Reason won't record MIDI? It certainly plays it back, right?

Importing MIDI & WAV files into Reason

[.tom]

pb would be 'handling'.. reason 'handles' midi files and midi controllers(kybd). right? right. when you assemble a tune in reason, you are using reason to handle midi files (sounds, can also be wav/aif) and it records your keystrokes on the keybd etc. right? right. when your composition is complete, you 'export' to wav file.

these are all 'handler' steps done thru reason. to load a midi file into reason, you must have a midi already. if you have a wav/aif file, reason can 'handle' it using certain devices within, but not all reason's devices handle these files and sometimes it is better for reason if the file is midi or 'rex' instead.

how do you make a 'midi' file? Not using reason.. you must use a different pgm to convert audio into midi. RECYCLE is one of many pgm's used to convert audio into midi. RECYCLE can convert to their own midi format called 'rex'. a 'rexfile' is reason's proprietary format. it's a reason-friendly format. RECYCLE also provides the option to convert as standard midi.