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22 Jan 00 - 12:26 PM (#166717) Subject: MIDI Drum patterns From: Grey Wolf I'm looking for some collections of midi drum patterns. Trawling though numerous seach engines I've come up with loads of wav and mp3 loops, but am having difficulty finding simple midi patterns. I'm looking for a selection of drum patterns in various styles that my students can use as a starting point for composition. Any help gratefully received. Wolf |
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22 Jan 00 - 12:38 PM (#166722) Subject: RE: MIDI Drum patterns From: M. Ted (inactive) This isn't on the Web, but Band-in-a-Box has a really comprehesive selection of styles (and they are editable) and it is very simple to create standard midi files with any of the parts, down to the drum tracks--I use them a lot--just import them into Musicshop(which I prefer to the more complex and more recording rather than composer oriented Vision program)--however BIAB is available in both MAC and PC versions Truth be told, you should teach your students how to write those rhythm patterns themselves, because if they are going to learn to compose anything in any of those idioms, they have to know how to write drum parts, anyway-- |
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22 Jan 00 - 12:52 PM (#166728) Subject: RE: MIDI Drum patterns From: Grey Wolf I agree with you regarding the fact that they should learn themselves - but they have to start somewhere. Wolf |
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22 Jan 00 - 02:35 PM (#166775) Subject: RE: MIDI Drum patterns From: M. Ted (inactive) Actually, I was sort of thinking that you could teach them--In all seriousness, drum patterns are a good way to start writing on a sequencer-- Not that I am any great shakes at this(I am a composer, and I use the sequencer and notation programs to compose, but I don't use them to make professional recordings) but I did start sequencing by editing and programing, one measure at a time, on one of those old Roland drum machines-- I don't let it out here much(there are some in this group with a real antipathy to MIDI stuff) but I am very fond of sythesizers and sequences, and I have a little 25 cent lecture about how music boxes were the first programable machines and that the cylinders and disks contained what amount to the first programs-- Any, you should start them working from the bottom up--once you understand how to write drum patterns, everything else falls into place-- If they are like the other million people (most are kids in one way or another) who work with MIDI, once you show them how to enter a few drum beats, they'll grab it and run with it-- |
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22 Jan 00 - 11:17 PM (#167003) Subject: RE: MIDI Drum patterns From: Helen Hi Grey Wolf, I don't know which of these links have midi files but they all have some sort of notation or sound files for drum rhythms. I'll probably go an check them out again now just to see what format they are in. The taalwizard is a downloadable program with lots of rhtyhms, although mostly Indian drum rhythms I think. Helen Jim's Drum Rhythm Transcriptions http://www.newview.org/salem/rhythm.html TaalWizard: Downloads http://www.taalwizard.int.ch/~borda/Downloads.htm Index of /Music/Midi/DrumPatterns/VARIOUS http://www.mediaport.net/Music/Midi/DrumPatterns/VARIOUS/ drumming - rhythm catalogue http://www.stc.net/%7ehearth/rhythmcatalog_txt.html Groove Archive http://www.cse.ogi.edu/Drum/groove/ |
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22 Jan 00 - 11:25 PM (#167007) Subject: RE: MIDI Drum patterns From: Helen Sorry, Indian as in India, & I forgot the thingies, blue, clicky Helen
http://www.newview.org/salem/rhythm.html http://www.taalwizard.int.ch/~borda/Downloads.htm
http://www.mediaport.net/Music/Midi/DrumPatterns/VARIOUS/ http://www.stc.net/%7ehearth/rhythmcatalog_txt.html http://www.cse.ogi.edu/Drum/groove/
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23 Jan 00 - 02:33 PM (#167173) Subject: RE: MIDI Drum patterns From: Grey Wolf Thanks, Helen, that was helpful |
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23 Jan 00 - 09:06 PM (#167337) Subject: RE: MIDI Drum patterns From: John in Brisbane http://space.tin.it/musica/ckfer/ritmi.htm which has a very well notated selection of Brazilian, Cuban and Calypso patterns. I bookmarked this some time ago from the NoteWorthy Composer site, but I have also seen some more basic rhythms in MIDI - But where? Regards, John |