So...
I've got MMM12 (yeah it's old) and I CANNOT play an acoustic drumset. So what I've always done is tap out the BD and snare beats on one MIDI track, then tap out the cymbals on another MIDI track, then tap out the toms and fills all on another midi track using 3 separate virtual instruments. Lastly, I sync everything up right manually. My input device has always been (pleeeeease don't laugh) a cheap old Cassio keyboard with MIDI ins and outs and my computer has MIDI ins and outs too.
This has always worked VERY well for me and even all my drummer friends couldn't tell I had used a cheap keyboard for the drum track. However...
...Now some friends of mine that are in a band want me to record them. No problem. EXCEPT FOR THE DRUMS!!!!! The vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, and synths all sound GREAT! But my recording of the acoustic drums sounds TERRIBLE!!!
My solution for the first song was to (grrrrrrrrrrrrr...#^&$\#%^!!) re-record the ENTIRE drum track by myself using my aforementioned method matching EXACTLY what the drummer played TO THE T. All his beats were simple so it really wasn't hard, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE OF MY TIME AND HIS TALLENT!!!! He really is a great drummer, but I'M just not skilled enough yet at capturing acoustic drum sounds with even the HQ mikes we were using.
SO MY QUESTION IS... (drumroll please... ;P )
Does anybody know of some good brands of acoustic drum triggers that are MIDI compatable that I can use with MMM12?
...preferably cheap... *cough* *cough* we're not doing anything fancy, I just want to hook up triggers to his acoustic drum set and "somehow" plug them into the midi in on my computer to use his acoustic set AS my MIDI input device instead of my old keyboard.
Does anyone have any experience with any SPECIFIC brands?
Thanks!
I've got MMM12 (yeah it's old) and I CANNOT play an acoustic drumset. So what I've always done is tap out the BD and snare beats on one MIDI track, then tap out the cymbals on another MIDI track, then tap out the toms and fills all on another midi track using 3 separate virtual instruments. Lastly, I sync everything up right manually. My input device has always been (pleeeeease don't laugh) a cheap old Cassio keyboard with MIDI ins and outs and my computer has MIDI ins and outs too.
This has always worked VERY well for me and even all my drummer friends couldn't tell I had used a cheap keyboard for the drum track. However...
...Now some friends of mine that are in a band want me to record them. No problem. EXCEPT FOR THE DRUMS!!!!! The vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, and synths all sound GREAT! But my recording of the acoustic drums sounds TERRIBLE!!!
My solution for the first song was to (grrrrrrrrrrrrr...#^&$\#%^!!) re-record the ENTIRE drum track by myself using my aforementioned method matching EXACTLY what the drummer played TO THE T. All his beats were simple so it really wasn't hard, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE OF MY TIME AND HIS TALLENT!!!! He really is a great drummer, but I'M just not skilled enough yet at capturing acoustic drum sounds with even the HQ mikes we were using.
SO MY QUESTION IS... (drumroll please... ;P )
Does anybody know of some good brands of acoustic drum triggers that are MIDI compatable that I can use with MMM12?
...preferably cheap... *cough* *cough* we're not doing anything fancy, I just want to hook up triggers to his acoustic drum set and "somehow" plug them into the midi in on my computer to use his acoustic set AS my MIDI input device instead of my old keyboard.
Does anyone have any experience with any SPECIFIC brands?
Thanks!