HalfBlacko0000
Good Music
hey guys this is kinda a 2 part question something 1) i should of learned a long time ago just never took the time to learn i'm now taking relative pitch training and i'm not far along but anywho i have a couple of drum samples with the key sig in the name and i was making a beat with the drums in tune and the difference is like night n day when your drums are out of tune i must of been pretty close in my other beats because they don't sound bad but they sounded alittle off in the drum area so my question is how do you guys tune your drums? i know by ear is the sure fire way but my ears are not in tune hence the relative pitch training. i know your gonna say well if you can tell if its off then you can tell its on which makes sence but it almost reminds me of a foggy area you can only see so far without it getting blurry. i use logic pro 9 and i've been using the guitar tuner on my drums and sometimes it works but most of the time it can't relay the pitch so are there any tricks or tips or a drum tuning plugin i would really like a good plugin for this so i can atleast check if i'm right or wrong. i was also wondering what do i have to tune and what don't i have to tune hihats? claps? cymbols? i know kick n snare should be but what else should be tuned if you tune other percussive instruments let me know.
2) i asked a question awhile back ago about drum fills and rythm which i figured out but now that i have the groove down it still is missing something so i went back and i was listening to some of my fav. drum fills and i know when you stike a snare your not gonna get the same pitch, velocity each time you hit it it sounds like when they program or play drums on the fills the snare is pitched up and down a semitone to give it some movement does anyone do this with there drum fills? if so could you explain alittle about how to pitch it to give it a more natural feel to them? thanks again guys these 2 questions have really been bugging me
2) i asked a question awhile back ago about drum fills and rythm which i figured out but now that i have the groove down it still is missing something so i went back and i was listening to some of my fav. drum fills and i know when you stike a snare your not gonna get the same pitch, velocity each time you hit it it sounds like when they program or play drums on the fills the snare is pitched up and down a semitone to give it some movement does anyone do this with there drum fills? if so could you explain alittle about how to pitch it to give it a more natural feel to them? thanks again guys these 2 questions have really been bugging me