Well,

I was thinking about getter a V-drum kit,
but then I checked out the HandSonic from
Roland. Wow. This is a really excellent
device.

The Handsonic is made to be played with
your hands. Its one pad, that has 15 sections,
and has a really light touch. Just your
finger tips and trigger the excellent
sounds that Roland has installed.

Its however a bit of cash at about $1000
smackers.....eeeeeekkkkkk. It is a v-drum
pad, and that's why its so much cash. If
nothing else its worth a trip to the
music store to check it out. I made this
trip a couple of weeks ago, and stayed for
about 3 hours playing with that darn pad.


If this is not in the cards, you can just
use the Grid based drum sequencing that is
common in most packages. Or, my new
fav program is "Reason". Wow. this is
a great, wonderful, excellent program. You
can program the drums in a number of ways,
old style TR808/909 or using the sequencer
at the bottom of the interface....either way
works in minutes. Or, a cheaper method
is FruityLoops another excellent shareware
package.

If you don't like these methods, and want
to play the drums live, try recording at a
slower rate. Maybe half speed or less, once
you have something you like.....blast the
BPM up to the drum and bass speed of what
150 to 160 range. This works toooo.


SWAIN:>>>