Drum machine with patterns?

[tavasti]

Hi!

Is there some 'drum machine' software available which would include also patterns? I have Digitech guitar effect which has 'ok for me' beats, but I'd like to have something similar as linux software.

Hydrogen is fine software, but all the beats I create are lousy. Haven't found many beats for it, all from https://github.com/hydrogen-music/Song- ... repository

Ideally, big enough collection of patterns for hydrogen would be nice. Maybe even I could learn from them...

[ssj71]

hydrogen is very capable. It would be a good if we could get more people sharing their patterns though.

[sysrqer]

You could download midi files and import in to your daw (ardour/qtractor etc) and send the midi to hydrogen.

[j_e_f_f_g]

More than a drum machine, you may be interested in my auto-arranger software - BackupBand:

https://sourceforge.net/p/backupband/co ... ster/tree/

click on "Download snapshot". Unzip and read Docs/backupband.htm

[tavasti]

More than a drum machine, you may be interested in my auto-arranger software - BackupBand:

https://sourceforge.net/p/backupband/co ... ster/tree/

Nice idea. Unfortunately, I play guitar, so that does not match for me.

Mostly I would need 'drum machine' for just playing rehearsal. Put some beat running, and play with that beat.
So basic software drum machine, or good collection of hydrogen beats would be nice.

Any comments for these: http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/script_midi2hydrogen

[j_e_f_f_g]

Unfortunately, I play guitar, so that does not match for me.

Mostly I would need 'drum machine' for just playing rehearsal. Put some beat running, and play with that beat.

Click on the "Setup" button, and then "Accompaniment". There are 3 checkboxes labeled "No Drums", "No Bass", and "No Guitar". Check "No Bass" and "No Guitar" and those 2 musicians no longer play, nor do their samples get loaded. You've now turned BackupBand into a "drum machine" with 60 default "beats".

There you go.

Beyond that, you can add your own beats, delete or edit any of the 60 default beats, create/remove categories and reassign beats to categories, etc. Each beat offers upto 5 different variations (that you can switch on-the-fly using the Intro/Verse/Chorus/Bridge/Stop buttons), and note that each variation can be any number of measures in length and any meter. You can also create new kits, delete/edit existing kits, change the kit used by any beat, etc.

Furthermore, most functions can be assigned and controlled over midi. For example, a guitarist could setup an octave of bass pedals where each pedal plays a different chord, and thereby control backupband's bassist and rhythym guitarist while he plays over them. Great for practice.

This is extremely customizable software, and has a lot of power behind the simple gui (deliberately designed to be simple so that it's easy to use live. I use it on my own gigs). Frankly, I suspect it can do what you're looking for, but you need to read the docs and explore all the customization under the 5 setup menus. It's meant to be easy and quick to use live... after you change its setup to do what you want it to do. And you do that once only, because it always runs the way you've configured it.

[Luc]

Nice idea. Unfortunately, I play guitar, so that does not match for me.
Mostly I would need 'drum machine' for just playing rehearsal. Put some beat running, and play with that beat.
So basic software drum machine, or good collection of hydrogen beats would be nice.

In your case, I would recommend this:

http://www.powerdrumkit.com

It's Windows software, but runs fine through Carla. It takes MIDI input from any sequencer if you want, or you can just play along one of the many, many pre-recorded beats.

[rghvdberg]

Here's a thought.
Download the manual of this old drummachine. All the preset patterns are written in a kind of tablature.
See page 108 and further
http://cdn.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/DR-550_OM.pdf

[lykwydchykyn]

Hydrogen is fine software, but all the beats I create are lousy.

Well, let's change that!

This is an article I wrote YEARS ago, but it goes through the basics of constructing beats: http://www.alandmoore.com/blog/the-theo ... ogramming/

[tavasti]

http://www.powerdrumkit.com

It's Windows software, but runs fine through Carla. It takes MIDI input from any sequencer if you want, or you can just play along one of the many, many pre-recorded beats.

Carla loaded it, but GUI does not work (getting empty black window).

[tavasti]

More than a drum machine, you may be interested in my auto-arranger software - BackupBand:

https://sourceforge.net/p/backupband/co ... ster/tree/

click on "Download snapshot". Unzip and read Docs/backupband.htm

Checked out git.

No build instructions, tried run make. Added apparent missing dependencies, but does not compile:

gcc -Wall -O `pkg-config cairo-xlib-xrender --cflags` -c ./src/PickDevice.c ./src/Main.h ./src/MidiIn.h ./src/AccompSeq.h ./src/AudioPlay.h ./src/ConfigFile.h ./src/PickDevice.h
./src/PickDevice.c: In function ‘pickMidiDev’:
./src/PickDevice.c:113:1: error: ‘ifdef’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ifdef ENUM_MIDI_OUT
^
./src/PickDevice.c:113:1: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
In file included from ./src/PickDevice.c:18:0:
./src/PickDevice.h:13:23: error: expected ‘;’ before numeric constant
#define ENUM_MIDI_OUT 2
^
./src/PickDevice.c:113:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘ENUM_MIDI_OUT’
ifdef ENUM_MIDI_OUT
^
./src/PickDevice.c:99:12: warning: variable ‘cardNum’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
int cardNum;
^
./src/PickDevice.c:273:1: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
./src/PickDevice.c: At top level:
./src/PickDevice.c:275:2: error: #endif without #if
#endif

Ok, fixed ifdef -> #ifdef

Still, does not link
BackupBand.o: In function `handle_keypress':
BackupBand.c:(.text+0x32de): undefined reference to `findRhPatch'

Created ticket to sourceforge.

[tavasti]

This is an article I wrote YEARS ago, but it goes through the basics of constructing beats: http://www.alandmoore.com/blog/the-theo ... ogramming/

Starts with not so promising for me 'not as much towards styles such as heavy rock'. Ok, but I give it a chance some day.
Studying something new means concentrating it, and for me music is for relaxing, resetting my brains from work & all the rest.
Therefore, push the button to get beat solution works better for me.

[j_e_f_f_g]

Still, does not link

Well apparently I uploaded the wrong sources to SourceForge. I just redid the git push.

But no sense downloading the whole thing just for sources, so I uploaded a zip for you:

http://wikisend.com/download/881486/backupband.zip

Apparently, you're running an old 32-bit OS?

[Luc]

http://www.powerdrumkit.com

It's Windows software, but runs fine through Carla. It takes MIDI input from any sequencer if you want, or you can just play along one of the many, many pre-recorded beats.

Carla loaded it, but GUI does not work (getting empty black window).

Try this:
Run winecfg. Click the "Libraries" tab. Click the drop-down list and add "d2d1" to the list of "Existing overrides." Click "Edit..." Set it to disabled. Click OK until winecfg is gone. Run the plugin again.

[funkmuscle]

http://www.powerdrumkit.com

It's Windows software, but runs fine through Carla. It takes MIDI input from any sequencer if you want, or you can just play along one of the many, many pre-recorded beats.

Carla loaded it, but GUI does not work (getting empty black window).

Try this:
Run winecfg. Click the "Libraries" tab. Click the drop-down list and add "d2d1" to the list of "Existing overrides." Click "Edit..." Set it to disabled. Click OK until winecfg is gone. Run the plugin again.

just did that.. blank black window..