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Drum machine with patterns?
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...
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https://sourceforge.net/p/backupband/co ... ster/tree/
click on "Download snapshot". Unzip and read Docs/backupband.htm
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Nice idea. Unfortunately, I play guitar, so that does not match for me.j_e_f_f_g wrote:More than a drum machine, you may be interested in my auto-arranger software - BackupBand:
https://sourceforge.net/p/backupband/co ... ster/tree/
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
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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".tavasti wrote: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.
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.
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In your case, I would recommend this:tavasti wrote: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.
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.
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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
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Well, let's change that!tavasti wrote: Hydrogen is fine software, but all the beats I create are lousy.
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/
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Carla loaded it, but GUI does not work (getting empty black window).Luc wrote: 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.
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Checked out git.j_e_f_f_g wrote: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
No build instructions, tried run make. Added apparent missing dependencies, but does not compile:
Ok, fixed ifdef -> #ifdefgcc -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
Still, does not link
BackupBand.o: In function `handle_keypress':
BackupBand.c:(.text+0x32de): undefined reference to `findRhPatch'
Created ticket to sourceforge.
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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.lykwydchykyn wrote: 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/
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.
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Well apparently I uploaded the wrong sources to SourceForge. I just redid the git push.tavasti wrote:Still, does not link
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?
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Try this:tavasti wrote:Carla loaded it, but GUI does not work (getting empty black window).Luc wrote: 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.
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.
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just did that.. blank black window..Luc wrote:Try this:tavasti wrote:Carla loaded it, but GUI does not work (getting empty black window).Luc wrote: 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.
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.