Virtual Drummer
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Virtual Drummer
Hi there
I've just joined up.......I thought there must be a forum with Linux musicians.
I just downloaded AV linux and it's very impressive. All the plugins are amazing ( considering what we had a few years ago ).
I am trying to get my head around Ardour
Anyway one thing I wondered if anyone had thought of making is a virtual drummer plugin.
It would make jamming to tracks so much easier............rather than dropping blocks on arrange pages with the mouse all day! There's nothing worse I hate than either trying to play the drums on my mini keyboard like Keith Moon or dropping little blocks in all day like you are playing a musical version of Tetris! Sort of kills the whole thing.
Are there any programmers out there in Linux land who might be working on something like this at the moment would you know?
I've always had some good basic ideas about a plugin like this.....you could drop a load of midi files and fills and then do something simple like press F on the keyboard in realtime which triggers a random fill in midi........you could put lots of fills in there for variation..........
I have been playing with Helm and Triceratops ( or whatever it's called !) - it's very good...........lots of sounds in that.....
I've just joined up.......I thought there must be a forum with Linux musicians.
I just downloaded AV linux and it's very impressive. All the plugins are amazing ( considering what we had a few years ago ).
I am trying to get my head around Ardour
Anyway one thing I wondered if anyone had thought of making is a virtual drummer plugin.
It would make jamming to tracks so much easier............rather than dropping blocks on arrange pages with the mouse all day! There's nothing worse I hate than either trying to play the drums on my mini keyboard like Keith Moon or dropping little blocks in all day like you are playing a musical version of Tetris! Sort of kills the whole thing.
Are there any programmers out there in Linux land who might be working on something like this at the moment would you know?
I've always had some good basic ideas about a plugin like this.....you could drop a load of midi files and fills and then do something simple like press F on the keyboard in realtime which triggers a random fill in midi........you could put lots of fills in there for variation..........
I have been playing with Helm and Triceratops ( or whatever it's called !) - it's very good...........lots of sounds in that.....
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Re: Virtual Drummer
Hi
Not exactly a virtual drummer, but a virtual band, were you could select the drummer from.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/backupband/
I cant say much on it, as I haven't used it, but j_e_f_f, the author, is a active member of this forum, so, if you are interested in it, you could contact him here.
Not exactly a virtual drummer, but a virtual band, were you could select the drummer from.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/backupband/
I cant say much on it, as I haven't used it, but j_e_f_f, the author, is a active member of this forum, so, if you are interested in it, you could contact him here.
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Re: Virtual Drummer
Thanks for the shout-out, tramp,
BackupBand is essentially a virtual 3 piece band consisting of a drummer, bassist, and rhythm guitarist, But in the settings, you can individually turn off each of the "musicians". So if you want only the drummer, that's fine. And since you can create your own "styles", it's analogous to the Windows program "Band in a box".
BackupBand is essentially a virtual 3 piece band consisting of a drummer, bassist, and rhythm guitarist, But in the settings, you can individually turn off each of the "musicians". So if you want only the drummer, that's fine. And since you can create your own "styles", it's analogous to the Windows program "Band in a box".
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Re: Virtual Drummer
+1
I would love to try this out?.
I would love to try this out?.
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Re: Virtual Drummer
Go to https://sourceforge.net/p/backupband/co ... ster/tree/ and click on "Download snapshot". A "BackupBand" executable is included for 64 bit linux. For 32 bit, you'll have to compile it.
Read Docs/backupband.htm
Read Docs/backupband.htm
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Re: Virtual Drummer
j-e-f-f-g - man, this is great. I just opened it to give it a quick go and it is great! I am not kidding. Easy to use and has a great sound. Great job!
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Re: Virtual Drummer
Glad you like it. It essentially emulates the functionality of Yamaha's PSR line of keyboard arrangers.
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Re: Virtual Drummer
j_e_f_f_g
I spent a few hours using BackupBand yesterday - wow! Why didn't you pursue it? What else have you written?
I spent a few hours using BackupBand yesterday - wow! Why didn't you pursue it? What else have you written?
Re: Virtual Drummer
??? It's still actively developed. The next version will feature a completely configurable user interface. I don't mean just a skin or theme. I mean you can actually choose what controls you want, where you want them positioned, and in which windows (including adding new windows). So for example, if you have a large display, you could combine all the contents of the Styles, Chords, and Patches windows into a single window.12strings2hands wrote:I spent a few hours using BackupBand yesterday - wow! Why didn't you pursue it?
Or you can define no gui at all, for a headless (MIDI controlled) app suitable for single board computerslike a Raspberry.
Lots and lots of stuff, but most for other operating systems.What else have you written?
Around here, I'm mostly known as the guy behind "No Budget Orchestra/Band".
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