How to improve drum machine sound
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:18 pm
Heya LinuxMusicians! This is my very first thread on the website, I'll try to make it simple. I am not an utter newbie with home recording and recently I got into a new home recording/one man band project of mine.
I work with Ubuntu 18 and my plan is to merge guitar tracks recorded by using Audacity with the drum tracks sequenced with my Alesis SR-16 drum machine. It is widely known that the Alesis SR-16 is a very versatile and complete drum machine but the drum sounds are a bit of flat, especially when it comes about cymbals sound.
For my project I'd like to hear more realistic sound for the drum kit. Now, I have been thinking I could use the drum track prepared with the Alesis and transfer its MIDI file into my laptop and by using some magic trick I could make the MIDI drum track been read by a drum software (e.g. Hydrogen) which it has got a better sound library. In this way I should have the same drum track that was composed on the drum machine, now playing "better" as if it was an acoustic drum kit because its MIDI file has been "pimped up" by playing it with drum kits present on Hydrogen.
The MIDI file once edited, it should be converted in audio file too, I reckon but please tell me if I miss some bit.
I want to ask you if/how this dream of mine is realisable?
What MIDI software/sequencer/converter is best for me to use?
Any other drum sound library, apart from Hydrogen, that I should be aware of?
ps: before you can comment on, I tried composing drum tracks on Hydrogen but I could not figure out how to sync it with the audio track on Audacity and it's just driven me through weeks of frustration to the point that I rather prefer doing it on an external sequencer.
Positive suggestions will be highly appreciated
I work with Ubuntu 18 and my plan is to merge guitar tracks recorded by using Audacity with the drum tracks sequenced with my Alesis SR-16 drum machine. It is widely known that the Alesis SR-16 is a very versatile and complete drum machine but the drum sounds are a bit of flat, especially when it comes about cymbals sound.
For my project I'd like to hear more realistic sound for the drum kit. Now, I have been thinking I could use the drum track prepared with the Alesis and transfer its MIDI file into my laptop and by using some magic trick I could make the MIDI drum track been read by a drum software (e.g. Hydrogen) which it has got a better sound library. In this way I should have the same drum track that was composed on the drum machine, now playing "better" as if it was an acoustic drum kit because its MIDI file has been "pimped up" by playing it with drum kits present on Hydrogen.
The MIDI file once edited, it should be converted in audio file too, I reckon but please tell me if I miss some bit.
I want to ask you if/how this dream of mine is realisable?
What MIDI software/sequencer/converter is best for me to use?
Any other drum sound library, apart from Hydrogen, that I should be aware of?
ps: before you can comment on, I tried composing drum tracks on Hydrogen but I could not figure out how to sync it with the audio track on Audacity and it's just driven me through weeks of frustration to the point that I rather prefer doing it on an external sequencer.
Positive suggestions will be highly appreciated