Every guitarist would benefit from developing their "drummer mindset" even if they don't intent to program drums. It's a brilliant creative springboard for riff writing. People usually thinking that "drum patterns are inspired by guitar riffs" but the opposite is also true - a lot of guitar riffs are inspire by drum patterns. And you don't even need to physically learn drums to be a good drum pattern writer. Thanks for this great tutorial! very inspiring and awesome to get a head start from someone with decades of experience, helps avoid the years of trial and error that too many unfortunately go through.
Thank you for putting this out! I'll make sure to send this to every non-drummer I know, cause even being a drummer, I picked up some new ideas here. The rest of the time, I wholeheartedly agreed with what you were saying or went, "huh, I guess I always do that while drumming". Props especially for the part about snares being too loud in blast beats (Euro Blasts), that drives me nuts so hard I deliberatly play my snare less loud (and programm them at lower velocity, of course). P.S.: You were spot-on the first time, Paiste is pronounced as "pie's tea".
holy moly, I always paid attention to what a decent drummer could play, but the flams and the off grids that you showed, I'm gonna fix those ASAP, much appreciated
So much great information in there. Heavily leaning towards drum midi which I am tweaking to my needs. Will have to check my current project to make sure all snares are slightly behind the kick during the 4 on the floor beats. Josh, I hope we can also see you using the new submission audio architects bass during one of the next mix walkthroughs?
This is exactly what I needed. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to programming drums/bass. Any plans to expand your STL pack in the future with more amps? I'd love some ENGLs tossed in there. Cheers man.
Really good stuff here. Though I've been cognisant of a lot of this myself, I never considered some things such as varying the velocity between each "hand". Thanks for sharing this!
Enjoyed this! I've been programming drums in Guitar Pro since my teens but always struggled with fills, so this helped. As you say, watching drum cams is endlessly informative! Would love to see a follow on from this, maybe looking at "intermediate" programming, as it were.
funny to come from the other side as a drummer picking up guitar recently, I find having a library of basic beats like blasts, skank, different Doublebass grooves and varying Backbeats helps, you pick one you like or compare different ones under the same beat and ask for what feel you want To go in that song or part... more laid back and chill ? why not try to have the downbeat on the 3 or even off beat kilter shit like on the 3 and or the 4 and. want more aggressive, driving part? stick probably best to the classic skank on 2 and 4 With downbeat 9r q blast. from these groundbeats it is just embellishments, so fills, accent or snare permutations, a little additinsl splash or china or crash here and there,little additions to keep things from getting to stale. sometimes something as simple as changing a cymbal from hihat to ride in say the classic slayer skank beat can change the feeling of a riff fundamentally. last but kit least, experiment and have fun. if you like how ot comes out and the feel it creates, fuck the opinion of others.
El mejor programador de batería midi...es un baterista en un kit de verdad... No se puede reemplazar a un baterista!! Reemplaza a mike mangini a ver cómo te va!!! Reemolaza a Gavin Harrison a ver cómo te va!!!
Josh , you should consider making an in depth lesson on these ideas , including fills ect and thoroughly cover drum programming , id happily pay for that , i struggle with writing good drums .....im considering buying mishas course on drum programming if anyone has tried that ?
I can’t say I’ve seen any courses on drum programming, but I think it’s worth checking out MIDI groove libraries and looking at the MIDI (even if it’s not one of mine) as well as taking more of an interest in drumming
Yeah I always just program them in! I think snare flams are best left when it's depending on the bpm you're working with so we didn't specifically sample flams
@@JoshMiddletonOfficial Awesome! I am also noticing big loudness jumps between the velocities. Is it intended like this or is it anything that can be improved, to get smoother volume increase?
Every guitarist would benefit from developing their "drummer mindset" even if they don't intent to program drums. It's a brilliant creative springboard for riff writing.
People usually thinking that "drum patterns are inspired by guitar riffs" but the opposite is also true - a lot of guitar riffs are inspire by drum patterns. And you don't even need to physically learn drums to be a good drum pattern writer.
Thanks for this great tutorial! very inspiring and awesome to get a head start from someone with decades of experience, helps avoid the years of trial and error that too many unfortunately go through.
For anyone new to writing with virtual drums, Misha Mansoor's old videos on this are absolute gems too.
Great work Josh. Everything you need to know about programming metal drums here in half an hour that most other courses take hours to explain.
This Gentleman really knows his stuff. Appreciate this, Josh. Cheers.
Thank you for putting this out! I'll make sure to send this to every non-drummer I know, cause even being a drummer, I picked up some new ideas here. The rest of the time, I wholeheartedly agreed with what you were saying or went, "huh, I guess I always do that while drumming". Props especially for the part about snares being too loud in blast beats (Euro Blasts), that drives me nuts so hard I deliberatly play my snare less loud (and programm them at lower velocity, of course).
P.S.: You were spot-on the first time, Paiste is pronounced as "pie's tea".
holy moly, I always paid attention to what a decent drummer could play, but the flams and the off grids that you showed, I'm gonna fix those ASAP, much appreciated
I use EzDrummer 3 since I have 0 rhythm on drums but this give me a better starting point 🙌🤘🔥🔥🤘
So much great information in there. Heavily leaning towards drum midi which I am tweaking to my needs. Will have to check my current project to make sure all snares are slightly behind the kick during the 4 on the floor beats. Josh, I hope we can also see you using the new submission audio architects bass during one of the next mix walkthroughs?
This is exactly what I needed. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to programming drums/bass. Any plans to expand your STL pack in the future with more amps? I'd love some ENGLs tossed in there. Cheers man.
Great video Josh! I would love to see a full programming video from you. Picked up the midi pack and it’s really fun 🤘❤️
Really good stuff here. Though I've been cognisant of a lot of this myself, I never considered some things such as varying the velocity between each "hand". Thanks for sharing this!
Enjoyed this! I've been programming drums in Guitar Pro since my teens but always struggled with fills, so this helped. As you say, watching drum cams is endlessly informative! Would love to see a follow on from this, maybe looking at "intermediate" programming, as it were.
Really good stuff, thanks for sharing. Would be keen to learn more about some different fill types. This one finished too soon!
Doing the lords work 🎉
I needed this video lol thanks Josh
funny to come from the other side as a drummer picking up guitar recently, I find having a library of basic beats like blasts, skank, different Doublebass grooves and varying Backbeats helps, you pick one you like or compare different ones under the same beat and ask for what feel you want To go in that song or part... more laid back and chill ? why not try to have the downbeat on the 3 or even off beat kilter shit like on the 3 and or the 4 and. want more aggressive, driving part? stick probably best to the classic skank on 2 and 4 With downbeat 9r q blast. from these groundbeats it is just embellishments, so fills, accent or snare permutations, a little additinsl splash or china or crash here and there,little additions to keep things from getting to stale. sometimes something as simple as changing a cymbal from hihat to ride in say the classic slayer skank beat can change the feeling of a riff fundamentally. last but kit least, experiment and have fun. if you like how ot comes out and the feel it creates, fuck the opinion of others.
Man that Derek Roddy video was a classic. I remember watching that and the guy from Warface on repeat
Roddy is a BEAST 💪
Great Video, thanks Josh
Awesome video thanks, are there any updates coming out in the future to help Mapping on mainly hi hat settings on electronic drums? Thanks
Awesome stuff. It's good to have grooves, too, when you are feeling lazy 😅
El mejor programador de batería midi...es un baterista en un kit de verdad... No se puede reemplazar a un baterista!! Reemplaza a mike mangini a ver cómo te va!!! Reemolaza a Gavin Harrison a ver cómo te va!!!
Dude my drum programming is basically ripping off everything Gene Hoglan does on his playthrough of skeksis by strapping young lad 😂😂
Superb shout. What a tune. A real showcase of his flare and taste.
A man of culture.
Ripping off music you like is the foundation of all songwriting
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@@bengreenbank this drum fill 😍😍😍 th-cam.com/video/-eaIvh6ELVg/w-d-xo.html
Josh , you should consider making an in depth lesson on these ideas , including fills ect and thoroughly cover drum programming , id happily pay for that , i struggle with writing good drums .....im considering buying mishas course on drum programming if anyone has tried that ?
I can’t say I’ve seen any courses on drum programming, but I think it’s worth checking out MIDI groove libraries and looking at the MIDI (even if it’s not one of mine) as well as taking more of an interest in drumming
Can you do like the oposite sort of video?
Like what would you do if you did have 3 hands?
🤘🤘
Is there a way to do a snare flam on this uhd software?
Yeah I always just program them in! I think snare flams are best left when it's depending on the bpm you're working with so we didn't specifically sample flams
@JoshMiddletonOfficial cheers man. Loving jamming along with the new midi pack to get me started
I have big problems with hi-hat. What about hi hat?
Random question.. Did you have your tonsils removed?
When the guy teaching isnt using a drum map, i click off
Hi Josh, is it possible to add a cc learn for the high hat?
So the high hat works with an electric drum kit (like alesis).
Thanks in front
e-kit update coming soon
@@JoshMiddletonOfficial Awesome!
I am also noticing big loudness jumps between the velocities. Is it intended like this or is it anything that can be improved, to get smoother volume increase?