Free Drum Loop - bpm: 80

Originally Posted by Dale Baker on November 3, 2009

Today is a special one...I am "babysitting" some mics for my friend Mark who is in Samoa, and I set up a couple of drums last night, my M-Audio interface, and started recording into Logic.  The kids were asleep, and so I tried to keep the sound of my drums down low, because of that I think I grabbed a bit of noise from having the gain too high on the mics...still, you'll get the idea and I think the results turned out pretty good, considering.  There are about 5 things floating around on this one:

• Kick Drum (26" Ludwig Scotch Bass Drum)
• Ludwig Acrolite snare played with Timpani Mallet cross-stick
• Egg Shaker
• Broom Brushes (playing 8th notes)
• iDrum - adding some low end "boom" and and a bit of thuddy "electronic - ness"

I then added some compression to the kick, egg and brooms, put some delay on the snare to add some motion, and then played with the volumes on the separate instruments to get a mix I was happy with.  I hope you're happy with it too...It was a fun experiment and I hope to do it again! 

For those keeping score at home, this one is at 80 beats per minute, so set your sequencer tempo accordingly.  Oh, and I think this is a 2 measure loop too, just fyi.  Here you go:

Loop of the Day for Nov. 2nd

Originally Posted by Dale Baker on November 3, 2009

Today is a special one...I am "babysitting" some mics for my friend Mark who is in Samoa, and I set up a couple of drums last night, my M-Audio interface, and started recording into Logic.  The kids were asleep, and so I tried to keep the sound of my drums down low, because of that I think I grabbed a bit of noise from having the gain too high on the mics...still, you'll get the idea and I think the results turned out pretty good, considering.  There are about 5 things floating around on this one:

• Kick Drum (26" Ludwig Scotch Bass Drum)
• Ludwig Acrolite snare played with Timpani Mallet cross-stick
• Egg Shaker
• Broom Brushes (playing 8th notes)
• iDrum - adding some low end "boom" and and a bit of thuddy "electronic - ness"

I then added some compression to the kick, egg and brooms, put some delay on the snare to add some motion, and then played with the volumes on the separate instruments to get a mix I was happy with.  I hope you're happy with it too...It was a fun experiment and I hope to do it again! 

For those keeping score at home, this one is at 80 beats per minute, so set your sequencer tempo accordingly.  Oh, and I think this is a 2 measure loop too, just fyi.  Here you go:

Loop of the Day for Nov. 2nd