Drum Machine 101 - The Book (January Update)
Added 2024-01-27 10:34:40 +0000 UTCHello everyone! Today we have a brand new chapter for you: "Substeps, Retrigs, Repeats, Ratchets & Rolls". Quite a mouthful, but that happens when manufacturers can't agree on a single term. Coincidentally this chapter will be very useful for our next video, which we're currently filming :) We also added a changelog, which means this is getting serious ;)
If anything should be unclear, if you find an error or you feel like something is missing just drop us a line - either here in the comments or via PM. Any feedback is welcome!
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Hi Rebecca, back when we made our video about the 303 sequencer we thought about making a small accompanying visual guide. It probably wouldn't be part of the Drum Machine 101 book, but if enough people are interested we could pick that idea up again :)
Captain Pikant
2024-02-25 15:38:07 +0000 UTCCould you include some 303 things in here. I know it’s not technically a drum machine, but it does goes hand and hand with like the 606
Rebecca Juan
2024-02-25 00:26:22 +0000 UTCThanks Fraser! Some of these things are indeed already planned for the later chapters of the book :)
Captain Pikant
2024-02-14 09:29:35 +0000 UTCMaybe add some patterns that are representative of a few different styles e.g. disco, house, IDM, techno, talk about the basic characteristics, then suggest some methods of variation, mention standard pattern lengths 4 bars, 8 bars, and the kind of fills that can be explored. A whole section on song arrangements would be useful, ABAB, AAAB, etc. A few simple formulas for building song arrangements and how to maximise the workflow, like make 2 patterns alternate them and then copy the last pattern and add a fill, cold be enough to build almost a complete song structure, illustrated using hit tracks. A focus on basic structures and getting them quickly could get 80% of the work done, then you can add flourishes, copy sections and adding fills can get you close to a complete drum arrangement. You could compare & contrast how programmers approach drum patterns/variations and how real drummers approach the same task. Indeed drummers are restricted to playing only a max of 3 or 4 hits.
Fraser Brydson
2024-02-13 23:05:01 +0000 UTC
