The drum kit has a usb port with one end which is like the one for printers (not the regular usb end) and with that I can connect the kit to my computer.
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I want to record the drums thorugh Ableton, but I don't know how to set up the drums in the software.
So, I have Alesis DM Lite electronic drum kit and I also have Ableton Live 9 software. This tutorial is not complete but it is a start – below the line above I’ll be adding more info on how to use velocity and change the bpm.Sorry about the repost, I couldn't write a comment on the previous one, because I wasn't registered If you restart Reaper you will have to open the FX box and show the VST plugin and skip again. Hit ‘W’ on your keyboard – then press space to play. Let’s move on to Hi Hats – we’ll use closed and 8ths to move the beat along:Īgain double clicking follow the image below. To remove a note we can double click that note – let’s delete beat 2.ĭouble click in the grid to add the snare drum: see image below: You should here something like the audio below. Type ‘W’ on your keyboard and press space to play. See images below to create four beats using the kick drum. To enter notes we need to double click in on the grid. The first number is the bar number – the second number is the crotchet beat as shown below. In Reaper the grid is divided by Bar and then subdivided by using numbers like this: If you take a look at the following images you will see I have added some information to explain how the grid is divided so that we can use it to enter our notes and create a drum beat easier. Leave this as is or set it to 1/8 you can experiment later – for the moment this what we will use to carry on the tutorial. Next we need to make our note entries match the grid. If you change this value you will see the grid change 1/4 and the grid blocks will become larger – 1/16 and the blocks become smaller – above we have it set to 8ths – I have added numbers to the image to illustrate the division. Let’s set our grid value to 1/8 – this is 8th beats: Next we need to set our grid values and note values: Type or copy and paste the following line into the file box:Ĭ:\VST64\MIDI Mapping and drum map\Drum-Map for REAPER\MTPowerDrumKit 2 DrumMap.txtĪs you can see from the image above, the note names and been loaded – this will make it much easier for us to create drum beats. You will now have to use the browser to locate you file: Let’s load that file now – File – Note/CC names – Load note/CC names from file – Choose file… This file is in our VST64 folder or the folder where you installed the VST dll. You will have noticed the piano on it’s side to the left – to make it easier for us we need to edit the notes to reflect the instruments we are going to program – each drum sound is tied to a note value on the piano – this can get a bit messy if we are constantly auditioned sounds – to rectify this we can load a file to name the piano notes.įortunately MT PowerDrumKit comes with a file already created. I could go into an in depth discussion about all the different elements that are here but I’m going to keep it as simple as I possibly can just so I can get you creating a drum track.Ī couple of things to set up here to make things simpler and easier to understand. If the window is too small then press the ‘square’ button in the top right corner to enlarge. We now need to open the new item to bring up the piano roll screen.ĭouble click the newly created Midi Item. Type ‘W’ on your keyboard to return the cursor back to the beginning. We have now inserted our new midi item but if you notice the cursor/play position indicator is now at the end. Type ‘W’ on your keyboard – this makes sure the cursor/play position goes to the beginning. To do this we need to insert a midi item. Now we have our Drums inserted as a Virtual Instrument Track we can start creating some drums. The image above shows the space where our mixer console lives – this can be ‘docked’ or it can be floated to allow us more room for our ‘Track View’ show below.įor the time being we are going to leave our workspace as it is. Once you have closed the FX window you should now see a screen like the image below.
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