creating a drum loop

[tobiascarter]

Hi folks,

 

could someone steer this amateur in the right direction please.Ive done a search and a you tube search, but not finding the basic info that i need....

 

All i want to do is create a stomp box (flat four) and possibly a tambourine to accompany my blues guitar track.

 

If they had a pre-recorded loop in logic 9, i would have just used it, but i figure if i cant find it, i better learn how to create it.

 

So tell me, once ive created a software instrument track, out of all the plug ins and software instruments that i can select, how can i easily find a kick and a tambourine. do i have to go thru each one and press every key on my oxygen midi keyboard to see if there is a tambourine in it? and how come if i change plugins it gives me a whole new heap of sounds in the library. i dont understand the relationship between plugin and library????

 

 

And when i do find the flat four kick and tambourine sounds im after, what do i do next?

 

 

Any help would be appreciatted,

 

Thank you

[Andyreww]

Hi,

 

You could start by learning how to use Ultrabeat - Logic's Drum Sequencer. Here's some You-tube links that might help:

 

 

There's plenty more on Youtube...

 

Andy

[tobiascarter]

thanks for that, those tuts were great, however, i still cant find a tambourine sound. can you download more drum / percussion sounds anywhere (for free)?

 

... thats another question.... apart from all the loops and sample sounds that come with logic 9 (out of the box), is there somewhere you can go for more sounds? (free or paid)?

 

Thanks again

[redlogic]

For kicks and tambourines, check out the "Acoustic Drum Kits" for the EXS24 in Logic.

All of them have kicks and a lot of them have a tambourine.

[Andyreww]

Hey,

 

There are plenty of tambourines in Ultrabeat - check out the following kits:

 

Breaks Remix Kit

Classic Techno Kit

Deep House Kit

Downtempo Kit 01

Drum & Bass Kit 02

Ghost Town Kit

 

...There's more in other kits too...

 

If you want to use a kick from one library and a tambourine from another just create 2 tracks, load an Ultrabeat on each track and have one sequencing the kick and the other the tambourine.

 

ULtrabeat can be quite daunting for a beginner (it was for me) - After watching a few tuts you'll get the hang of it.....

 

Also recommend getting a copy of Davids book:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Pro-Training-Logic-Express/dp/0321636805/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1290689591&sr=8-2

 

This is THE book for beginners - full of good instruction/examples on how to use Ultrabeat.

 

Andy