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[ediddy]

ok i need some help. about two weeks ago i got a g4 powerbook and use garage band i also bought remus rmx, a trigger finger pad, and a oxygen 8 keyboard. now im making ok beats but i feel like when i go to make the drum with beat and clap i cant control it. What i mean is i use a kit from rmx then go to garage band and use the trigger finger pad to make the basic beat but the tempo never matches up right. is there an easier way to get it so the tempo matches the basic beat. cause right now i move the tempo then see if the basic beat will fit in the 2 bars or w/e. is there a way to make the basic beat then it will automaticly fit or set its tempo. please help me out im new at this.

[Chris C.L]

dont know garage band but it sounds like Quantasise setting is either off or set at 1/64. Set it to 1/16th if you can. You can also move things around manually after recording. This is all assuming you are recording midi as there is no real fix/adjustment for audio.

[dwwave]

This might help

Try using your midi controller to create drum sounds (to start with)

make sure your keyboard is plugged in (usb) then open up

Garageband, select new track , software instrument, drum kit

then hit record and the keyboard will be active.

then hit stop, delete what you played and you can practice using the entire keyboard

with drums each key is different , one may be a snare, another

a cymbol, where if you selected software instrument piano

the keyboard would function as a piano

(the record/stop/delete is a work around to allow practice, someone else may have a better idea with that aspect

I have used Gb since Jan 05, I do not have a finger trigger

sounds interesting but this way you can walk before you run

hope this helps

post again if this did not help

good luck "You can do it!

[ediddy]

ok im using garage band and stylus rmx and i want to get another program. What would be the next step for software. help please

[dwwave]

It depends on your pocketbook!

If you want to stay with a Apple product Logic Express or Logic 7

The express is just under $300.00, Logic ( Apple bought the Logic

program as far as I know, is close to $1,000 with tax)

I have a copy of Tracktion 1, they were giving it away (its a Mackie

product) prior to releasing (for sale) Tracktion 2 , I have not used

it that much so I really do not have a honest opinion about it

Reason (Propellerhead) is very popular as well as Native Instruments (lots of plug-ins)

there is also Pro Tools and its variants

Have you checked out www.harmonycentral.com

go under user reviews for software and pick by manufacturer

and you will get user reviews

www.sweetwater.com is probaly (to me) the largest online

seller of DAW, VST, and computer based music creation software

out there, I work with Ted Hunter there (he is my sales rep)

he can help you with whatever you need

there is a online form you can fill out or call Sweetwater and ask

for him or any available computer music software salesperson.

This is a good place for help as well as macjams.com

a site devoted to music created on Mac's and he various Mac platform programs

Hope this helps

David
dwwave

[ediddy]

Thats for the help with the software, those websites were very helpful. Now im wondering about equipment. I have a g4powerbook with a trigger finger and an oxygen 8 keyboard. what else should i get? what else will i need for further production. help please