Is Idrums A Good Software Program Options

[CHARLES TAYLOR]

I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY MAKIKNG DRUM PATTERNS AND ON IDRUMS AND SENDING THEM TO GARAGEBAND. HOW DO YOU MAKE A COMPLETE SONG WITH DIFFERENT DRUM BEATS FOR THE CHORUS AND MELODY?

[fictionmusic]

I love i-Drums. I use it a lot and admire it's programming flexability.
You can use it at different tempi and different meters easily [snip]

Is it true that you can use iDrum with different meters? (This is Glaresoft's iDrum we're talking about, yes?)

I've checked out the demo and read several mgazine reviews, and I like it enough that I persuaded my significant other to get it for me for Christmas.

But ... my experience with the demo, like every review I've read, tells me that iDrum patterns can only be in 4/4, although you can set the resolution to 16ths (the default), 32nds, or 64ths. I would love to be wrong about this!

Well you are not really wrong, but not entirely right either. The drum machine has a midi file that is generated for each pattern and they can easily be edited to any meter. You are using the i-Drum as a voice generator at this point.
You can also program a pattern in i-Drum that can turn into an odd meter pretty easily. If I want something in 5/4 for example, I'll set the resolution I like and program a 1 bar pattern in i-Drum itself (I use 16ths like 8 ths at this point). Then I drag the midi file onto my sequencer and trim out the space at the end of the pattern. So instead of using the step sequencer to define the end of the bar (which you are correct in assuming only does 4/4) I do it in it's corresponding midi file. I have a whole lot of different midi files I have created in a folder within the i-Drum folder. I keep the whole i-drum folder in my task bar so I can grab and edit midi files (a la Stylus) all the time.

The fact that I can program a pattern, drag the midi file and then edit it, and create lots of personal kits as well, suits the way I work.