Sequencing Drums With "feel" Options

[slowintrepid]

Ok folks I've been producing alot of music on my computer that isn't electronica at all.

thus my drums now feel very very ridgid
I need to get more feel and consistency when sequencing drums..

I either use battery into cubase, or I just use reason

and no matterr what my drums don't sound good (rhymically)

I've tried playing that parts on my keyboard and nothing.

I've tried using the pen tool nothing....

and I've tried different quantitisation methods (like swing and what not)


but still nothing can someone shed some light on this for me

[Daniel LaPlaca]

being a drummer since I was 5 (25 years ago)..and doing music with electronics and computers for at 10 years...this is a problem for me too...the thing I have found, is have a bunch of tracks..the more the better. for instance...I will take of of my drum machines..find a programmed groove that is kinda close to the feel I want..record the midi pattern...then take that midi track and assign to differnt synths..or samplers..then I will import audio samples of kicks and snares...cut n paste (dick james..authere ..style) and by the end I have about 16 tracks in PT....then I bounce them..( after adding fx..eq..all that..) and by the end I am happy witha drum track...usually by then its aboit 2 weeks after I had the inspireation to do the song in the first place. But..I find the drums tracks come out the best...and its a ton of work sometimes..but I need the drums to sound great..and I have to have that natural drum sound..the concept being..never play the same fill twice..and hit as hard as you can and make the drums just as melodic as a guitar...this post probably wont help you...but I would like to hear what other people do to make sweet drums tracks..

peace

blindman