How Do I Get A Better Sounding Midi?, looking for more realism Options

[madskillzman]

im a newb to logic and MIDI. Basically, iim looking for more realistic, well everything. Im not sure how to go about this. Im still trying to comprehend VST, soundfont, synth ..etc..

Heres what im trying to do.

Over in the PC world, i used to run a program called Guitar Pro. Pretty much, you would write an entire song with TAB, and it would play a MIDI with the corresponding note.. This is a great program to have a whole band learn songs without being present.

You can export the song you wrote as a midi. So what i wanted to do, was take it, and put the midis into logic. Then use real distortion guitar/bass ...our drummer is lazy so the realistic drums really got my attnetion. Then we would just use the midi tracks that are strings, synths, harpsicords, etc and mix them in.

I checked out the demo to DoggieBox (?) and that was a VERY cool program. however, is there a way to get THOSE drum sounds into logic without having to output a file?

So what can i check out to solve my problems guys? im not too worried about cost, i got a guy going to recording school and he can get me pretty much anything for 1/10th of the price.

Also, im assuming a different sequencer would have different wav files for each instrument/drum kit. Would logic see this in environmnet? (the new synth) it only says "Apple Quicktime" or "Rewire" in internal.


last newb Q, what is Mapped mean for drum tracks?

thanks in advance.

Ce message a été modifié par madskillzman - mer. 15 juin 2005, 03:22.

[kaboombahchuck]

Mapped for drums means just that.
When using a midi sequencing program, they are usually done as a piano roll (the keybord is running virtical instead of horizontal). Much like the guitar tab you used. That particular sequencer was mapped for guitar tab. Now it would be great if all drum sound makers would map their drums all the same, but they don't. So if you chose to have your sequencer to use a drum grid, and chose GM midi kit, the map of the kit (instead of having a keyboard or guitar tab, it will have the seperate names for each drum) will pay a GM kit (like Quiktime) all the sounds should be correct. Then you choose to use DoggieBox to trigger some soundfont kit you found, and it is likely the mapping will not match. For example, you try to trigger what should be a snare drum, but instead you get a tom. You can map your own drums, and some sequencers come with enough maps to be able to make a close match.