Strings Breaking
Yesterday, my string broke. Frikkin’ pissed. They break like every two weeks. Nick suggested I ask my parents to put like 5 bucks into the Guitar String fund every 2 weeks. I think maybe I should bring that up. Maybe do up a Powerpoint presentation or something.
Probably going to be going down to Peace Centre today. Maybe check out CityMusic and Sinamex. Thinking of getting a MIDI Pad Controller. Currently, I’m eyeing the AKAI MPD24.
Apparently it’s the best and most highly praised among the budget MIDI Pad Controllers, a unanimous vote by most DJs. It was either this or the M-Audio Trigger Finger which has received almost equal praise. So I’m probably gonna go down there and try out both. See which can withstand the most damage. If I’m not wrong, these things go for about SGD200++. But yeah, I’m gonna be needing them since the pads on my M-Audio Axiom 61 (MIDI Control Keyboard) aren’t really sensitive enough for Drum MIDI programming.
Have I told you guys I’ve also just recently acquired Addictive Drums? It’s a software plugin for most DAWs that sort of allow for a more realistic drum sound. Yeah, I guess it’s quite appropriate for me since I don’t intend on learning to drum. Also, it would be quite pissing if I were to get a drummer to play out and record the drum parts for my tracks. Problems like the price of booking a studio, whether or not the drums are properly mic-ed up, whether the drummer himself/herself is able to keep up in terms of technicality and musicality, etc.
So far the program’s looking quite good, sounding quite realistic. The cymbals and stuff bleed out to the other drum heads (controllable of course). I can also control the room and ambient mic volume output. Most importantly, and I think most Realistic Drum Plugins have this already, is polyphony. What I mean is that when I hit a cymbal repeatedly, it wouldn’t sound like I’m playing a sample one after the other, but instead it would sound like I’m hitting an already moving cymbal. Quite difficult to replicate I would assume, but Addictive Drums have algorithms that take care of that pretty well.
Any of you readers out there thinking of tracking drums but totally suck to the core at them might want to consider purchasing this software. Comes in relatively handy.
So right, going to town for strings and pad controller. Why do I get the feeling my wallet is screaming for help?
