How to find the pattern that fits a guitar riff

[Andre Seesink]

Hi,

I have recorded a guitar riff and currently trying to find a EZDrummer midi pattern that fits.
I’m struggling with finding a suitable drum pattern with that guitar riff.

Does anyone have any tips for me how to approach this? Or a referral to another site with examples?

Thanks

EZdrummer version: 2.2.2
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

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[Shootie]

Are you using the Tap2Find feature to get you started?

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Thanked by: bergeronm

[Bear-Faced Cow]

On top of the Tap2Find, you can also enable the WebShop MIDI preview button as the groove you may be looking for might be found in a drum MIDI pack.

Jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[ccabena]

Don’t be afraid to modify you riff to match a really cool drum pattern. I have found that it really helps me think outside the box sometimes. If you are dead set on your riff – you may need to find something close and then bring it in to your DAW so you can move the notes around on your piano scroll editor.

[Andre Seesink]

Thanks for the replies. I’m very happy with that.

I haven’t tried them out, but wil do that next week. I will let you know the outcome.

[Andre Seesink]

In the past I did use the tap2find option, but I always found it difficult to use it correctly.

After seeing the above video suggestion I was stunned to see what options there are in EZDrummer. I now did find a pattern that matches closely what I like. With a bit of adjusting my guitar riff too I get a nice start of my song. I already bought some midi packages a lomger time ago (all in the metal/rock scene) but did try the tap2find with the midi webhop. I was amazed when a “Nashville” midi pack apeared in my search. How cool is it that, that I also find patterns that are outside of my metal/rock scene.

The more I play with it, the more fun it is to create songs.

Thank you for your suggestions.

[kowabunga]

I use another method to build by EasyDrummer patterns.  I find Tap to Find awkward.  I use Hydrogen, a freeware drum program, to build my drum routines.  It’s computer generated drum sounds, but don’t get hung up on that as you’re going to export you Hydrogen MIDI into EasyDrummer and make a lot of adjustments.  Hydrogen has a lot of good features, it’s fairly simplistic, and I continue to learn tricks with regard to building drum patterns regularly.  Keep in mind that this can be time consuming.  So, I work out the drum beats, different kinds of drums, beats per minute, rests… in Hydrogen over weeks working off and on.  When I am ready to test it in EasyDrummer, I export the MIDI file to a file location, open EasyDrummer starting from scratch, import the MIDI file I created in Hydrogen onto the EasyDrummer song track.  You can even drag that MIDI block from the song track to the Search box in Easydrummer to see if it can find similar routines.  One thing I’ve noticed is that you have to keep your beats per minute the same if you’re going to import several MIDIs from Hydrogen to EasyDrummer.  Also, the import isn’t always a one for one regarding the instruments.  That is, a beat on one instrument in Hydrogen can show up in another instrument in EasyDrummer.  A simple fix is to just copy or cut and paste the MIDI for that instrument to the correct instrument.  I’ve been working with Hydrogen and EasyDrummer for years, and with more and more experience I have developed a lot of flexibility with both programs.  I can really produce custom drum tracks.  I wish Easydrummer had this capability.

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