Trading user made drum midi files for covers etc…

[Robert.Goble]

Is there not an active user community of Superior/EZdrummer users trading or sharing drum midis? I’m not talking about purchased midi files sold by toontrack, but user made or programmed drum midi files for say popular songs…

I started thinking about this when I recorded a version of Ramble-On where I hand programed (using my mouse and keyboard) the midi — thankfully it’s not a super complicated drum song — but it did take me forever and my first thought was – I can’t be the only toontrack user who has wanted to record this song at home — why am I reinventing the wheel? I’m pretty sure this is permissible with the terms of use and product license (provided we are not sharing purchased midi files)… but I’ve spent tons of time searching the net and have yet to find something like this.

Anyone know if there is an active user community doing this?

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[DYFLWD]

I’ve thought about the same thing. I make backing tracks to my favorite songs and it takes along time. After spending so many hours putting one together you sort of don’t want to give it away. Not a money thing..its just the work involved and someone else just using it. I want to be the one “just using it”!18

[Robert.Goble]

That’s why I ask — it’s taking me an enormously long time to program drums – and for covers etc I would have thought people would be swapping these like baseball cards… “here’s my Ramble-on for your Custard Pie” sort of thing…

www.thestairwayproject.com

[Matthew Darcy]

I thought there may have been people wanting to collaborate on ideas. I suck at drum programming, and I’m basically limited to the midi packs which are really good to get ideas down onto tracks, but I thought there would be more (I’m sure their used to be) songwriters/drum programmers keen to work together, I’m missing a fill and someone program the fill for you or tweak a beat to fit your song more and you’ll return for the favour or give critique or credit etc, seems to be very much head down and everyone working on their own stuff in isolation.

I do this for a lot of guitar and keys work and it’s a vibrant community especially in the song writing stages where tracks are often going back and forwards to different people for tweaks or being critiqued or advised.

Some stuff I’ve got has been really opened up by Superior 2 and the midi packs in letting me get my idea down on paper, but I know could be better with a few better suited feels or tweaks to beats to make it fit the track a little better.

[Mr. Icelander]

So what I’m hearing from the above is that the short answer is “No”?

Never finish what you can't start!

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