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[ihoypoyh]

let’s say my guitar string is tuned to E. That’s great if the key is E major or minor. But if it’s C minor, it’s going to be out of whack. Or if the keys are Eb major, F minor, F major, Db major, etc etc.

The more sophisticated is the music, such as classical or film sountracks for example, the more variables there are. To have perfectly tuned drums to the ‘song’, would mean the song is incredibly elementary, dull, and boring.

Also, the note E could still harmonize with other, different notes, even though it’s not in tune, for example imperfect consonances such as thirds or sixths, or perfect ones such as octaves, fourths, and fifths.

Also, the same note in a high register will have next to no clashes the higher is the pitch, but the same note in a very low register is packed with tons of harmonics, as the harmonic series shows.

In the end, a single note can be a reference to a zillion things, in music, and the same note can have many roles in different contexts. There have been crazy composers who have put dissonance on same level as consonance, as if there’s no difference between the two. The variables are enormous, and a human mind has no control over all these. Sure, a snare can seem dissonant in a particular song, and it would be nice to have a way to tune it up, I am not saying this would be useless. But it would be more to avoid occasional problems than to thrive in a perfect world.

• This post was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by ihoypoyh.

[ihoypoyh]

ok you tune the drums. To what?

even if you tune the drums, will they be in tune with everything that happens in the song? What if the song is in C and then I modulate to C# ? now the drums will be a minor second out of tune, the harshest dissonance in music is the minor second.

Or should I never modulate from C to C# ? then, I would solve a problem, and create a worse one, that will impose what I can’t do in music.

Which is why Bach ‘well tempered’ his keyboards, i.e. isn’t it tune the drums to a key that sits ‘in the middle’ of all 24 ? In other words, a best average. Unless you have a robot in the daw that instantly tune the drums to everything that happens.

In the end, it’s a musical instrument, created by musicians….it’s not something with NASA specs.

• This post was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by ihoypoyh.

[ihoypoyh]

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Jay Coover wrote:

There are a fair share of 6/8 grooves in various styles

So what. 6/8 is not a faster 3/4, it’s a different time signature altogether

[ihoypoyh]

”basic 3/4 time midi grooves?”

I see this is a REALLY old problem

[ihoypoyh]

ok, thanks for the honest answer, understood. It’s more to get into a ballpark, which is a lot anyways. Just wanted to know exactly what the product does. Thanks.

[ihoypoyh]

PS. I never read replies, they are probably written by dumb people anyways. Just wanted to make my voice heard, but then again, in this crazy and stupid world, one might scream until kingdom come, and never get anywhere anyways. Stupid…..no manuals, no index….how people like that get to create software is anyone’s wonder

[ihoypoyh]

just bought ezbass, only to discover that the stupid problem I am having with the stupid manual, are the same stupid problems I was having before with the stupid manual for ez drummer.

Stupid world. I hate non-biological mental  retardation.

[ihoypoyh]

and I could not paste your own link? ***…

• This post was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by rixa.

[ihoypoyh]

so why can’t I record a midi file in the song creator and then drag it into bandmate? it all feels like looking for needles in haystacks….no matter how many times I try, I always go back to the logic drummer. EZ Drummer has a ton of features but it’s not fast to work with.

[ihoypoyh]

and the Song Creator actually allows me to edit the pattern  in detail, which is different than dragging the pattern directly into the DAW as was done with the past version. I am getting convinced, Toontrack.

[ihoypoyh]

I stand corrected, Bandmate generated NEW grooves. I am starting to get results, however the separate file recording and then loading stuff is a chore. Just let us record the audio in EZ Drummer, what’s the big deal.

[ihoypoyh]

I am not a drummer but a musician= I am not a drummer but a guitarist/keyboard player/bassist

[ihoypoyh]

and I concede it is very well done, and has solid reliability…..none of that buggy amateurish software from other companies. I want to use more EZ Drummer, and less Logic Drummer.

[ihoypoyh]

marked as spam? That’s really stupid, I am out of here. Won’t post again.

[ihoypoyh]

that’s interesting, it works well in garageband but in reaper it gives the latency problems described

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