Garageband Linn Drum Ipad
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After seeing one of THE best live bands (RUSH!) this week with one of THE world's best rock drummers (Neil Peart), it's only fitting to be inspired and do a tutorial on recording drums with Garage Band for iPad. If you're lucky enough to have a seat close to the stage, it's quite an experience to see the 'Professor' up close and actually hear his drum sound coming from the stage. So on with the tutorial.. and a mean mean stride..
Let's look at the setup and equipment needed and the different options - Acoustic and electric - we have..
Acoustic Kit (Never Turn Your Back On a Monster!)
1. Stereo Blue Microphone Yeti Pro or other USB microphone.
Stereo is crucial if you want to get a fat sound. IK Multimedia has released the cool iRig microphone but it's mono and you can't combine 2 of them on the iPad. Now, this being said, perhaps you're going for a mono drum sound like the Beatles.
2. Griffin iMic or the upcoming Alesis iO Dock with a multichannel mixer and your own mic collection.
If a stereo mic isn't enough and you want more mics and control, then simple run the mics to a mixer and attach it's stereo outputs to the inputs of the iMic or Alesis I/O. For example, you may want a Kick/Snare/stereo overheads setup. The only caveat in this setup is that you will need to not only balance your volume levels between the mics but also pan and EQ them to the sound you want BEFORE you record. GB does not allow volume, pan or EQ separation of each mic after the recording is done as it's a stereo file. Here's hoping Ver. 2 has at least EQ. The other issue I came across was the headphone output of the iMic is low especially when playing the drums. You can either get a headphone amp or plug in the outputs of the iMic to your mixer and setup an aux monitor section. Be careful though to properly assign this headphone mix as you don't want to end up recording the metronome click and music tracks to your drum track.
Electric Kit with Camera Connection Kit (The Body Electric)
As mentioned in a previous article, in order to get MIDI control for the iPad, you will need the Camera Connection Kit and a USB MIDI interface.
Korg Nano Pad or other drum finger pad trigger
You will need a powered USB hub to use the Korg NanoPad. Also, if you need to assign different MIDI note mappings to the pads, this will have to be done in Korg's editing software on your Mac.
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V-Drums
For even more drum like control, you can plug in a set of V-Drums into the iPad. The V-Drums doesn't have a USB out but you can use a MIDI to USB converter, like the M-Audio UNO into the Camera Connection Kit. A Google search will show many MIDI USB devices compatible with the iPad.
Recording Control (We Have Assumed Control..)
Mic positioning ('Roll the Bones'): 3-4 mics and it captures the kit superbly with a nice room sound. If you're not sure of what his technique is, just do a Google search for 'Glynn Johns'. When using just a stereo mic, experimentation is key with the distance from the drums, in line with the kick or snare, placing it as an overhead, etc.
Room selection/dampening/drum tuning ('Workin' Them Angels'): Without a doubt, one of the key things to recording a great drum sound is TUNING! Wait.. you can tune drums?I've lost count as to the amount of recordings I've heard from bands recording themselves on a budget with poorly tuned drums. When properly done, even cheap drums can sound great and if you're not sure on how to tune, check out this tutorial on Recording Drums.
The room you place your drums in will also be key to it's tone. Try to find a room with high ceilings, wood panel walls, or soft furniture to absorb and disperse the sound. Drums are LOUD and in a small, low ceiling room will cause all sorts of problems. Empty rooms with dampening can also cause standing wave problems. Perhaps ask friends with appropriate rooms or even small churches if you can spend some time recording. Lastly, get moving blankets or office dividers if the room is close but not quite perfect in sound to help alleviate problems such as slap back or an overly loud kick drum.
Recording then looping sections (Subdivisions). In a previous tutorial, I explained how GB does things in 'Song Sections' where you can specify how many bars each section is. Here's a trick though for drummers that's useful especially with demo's of songs or for experimentation of new ideas. With this method, it's likely the drummer won't be playing with any backing tracks on the iPad other then a click since he's going to repeat sections of the song, so perhaps set up someone playing the bass/guitar parts, etc. in his monitors. Otherwise, lay down a ghost track and copy/paste it numerous times for different drum takes. Set your 'Song Section' to 'Automatic' so that it will record an infinite number of bars.
The drummer then plays along to the click/ghost track and records various takes of the song or parts of the song. Here's an example. Verse 1 may be recorded three times with the same groove but perhaps a different fill on the end or with/without ghost notes on the snare. Now you can edit the track using the split tool and break apart the takes into various parts such as drum groove/groove with ghost notes/groove with ride/drum fill 1/drum fill 2/etc. Duplicate the track by tapping on the track icon and hitting 'duplicate'. A second track will appear but it will be empty. We have two options to get parts pieced on the duplicated track. You can 'copy' the recorded parts and 'paste' them into the duplicated track to form the song. Be sure to select the duplicate track after copying or you will be pasting over the original and move your playhead to where you want to paste the part in. OR.. you can touch the section and drag it to the duplicated track and the bar you want. Looping is also available on these parts so you can easily repeat good takes. Once these parts are done, the original track can be deleted to free up tracks for other instruments. This method can also be applied for vocals, guitar, etc. but the trick is to have at least one track available to allow for duplication.
Using 'Smart Drums' (And the meek shall inherit the earth..)
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When GB first came out for the Mac, one of the best things I loved doing was writing and recording a song then taking out the standard rock drum beat and replacing it with something totally unexpected. This allowed me to see the possibilities of different rhythmic combinations/instruments and perhaps give the song a unique flavor. One of order of Indian tabla coming up! If you're not a drummer, 'Smart Drums' with the 'Dice' feature will randomly play different drum patterns. Once you find something you like, simply move the playhead into position and hit record.
For recording drum parts on the screen, GB makes it easy by not having you play all the parts at once. You can start with just the kick drum. Rewind and add the snare. Now the hi-hat and so on. Quantization will also groove it better in most cases too. Also, the drums are 'touch sensitive' and hitting different areas of the hi-hat, snare and ride will give you various tonal aspects of their sound.. very nice feature!
Recording Tips! (Closer To The Heart)
Set up drums, drummer joke, mic up drums, another drummer joke, and run if the words 'Hey Guys.. I got an idea for a song!' are spoken by said drummer. As with most drum sessions, patience is a virtue. Drums are finicky and need time to be properly setup. Monitor your drum sound with speakers and headphones as each will present their own sound of the kit and problems. Don't skimp on using quality headphones either since they may make you aware of issues you wouldn't hear in regular monitors. Problems such as a squeaky kick pedal or drum stool, unwanted room slap back, badly tuned toms (tuning with headphones is quite useful too!), unwanted buzzing of an object in the room (i.e. picture frame/vase/acoustic guitar strings).
Good luck if you're recording a kit this big!!
If you're using multiple mics, check for phasing! You can't fix this in the mix since the drums will be summed to a stereo channel in GB. Your drummer also might consider spending some money on his own in-ear monitors since they will cut down on click track bleed. He also won't need the volume to be as loud since they will block out the majority of his live drum sound. Be safe on your volumes! Consider taking 2 days to track the drums.. one to setup and experiment and the second to actually record. Let the drummer warm up for a while perhaps with the click of the song. Work on feel and groove with this click! Try different snare drums if you have the option. One likes to believe in the freedom of music!
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Those sneaky alchemists at Apple snuck some new sound goodies into GarageBand. This time classic drum machines!
-Linndrum
-Modern CR-8000
-Modern TR-707
-Modern TR-727
-Roland CR-78
-Roland TR-606
-Roland TR-808
-Roland TR-909
-Sequential DrumTraks
-Simmons SDS-V
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Comments
Linn Drum Samples
Ho Ho HoSo Juicy indeed @LucidMusicInc !!! Tis definitely the season. Small update 17 mb but man is it juicy. In addition to the drum machines ready patterns in the sequencer cover many classic 80s/90s hits for quick grooving/looping. Apple is on won lately!🏆
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
The full alchemy! I used to own it on PC along with the two great fx plugins they made. Would love to see the full Alchemy on iOS
@Fruitbat1919 said:
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
The full alchemy! I used to own it on PC along with the two great fx plugins they made. Would love to see the full Alchemy on iOS
Funny you mention Alchemy..I’ve been back into GarageBand/Logic X workflow recently and loving Alchemy. Do you have the Logic Version? If so, is it missing anything from the legacy version you speak of?
@WillieNegus said:
@Fruitbat1919 said:
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
The full alchemy! I used to own it on PC along with the two great fx plugins they made. Would love to see the full Alchemy on iOS
Funny you mention Alchemy..I’ve been back into GarageBand/Logic X workflow recently and loving Alchemy. Do you have the Logic Version? If so, is it missing anything from the legacy version you speak of?
I don’t have Logic as I’m currently iPad only
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
Virtual Aretha, type in the words, draw some swoopy lines, out come the vocals.
Audience simulator, settings from 'loving it' to 'downright hostile'.
Armageddon oscillators, guaranteed to blow your speakers out!
I don't know really, just a bit of imagination.
GarageBand is just lacking in scale lock on the piano roll, more automation and I can’t really ge5 down so much with the invisible long tap pop up menus. That might not ever change though, but I’m happy with what they’re giving us sounds wise.
@Jocphone said:
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
Virtual Aretha, type in the words, draw some swoopy lines, out come the vocals.
Audience simulator, settings from 'loving it' to 'downright hostile'.
Armageddon oscillators, guaranteed to blow your speakers out!
I don't know really, just a bit of imagination.
You have a badass imagination bro. Very great ideas. Audience simulator..Virtual Aretha..holy shit! Buy different singers as IAPs.😳
@LucidMusicInc said:
GarageBand is just lacking in scale lock on the piano roll, more automation and I can’t really ge5 down so much with the invisible long tap pop up menus. That might not ever change though, but I’m happy with what they’re giving us sounds wise.Indeed. Although between Nanokey and Roli I don’t miss scale lock so much. Any new NKS goodness by any chance? Still use your V2 scene in Gadget.
It gets overlooked as it’s free and didn’t start out too well, but there really isn’t too much missing in Garageband now. I’m excited for this update as I can’t get enough CR-78 in my life.
Can you tune the Linn, or are they just single samples like the cubasis ones?
@oat_phipps said:
Can you tune the Linn, or are they just single samples like the cubasis ones?At least the Cubasis 'Classic Drum Machines' respond to pitch-bend for simple tuning
No tuning In GarageBand as far as I can see but I may have missed something..Just to avoid confusion..
It doesn’t show up as a GB update.
Open GB, add a Drums track, select More Sounds, and download the new drums from the Store. I guess it’s a Store, even though everything is free.These are going to be fun to use in the Beat Sequencer.
@CracklePot said:
Just to avoid confusion..
It doesn’t show up as a GB update.
Open GB, add a Drums track, select More Sounds, and download the new drums from the Store. I guess it’s a Store, even though everything is free.These are going to be fun to use in the Beat Sequencer.
Thank you.
@CracklePot said:
Just to avoid confusion..
It doesn’t show up as a GB update.
Open GB, add a Drums track, select More Sounds, and download the new drums from the Store. I guess it’s a Store, even though everything is free.These are going to be fun to use in the Beat Sequencer.
Thanks..left that part out. Only way I knew it was there was the little notification badge. Sneaky SOBs those Apple guys.lol
@WillieNegus said:
@Jocphone said:
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
Virtual Aretha, type in the words, draw some swoopy lines, out come the vocals.
Audience simulator, settings from 'loving it' to 'downright hostile'.
Armageddon oscillators, guaranteed to blow your speakers out!
I don't know really, just a bit of imagination.
You have a badass imagination bro. Very great ideas. Audience simulator..Virtual Aretha..holy shit! Buy different singers as IAPs.😳
You found the golden ticket!
Just got to wait for those factory doors.
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way.
I think it was intended as a 4 word joke. Probably not a real feeling. I have long thought that we need a humor font so we get immediate context for these creative uses of language.
@WillieNegus said:
@Fruitbat1919 said:
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way..What would you like to see next?
The full alchemy! I used to own it on PC along with the two great fx plugins they made. Would love to see the full Alchemy on iOS
Funny you mention Alchemy..I’ve been back into GarageBand/Logic X workflow recently and loving Alchemy. Do you have the Logic Version? If so, is it missing anything from the legacy version you speak of?
It‘s much more advanced now..you could say v2 (maybe even kind of a 2.5 version).
BUT..those greedy b.... at Apple removed 2 major things. Import of waveforms and microtuning.@AtticusL said:
It gets overlooked as it’s free and didn’t start out too well, but there really isn’t too much missing in Garageband now. I’m excited for this update as I can’t get enough CR-78 in my life.- Automation of anything not volume
- AU midi
That's unfortunately 'too much' for me. I'd love it if GB had this.
Ahh they sound great too! GB officially my favourite iOS DAW by a mile now.
I don't use garageband too much, but I'm liking that list of drum machines. I like every one that's included. True classics.
I haven't listened to the versions in garageband yet, but I hope they sound good. Not all samples are created or captured equally. And on some of the machines where you can tweak the sounds, sometimes things are missing from sample packs or sets, like no long kicks on the 808 or a bad choice for a 909 snare, but I guess that's a matter of preference and taste.
@McDtracy said:
@WillieNegus said:
Im happy to see these sounds arrive but can also see why you feel that way.
I think it was intended as a 4 word joke. Probably not a real feeling. I have long thought that we need a humor font so we get immediate context for these creative uses of language.
Haha..usually I catch shit like that. I see what you did now @Jocphone lol. Nostalgia - gettting old.😩😂. Totally missed the sarcasm.
@Peblin said:
@AtticusL said:
It gets overlooked as it’s free and didn’t start out too well, but there really isn’t too much missing in Garageband now. I’m excited for this update as I can’t get enough CR-78 in my life.- Automation of anything not volume
- AU midi
That's unfortunately 'too much' for me. I'd love it if GB had this.
I wonder if Things like this and general midi routing will ever come to Gb iOS or if it’s expected you move on to Logic for the advanced level hot sauce on your tracks?
I doubt it . Why would they give you the real sauce on a free app?
@JohnnyGoodyear said:
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Just to avoid confusion..
It doesn’t show up as a GB update.
Open GB, add a Drums track, select More Sounds, and download the new drums from the Store. I guess it’s a Store, even though everything is free.These are going to be fun to use in the Beat Sequencer.
Thank you.
@CracklePot said:
Just to avoid confusion..
It doesn’t show up as a GB update.
Open GB, add a Drums track, select More Sounds, and download the new drums from the Store. I guess it’s a Store, even though everything is free.These are going to be fun to use in the Beat Sequencer.
Followed this to the word .. can't see a 'store' tab !!??