Normally I either put my drum tracks in a sequencer or I play them live on my keyboard, but that doesn't really feel natural. So I decided it was time to have a go at drumming. It always seemed fun to me, but I never tried it at all. Also my wife AND my kids like to play on a drum kit when we visit a music store. And this weekend we couldn't resist it anymore. I bought an Alesis DM6 drum kit. It is very complete with kick, snare, 3 toms, hihat, crash and ride. It has internal sounds you can play on, but also a USB connection to hook it up to your PC. It installs a midi driver and then you can drum on any drum program you like of course.
I already tried it out on a track I'm composing for my new album. It went rather well actually. Well the timing was not perfect of course, but it sounded much more natural than I could do on my keyboard. I guess I'll do some more practicing the coming time. Also my wife and kids have been playing on it. And I hear you think. Do you have room for that in the studio? Well it fits fine. It does take up a lot of space, but since it is not a very massive thing it doesn't really feel that big. And it is very light and you can fold it up and stash it away when you want to quite easily.
Normally I either put my drum tracks in a sequencer or I play them live on my keyboard, but that doesn't really feel natural. So I decided it was time to have a go at drumming. It always seemed fun to me, but I never tried it at all. Also my wife AND my kids like to play on a drum kit when we visit a music store. And this weekend we couldn't resist it anymore. I bought an Alesis DM6 drum kit. It is very complete with kick, snare, 3 toms, hihat, crash and ride. It has internal sounds you can play on, but also a USB connection to hook it up to your PC. It installs a midi driver and then you can drum on any drum program you like of course.
I already tried it out on a track I'm composing for my new album. It went rather well actually. Well the timing was not perfect of course, but it sounded much more natural than I could do on my keyboard. I guess I'll do some more practicing the coming time. Also my wife and kids have been playing on it. And I hear you think. Do you have room for that in the studio? Well it fits fine. It does take up a lot of space, but since it is not a very massive thing it doesn't really feel that big. And it is very light and you can fold it up and stash it away when you want to quite easily.
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