So you get 1200 Solid Rock drum loops and our Solid Rock sample kit all optimized in an awesome Propellerheads Reason Refill. More than 1+ gig of material.
Instructions:
-Copy the Refill folder from your downloads folder to your desired destination on your hard drive.
-Start up Reason
-From the file> open menu in Reason, double click the Refill, and then go to the "SONG SET TEMPLATES-START HERE" folder
-Choose a song set at the tempo you'd like and double click
-When the song opens up you will see the rack with a Combinator and a number of effects and mixer, along with a bunch of DrOctoRex players and finally an NN-XT sampler.
-In the tracks window you will see a track for each of the Rex players. Each one of these players is loaded with loops that correspond to a specific part of the song. There is one for the intro, another one for the verse, another one for the chorus, etc. Just press play and audition the loops available for that song set. Use the pointer in the tracks window to can easily rearrange the order in which the loops are triggered in the rex players.
- At the bottom of the tracks window you will see midi note information that will give you an idea of what you can do with the matching drum kit loaded into the NN-XT sampler. So you aren't limited to the audio loops--you can program whatever you'd like via your preferred method of midi note generation and have your programmed parts match the audio loops.
-The Combinator has a number of custom presets and controls to tweak the overall sound.
The Attitude knob increases grit and compression from the Pulveriser
The Damage knob mixes in more destruction from Scream and the Room is reverb and Delay is self explanatory
The de-boom and presence switches engage a couple of filters to do what is described
Check out the mixer to see what comes in where and to change the balance if required. The effects are pretty much all inline except for the delay, reverb and scream, which are on a send/return
Check out the back of the rack to see the complete signal path.
All the Dr Rex players are combined in a stereo single channel via the spiders, so be sure leave those in the signal path.
You can use the copy/paste devices and tracks function to add this setup to your existing song, or vice-versa. Be sure to select all devices or you might just get the part of the setup and will end up not having anything going into the master mixer.
Check out the intro video for a rambling tour through the above topics.
DOD License: A non-transferable, royalty-free license is granted for use and performance of Drums On Demand loops and samples in the buyer’s compositions and productions -- commercial and otherwise. The license does not include their use in making and distributing any audio loops or samples (ie. competitive products). Any use, distribution, re-sale or reproduction of these samples, or any part thereof, for any other purpose is expressly prohibited.
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]]>Import loops into the library. Mixcraft supports both WAV and AIF files (Apple Loops). You can even maintain DOD's Song Set folder system by importing an entire volumes at one time and clicking on the "preserve folder structure when copying" button. Mixcraft will also read the tempo tags we have placed and can do time stretching as well. You can also drag and drop into a library as well (a different dialog box appears.)
MIDI and Mixcraft
You can also import any of our Groove Monkee MIDI loops into Mixcraft. Right click on any virtual instrument track and select import sound file (.MID). You want to use the files in the general midi folders of the associated Groove Monkee products. For more information on importing loops, track and midi, see your Mixcraft manual.
Each sample library features multi-velocity layers on each drum element and as many as nine different snare drums. Audio samples were recorded in the same sessions and on the same drums as sister audio loop volumes. The mixes of the kits were kept as close as possible to our popular audio drum loops so they can be used in the same projects.
Installation instructions:
Watch DOD's Kontakt install video on YouTube.
Our Reason Refill install video on YouTube.
DOD's install video for the ESX24 drum sample instrument.
Our Structure samples install video on YouTube.
Our Garageband samples install video on YouTube
General Midi loops for use with DOD kits are located in the Supplemental Mapping folders, GM folder. If the loops have been optimized for a specific DOD kit, there will be a DOD folder, so use those, not the ones in the GM folder.
Kit-specific notes:
All kits: Scan the keyboard for additional sample above and below the GM keys.
Nothing But Brushes Kit: DrumWorks2 snare has 6 velocities L and R. Drumsworks1, Ludwig Wood and Noble and Cooley have only 4 velocities, left hit only. The latter are snares that match our "Nothing But Brushes" audio loop volume.
Basic DOD Kit: LoopMatch Sn1, LoopMatch Sn2 etc. are snares used in Mixed Bag i, Mixed Bag II, Country N Crossover and Ballads & Slow Grooves audio loop volumes. Other snares may or may not match, but have much deeper L and R velocities. Use the latter unless you are trying to match snares in those audio loops volumes.
Groove Monkee MIDI Loop Notes
You will generally want to use the MIDI files inside the Single Track folder.
If you have questions or need help, please contact us.
DOD License: A non-transferable, royalty-free license is granted for use and performance of Drums On Demand samples in the buyer’s compositions and productions -- commercial and otherwise. The license does not include their use in making and distributing any audio loops or samples (ie. competitive products). Any use, distribution, re-sale or reproduction of these samples, or any part thereof, for any other purpose is expressly prohibited.
FBI Warning: The unauthorized reproduction, distribution or re-sale of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.
]]>While these quick bass loop tips are for Logic Studio, the basic concepts are the same in most software. The Acidized and Apple Loops format of Bass On Demand contain pitch information. So to change chords in a song you'll want to change the chords in the Global Tracks timeline in Logic. The screen shot shows the chords going from G to D to C, etc. What you first want to do is set up your chord changes as if you were writing a lead sheet or chord chart. You then drag and drop the bass loop closest to that note onto the track in each measure. In each BPM/Style Song Set, there are a variety of core patterns, alternates and "fills" to choose from. There are low versions of each note and an octave higher for each note as well. Note that in Logic, for audio loops, you do not change the project key in the timeline but in the chord timeline.
For other programs the concept is the same. If your program reads Acid or Apple Loop pitch information (most do), you change the key or chord in the timeline of your project. Some programs also allow you to open up a specific loop in the timeline and change the pitch as well via internal pitch shifting plug ins. In each case you want to select bass loop closest to pitch you are stretching to to get the best quality. Because these are real audio loops it sounds like a live bass player, not a MIDI machine. You get slides, fret noises, etc. Very authentic.
Here are our Bass On Demand demos made with a variety of DOD loops.
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Without turning this into a technical examination as to how they are created and differ, here’s the typical advice I give. It’s not all black and white and is based somewhat on personal preference: For a novice user, REX files I think can be difficult to work with because in some programs the beat slices can appear as separate piece (even though they are still connected). They are also sometimes more confusing to import because they need to be imported via an import menu, they don’t reside in the program’s official loop browser. (This isn’t always the case.) So I recommend to those getting started in loops, or those not experienced in audio editing, etc. to go with WAVs or Apple Loops. They basically function the same way and have the same capabilities. You can speed them up about the same and you can slow them down the same.
Now, that being said, if you are a more advanced user, or are very comfortable in your recording program, then I would consider REX files because this major advantage. I have found that you can slow REX files down a lot further than Acidized WAVs so you get more bang for your buck. Now, I’m talking within a standard software app, not a fancy plug-in, (or the new PT) but you can generally slow down WAVs about 10-15% before you start getting significant losses in sound quality. However, with REX files (same DOD Song Set) I can get as much as 40%. So you get a wider range of BPMs from any particular volume. But again, I feel they are generally more difficult to work with. -- Quint
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