Biglump Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. Please move if required. I'm looking for basic information such on what pattern to use for what song. ie to get an appropriate drum rack for say 'In The Midnight Hour'. I've got a borrowed DR3 and it's quite a bit cleverer than me. Where would I go to find info like how many BPM of a song and what style of drum accompaniment would fit? And more specifically, given my beginner status, what question should I actually be asking into google to find out what I need? Currently my searches don't seem to yield the right answers. Many thanks. Edited December 22, 2014 by Biglump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I tried it for this very song. 1) see if someone published drum tab for it. (yes, there is such a thing) 2) if not, listen for the bass drum, then approximate where it falls in relation to the beat,. 3) add the snare and hi-hat in same way regarding bpm, a lot of tabs will give a general idea but wyhen you can count the beats, do so for ten seconds, then multiply by six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Another thing you can do is download a MIDI file and record the drum track (normally MIDI channel 10) into your drum machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Midnight Hour BPM various through the tune. Between 112/114 BPM. Free software here for detecting BPM on Wav/MP3 files. http://www.abyssmedia.com/bpmcounter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Modern drum machines normally have a "tap tempo" feature that allows you to tap along in time with a song to determine its tempo. Check the manual for your machine to see if it has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 If I heard the song right on YouTube (it was on my phone speaker so hard to hear the bass drum), then it's bass drum on steps 1, 9 and 11 with snare on 5 and 13. Each step is a sixteenth note in a one bar 4/4 pattern. Snares on 1, 5, 9 and 13 for the bridge. Very simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglump Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Many thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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