Anyone use "Drums on Demand" software?

A lot of folks love them. Those I have heard sound great. I just want to be able to alter a beat if I need to, or I'd probably consider them myself.

I have Drums on Demand Vol 1 and I think they are worth it. There are so many loops in it that I can never make up my mind. The loops are high quality.

Hi Wally,
I use Drums On Demand Vols. 1.2 and 4. Vols 1+2 are suitable for "Rock, Pop. Country." From The jacket info. Volume 4 is suitable for, and I quote,"New Country, Pop/Rock, Traditional Country, Straight 4/4, Some Odd-Time, Power Ballads, Rim Ballads, Brush Ballads, Straight Mid- and Up tempos, Paddle Balls Shuffles and More." ROYALTY FREE..

I can attest that the sonic quality is exeptional and to my ears better than GB in most cases.

So yes, for about $50 per DVD , you can get some great sounding loops that are organized in a musicians format. Multiple verses, choruses, fills, turnarounds and endings.

As Scott said, it may be hard to dissect the loops as he does. I have not yet needed to chage any of the loops to make my clients happy.

TakeCare

Bill

I think they'll still follow all GB rules, which is one tempo per song, so you cannot alter tempo mid song.

I have Logic Express, and I think it does allow that, but I have not done it myself. Download the pdf manuals for Logic Express and see if you can find the chapter on tempos. There are over 500 pages, so you'll probably have to search for a keyword in the pdf, unless there's a chapter titled tempo.

Hi Wally,

I only use DOD loops with my music. And i love them. I work in the progressive rock genre, and create a lot of multiple time signatures within a single song. If you'd like to hear how well you can manipulate DOD loops feel free to listen to some of my samples here:

http://www.macidol.com/jamroom/bands/1100/music.php

This might help you decide.

Yes, you can retard beats if you use single hit loops and carefully place them in the right spot on your GB timeline, make sure your timeline ruler is set at least 1/32 notes or 1/64 notes for manipulation.

DOD Vol.3 is the best for Rock, and has a lot of single hits and loop layers to match the normal song set loops. You can really play with drum patterns using the loop layers and single hits, by adding them to exsisting loops(cut 'n pasting song set loops), or by creating your very own drum patterns from scratch, thus creating all sorts of different time sig's for one song.

Although, you can't change tempo's in GB, it is very easy to changed time signatures using loops.
Just remember, always work in GB with a 4/4 tempo, and then you can manipulate the signature within the 4/4 timeline using your loops.

Yes, it is very time consumming, but check out my samples, and judge for yourself if it's worth the effort.

Andrew
Max Plavax

WOW! Andrew, that is some good stuff! Are you playing all of the instruments? How much of that is loops other than the drums?

What some folks have suggested is to do the second tempo in another GB song, export it, then re-import it into the original song. I have never tried it, and it does pose potential problems. One is that if you need to get back to the original tempo, matching the end of the odd tempo to the beginning of the original tempo may not fall right on the beginning of a measure, or on grid at all, for that matter. You could export all of the pieces mixed as you like them, then use Peak or even another GB song file to put your master together, ignoring the tempo in GB at that point. There are work arounds, but none are optimum.

Hi Cyberhawk.

Your tracks are awesome. Are your initials CH or JA? Thanx for some fine listening.

Bill