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Q: Drummer for Jazz?

Can Drummer do any standard swing tracks at all? I've experimented with the Swing dial on various drummers but the beats are just too square. I see that Apple released new hip hop drummer which is great if you're into that music but what about bebop and swing or even free jazz?

 

thanks

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Logic Pro X; Final Cut Pro

Posted on Feb 5, 2015 10:38 PM

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Q: Drummer for Jazz?

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  • by The Art Of Sound,

    The Art Of Sound The Art Of Sound Feb 5, 2015 11:00 PM in response to SFSaxguy
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    Feb 5, 2015 11:00 PM in response to SFSaxguy

    No.. not really.....but let's hope one will be added at a future time....

     

    A request via the feedback form probably wouldn't be a bad move either....

     

    https://www.apple.com/feedback/logic-pro.html

     

    Cheers..

     

    Nigel

  • by TTabby,

    TTabby TTabby Feb 6, 2015 5:55 AM in response to SFSaxguy
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    Feb 6, 2015 5:55 AM in response to SFSaxguy

    Have you been through the Apple loops ?

    There's a bunch of hot jazz rythem ideas in there.

    With Jazz in the search field, I get 290 hits.

    Most of them are green (midi) loops so you can clip out small chunks of what you like.

  • by SFSaxguy,

    SFSaxguy SFSaxguy Feb 9, 2015 5:00 PM in response to TTabby
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    Feb 9, 2015 5:00 PM in response to TTabby

    I'm clearly missing some loops then. I only see 9 (audio) jazz related loops

     

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  • by SFSaxguy,

    SFSaxguy SFSaxguy Feb 9, 2015 5:05 PM in response to The Art Of Sound
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    Feb 9, 2015 5:05 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

    Submitted!

  • by markbuckmusic,

    markbuckmusic markbuckmusic Aug 26, 2015 11:10 PM in response to SFSaxguy
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    Aug 26, 2015 11:10 PM in response to SFSaxguy

    Hi I know that this is a feb post but thought I might ad a thing.

     

    Logic drummer has an ability to follow the instrument of your choice. If you play with a swing it will follow. I just simplify the drums down to just the ride then record to the tempo then ad drums back in when I have the groove.

     

    They should add some jazz drummers though.

     

    Best

     

    Mark

  • by byzantine,

    byzantine byzantine Aug 23, 2016 4:29 AM in response to markbuckmusic
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    Aug 23, 2016 4:29 AM in response to markbuckmusic

    Yeah, I totally agree that this is a much-needed feature and thankz for submitting a request, I will follow suit.

     

    Addictive Drums do the best jazz loops in my view but the outlay is high. I'm certainly gonna investigate the Apple midi-loops mentioned above.

  • by Russell Moran,

    Russell Moran Russell Moran Aug 23, 2016 1:49 PM in response to SFSaxguy
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    Aug 23, 2016 1:49 PM in response to SFSaxguy

    LPX's Drummer doesn't really do Jazz. The 'Follow' feature is great - it locks the BD & SD to a source on another track to tighten the feel - this great for Rock-type music. With Jazz drums, however, the feel is mostly generated by the HiHat and Cymbals, the BD & SD are mostly used for expressive punctuations etc. So the 'Follow'  really just generates the sound of a Rock drummer attempting to play Jazz - not ideal.

     

    It would be nice if Apple brought out a Drummer version in which you select the HiHat and Cymbals to follow another source. Meanwhile I use midi jazz grooves in other VIs to simulate Jazz drums (BFD3).

     

    rz