How to Play Keyboard Drums - MIDI Drum Tutorial

www.revolutionaudio.ca - A quick and very basic tutorial on how to play drums on a keyboard or midi controller using the general MIDI drum layout. Come to Revolution Audio Canada to buy all your home recording gear - controllers, software, interfaces and microphones.

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[outbreak50]

Hello! 1st of all, congratulations for yr vid. I recently got a 25 key midi controler from M-Audio (Oxygen V8) and i start drumming using "Sonar" as DW and "Addictive Drums" as plugin however it's very dificult to drum without editions once octaves are very far to use ton-tons and i was also wondering if there's any way to change that and also use the double kick (C1) like snare left and right which would be easiar for heavy metal songs for example. Thanks for your attention!!!!

[revolutionaudio]

@outbreak50 Yeah - it works best when you have a software synth that uses the "general MIDI" layout for drums - like NI Battery, or the ones that come with many of the larger sample packs like NI Kontakt, IK Sampletank and Cakewalk Dimension Pro. That being said, you can also upload a MIDI GM drum map for Addictive (do a google search there's a link in the cakewalk forum)

[LittleBritianTV]

That's really cool. I've tried to do this kind of stuff for quite a bit now but have never been successful, so thanks for the tips.

[revolutionaudio]

@LittleBritianTV Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[Saphothere]

It's more practical. Say you wanted to start a "bedroom band", having a machine that can make all the music for you is a lot easier. Instead having to spend all that money on a real set, that is loud and intrusive, and requires good recording equipment.

With an all-in-one machine you can make good music without having to buy a lot of equipment.

[Jethar2]

lol i like the "big finish"

[kpgpwi64]

@outbreak50 what daw are you using?

[southamericanrocker]

Hi, thank you for the video is helpfull. I am a guitar player, and want to make my own backing tracks

I Got a Yamaha PSR303, I notice there are Midi ports on the back.

I wonder... is there any computer program that lets me 'compose' my drums and then export them in midi format to my keyboard so that I can use the owesome sounds it makes?

Thanks

I'm wondering

[couvepodre]

Nah, just listen to a real drummer and try to play it on keyboard.

[iwannatravelthewurld]

Thanks so this video.

[Jannto]

Oh cool, I got a pcr 300 too.

[Jannto]

Oh cool, I got the the edirol prc 300 too.

[AfterHours3145]

Lol...pointless video. Thanks dude I know what a hi hat sounds like.

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[zachhh182]

could anyone explain the steps AFTER buyin a keyboard, say casio(are they good for this kinda thing?), to make drums with your keyboard?

[HermanoYHermana]

the keyboard midi port it's in ?