If you’ve created something that you like but want to switch drummers or drumming styles, make sure you’ve hit the Lock button beside where it says Fill and Swing. The “Swing” adjusts the amount of syncopation, which in other words, means the degree at which notes are played between the beat. Turning it up to “Complex” on the X/Y Pad is a good move for this as well. If a noticeable rhythm section is integral to your style of music, then you’ll probably want to turn the “Fill” knob up. If you split the drummer track using the (Command + T) function, you can add whatever fills you want to the last bar of the measure without changing the sound of the rest of the track. They’re the little stylish patterns that you use to transition to other parts of the music. The Fill option just means the parts of the drumming that aren’t a main portion of the pre-set. On the right side, there is the Swing and Fill option. Obviously, what you intend on using depends entirely on the style of music, but in my case, I usually air for Complex and then Soft, which means I’ll move the ball to the bottom-right-hand side of the X/Y Pad. It’s the trackpad that we can adjust by four parameters, Simple, Complex, Loud, and Soft. In the image below, you can see what Garageband calls the X/Y Pad. Once you’ve selected the genre, the individual drummer/style, and then the beat preset, you can move on to adjusting more sophisticated and specific parameters.
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Sub-Settings Of The Drummer Trackįrom here, you’ll notice that each drummer actually comes with a series of patterns to work with. If you float your cursor above the drummer, the cursor will give you a quick description of each drummer, the type of person they are, and the style of music they play.įor the sake of this tutorial, we’ll choose Ian, who plays Britpop, and then we’ll use the stock drum-kit that comes with him, the Manchester. Percussion – Latin Percussion, Songwriter Percussion, Pop Percussion. Rhythm and Blues – Modern R & B, Neo Soul, and Modern MotownĮlectronic – Big Room EDM, Tech House, Dubsteb, Electro Trap, Modern House. Songwriter – Funky Songwriter, Pop Songwriter, Experimental Songwriter, Roots Songwriter, 60s Songwriter, Roots Brush, and then Pop Brush. Rock – Pop Rock, Retro Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Funk Rock, and Brit Pop.Īlternative – Indie Pop, Indie Disco, Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Modern 80s, and then Synth Pop. And each drummer name, for example, “Kyle,” or “Dez,” is classified using a sub-genre title within that genre.
There are seven key genres to choose from: rock, alternative, songwriter, rhythm and blues, electronic, hip-hop, and then percussion.Įach sub-genre has between 3-6 drummers within it, depending on how big and popular the genre is. You can adjust the parameters of the drummer in three key ways, the individual drummer, the genre, and the sub-genre. Maybe even set it up while you’re sleeping. As I’ve stated in other tutorials, you want to make sure you do this in a place with great internet. In the image above, you can see that I’ve already downloaded all of the available sounds. Just click on Garageband, in the top toolbar, then Sound Library, and then “Download All Available Sounds.” Moreover, it’s a great way to quickly make a backing track to jam with if you’re a musician.įirst things first, if you want to access the drummers available in Garageband as well as the pre-sets, make sure you’ve downloaded all of the available sounds. In other words, the drummer can be used as a more crucial part of your production tool-set, or it can just be a jumping-off point, so to speak.
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I would recommend for you to do the same thing. H owever, through the adjustment of some parameters, you can make a big difference in the way it sounds.įor the first few months of using Garageband, I almost never used the drummer track simply because I was trying my best to figure out how to make songs right from scratch.
It doesn’t get more sophisticated than that, really. Using the drummer track in Garageband is really quite simple.Īll it really takes is for you to make a riff/melody, and then load up the drummer you think sounds the best.
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