MIDI DAW II - Class 6

1. Understanding Gate
Dynamics > Noise Gate
1.) Write in your own drum groove. Or...
If you have a live video of drums (or a band) then you can import it into Apple compressor
or FCPX and convert it to MP3. Some websites will even do it for free (like Zamzar)
2.) Import drum audio
3.) Find transients > Analyze audio for File Editing

2. 4.) Track > Replace or Double Drum track

3. Replacement = new sound replaces original, and all regions on original track are muted
Doubling = new sound is added to the original (the original sound is not muted)
Relative Threshold = The higher this is then the lower decibels gets cut. This is a gate.
Press "Preview" to make sure you got most of the snares gone
5.) If your drums have a blue dot then press "T" then choose "Mute" then click on the audio:
6.) Create Drum groove using the MIDI drummer. Focus on a style you like.
7.) Duplicate (Command+D) to create a new drum track
8.) Copy (Command+C) and Paste (Command_V) all the sections onto separate
tracks. When you copy and paste you have to make sure that your playhead is
exactly where you want the new notes to be copied to:

4. 10.) Your template should look like this

5. 11.) Using EXS24 sampler to trigger audio files with MIDI
notes. So that every time your drum snare hits
Make sure you're in Advanced Tools
EXS24 > Load > New
All of your samples will be saved locally
How to change a MIDI trigger note