Before buying any Realdrums, it might be that you have a perfectly good substitute set of Realdrums to use.

And to be honest, I'm not sure that the PopWaltz I inadvertently selected above would do the job anyway because it is based on 'swing 8th notes' (the SW 8 labels indicate this). By comparison, most of the instruments in set 58 are based on 'even eighth notes' (as seen by the EV 8 label).

So to find a good substitute set of drums....

1. Set 58 contains RTs at two different tempos and two different styles. Most of the RTs are designed for use at 85 bpm and are based on even eighth notes (EV 8).

The two sax soloists are based on swing eighth notes (SW 8) and designed for use at 140 bpm.

2. Open Realdrum picker (right-click on Drum track | select 'Realdrums in style').

3. In the 'Filter' (#1) on image, type 'waltz' (no inverted commas).

4. Click on 'Update' (#2)

5. Let's say we are using RTs from set 58 that are EV 8 at 85 bpm. This means we need to select and EV 8 set of drums whose tempo range accommodates 85 bpm.

The "Lo" and "Hi" give the minimum and maximum recommended tempos that a drum set is best used with. For example: it can be seen the ModJazzWlatz^ is EV 8 but its tempo range is from 100 - 180 bpm. That while the even eighth feel is correct, 85 bpm is outside the given range (this one is still worth a try, though).

From the list of waltzes that I have (UltraPak/Audiophile version of 2018), it looks like PopWaltzEven8^ would potentially do the job.

6. Select PopWaltzEven8^ and click OK so that the drums are loaded onto the BIAB Drum track.


As mentioned above, while the ModJazzWaltz^ doesn't have a "Lo" of at least 85, I would still try this because it might work.

Hope this helps,
Noel

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