3...creating your own unique patterns for drums/percussion and other 'modern sound rhythms'.
(one option of many in rb.)

It always amazes me when someone says a pg product like rb (or bb) can't do 'modern songs'.
I disagree…imho it's all a question of how one applies oneself.
I sometimes wonder if its rb's (and bb's) plethora of features that some creators find daunting so they run for the hills and put down the products. I mean what can pg do if people won't RTFM at a minimum…lol.
whatever song creation tool you use there will be a learning cycle and lots of work involved.
so just dive in and get started like I did years ago….

Here's another rb 'tool' to do 'modern songs' (ms).
It's called the DRUM GRID EDITOR. …it's a very powerful tool in conjunction with the FT tool upthread. DGE, will allow you to create all manner of your modern custom rhythm patterns you can save in your own custom pattern library.
NOT ONLY for drums BUT ALSO to drive any plugin sound you want…eg synth or fx or anything.
you can load your custom made *.dg file using the FT dialog mentioned previously.
here is the link in rb...

edit>>midi>>drum/patch map>>drum grid editor (DGE).

(BIG NOTE...if your going to create a midi track ensure
that the track is set up as a midi track and not an audio track...)
For example today , for fun I created a custom rhythm pattern I then saved…then opened FTWP …and laid a custom rhythm down on a track in two seconds flat.
(all the while thinking…and some call this rb a 'junk app' ?...ya gotta be kidding me…).
then what i did after filling the track with my custom created rhythm using DGE…i plugged in synthmaster (SM)..and got a cornucopia of 'modern song sounds' using sm plugin.
eg #93 lazer kick. just too many many modern sounds to list. someone with a huge library of plugins literally could lay down millions of different 'modern sounds' using the DGE and FT tools and features....
(frankly synthmaster is enough for me due to SO MANY sound and sound mangling possibilities…and sfz the same.)
(also read up in the rb manual various ways to filter midi data....and pitch transpose etc etc to expose new sounds...)

IN CONCLUSION…if you want to build your own rhythm custom pattern library…DGE will let you do this….and thus using the right plugins create zillions of 'modern sounds' or film fx rhythms
or just good old drum tracks…whatever is your fancy.
remember in rb you have up to 256 tracks...so for example you could put 10 different custom rhythms
on 10 different tracks...the possibilities are endless.
(remember to eperiment with different tempos.
eg if a created track rhythm is too 'cluttered'...slow it down and/or do some filtering on it and/or editing.)

more to come.
some may ask 'why is this old (actually i'm not THAT old…lol.) fool om posting these series of tips ?'
The answer is simple…rb has a cornucopia of tools and features…many other music apps dont have.
just recently i tried another popular music app…and yes it had lots of its own nice features..
but moving to it i would lose loads of features i enjoy in rb.

(ps…note for powertracks users reading this…many of the tips will also apply.)

happiness

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 05/07/24 06:31 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)