8...USEING SAMPLE PLAYERS IN RB.

...there are various free and paid sample players plugins etc.on the net.
and various sources for drum samples eg...

https://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/1000-free-drum-samples

...heres a tip with pg real drums.
BUT DONT DISTURB THE DIRECTORIES...
...go to bb >>> drums and youll see a dir of lots of real drums.
...copy the drums dir to a folder say we'll call SAMPLES+DRUMS+BB
...now go thru the copied drums dir...theres loads of them...and play in windows.
...if you play in windows youll notice isolated eg crashes and other drums often at the end.
these you can use in a sample player and gradually build up your own drum sample library.
as well as custom kits by consisting of samples from different real drums you want.
this is very nice of pg...as lots of us cant afford large sample libraries.
...heres the method...
1...when you find in SAMPLES+DRUMS+BB <<< ie the dir youve copied to...
a real drum style you like by playing in windows media player or whatever media player....
2...FROM YOUR SAMPLES+DRUMS+BB AND NOT THE BB DIR....in an rb track...simply import the rd youve auditioned in windows...eg lets say to track 20...by two methods...either drag from...
SAMPLES+DRUMS+BB OR use rb track import feature....and then the realdrums will appear on a rb track...
3...THEN...you can audition in rb the selected real drums and do things like cut out an individual drum sound youve found and lets say move it to a save samples track ...eg track 21.
rinse and repeat auditioning real drums etc etc..and isolating individual drum hits which you can play in a sampler....remember to listen at end of drum track also for hits you might like.
4...you can save the samples in rb *.seq ie rb project file...or individually.
the result of the above being you can over time build your own library of drum hits either for use at various time points in a song OR loading into a sample player ...driven by a midi track for example.
remember to map the midi notes to the sample.
5...remember also there is no reason in rb you cant generate a real drum track...and then slice n dice the drum hits you like and save them as samples....note also if your haveing problems isolating the drum hit try
adjusting the tempo in rb to be slower.

i hope the above saves you bucks...as i said also loads of free drum samples on the net.
also remember it doesnt just have to be drum hits. you could have generated a real session musician real track like a rhythm guitar and save bits as a sample.
one reason i like rb for this kind of work is ...for example the higher number of tracks than say bb.
its all a question of useing the plusses of each music app....there are tons of features in rb.
just see the manual...and youll see the above is a sampling of the groovy things you can do in rb.

A FINAL NOTE>>>REMEMBER NOT TO DISTURB THE BB DIRECTORIES IN ANY FASHION/.
JUST IN WINDOWS RIGHT CLICK OVER BB DRUMS DIR AND COPY TO YOUR OWN DIR..
EG IN THIS CASE >>>> SAMPLES+DRUMS+BB dir.

note...you tube has demoes of sample players....lots of reviews on the net..

happiness and keep rocking.

om.

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 06/18/24 12:35 PM.
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(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)