Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
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Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
Hello,
I'm starting a new music project with a friend of mine and I want to blend drum machine with live drums.
Does anyone have any examples of songs that do this?
Thanks!
I'm starting a new music project with a friend of mine and I want to blend drum machine with live drums.
Does anyone have any examples of songs that do this?
Thanks!
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
There are tons of examples, but off the top of my head:
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
XTC- That's Really Super, Supergirl
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
XTC- That's Really Super, Supergirl
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.
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Awesome! I know a lot of modern examples so getting some older stuff was just what I wanted.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
Cool! I wasn't sure if I was giving you useful examples or not.
Here are a few more:
Japan - Swing
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
DEVO - Freedom of Choice
Depeche Mode - In Your Room
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Japan - My New Career
Here are a few more:
Japan - Swing
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
DEVO - Freedom of Choice
Depeche Mode - In Your Room
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Japan - My New Career
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
A friend of mine's band (Moon Relay) use drum machine with live drums (the drummer handles both roles)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2JmnUM1C4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Holy Fuck is another band that do it well.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2JmnUM1C4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Holy Fuck is another band that do it well.
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
Stickmen (Tony Levin's band) use drums & drum machine. The drummer triggers the loops needed via a pad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33wQupFvcoE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33wQupFvcoE
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Can't post links atm, but Radiohead does this on some of their live songs, like Idioteque and Bloom.
soundcloud.com/kkamaguicrow
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
The War On Drugs does this a lot. Listen to the song An Ocean Between The Waves. It starts out with an old Roland TR-707 and then real drums come in after a bit.
I believe there's an Oberheim DMX on the first song on the newest album... Anyway, Adam does this a lot.
I believe there's an Oberheim DMX on the first song on the newest album... Anyway, Adam does this a lot.
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Plus Minus (Versus side project) has done this a few times. This is my favorite example:
Plus Minus - I've Been Lost
Plus Minus - I've Been Lost
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
Hi RhythmJones - early Simple Minds before they became a bag of shite did some cool stuff with a CR-78, 808 and live drums. If you trust me not to make your ears forever damaged listen to Empires and Dance and Sister Feelings Call. They were prior to '83 quite brilliant and then they became gradually more terrible.
Typically drum machines are used during intros before the live drummer kicks in but sometimes there is electronic percussion lower in the mix.
I made an album with a few tracks doing this and can give you a tip... If you have drum machine playing higher in the mix with the live drummer and they share snare and kik hits is likely that you will get some flamming due to the drummer having feel and the machine quantized to the grid. I overcame this by making a quantise template from the drummers playing and imposing it on the midi of the drum machine. That way the drum machine matches the feel of the drummer and they lock in perfectly. It sounds really cool when you do this.
I did this proper old school using Recycle but I think you can do it on audio files in your DAW now.
Typically drum machines are used during intros before the live drummer kicks in but sometimes there is electronic percussion lower in the mix.
I made an album with a few tracks doing this and can give you a tip... If you have drum machine playing higher in the mix with the live drummer and they share snare and kik hits is likely that you will get some flamming due to the drummer having feel and the machine quantized to the grid. I overcame this by making a quantise template from the drummers playing and imposing it on the midi of the drum machine. That way the drum machine matches the feel of the drummer and they lock in perfectly. It sounds really cool when you do this.
I did this proper old school using Recycle but I think you can do it on audio files in your DAW now.
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
Surprised no one has mentioned Trans Am. They do it and do it well
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
First post on here in quite a few years.
Anyway, here's one - gotta be one of the first to combine drum machine and live drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLweeUk8GE
Anyway, here's one - gotta be one of the first to combine drum machine and live drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLweeUk8GE
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
The Fall did this rather humorously:
https://youtu.be/o8fS9_Cpuow" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Turn that blimey bloody Space Invader off!"
https://youtu.be/o8fS9_Cpuow" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Turn that blimey bloody Space Invader off!"
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Re: Examples of Drum Machine and Live Drums on Same Track
I'm pretty sure Butch Vig put drum samples on all of Nirvana's Nevermind album.