Would anyone be willing to lay out their experiences with DAWs? Preferably free ones? I tried waveform, but I’m thinking I’m going to use Cakewalk. A lot of people say Reaper, but the UI seems lackluster. What do yo think?
Would anyone be willing to lay out their experiences with DAWs? Preferably free ones? I tried waveform, but I’m thinking I’m going to use Cakewalk. A lot of people say Reaper, but the UI seems lackluster. What do yo think?
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Also about the UI, it’s extremely flexible and skinnable. So you can make it look almost however you want.
I’ll have to mess around with it. The UI looks a bit daunting compared to Cakewalk, but people seem to enjoy it.
I’ve been using Reaper daily for 15 years. If you run into any issues that you can’t figure out, feel free to reach out, I’m happy to answer questions.
I’m trying to use MIDI drums and I have no idea how. I’ve inserted a MIDI synth track, so I should be able to do drums. Is there some sort of virtual instrument plugins I can download?
Like connecting an electronic kit or pads on a controller? Or just triggering hits on your timeline? Either way yes there are several VSTs but your DAW probably comes with a drum machine or sampler that can do a lot. Plenty of free drums samples out there. Could you elaborate more on what you want to achieve?
I would compose the drum tracks on the timeline for now. I may get a MIDI keyboard in the future though. I think VST is the term I needed to learn there
What DAW are you using? Most should be able to accomplish what you’re after without any plugins. Is there a sampler? Like a virtual instrument that lets you play different audio files? You could trigger them via midi on the piano roll (timeline).
Edit: the only VST for drums I find useful is XO but that’s just to manage a large sample library. You don’t need that now.
Reaper. I figured out how to use the piano roll. I found a synth, but no drum samples
I don’t know Reaper but you probably want to load a sampler. I’m sure there’s one included.
Edit: some quick googling brought up this script
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I explained wrong. I do not have a midi drum controller, I just want to make a drum track with my mouse and can’t figure out how to find drums or if they are even there yet
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That sounds so complicated. Cakewalk has all the drum kit sounds on one piano roll. No need for multiple tracks within the same track
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I’ll give it a shot. Thanks!