[Rwp] editing a drumrush

[Alex H.]

Hello,

1. Do you have the drum track already recorded, or are you going to
record it and need help placing the notes?

2. I assume we're talking about MIDI drum editing?

What I usually do in the case of midi drums is split before and after
the fill, so the fill is its own item. Then I can quantize the notes
to achieve the desired result.

If you are recording a MIDI track, you have a few options. Either
record at normal speed and try to be precise, then quantize as I
suggested above, or slow the tempo of your project down greatly and
record the fill at a slower rate. Quantizing at that point is
optional. I do this to maintain some human qualities to drums as
opposed to quantizing the entire thing to be deadlocked to the grid
and thus sound robotic and unnatural, at least for rock and metal
music.

I haven't messed in detail with the MIDI event editor, but it looks
like you can use step recording via the F1/F12 keys. I don't use that
feature so can't help there.

In short, to quantize you select the MIDI item on a track and hit
ctrl-e. Q for quantize, choose manual, then the strength. Then you can
do whatever you need for time signature. 1/4, 1/8 and so on. Hit enter
and you're done.

Hope this helps :)

Alex

On 1/9/16, Roger Alexanderson via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> hi.
> so, one thing i'm wondering about now is how do i edit notes manually?
> The scenario is like this:
> I have a drum track and i want to edit a fill like a "drumrush" starting
> at 4s then going to 8s 16s etc.
> in other daws i used i could use step-recording in order to achieve
> that, but whats the method in reaper?
> thanks
>
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