Gettin Drums into ur SP frm A keyboard

Arafat · Post by **Arafat** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:35 pm

*By Keyboard I Mean Keyboard Controller using Drums from tha Redrum in Reason 2.5*

My shit be a lil late. Like i dont use MID i use tha red and white joints.... Line out joints to sample drums.
(I dont have this problem wit samples from records cause I geuss its how I cut them)

Some times tha sample (Drums like a single snare or kick) be a little late.

The problem is my drums be off sometime. Not me being off, but tha fact that they late fuck up shit sometime. I dont like 2 quantize but even if i try, they go all over tha place! IM PRESSIN EM RIGHT ON BEAT!!!!!!!!! to a 16 pattern.

It fustrate me.

Do any of u have advice for samplin so my shit dont be late?

Greatly appreciated! :arrow:

Cheenergies · Post by **Cheenergies** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:46 pm

I programmed some drum loops in reason the other day, and the way I got it on my 404 was to export the loop as a wav, and then import it into my compact flash card by using a usb card adapter.
It worked fine and i don't have to play around with start and end points. Single drum hits I just record direct and trim if need be.

I hope that is of some use to you

Peace

Arafat · Post by **Arafat** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:10 am

Damn a card adapter?
Good shit....

But when u put in ur drum hits, they dont be late?
From tha line in in tha back?

Where would I get an adapter?

Jim Y · Post by **Jim Y** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:32 am

It may be you'd still have trouble with the timing if you programmed from the keyboard in Reason to make a loop clip to export to the card.

What may be happening is the thing called soundcard "latency" - it's the time it takes from hitting a midi key to the sound coming out of the soundcard. If you aren't using anything special, the delay's at least 30milliseconds, which doesn't sound like a lot of delay , but it's enough to kill your timing. Plus there's a delay from the midi keyboard, especially if it's connect by USB.

You need a soundcard with an ASIO driver and make sure Reason is using it in it's device options. The ASIO driver will have a setting for the latency, called a buffer, set this @ about 12ms or less - lower is better but too low can cause glitching/skipping. You should be able to get 12ms on a decent computer.

If you're using a built in soundchip on your computer, you can add an ASIO driver to it (if it's a PC and not a Mac). There's a free program called ASIO4ALL you can google for. It works well, but it's a bit techy to set up.

Luck
Jim

Cheenergies · Post by **Cheenergies** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:35 am

you can get a card adapter from most electronics stores that sell compact flash cards. They're very cheap as well! You don't have to worry about recording if you load it on the flash card as a loop or a single hit. You just have to import the sample(it explains how to do that in the manual)

Peace

Arafat · Post by **Arafat** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:37 pm

Well in reason I hooked it up so its no delay at all. It was one at first but i hooked my routings right. I think my timming is off.

Ima get this Memory card 2day.

Arafat · Post by **Arafat** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:39 pm

thank yall