When creating a MIDI file, you ensure that every beat is perfectly in time, this makes the whole process easier. Plus, some drummers can’t really keep time to perfection, which means that you will need to edit every beat that’s a bit off. This is great for musicians who don’t play drums, but also if you are simply creating a demo, because recording real drums can be a real hassle since you need to mic the whole kit properly, record, mix, etc. This is fairly straight forward you simply need to lay down a MIDI track which then plays back the drum samples. There are three basic ways of using samples Creating a midi file that triggers the samples Samples, on the other hand, are pre-recorded Drum sounds, sometimes including full beats and even fills, which can be added to the song and then modified to taste.

Real Drums, as the word implies, requires an actual drummer to play the drum kit, which are then recorded and mixed. I think that this is a problem that many musicians have ran into a lot of times in their career and I know that there are a lot of opinions and controversy regarding this topic, so in this post I intend to at least give you some pointers on when to use a real drummer and when to use samples, plus how to use samples to enhance your sounds.īut first… What is the Difference between Real Drums and Samples?

Using mt power drumkit 2 with ezdrummer