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playing live with a drum machine

  • 29-09-2005 10:39am
    #1
    spooydermot
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    hi guys,
    does anyone here use a drum machine to play live with? or a pedal with a drum machine built in?
    If so how do you find it, what do you use? whats the learning curve like?

    I want to use one to expand my range of sound when I play live, make things a bit more interesting than just vocals and guitar, but also to improve my rythm, I was in the studio recently with a drummer and only then realised how sloppy my rythm has become and how many bad habits I have.

    cheers
    D


Comments

  • #2
    garthv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭garthv


    Just get one of these : http://www.graffagnino.net/wwwpeart/


  • #3
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Just tap your foot. Seriously, learn to play while tapping your foot and it will help keep you in check.

    As for playing to a drum machine, you could pre-program drums and samples or whatever and stick them on a cd, then play them back through a cd walkman. It's not hard, it just takes practice. If you haven't played with a rhythm section (for want of a better term) before it might seem a bit odd, having to keep rigidly in time, but just practice practice practice and it will come to you, you'll flow with it and sound natural.


  • #4
    spooydermot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭spooydermot


    Doctor J wrote:
    Just tap your foot. Seriously, learn to play while tapping your foot and it will help keep you in check.

    oh definatly, the simplest methods are usually the best, but I tend to overthink what I'm doing and then the foot tapping looses time aswell :D

    I've been playing for a few years and I'm a decent enough guitarist, but I really want to improve the rythm....it's just bad habits i gues..
    Just get one of these : http://www.graffagnino.net/wwwpeart/

    Excellent! "and tonight on drums......R2D2!"


  • #5
    Fusion251
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭Fusion251


    Buy a metronome first...If you play a gig with a drum machine and for some reason you can't here it the best you're screwed unless you can hold decent time. I wouldn't really recommend pedal hopping with drum machines and effects...best thing if you want to expand your sound would be to maybe get a delay pedal or some sort of loop generator. I did that before, you have your acoustic guitar and a Boomerang pedal, you tap out the rhythm one the guitar and loop it, then you can loops a guitar line then play...there ya go, a full sound and you're in charge of all of it yourself...tis pretty cool..

    Fusion
    :cool:


  • #6
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    You can pick up old drum machines cheap on ebay, they may only have one or two kits built into them but it's a bit more interesting than a metronome. Plus you can put effects on the drum machine and get some great sounds out of them. Just make sure they have a memory before you buy (the one on mine is busted so I can only use presets or make them up on the fly).


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