I almost don't have to think at all, I just listen the the groove in my head and enter it in.
Yes it's on the computer, but after the PC boots up its "on" and and easy as typing this post. LOL) One thing that helps me is an old program called cakewalk professional. I also work out other material to keep my brain flexible. I write my own drums for rock and fusion songs. Whatever you choose stick with it and you'll be able to create the general backing tracks you need.Ĭlick to expand.If I had to write metal or thrash drums it would take some time to wrap my head around it for sure. JM is deep, but a lot of power comes with that detail.
There may be some rock options as well, like Jam Maestro. But if you have an iOS device and want jazz backing tracks there are other options, like the Sessionband series. Garageband is available on Mac and iOS devices. For rock and metal I make my own backing tracks. I only have BIAB 12, which works great for Jazz and Fusion backing tracks. It may depend on the style of tracks you want if BIAB is right for you. You can go all the way to creating your own styles, selecting a backing improve form a famous player, outputting that solo as standard notation or Tab, etc.īasically it's as crazy as you want it to be, but if all you want is backing tracks that's very easy. However, if you just go to their website and look at the program photos you will see a huge amount of options that can get deep if you want to go that route. The instructions and videos that come with it show this very clearly and assist with getting started. One more botton press if you want to extract to to a WAV file. It's pretty much turn it on, input the chord changes, pick a style, and press play. Did that twice and still have some licenses left over.Ĭlick to expand.Actually BIAB is very easy to use is your just looking to get some backing tracks to practice with. I got like 6 licenses for under $80 on eBay and then just searches some favorite MIDI patters and when it suggested a package, I bought it.
But you may also have to buy some more MIDI packages. You sounded like you wanted a drum solution, and EZD2 was created for just what you said you needed.
Plus it's more than just Drums, it's Bass and other instruments so the learning curve is much higher than just a drum solution. Some love it, others like me find it's results too fake sounding. EZ Drummer 2 is probably the best around.īand in the Box has issues, so there is a learning curve and a frustration with how stable it is. It takes a rhythm you import or make and then searches (helps if you buy their MIDI packages, currently not working with private MIDI libraries, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed) and it will create multiple choices for: INTRO, VERSE1, VERSE2, CHORUS, BRIDGE, FILLS, OUTRO and you can drop and drag to make a song quickly, then export it to the track or not (I do it so I can use the track for Superior Drummer) You can be up an running in 15-30 minutes and add fills later as the song develops. Drums on Demand) but you can't change things, they are baked.įor MIDI, EZ DRummer 2 is amazing.
You can go real drum loops into free Acid Express, but the loops often don't match requiring some reverb and compression to make them more normalized.