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Texture v1.2 by UGO.

http://www.ugoaudio.com/

But let's face it, there are many, many, many others. Just search the KVR database for free vsti's and you'll see what I mean.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get.php

If you want to do this a lot with loops you need good loop collections (plural). So be prepared to spend the cash. With midi you can do anything that you want, but it's even more tedious than manipulating loops. And you need a good guitar vsti unless you don't mind a poor sounding guitar. I recommen...

Here is a free five-slot drum sample player.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2606.html

Right click on the timeline.

Choose automatic marker wizard.

Set desired interval and total minutes.

Make sure CD Track markers is checked.

Burn and enjoy!

I haven't had a problem with this or any of the other krakli vsti's or vst effects.

I use it on a laptop that seems eerily like yours. It's an HP Pavilion 9727us.

Have had no problems.

The HD 280 pro's keep the bleed out well. 32dB of attenuation. Probably the most popular "budget" pro headphone out there. http://www.sweetwater.com/c412--Sennheiser--Headphones Good earbuds that go into the ear canal can lessen bleed as well. I found this great price on the Shure SCL2 tha...

You should be able to drag-and-drop a loop into your track, copy-and-paste it to the next measure, and then edit the first loop without affecting the second one.

Whoracle, There are several ways to tweak drum sounds in midi. It takes practice and patience. Like Eric and PDS say, you can tweak the effects and eq and improve the overall sound of the kit. Here are some more ideas: General Midi notes 38 and 40 are two different snare drum hits. In the sound tab ...

You can choose multiple VST folders in Mixcraft 4 by choosing File>Preferences>Effects and clicking on the Edit VST effects folders button. Many VST installs default to C:\Program Files\VstPlugins You may want to leave them there to have them automatically available to other audio programs that sear...

Right click on the speaker icon in your system tray. If "recording devices" is available, select it and skip to (5) below. Otherwise: 1) Go into your control panel. 2) If you're not in classic view, on the left hand side there should be an option for classic View. Select it. 3) In the clas...

When you're making a cd of multiple songs you should have each song completed individually and mixed down to wav. Open a new project and start adding those completed, mixed files. You don't have to worry about tempo. If Mixcraft asks if you want to change the tempo click no, but this shouldn't happe...

Do you vary the volumes of the shakes?

Try volumes of 65, 15, 35, 15 for each measure of 4 steps.

You can also put the "backward shake" notes on another track, add eq as an effect and lower 4k and 16k slightly to give it a slightly different timbre.

Addictive drums has overhead and room mics as well. But you can control literally every nuance of the sound in AD. Mic placement on each drum, eq on each drum, etc, etc... Fantastic! As far as humanize is concerned, in EZ Drummer it alters velocities on some of the hits. AD overcomes this in their o...

I just got Addictive Drums - WOW! I am now a convert. Costs more but is worth it IMO. Here's a thread from gearslutz comparing the two: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/182328-addictive-drums-vs-ez-drummer.html Like most opinions, some people like one - some like the other. I now give ...