3rd party drum editor

[Bassman5489]

I created a very long intro to a song only to find out I need to shave off a silent gap at the end of it.

Is there a grid type editor like BB but with more horsepower? Preferably one that doesn’t cost a fortune since drum editing is all I will do with it.

[Neil_McCann]

There was a program floating around years ago called Beat Builder which you may like. I don’t think I have it any more but here’s the thread on it.

Free MIDI editor designed for BeatBuddy

BeatBuilder 1.0 is now available. It’s a drum track creator and editor specifically designed for use with the BeatBuddy drum pedal and the BeatBuddy Manager software. It has features that assist in the creation of drum tracks like bulk volume adjustments, automatic “humanizing” of drum patterns through randomization of volumes and dequantization of notes, and standard editor functions: cut, copy, paste, delete, and insert. Beatbuilder automates converting downloaded MIDI files to a format com…

It hasn’t been updated for years but can still work beats. Hope it helps.

[Bassman5489]

Thanks Neil, I will check it out!

[Bassman5489]

From the description it looks like I can chop up some of the “one press” songs I have. My band never plays a song the same way twice.

[Bassman5489]

I don’t think this will work for me. I imported the midi file I am working on and it played at warp speed, ignoring all of the triplets in the song. Any other suggestions?

[Neil_McCann]

Only a DAW is the only other MIDI editors I have used. I use Cubase but there are free ones available online that could do it. Other users may have more experience with those ones than I do.

[Bassman5489]

Which version of Cubase do you use and does it use a drum grid or a piano roll?

[Neil_McCann]

I’m using Elements 8. Getting on a bit now but does everything I need it to. I have Elements 9 on a laptop but that is on our laptop which runs our digital mixer. I can record our shows mutichannel straight to Cubase on the laptop.

And yeah you can do a drum grid or a piano roll.

[Bassman5489]

Cool, thanks.

[lugoluis]

I think Avid is offering their Pro Tools First DAW free of charge. 16 tracks, some virtual instruments, some basic effects, etc. I use Logic Pro X so I don’t know how steep the learning curve would be for Pro Tools but, hey, it’s the industry standard DAW.

For some unknown reason I cannot paste the link here so just Google Avid Pro Tools First free.

PS: Cakewalk (windows only) by Bandlab is also free

[BrennanSingularSound]

Pro tools is hard! That’s a whole field of study, but if you’re willing to invest time to learn it, it is an excellent tool (this is my DAW of choice).

[Skwearlswife]

Does anyone know if Ableton Live will do this, too? I had the free Lite version, but just got the paid Intro version with a piece of gear I bought. I, too, am interested in editing some of the BB songs. I’ve done this in BB MGR, but it’s labor intensive!

[Phil_Flood]

Ableton live will work fine.