Hi folks. I’m in the process of trying to figure out how to duplicate drum tracks for cover songs so I can play them OP-style on my BB. I’ve tried a few things but could really use some guidance as I’m not a drummer and am struggling a bit.
I’ll first try to find the MIDI or Guitar Pro drum files on the Internet. When they don’t exist, I’m stuck as I need a drum track that closely resembles the drums in the cover complete with shots at the right time, etc. My attempts so far include finding a BB song that is close to the main chorus and verse beats in the song - e.g. Rock4 or whatever. I export these to MIDI and bring them into Ableton Live as MIDI clips. I also import the cover song audio and place it on the timeline at the correct BPM so I have an audio guide. I got stuck trying to align the one-beat in the cover song audio to the timeline measure. Ableton creates transient warp markers for beats in the song but I don’t know how to shift the audio so the one-beat transients line up to the measures. Then I try to drop BB beats onto the timeline to match-up with sections of the song that have straight drumming. This kinda works but like I said before, the audio is off on the one-beat, so it sounds like crap. The next step is to try and duplicate the hits and shots with MIDI. I’m horrible at this - clicking in the MIDI grid as I loop sections of the song. I think I need to interactively press keyboard keys that match various drums and symbols while the song is playing but haven’t figured out how to do this yet.
I would sure appreciate some help with this process. Or maybe there’s a better way? I could also use Reaper if required but Ableton seems to have all the right MIDI tools. I’ve read a few posts from folks recommending EZ Drummer2 but I know nothing about it.
Any help is greatly appreciated!