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Benmurray85 · . Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 390 Location: Colne

Whats a good one? preferably free and as easy to use as possible as this is a first for me?

I use reaper so something that works well with that is essential

doesn't need to be overly pro but looking at doing something more than just four on the floor monotony
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gusman2x · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:07 pm Post subject:

Will be watching intently, as this is relevant to my interests.

BearBoy · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:43 pm Post subject:

Not free but EZ Drummer 2's pretty good. I use it with Reaper.
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Benmurray85 · . Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 390 Location: Colne

lorez · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:44 pm Post subject:

Do you want a stand alone program or a vst drum machine?
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Benmurray85 · . Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 390 Location: Colne

lorez · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:49 pm Post subject:

If you get a free daw like reaper then there are a shed load of free vst instruments.

What type of drum sounds are you after & is it just for home recording?
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Benmurray85 · . Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 390 Location: Colne

lorez · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:32 pm Post subject:

if you are happy with a DAW (as I said Reaper is free and really good) then take a look here for some free drum machine vsts - http://www.pluginboutique.com/categories/7-Drum-Machine/free or buy a copy of computer music, they have lots of great free software on their cover cds

Or do you have garageband? the drums in that are normally good and you could use drum loops in there as well?

you can also get some good apps on your phone. I've got a good one on my iphone called DM1.
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singlepup · . Joined: 10 Dec 2010 Posts: 4150 Location: San Diego

I love using Figure on my phone and iPad. So cheap, so easy to use, and sounds so good. Love Propellerheads.

With a little ingenuity you can dump the sounds on your Mac.