Not sure if this has been posted yet (not to my knowledge at leas), so apologies if it's redundant info:
So I finally got GarageBand last week and had a small amount of time to play with it. It's a very intuitive and flexible tool for mocking up song ideas, and I suppose you could take it as far as you wanted to if you had the time. At the same time, while I liked the quality of GB's drum samples, I didn't like the inflexibility of the drum sequencing. So I started to think that perhaps they are using a drum sequencer of their own design, since beats can be slowed down or sped up without any effect of sound quality. This would mean they probably have some sample files laying around somewhere that just might be importable to, er, other applications.
After some poking around, I hit the mother-load and discovered the directory containing all of the instrument samples in AIFF format, all ready for Doggiebox.
Of course, I should caution this with the usual disclaimers and questions as to the legality of using Apple's samples in Doggiebox, but I also can't see how it would hurt, as you are essentially doing with them what you would do in GarageBand.
At any rate, the kind folks at Apple have recorded the drum samples at various velocities, hit styles, and volumes, which lends itself perfectly to making new kits with Doggiebox. Basically, the samples all live in:
/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library/Sampler/Sampler Files/
In there anything ending with the word "Kit" is a drum kit.
File names are prepended with the initials for that particular drum tool. I.E., BD for bass drum, HH for hi-hat, SD for snare, CR for crash, etc.
Just open up Doggiebox, create a new kit, and go to town. Have fun!
On a related topic, if you want to use GarageBand's midi capabilities for simple midi parts and don't own a midi keyboard, I found this app which lets your computer keyboard function as a midi input device. Pretty slick:
http://www.manyetas.com/creed/midikeys_beta.html
Not used it yet, but looks promising for my needs.
-Bret
On 24 2 2004 at 7:12 pm -0500, Bret Van Horn wrote:
After some poking around, I hit the mother-load and discovered the directory containing all of the instrument samples in AIFF format, all ready for Doggiebox.
Starting to smell like high time for a "recipe maker" like was being discussed here some months ago.
I STILL don't have a copy of GB; I've been holding out for my sometime- soon-now-maybe big purchase of new Apple gear. And/or my girlfriend's PowerBook fulfillment upgrade since she already has a copy of iLife from work. But I really should get on that.
Thanks for this, Bret.
-b
After some poking around, I hit the mother-load and discovered the directory containing all of the instrument samples in AIFF format, all ready for Doggiebox.
Thanks for this, Bret.
No kidding, thanks Bret. I had been wondering this myself but haven't had enough time to play with GB much. But knowing this now, I feel justified that iLife is at least 2 gigs of excellent samples to use with DB :)
Cheers,
Christoph
On Feb 24, 2004, at 7:22 PM, Ben Kennedy wrote:
On 24 2 2004 at 7:12 pm -0500, Bret Van Horn wrote:
After some poking around, I hit the mother-load and discovered the directory containing all of the instrument samples in AIFF format, all ready for Doggiebox.
Starting to smell like high time for a "recipe maker" like was being discussed here some months ago.
I STILL don't have a copy of GB; I've been holding out for my sometime- soon-now-maybe big purchase of new Apple gear. And/or my girlfriend's PowerBook fulfillment upgrade since she already has a copy of iLife from work. But I really should get on that.
Thanks for this, Bret.
-b
Ditto on that, thanks Bret! I've been playing around with GB for a few weeks, and while it's easy to create some good tracks it is also even easier to create some really bad ones...
I've still found a lot of use for Doggiebox. Before GB came around I used Doggiebox to assemble other "non-drum kit" instruments as well... I'll have to try some of the non-drum GB samples in GB!
- Andrew
On Feb 24, 2004, at 4:44 PM, andrew kator wrote:
Ditto on that, thanks Bret! I've been playing around with GB for a few weeks, and while it's easy to create some good tracks it is also even easier to create some really bad ones...
Sure thing, glad I could offer some sort of helpful information for everyone. I tried out midikeys tonight and while it's definitely not a replacement for a real midi keyboard, it was adequate enough for me to record a bass line and a couple synth parts for a bad Cure rip-off in GarageBand. I love that about Apple, they can take something like recording that has been historically convoluted, costly, and time-consuming to get into, make it simple to use and put it into the hands of the lay-person. At the same time, I hate Apple for this because we will all now be subjected to many, many long and torturous hours of songs that will no doubt be painfully akin to those damnable Quizno's commercials. :-)
-Bret
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