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Drum MIDI Mapping Explained: Why Your Snare Plays a Hi-Hat
Why a MIDI groove plays the wrong drums in your VST, what the General MIDI map is, and three ways to fix it.
How to Program Blast Beats That Don’t Sound Like a Machine
The main blast beats, the tempos they live at, how to program one step by step, and a played blast shown note by note.
Metal and Rock Drum Programming – Detailed Video Course for Beginners
Programming human sounding rock and metal drums can be a nightmare. It’s both difficult and extremely time taking, especially for non drummers. This is why
Recording Vocals at Home: A Simple Guide For Beginners
Table of Contents Introduction to Home Recording With the advancement in music technology and easy access to high-quality gear at low prices, more and more
What is Mixing and Mastering
Ever wondered what elevates a good song to a great chartbuster? The secret lies in the process of mixing and mastering. Behind every hit track
The 3 Best Free Drum VSTs for Rock and Metal (Same MIDI, Side by Side)
SSD 5.5 Free, MT Power DrumKit 2 and MODO DRUM CS, played with the same four grooves: how they sound, what each needs, and how to get MIDI to play the right drums.
Best Free Plugins For Mixing Metal Drums
There are a shit ton of plugins in the market today and honestly if you go down the rabbit hole of comparing all the different
Metal Song Structure: What 100 Songs by 20 Bands Have in Common
100 songs by 20 metal bands, mapped bar by bar: how long each part is, when the chorus arrives, where the breakdown goes, and a skeleton to start from.
What Is a Metal Breakdown? How to Write and Program One
What a breakdown is, where it goes, what the drums play under it, and a played breakdown shown note by note.
Why Use Premade Metal Drum MIDI (and When to Program Your Own)
Premade drum MIDI played by a drummer against programming your own: time, feel, what the difference looks like note by note, and when to write your own.