does anyone know of a good site where i can download, midi drumfiles or drumloops for free.
try groove monkee
I don't know of any sites exclusively for midi drums (though they might well exist), but I know that you can use any standard midi file and mute all the tracks except the drums, which are usually on channel 10.
In another forum I read, people were recently raving about vanBasco's Karaoke Player which, despite the name, is supposedly a very good midi player. It allows you to mute or solo any channel. So, just download any of the millions of midi files available on the web and solo the drum channel in vanBasco's Karaoke Player for an instant drum track.
http://www.vanbasco.com/karaokeplayer/ (http://www.vanbasco.com/karaokeplayer/)
If you want to take it a step further, you can use a midi sequencer to edit the drum track and make it your own.
There are lots of websites where you can download midi files. Here are a few:
http://www.myguitarsolo.com/midis.htm (http://www.myguitarsolo.com/midis.htm)
http://www.olsoncomputers.com/prime/MIDIs/ (http://www.olsoncomputers.com/prime/MIDIs/)
(just noticed this one has a "Drums" folder)
http://www.just-oldies.com/ (http://www.just-oldies.com/)
http://www.midisite.co.uk/ (http://www.midisite.co.uk/)
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/5475/MIDI.html (http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/5475/MIDI.html)
http://www.midi-tab.com/ (http://www.midi-tab.com/)
http://www.debmyers.com/midi/index.html (http://www.debmyers.com/midi/index.html)
Or, for more midi file sites, try this Google search:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=free+midi+files&btnG=Google+Search&meta= (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=free+midi+files&btnG=Google+Search&meta=)
cheers 64guitars , thats pretty much wot ive bin doing, importing midi files into cubase and deleting everything bar the drums, then chopping em up into wot i want, then finally recording to an audio track and adding reverb etc and then transferring it onto my micro br via the line in on tracks 1 and 2 for a stereo mix. i know i can use the microbr software to do that but it hurts my brian. i'll check out the olson site as i know of most of the others .
thanks again.
Have you tried to use the Micro BR Drum Pattern Arranger program?
http://www.tommystoolbox.co.uk/index.html
It makes creating drums easier, check it out.
I am currently trying to make my own midi drum sequences using Anvil Studio, which I then convert to a more "real" sound using Synthfont (Both these are free downloads) various soundfont's (also free) and the Ez Drummer samples (not free). Sadly my puny laptop will not run a DAW and VST at once :(
If this sounds anything like what you are trying to do let me know, and I will post a sample and some directions.
What is Anvil studio- a DAW?
Okay i see it-
Like a mini DAW
That would be a useful too for midi editing
Yeah, I use it to tidy up midi files created from Guitar Pro, works a treat, and combined with Synthfont you can make a decent backer from a GP file and have all the tab too,which may not be 100% note for note to the original but is at least 100% to the backer.