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Thanks again to Zak, Roland Bettenville has some midi drum files at
his site. Go to:
and click on the Surf Drums link.
I've added this link to the Bookmarks section for this group at
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> Hey Brian,
>
> I bought a used Boss DR-550 drum machine cheap off E-Bay a while
> back. It is several years old and is a very basic and no frills
unit.
> But it came with a pattern book and here is a pattern for a basic
> surf/rockabilly beat. Here it is in drum machine notation:
>
> 1 2 3 4
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
> Kick Drum: X X
> Snare: X X X
> Hi Hat: X X X X X X X X
>
> Just like tab, you'll have to view this with a non-proportional
font
> so the spaces line up. The top row is each beat in a 4/4 time
> signature, the second row just divides the measure into 16 parts so
I
> could line up the X's. This is the classic snare drum "2 on the 2
> and 1 on the 4".
>
> Not a MIDI file but hope that helps. It was a revelation to me
since
> I am not a drummer and needed something better than a metronome to
> practice with.
>
>
> BN
>
> --- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Schultz" <n2longboards@y...>
wrote:
> > Like other contributors, I am playing solo and also looking for
> > some surf drum loops, samples or anything I can use in Logic or
> > Cubase for drum tracks. It seems so weird that all these drum
> > machines and loop cd's would be lacking in surf drum samples.
> > I can't find anything close to surf beat anywhere (except for
> > Albatross's website.) I'm not a drummer, do I have to write it
out
> > (somehow) anyway, if any of you guys have an audio, or midi file
I
> > can use (for fun, not commercially) of surf drums, I would be
> > majorly stoked.
> >
> > keep the faith.
> >
> > Brian
