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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
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
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
Thanks Brian!
Anybody else using Logic or Cubase in this group. Anyone play
with synths (they are really awesome, wow!) Now I only need to
learn how to play it...
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> 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
Thanks for the publicity.
Is there no drummer on this list (Or maybe someone who can ask the drummer
of his band) who could write down some surf rhythms? (some fill in's would
be neat too)
Roland Bettenville
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From:
Date: donderdag 15 november 2001 02:05:09
To:
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: surf drums, midi files, audio?
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
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When I'm writing songs I sometimes just record parts off of records
where the drummer is playing alone ( intro to Walk Don't Run for
example ) and loop it on sound forge. You can also 'splice'in fills
and rolls after you have the basic song structure, But the best thing
to do is find a drummer to jam with cause playing alone is a drag!
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 18:36:39 -0000
> From: "viktor423" <>
> Subject: Re: surf drums, midi files, audio?
> When I'm writing songs I sometimes just record
parts > off of records
> where the drummer is playing alone ( intro to Walk
> Don't Run for
> example ) and loop it on sound forge. You can >
also 'splice'in fills
> and rolls after you have the basic song structure,
But > the best thing
> to do is find a drummer to jam with cause playing
> alone is a drag!
What I do a lot is I take this program Impulse Tracker
and track the drums. I'll also use piano, trumpet,
saxaphone, etc. samples to track background parts to
my songs.
I've done that with pretty much all these songs:
Coated In Oil is a good example of what I mean.
The program isn't very user friendly, but it's free
and gets the job done.
-Thor Andersen
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