Drumtracker. is a stand alone, host independent, multi-track audio to MIDI
converter. Specifically designed to convert drum session audio recordings to
MIDI files for drum replacement purposes, Drumtracker. will grant your drums a
new lease of life.
FEED > CONVERT > REPLACE, three easy steps to bring your drum tracks into the
21st Century!
The built-in filters in Drumtracker. allow you to quickly detect the most
common instruments and specify the velocity threshold for each section of your
song. In addition, you may, of course, save your own filter presets to gain
valuable time when sound replacing.
Best of all, Drumtracker. lets you select which part or parts of a drum audio
track to convert, down to each single hit. You can change the velocity,
delete, add or move trigger points to your requirements, giving you manual
control of tracking and converting audio to MIDI, to supplement automatic
detection.
Audition the triggered parts using Drumtracker. built-in sample library, then,
when you are happy with the result, convert the MIDI rendered by Drumtracker.
to the mapping system of your favorite drum sampler.
A journey back in time
I started playing in my first serious band just when the record format shifted
from vinyl to CD. With that first band we even managed to release a vinyl EP
before CD took over.
After we made that EP, we made a bunch of recordings, both for a CD that we
released and just some demos in the studio with the songs of the original EP
in new versions. Every time we re-recorded those songs we tried capturing the
feel of the first cut on that EP. We never succeeded. The new recordings
always came out more competent than the originals but also a lot less
emotional.
Before this turns into an article in any well-known rock mag where the
thirtysomething rock journalist tries to delve into the mysteries of lost
youth, I know you?re asking yourself: in which way does this relate to
presenting a software tool designed for converting audio recordings of drums
to MIDI?
Well, back then, if only I (or we) had the means to capture both the sound and
emotion of the original 8-track recordings of that EP, it seems obvious I
ould just have used this tool to regain the feeling of the moment caught on
tape. By solely replacing the sounds, we could have achieved what we were
looking for - a better sounding recording... at least for one part of the
track.
With the tools that Toontrack Music and others have developed to make digital
instruments sound like they came out of a ?full-on studio?, when in fact they
were produced on a laptop computer, the improved sound quality is easily
achievable, undoubtedly.
The feeling is another thing. For that you need to go back to the original
multi track recordings. Toontrack has endevored and will keep on striving in a
direction where we can offer all components that a writer, performer, or
producer might need to make better music.
Drumtracker is another step in that direction. So, whether you?re a seasoned
pro that works with replacing drums on an every day basis, or somebody who
wants to update the sound but not the feeling of their classic garage
recordings, go catch the feeling!
http://www.toontrack.com
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