Metal Drum Programming Tutorial for Beginners - I show you 16 different beats! - MAMMOTH BASICS EP1 

This made me laugh, so I'm pinning your comment. Thanks for the chuckles!

@@mammothaudioengineering Haha, glad it got a laugh :)

Bass guitars are guitars thoughever.

Yeah, it's sooo important. Drummers obviously have the best insight into how they play. We should learn from them.

Hey man, thank you so much for the kind words! I'm super happy it helped you so much. I'm thinking of making more of these kinds of tutorials, so please let me know if you have any questions!

@@mammothaudioengineering maybe different drummers, bands, their styles? With generic stylistic examples? I like how to mentioned Dave Lombardo and literally played something that sounded like Dave Lombardo. XD That's cool you're able to pick up those subtleties.

I am so happy to read that! Best of luck on your songwriting journey, you're gonna have lots of fun!

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Lomi, I'm glad that my guide helped you! Thank you for watching :)

Thank you very much! I'm glad it helped you!

Dude, that is awesome to hear.. or well, read! Would love to hear what you did with the sample flip challenge, feel free to drop a link when it's out!

Krystof! Thank you so much for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed this. Made my day!

Thank you for watching it, I'm glad it helped!!

I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html Thank you for kind words, again!

Man, you're very welcome. I'm glad this helped you with your songwriting!

I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html Maybe this can help you further your songwriting!

I appreciate that, man. It was certainly one of my goals to make it as easy to follow as possible and to have the beats build up on top of each other. I hope it helped you out!

Hey Coty, I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html Again, thank you for your kind words. I tried to keep the new video just as structured, even if it's longer.

I'm glad that helped you a bit, man! Thanks for checking the video out!

I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html I hope, this will inspire you to write even more amazing music!

Mark, I'm glad to help! Be sure to check out the second part of this series as well!

I'm glad you could learn something! What other things do you feel like you could profit from? I would love to make more lessons like this one.

Thank you for the reply. I indeed learned from this lesson. Personally, more in depth beat making, more song arrangements and more of tutorials on the creative process applied to music production from the point of view of a guitarist or songwriter would be great. You are already putting up videos like that!

@@theportablemusician9877 I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html I hope it's something that can help you as much as this first lesson did!

I'm glad it helped!

Elaine! Thank you so much for your kind words, I appreciate that!

You are very welcome! I just did a part 2 on this topic, go check it out here, maybe it can help you get even further: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

I'm so glad my videos helped you, that's awesome! I unfortunately never program guitars since I am a guitarist myself and usually record everything the "oldschool" way. But I could maybe do a Q&A video and answer some general stuff, if you want? Drop some questions!

That is so awesome to read, Lee. I'm glad it helped you get started! And thanks for the kind words about the presentation. I'm preparing a second video right now for fills and transitions, so stick around if you like! :)

Hey Lee! If this helped you, I did a video about drum fills and transitions! Check it out here:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html Again, thank you so much for your kind words!

I'm happy it helped you! Thank you for watching the video, man!

I'm glad you got something out of it!

Haha yeah, drummers are hard to find in Guitar Center hese days! Seriously though, thank you for your comment and watching the video. If you need more tips, I did a part 2 about this topic :) check it out!

Great to hear! Keep it up man, EZ Drummer is a great program!

Happy to help, man!

Cheers, my friend! I'm glad it helped!

I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

Super happy to hear that!!

Hey Cameron, thanks so much! Glad to have helped!

Hey Cameron! I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

I'm glad it helped, Jeremy!

Hey Jeremy! I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html Maybe this can give you some more insight into programming!

@@mammothaudioengineering thank you! I'll check it out

Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad the video is able to help you with it all!

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You are most welcome! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment!

You're welcome! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment :)

Thanks about the tone! And I'll be sure to make a drum fill an transition video for drums, then!

@@mammothaudioengineering Man, that'd be awesome. Cheers

@@dominicdelprincipe2583 My man, here's the video! I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html It's about your request: Drum fills and transitions! I hope it hits the spot for you!

Thank you very much! I'm glad you got something out of this. If you're interested, I did a part 2 about drumfills!

I'm glad it helped, Sergio! Thanks for watching!

Hey Sergio! I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

Awesome! Go for it!

Happy to help!!

I'm glad that the points come across so clearly! Thank you for checking out the video and your kind comment, have a wonderful day!

@@mammothaudioengineering I've been trying to figure out the best way to program drums for metal for awhile now, and so far this video is one of the better ones. Do you ever find yourself tuning the drums? I figure you should but I don't know what I should tune them to. Is there a universal tuning that everyone uses by default like "Standard" for guitar tuning?

@@astrospect No, there is no standard drum tuning that I am aware of since the sizes and the drum heads largely dictate, where the drum tuning is going to live and you will be kind of forced to tune it to that range. You can go slightly higher and slightly lower than that ideal range, but anything too crazy will kind of choke the drum. However, I am aware of a few producers that like to tune the drum shells to the key of the song, but that isn't all that important to me, I admit. It's a nice thing when that happens to be the case, like, having the toms be the root, fifth, fourth and octave of the key is nice, but I just really want my drums to be in tune with themselves, more than anything.

@@mammothaudioengineering okay cool that's exactly what I need to know. thank you for your input as this is invaluable knowledge for me. It seems I'm gonna have to invest in Superior Drummer because the only stock kit in Studio One that is based on a real drum set absolutely sucks if you ask me.

@@astrospect Happy to help, my dude! If you're only just starting out, maybe check out Superior Drummer's little brother, EZDrummer. They just released a new version and that program is absolutely great for beginners!

Thank you, Damian!!

Hey, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for checking it out!

I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

Dude, same. Almost put on a suit and shit.

I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

I'm glad it helped you! If it's any help, I just did a part 2 about drumfills and transitions. Maybe that can give you some more insight!

Many thanks sir! I’ll check it out. Cheers!

I'm very glad it helped you, my friend! I'll try and do a follow up about more in depth grooves and fills, so stick around!

@@mammothaudioengineering subscribed and waiting for more. Keep doing👍

@@user-zf5zk6cw7v Hey my friend! I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html This one is about fills and transitions!

@@mammothaudioengineering OK, thanks for writing me. I'll watch it as soon as possible)

@@user-zf5zk6cw7v you're very welcome!

I'm glad it helped!

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Thank you for subscribing, my friend!

It's mentioned in the first few minutes of the video, I think! I used SD2 in this, but I've switched over to the newer version about a year ago, SD3. If you're a beginner, I suggest you get EZDrummer 3 and not SD3. SD3 is just too much to handle if you don't have some experience already.

You're welcome!

Hey, if this helped you, I did a video about drum fills and transitions! Check it out here:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

You are most welcome!

Thank you so much for your kind words! My best advice is to just sit down, and program along, honestly! It looks like it's a lot but you will get the hang of it very quickly, I promise! :)

Haha I almost forgot about that one!

You are very welcome!

Ha! I used to put like 5 tom hits at once together with a kick and a snare to make an "impact hit". That sounded as good as you're thinking now.

Hey, I'm glad that helped you! Yeah, that's a cool request. What genres were you thinking of? More along the lines of 80s rock and pop?

@@mammothaudioengineering yes that would be cool. I am new to the iPad so this garage band stuff is slow. I’m use to reaper or Cubase. I think drum patterns are cool but because I read music I am always looking to just program the music in. I own a thr10 as well so looking forward to that video too. Thanks for the kind reply. It means a lot.

@@timothy5974 Awesome, I hope the THR10 video maybe shows you some cool stuff. It's an awesome amp! And thank you for checking out my videos, I'm happy to help!

I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html It's not exactly about 80s drums, but about fills and transitions. Maybe it can help you, too!

It usually was a bit of both. Sometimes i'd have a riff, lay that down, and see what drums could work. Other times, I'd know exactly what works and just lay down the beat and go from there. Nowadays, I take a lot more time programming drums because I tend to go super in depth to get some crazy complicated beats, depending on the song.

Hey Bradley, I just released a part two about programming, watch it here if you're looking for some new ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html

Thank you for that - always happy to learn!!

Yeah, I mean, if you go back far enough, most modern western music has its roots in blues and/or jazz.

I only have MIDI of the drums, none of the riffs. What do you mean exactly?

Thank you, Simon! All examples have the same BPM, which is 160.

@@mammothaudioengineering Awesome, that is what I came up to

Thank you for watching the video, my friend. I unfortunately can't really share any beats, they're only MIDI files. And besides, the point of the video is to show you how you can program them yourself quickly!

I think it's Cubase 11!

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That's Superior Drummer 2.0. The newer version is what I'm using these days, which is SD3.

OH SHIT, IT'S RON SWANSON! I'm using Superior Drummer 2.0 in this video with some custom kit I made ages ago for demos.

@@mammothaudioengineering thanks a lot man lol. you recommend downloading superior drummer if you want better drums? I really liked the sounds you had on this video. And groove agent stock sounds don't cut it for me lol

@@Ron.Swanson. if your budget allows it and you know how to mix drums, Superior 3.0 is incredible. It's what I use these days for pretty much any style that require "real" sounding drums. If you aren't that experienced, EZDrummer 2 might be better suited for you since.. well, the name really explains it. Think of EZD2 as SD3's little brother. Sounds amazing too with lots of great and easy to use presets.

I think it's between 160 and 165ish

If you're talking about the drum plugin, it's Superior Drummer 2.0.

There's lots of companies out there that offer drum VSTs and samples. Some that I personally use are Toontrack, Mixwave and Getgood Drums. Check those out!

@@mammothaudioengineering What would be the best for adding and arranging death metal drum samples? Thx so much for telling me!

@@mammothaudioengineering To start I just wanna click and drag pre made drum songs, and worry about programming each drum individually after I have mastered samples..

@@neoconnor4395 I am not sure what you mean by mastering samples. Seems like a weird way to me to go about writing music. All those I mentioned can be used for death metal, no problem at all. Pick what suits you best. The one to get into the easiest in my opinion would be EZ Drummer 3 by Toontrack.

@@mammothaudioengineering I figured samples would get my feet wet

Then I hope that this video was able to help you a bit! I do cover a few blast beats in here. Depending on the tempo of your songs, at least one or two should work!

Maybe this can help you some too, I did a video about drum fills and transitions! Check it out here:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8c8KRvxquM.html