Tascam DP24/DP32 Digital Portastudio: Recording Electronic Drums & Drum Machines 

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@@PowercoatMusic Thanks for replying, the good news is that my DP-24 sd arrived early on Saturday and not after the holidays as originally promised. This of course gave the weekend to check it out. Well impressed so far, though only got as far as the mixer section. Today, Monday, how to record lol

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@@PowercoatMusic I've bookmarked the playlist for future reference. Great stuff!

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That sounds great. I love to hear about different studio setups and how folks make things work for what they need. That’s what it’s really all about, right? Thanks for watching and wishing you the very best. 👍🏿

That’s how I record my drum tracks too.

@@leogolive I have also started recording the drums into separate tracks on the Tascam for my electronic songs.

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*Check out the Tascam DP Playlist on this channel. I cover the MIDI connections in detail in other videos on that list. Lots of good information there. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

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Check out my presentation "Common Audio Cables & Connections: Simply Explained", on this channel. That should help.

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The unit does not have a looper feature. You'll need an external device for that functionality. Thanks for watching.

Yes, the unit has a built-in metronome. The metronome works during the Recorder operation. You can set it to work during both playback and recording or only during recording.👍🏿

No, not in the way I believe I'm understanding your question. The units are designed to use their own onboard SD cards and those ports cannot be shared. One cannot use another SD card unless you physically remove it from the first unit and insert it into a second. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

I don't believe the unit has the specific feature your referring to. Thanks for watching.

@@PowercoatMusic thank you

No. You would not be able to play or edit MIDI files with the DP-24. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

In the presentation, breaking drum parts into separate tracks is a suggestion for more control and flexibility in your percussion tracks, not a must. You don’t have to work that way if you don’t want or require it. Recording drums to just on track is fine if that works for your production. Thanks for watching and sharing. 👍🏿

The unit doe not have a speed/pitch control. However, if you export the track to your PC and use a software application like "Audacity", you can change the pitch and speed. Afterwards, you could export the track back into the DP. For details on importing and exporting tracks watch my video "Tascam DP24/DP32 Digital Portastudio: Importing and Exporting Tracks", on this channel. 👍🏿

To do this, you must navigate to the “PANNING” page. Each pad can be assigned to one of seven positions within the stereo spectrum. To change a pad’s panning position: 1. Select the sound set which you would like to edit by pressing DRUM, PERC or BASS. Please note that the Panning setting will affect all Bass sounds similarly. In other words, changing one Bass pad’s Panning setting will affect all the other Bass sounds in the Drum Set. 2. Press the pad. The display will show the pad number and the pad’s panning position on the top line. 3. Enter the desired pan position, from full left to full right, using the number keypad, INC/DEC buttons or VALUE dial. The seven available pan positions correspond to the number buttons shown in parenthesis: hard left (1), soft left (2), left of center (3), center (4), right of center (5), soft right (6), and hard right (7). The display will show when panning position is center. We know that the SR18 has two pairs of stereo outputs. Drum sounds can be assigned to either pair of outputs and be placed anywhere within the stereo field of the assigned outputs via the pan function. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

@@PowercoatMusic l had the same question, its 3am in the morning and that was on my mind its fantastic how the internet works. l haven't got my Tascam 32SD yet but that was the main thing l want to do with it and leave it setup that way...Good Job Powercoat.

Syncing shouldn't be a problem if your using MTC or SMPTE when recording your drum tracks outside of the DP and syncing to that unit. That's why the import feature is important here. It's one way many folks are able to collaborate using different systems and units. Thanks for watching and sharing. 👍🏿

Thanks for the comment... I got my DP32sd yesterday and tried an experiment... I programmed a drum track in EZDrummer2, converted it to a 16bit stereo WAV file and transferred it to the DP32 through the Audio Depot folder. I loaded the file onto Track 9/10 and it came right up in the monitors... I then opened the metronome and set the DP to measures. Then I did a playback, it appears that I am sync’d right up... the measures run true with playback.. Know this was only a 72 measure song, but the beats were right on, as far as I could tell..

@@jpi6668 That is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing that information with everyone. 👍🏿

You know there are several processes that you can use and the fun is finding out which one works best for you. We also know that live drum recording requires a good plan. I don’t like to bounce unless absolutely necessary, so first I suggest you determine how many final drum tracks you need (snare, bass drum, toms, ect). Then I suggest mixing the tracks on the DP-32 down to the DP-24 according to your final drum track list. If you still need to bounce after that then so be it. Let me know what you end up doing? Thanks for watching and sharing. 👍🏿

Can you explain how to record real drums on the dp24. I'm using 3 mics. Overhead, bass, snare How do you record all 3 at once?

@@bobc.5698 Try a Kick mic in the bass drum. Track input 1. One SM57 type for snare . Track input 2 TWO overheads equally distanced from the Snare, high in the air, pointing at the snare a little. Tracks inputs 2 & 4. That would be MY setup with 4 mics. Like Master Powercoat says, experiment different mic positions.

Your electronic drums must have a sound module or another way to generate the samples for the DP to record. The DP does not have an onboard sound module to trigger drum sounds. I hope this answers your question. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

@@PowercoatMusic Thank you for your reply. I do not yet have an electronic drum kit, what I am doing is trying to determine whether I should get and acoustic kit or electronic. Back in the late 60s/early 70s I had a couple of Ludwig sets and I understand a few of the different mic set ups for drums, but I feel like an electronic kit would be more versatile. Don't most electronic drum kits come with their own drum module? I don't know, I have never owned an electronic kit. So, if an electronic kit comes with its own module would I still need a drum machine? Thank you for your help.

You dont need any drum machine, electric kits all have a module, you can simply connect your kit to dp24 via headphones out jack, use a splitter cable, so one trs in module and 2 monojacks to inputs of dp24, that way you get the stereo image,

@@ThePaivarinne Thank you for your reply.

I would strongly suggest following the process outlined in this video regarding the DP SD model specifically. With this, treat the Ensoniq TS-10 like a drum machine in this process. If you are looking to sync the SD to MIDI, for ideas on how to do this, watch my video “Tascam DP24/DP32 SD Digital Portastudio: SYNC to MIDI (No Hardware Required)” on this channel. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

@@PowercoatMusic can i send you my email if i need to discuss other recording issues? Thanks

@@gatsax The best thing to do is to post questions here on the channel. I’m not always able to get to email, and others can benefit from questions and share answers. One of the reasons why I started this channel is to be able to share information with everyone. We should all be able to learn and grow together. 😊

I don't know the order in which the DP saves and loads data. I would suggest contacting Tascam support. They should be able to help with that question. Thanks for watching.

@@PowercoatMusic ok thanks

If you're referring to built in MIDI connections, only the 1st Generation DPs have those in the back of the unit. If you asking about the 1/4" TRS audio inputs, they are the inputs marked A-H on the back of your DP-32. You connect your drum machine outputs to one or more of those inputs. Then route the outputs of your drum machine to any DP tracks using the DP's input assignment functionality. I explain how to do this in the presentation. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

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You can always do that manually. Thanks for watching. 👍🏿

Not from the DP itself. You could achieve this if you sync to a DAW or insert a 1 or 2 bar count-in manually at the beginning of your recording using the "Track Edit" feature.

@@PowercoatMusic thank you very much!

Ultimately whatever works for you and inspires/allows you to enjoy making your music is a good choice. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks if that’s the case. 😊 Thanks for watching and sharing. 👍🏿

Thanx!!

We know there are many different ways to required drums based on the results you want to achieve. My suggestion is but one of them, and works for many. Thanks so much for watching and sharing. It is appreciated. 👍🏿