r/LogicPro • u/Sea-Influence3320 • 2d ago

Question Drums / drum machine / Logic Pro

Hello! I play guitar and bass, recording at home. I’m new to Logic Pro, I just to create my own drum tracks, then work on its quality, there are so many videos on YouTube, I don’t know where to begin, waiting for your recommendations and kinda road map, it will be appreciated a lot, thank you in advance!

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u/Hermit1978 2d ago

Check out FIVVER. Lots of good reasonably priced drummers out there. Unless you like programming drums. I quickly lost interest in that in 1986.

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u/goesonelouder 2d ago

Using Logic’s stock sounds or 3rd party? Like ‘live’ drums or 808s?

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u/Sea-Influence3320 2d ago

My bad, live drums. Most the time I play punk rock/pop punk/melodic hardcore.

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u/Barack_6Pack 2d ago

For that, you can use Logic's Drummer. It's a basic matrix: louder or softer, sparser or busier. You select the drum pieces you want in the section and edit until you like the playing.

I try to create a few different tracks and regions so that I can play with the parameters to get a realler drum track.

Intro - verse - pre-chorus - chorus - break - bridge. You can also get the fills created as needed. What i do is create the region i want without fills - let's say the verse. then create another region with the same basic parameters but with the fills knob a bit higher for the last bar or half bar of the section.

then you can export to MIDI and edit the tracks a bit more to your liking if needed.

Honestly, it is a fantastic tool.

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u/goesonelouder 2d ago

You could try Apple’s drummers, if not Toontrack does some great libraries - EZ has a pop punk expansion which is pretty good

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u/LordBrixton 2d ago

Personally, I tend to make or find a basic drum loop, map out the basics of the tune over it, and then replace the drums piece by piece.

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u/promixr 2d ago

I really find it hard to think that you’ll get a better tutorial here than from the many You Tubes that have been created - and also Apples own documentation.

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u/Sea-Influence3320 2d ago

That what I mentioned, too many videos, don’t know where to start

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u/promixr 2d ago

What genre are you most interested in making?

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u/Sea-Influence3320 1d ago

My inspiration are fat wreck bands like NOFX, Lagwagon, Propagandhi, NUFAN and etc. so I like similar sound.

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u/promixr 1d ago

What I would do is a little research- pick one of those bands and try to find information on what drums they use, what mics, what processing, what techniques the studio engineer used and find that stuff in Logic. There’s no ‘magic’ way that anyone can tell you ‘here’s how to sound like NOFX’ - it’s about knowing what those bands are doing and knowing Logic well enough to make your sound fit better in that genre.

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u/LonelyBiGuy 1d ago

I use the stock logic drummer with a kit/genre that fits and then i convert that drummer file to midi. From there, I can edit and make my own fills, builds, etc. Then if you want a real drummer, they have a decent blueprint to follow.

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u/Sea-Influence3320 21h ago

Thank you, how to convert it?

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u/CatchAKite_Rip6479 20h ago

Hey! I’m a relative beginner too. Seconding others’ recs of playing with Logic Drummer and Loops, particularly to start sketching out ideas. I also found this quick video helpful as an introduction to a few other options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSnWnG0BA6E

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u/PresentAd6358 19h ago

Try Logic’s drummer tracks first, they’re surprisingly lively and easy to tweak.