How to Produce and Mix MIDI Drums
Making MIDI drums sound like they belong in the track Once your MIDI drum performance feels good, it’s time to make it sound like a record. This is where production and mixing come in. But before we get excited and start adding compressors, EQs, saturation, transient...
How to Arrange Realistic MIDI Drum Tracks
From drum loop to drum performance A drum loop is not a drum track. A loop can be a great starting point. It gives you a groove, a feel, and something to write against. But if you copy the same two bars across an entire song, the listener will eventually notice. Or...
MIDI Drum Basics for Non-Drummers
How to start making better MIDI drum tracks Programming MIDI drums can feel strange if you’re not a drummer. You know what a kick, snare, and hi-hat are. You also know where they go in a basic rock groove. But after 20 minutes in the piano roll, your drum track still...A driving 130 BPM 4/4 MIDI drum jam – Download for free
Here’s a 32-bar drum jam that you can download and use in your music – completely free of charge and of course royalty-free. The jam was recorded by Magnus Brandell. Oh, and it switches into halftime for 8 bars in the beginning – very useful indeed!...
Free Fusion MIDI Drum Grooves – Plus Sound Clips
Time for some fusion, don’t you think? Here are 88 bars of top-notch fusion drumming, in 3 different categories: Jazz fusion, Funk fusion and Latin fusion. Tempos are 80, 100 and 120 BPM, and they are all recorded live by Berklee-educated drummer Magnus...
A 1980s-inspired jam – And a Horror Soundtrack?
OK, so here’s a brand new 32-bar MIDI drum jam, as always recorded live by Magnus Brandell. According to Magnus, it’s inspired by 1980’s drumming – and as it turns out, it’s a very versatile one. To hear the drums in action, check out my...Download a free fusion drum jam
We have a new jam for you, and this time it’s a 32-bar 100 BPM 4/4 fusion jam, arranged for the usual drum samplers. Download the 100BPM 4/4 fusion jam here!
Download free 3/4 grooves from the MB inspiration Pack – plus sound clips!
Updated with sound clips sept 22 2025. Here are 8 grooves that we selected from the upcoming Magnus Brandell 3/4 Inspiration Pack, which we are launching later in September. All grooves are 8 bars long 100BPM and the time signature is 3/4 as the name implies. The full...A tribute to Billy Cobham: Stratus Drumming
Back in the day when OddGrooves was an active gigging band, we used to play our version of Stratus. Our keyboard player had unexpectedly quit the band which meant we had to do it as a 3-piece, with pre-recorded keyboard parts. Which in turn meant we needed to play to...
Listen and Learn by The Empere – New single and free drum grooves
Today we are launching a brand new blues song by The Empere, a project by singer Emelie Rosenqvist and Per Ulfhielm, with lots of help from Magnus Brandell on drums and Karin Ulfhielm on backing vocals. Listen to the track on Spotify Free drum grooves for the song...Top-selling products
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