by Per Ulfhielm | Jul 4, 2026 | Home Producer Lab
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...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jul 4, 2026 | Home Producer Lab
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...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jul 4, 2026 | Home Producer Lab
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...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jul 20, 2020 | Articles and Tutorials, Blog, Home Producer Lab
This is how you add an OddGrooves pack to Toontrack’s EZdrummer 2. For EZdrummer 3 instructions, click here. Save your new OddGrooves pack where you normally keep your grooves, samples etc Navigate to the Browser section of EZdrummer 2 and click on the...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jul 20, 2020 | Articles and Tutorials, Blog, Home Producer Lab
This is how you add an OddGrooves pack to XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2: Save your new OddGrooves pack on your hard drive and locate the folder named “OddGrooves <…> Addictive Drums” Open the Addictive Drums 2 plugin and click the help menu...
by Per Ulfhielm | Jul 20, 2020 | Articles and Tutorials, Blog, Home Producer Lab
This is how you add an OddGrooves MIDI pack to Steven Slate Drums 5.5: Save your new OddGrooves pack on your hard drive. Locate the folder with the .lib extension and copy it to the “Grooves” folder located in the SSD5 Library (this varies depending on...