Looking for drum pattern like in Venus by Frankie Avalon

[tparker24]

I’m looking for a drum pattern like the one in Venus by Frankie Avalon. See it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqGwixEOshA
It’s sort of a calypso cha-cha rhythm, played on brushes.

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[Henrik]

Do you have EZdrummer 2? If so, try to tap2find the beat you are after and enable “Show Web Shop MIDI”, EZdrummer 2 will search all Toontrack MIDI for similar results.
Tips: lower the BPM with the knob in the bottom left corner in Tap2Find to make it easier to tap the result you are after.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[tparker24]

Excellent suggestion! I did as you suggested, but unfortunately the matches found (mostly in the 60-70% range) were not very close. Thanks anyway.

– Tom

[Henrik]

Remember to adjust the quantize setting in tap2find so your hits are aligned properly. The preset 1/8 might not suit your needs!

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[tparker24]

Thanks for the info.

In my case, I didn’t actually tap it out by hand, but rather I created a 2-bar midi clip (quantized) in SONAR, and then dragged that in to tap2find.

[tparker24]

I tried again today, this time using a more realistic tempo for the midi pattern I copied in. And I’m happy to report that tap2find found an excellent match!

The specific pattern I liked was from the Blues midi pack: Straight, Songs, Rumba Style 140 BPM, Snares, Variation 2. It was about number 10 in the results list, showing a 92% match.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

[Henrik]

Great to hear that Good luck with the song!

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Jodad]

Wow, I was looking for a rumba too and didn’t think to look in my Blues expansion pack.  Thanks for leading me right there. (So far, Tap2Find doesn’t “hear” my midi keyboard).

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