How To Use Cakewalk by Bandlab: Making Drum Beats
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In this tutorial we discuss making drum beats in Cakewalk by Bandlab. We discuss a method useful for dance, EDM, and Hip Hop - as well as a general method. We also look at some useful FREE alternatives to the build in virtual drums.
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It is good to see someone making tutorials for cakewalk. I was a longtime. Sonar user and this is by far the beat free DAW in existence and still is competitive ( minus the bundled content) with commercial DAWs.
Just started with Cakewalk so all those tips are more than welcome! Thanks for the clear explanation. I have subscribed to all the examples.
Another easy way to seperate the drums is to mute all other drums than the ones you want to play (e.g. leave only kicks playing) then bounce the MIDI track to an audio track. Do this for all of the drums, then you have a kit all on different audio tracks ready for mixing ;)
Nice tip Paul, thanks
i've been doing it this way!!!!
You're my cakewalk God! I downloaded Cakewalk... then was lost in the world of trials of this daw and that daw- then you came along and I'm cakewalking away here! Love it! Thank you, professor Mike!
You are an absolute legend, Sir. Your videos are so clear and instructive. As a beginner at using DAWs I am finding them really helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these. Subscribed!
Fantastic tutorials mate, I'm just a bedroom guitarist who wanted to record some covers (guitar only) - I'm now about £500 into midi controllers, mics and interfaces and I'm addicted to your videos!
Very much appreciated 👍
Your getting me through this lockdown, who knows I may even have something original recorded by the end 😂 I"LL cut you 1% of any royalties 🤘
Haha! Thanks so much Scott. Its money well spent, on something positive and creative! I'm very happy for the sub, I'm sure you deserve all the royalties :)
was planning to only watch 10 mins while eating breakfast, and then got hooked until the end cos tutorial was just pretty detailed and neatly explained. Thx man
Lol! Glad to hear that, thank you!
Cakewalk use to be called Sonar before Bandlab purchased and developed the software. It came with Session Drummer 3. Each drum had its own output and it had a mixer. There were several kits to choose from. It also had a vast midi loop library. These drum kits were great and I am still trying to figure out why Bandlab kept the si drums and got rid of Session drummer because Session Drummer is so much better. I think if enough people make a feature request they will bring it back. I made one already.
and a final note, you can cut a clip simply by holding down the alt key and clicking the mouse button. This is much faster than switching tools. Once again, Another awesome video! Keep them coming and I will watch it!
is it easier than reaper? i am trying to ad drum, keys, etc, i have difficulty so doing pretty much anything with reaper
@@arnyarny77 In my opinion Cakewalk is easier to use than Reaper. Although I will say I think Reaper is a good platform too. Cakewalk has a synth rack that allows you to add or remove software synths easily. You can also do it through the browser button. There are plenty of Videos on UA-cam that explain it and mike has some of the best Cakewalk videos out there.
Sure was!
I've just recently started using cakewalk, so this was extremely helpful, especially since I'm a drummer! Now I've just got to work on the vocal part for my original songs! Thank you for sharing this incredibly informative tutorial!
Brilliant, thankyou for your clear instructions. This is my first time in over 20 years, using midi/digital platforms. Cakewalk is a brilliant platform but with so many buttons and options I was extremely confused. Looking forward to creating music and beats!!
Completely new to all of this. Mostly just got into it to make my own background music for a UA-cam show my buddies and I are doing.
Even just trying to figure out how to handle the drums has been immensely frustrating.
This tutorial cleared up pretty much every problem I've been having so far. Nailed it, my good man.
Hi Mike. If you use Session Drummer 3- which has separate outputs, but you don't like the sounds available you just go to the mixer and right-click on the icon of a drum you want to replace. You can use "load" to load up sounds from any other drum program or one-shots you have. Just navigate to where the other kit is stored, and find "library" and choose what you want.
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With the help of this video, now i can finally have drums in separate tracks! And i also learned how to have TTS-1's instruments on separate Midi-Channels. Thank you very much! :)
Can you tell me how to saperate TTS-1 in diffrent Midi-channels ?
@@Tom-hg9lw After you have added TTS-1, make a Midi-Track and select TTS-1 as the output for the channel. After this you can select which ever Midi-Channel as the source. You can select both of these on the left side in the Midi-Track options. The Midi-channel option is below the FX-section.
@@sirnuutia Ok I know what you mean. This is necessary if you make a new empty projekt, add a TTS-1 and then import a midi file.
But if you close the projekt and go to Data/Open and select a midi file (instead of a project file), then every track will automaticly assignt for you. And if you dont have any midi output devices set up in the preferece (dont check Microsoft GS wavetable), TTS will be loadet automaticly as well.
What amazes me is, the way you retained that (even just for example) groove, separating it into playing hats and snare/kick in different time, but you got it altogether because you had it in mind already. Salute.
I think this is a great intro primer. I have other commercial resources. There are several options for lowcost drums with multiple outputs, but genres like hip-hop and EDM often rely on custom drums and and drum layering. It will take a little more work,, but a free sampler like TX16WX. A form of sampler is essential to many pop genres and not just for looping. You can build powerful custom drum kits . For genres like Hip-hop you won't need to create complicated articulations. For a trap producer, one could download popular sttuggle drum packs like TM88 free kit and have your basic kick, snare, hh , 808 and clap.
Firstly a big thanks for your tutorials, I have always been interested in music production but been put off by the expense of full featured daws and bored quickly by the limitations of previous free daws I had tried. Cakewalk is amazing for free, unbelievable and thanks to your video series its hasnt been to daunting to use.
I have been following through with you on each video in cakewalk and everything has been flawless up to now, I am following your steps exactly yet for some reason when using your downloaded drum maps I cant get sound with DrumPro64 and MT Drummer, yet everything works perfectly with Cakewalks SI Drums. I have repeated your steps three times now and keep having the exact same results.
I would love to sort this out as particularly MT drummer having the ability to send kicks and snares to individual channels in the mix for free would be indispensable, appreciate your videos as they finally gave me a reason to stop using my lack of finances as an excuse to not making music. well done sir.
Thank you so much for making these tutorial videos and providing links. I am just starting out with cakewalk, and these are extremely helpful, and I appreciate the way you made these easy to follow!
Hands down, one of the most helpful videos I've seen.
Really great tutorial ! Thanks a lot ! Very clear, not too short, nor repeating things a hundred times either !
I am new to Cakewalk and I am finding your tutorials very helpful. I like your teaching style and you make the material easy to understand. Keep them coming.
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video Mike. I enjoy your style of teaching which is very thorough and full of character. I can now apply what I've learned here to the SSDSampler5 by Steve Slate, and if that works, I'll spring for the full version.
Good stuff here. Having recently retired, I'm looking to just learn new stuff I've never had the time for before. Videos like this are great. MIDI looks to be the next learning curve. 😁
Brilliant! I’m so glad I found your videos. You include all types of consideration for other music types, but I’m a rock, blues, pop musician and have the same philosophy as you (such as playing midi drums throughout the track for the human touch) and your videos (I’m subscribed!) are so useful, and to the point. No waste and gets me at the level I’m at with such useful information. Thank you so much. I could have saved so much time if I’d found your videos earlier. Already using tips from you!
Im starting to use Cakewalk and i was so confused with bringing the patterns i made to the track. Thank you so much! subscribed, of course!
Great video thanks. I really appreciate how detailed you guide through the process also explaining each single click you made - so it is easy to reproduce. Also I like your articulation which is very helpful for non-native speakers.
Thank you so much, you're helping a true begginer here
Brilliant. Got through the tutorial with no remaining problems I think. Thanks Mike!
thanks for the tutorial mate, it helped me a lot, I'm using Ezdrummer 2 plugin since like 2 months and didn't figure out how to use it properly within my Sonar until this tutorial, thanks so much
Oh thats really good to hear man! Thank you :)
Just wanna say a big Thank You for your content. 🙏
You do not need to Bounce to Clip after recording passes, you can just unfold the lane tracks clicking the icon at the bottom left of the track header. This way you have each instrument in its own clip, which might be convenient in some cases.
Regarding the Step Sequencer, an important feature is that you can add probability practically to every control parameter. If you then drag the clip to a cell in the Matrix view and play it looped, you can record again its output to your instrument track and automatically generate and record multiple variations of your beat or phrase, for as long you keep the cell looping.
Thanks for this!
Which is the icon on the bottom left that you're talking about? I couldn't find it
Victor Tadashi At the bottom left of the track header there are two small buttons. One unfolds the automation lanes, and the other the takes lanes. Each recording pass adds a take, but you see them all stacked one on top of the other, unless you unfold the lanes. You might need to make the header larger to include all buttons. If you have it too narrow it will show just the basic controls. Anyway, you should read the manual to learn the basic controls and features.
@@Josec823 Oohh now I know what you're talking about. Thanks a lot!
Hi, your tutorials are really helpful thanks. For years I've just messed with Sonar etc as no one has explained it quite like you or focused just on what is now Cakewalk. I'll be back. Thanks Steve
Cheers Steve, glad to hear its helping!
Thank you for taking the time to put all these tutorials together. Much appreciated!
Sooooo helpful. I was making beats and loops with multiple outputs in no time. Thanks so much from a new subscriber.
DUDE! Thank you so much! I have been dying to know how to assign the different drums to separate tracks!
Great Vid Tutorial. I love Cakewalk, been using it from when it was black dots per bar (yes, long time ago). Great DAW too!
Even I don't remember quite that far back! Thanks so much for watching :)
Thanks for another great Cakewalk video mike. I now feel like I am starting to get somewhere with Cakewalk. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and keeping it clear and simple for us beginners.
Thanks for watching man. It's reassuring to know I may be hitting the right spot for people :)
These are amazing tutorials thank you so very much from canada, stay safe out there.
Thanks Allen, enjoy learning!
Dear Mike,
When I slow the video down by 75%,I can write what you're saying. A PDF or Word document would, however, be FANTASTICALLY USEFUL!!!! .
Seriously happy that i have found help online like this. You videos will help me. Thank you very much
Thankyou very much for sharing... i love all your videos... Please keep making more cakewalk tutorials ( i have seen almost all the videos in your channel about Cakewalk, but i need more because i am a new cakewalk user...) God Bless you - keep it up... (I olso love the way you theach by the way...)
SSD5 has a free version with 2 kit configs! It also has the multiple output option.
I learned so many new things about Cakewalk with this tutorial. Thanks!
sitala is a nice free drumkit that has multi out that can be use in cakewalk
This video is really great. It is really good to see someone who knows how to use the software using it. Thanks
You have taught me so much in this video...I now have a place to come and learn from, EXCELLENT vid :)
Lots of info in this video. Both theoretical and practical. Wonderful!
Thanks for this video, the kind of mixed info that really helps to move forward.
Even if the concept of "drum map" remains to be clarified... dark stuff.
This was very helpful i am trying to become an artist and i have been at a stump with decent daws. Your cakewalk tutorials have made it very easy to use and understand the program.
Hi Mike, big thanks for your tutorials. I'm quite new to the world of DAWs, I've had a look at Reaper and Pro Tools First but Cakewalk seems much more accessible and user friendly. Can't believe it's free. You'll be getting a cut out of my first record deal lol.
At 7:53 you can actually adjust the velocities on the note itself in the piano roll. Just left-click and hold over the note, then dragging up or down adjusts the velocity. It’s a bit quicker if you’re doing multiple adjustments.
Very useful tutorial. Many thanks!!
Mikee - Good work and you also teach in a calm and very understandable way!
Thanks a lot
Jan
Excellent Tutorial, Suggestions & Links Sir. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Yes! Thank you for sharing how i use my keyboard as a controller!
Great video - good info! Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but I highly suggest Sitala, which is free, for multi-output functionality. It has an excellent set of built-in effects such as compression, tone, shape and tuning. Best of all, it allows you to insert your own drum samples into any of 16 available slots, all of which can routed to separate tracks. Just go to settings, then "Audio Output" -> "16 Channel Output (One Channel Per Pad)". Thanks for the good information, esp. about drum mapping.
Your channel is great! Even for a Sonar veteran like me.
Thank you - that's really good to hear :)
you can have an multi output in cakewalk by the window "insert soft options" disable simple instrument track and enable "all synth audio outputs stereo" then all the individual toms ect. spit up
This video is among the best on UA-cam
Thank you so much. Learned a lot. Always watch your videos when they got out! thx a lot
Don't know of other free drums with separate outputs but I have separated midi drums into multiple tracks to mix in dynamics and pans. Took a sec but the end result was actually really decent real-er sounding drums.
Great video, you touched on a lot of tiny details no one ever usually mentions. Like around 10:45, I had no idea why my list was so squashed, even after clicking the magnifying glass. You mentioned it, and as it turns out I am just blind and there is another one to zoom in vertically. Incredibly helpful, thank you.
Hi her Ben from Holland, this what your doing is really fantastic. nice teaching.
Great tutorial been using sonar since 7 yrs for my vocals and remixes but havent made a beat on it yet.
@@thegamingzone5963 yes great i am still learning piano basics chords scales etc i will one day make some vreative stuff i did some some.but haven't posted till i get better one day cheers brother for your comments.
You are the teacher of Cakewalk
Thanks for the awesome video! Love learning the how's/why's of the way your doing things, helping people to better understand the tools, nice work!!!
Hey Mike! I just wanna say thank you so much for this video. Definitely you've helped me with this one. I initially hesitated to spend my 32 min, but damn...this is a blessing (specifically the last step)! Thank you, more power and keep being awesome!
I like this video so much, I hit "like" three times. Seriously though, I'm new to Cakewalk and have found your videos extremely helpful. You've got yourself another subscriber. Thank you!
Hi Mike - not an easy solution but I have used Hydrogen Drums - a program with Windows Linux and Mac options and composed drum tracks for export as wav files. You can export each drum separately, or by muting certain instruments and exporting you can export say kick and snare to one wav, hats to another and so on. Plenty of kit options including Latin and you can make your own kits using wav samples e/g/ a Joe Meek style loose floorboard as a kick. I have also used it for triggering instrument hits, bass and brass lines and voice samples prior to import into Audacity but equally it could be used for import into Cakewalk.
Been using Cakewalk for about 2 months now. I can't play the drums to save my life but I can hear the beats in my head. I write Progressive Rock/Metal riffs and songs. I just want to learn how to make decent drum tracks for my projects that I need drums in.
Hey Mike, Great video. I don't know if Session Drummer comes with the Cakewalk version. I was a Sonar Platinum user, and it came with that version. If the base software bundle includes Session Drummer, it does allow you to separate each of the parts onto their own tracks. I would recommend selecting a track folder, and mono outputs. Then you have to select a different MIDI channel for each part. Addictive Drums came with the Platinum version, and that's the plugin that I use. I don't have to select the MIDI channels, and there are more velocity samples, so just changing the velocity makes it sound a little more natural. They you have a separate track for each drum piece. By the way, I do use the step sequencer for all of my programming, primarily in a rock/pop genre. I use the Flam feature to create ghost notes and rolls. For some reason, some of the controls don't have any effect, like the swing control and the offset control. So if I want to 'humanize' the drums, I have to go to the piano roll view and move notes individually. I can randomize whether note plays, by using the probability feature in the drop-down. It's effective if used sparingly, but jarring if you try to make it too random. Anyway, perhaps another video showing folks how to use some of these advanced features would be a good subject. Thanks.
Hi Nigel. Alas, Session Drummer doesn't come with CbB, but SI Drums does. Yes, a great topic for another video for sure :) Thanks for watching, and for this info :)
Hi Mike, thanks for your tips, very useful. Great job.
My pleasure, thank you so much for watching :)
Good tutorial
Great tutorial, thanks for sharing your knoweledge
Excellent video yet again mike 👍👍
Cheers Glyn :)
Really helpful video mate! I've been banging my head against the wall trying to use my Roland V-Drums (TD-12K) as a MIDI controller in Cakewalk via a USB MIDI interface, it's still not working BUT at least it's now showing up as an input so I must be close! Thanks again for the clear informative videos, great work!
Thank you for yet another wonderful Tutorial.
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Thank you Mike for great content. One free Drum pluggin with separate output is MODO drums. The free version has decent sound but not the best.
Great tutorial. Thank you!!
Thanks for the tutorial - I'm just getting into Cakewalk and it's a HUGE help!
Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but Independence Free sampler may be able to route the channels like you describe here. I'm just getting into that rabbit hole, too!
Cheers!
Great tutorial
Excellent Video!! Very informative and helpful! Thanks a lot!
Great stuff, brother! I always learn alot watching your vids. Thanks for the info!
Excellent videos....big thanks.
Excellent.
i don't completely understand what the drum maps are for, why are they important?.
Thank you so much for this content, is so helpful
Hi Pablo - they are really just there to make life a little easier. The usual piano role view has information which is not useful (like note duration), and its hard to know where each drum is. Drum maps dont show note duration (not needed), and you can set them up to only include the 'notes' (drums) needed, and in in any order, with drum names, rather than piano keys.
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Great Video ! Well done and thanks for sharing this tutorial. Very helpful and a lot of useful tips !!!! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and skills ...
Appreciate the tutorial. I'm new to this kind of thing so having this video is a big help. Do you have a tutorial on creating melodies?
Heya - good suggestion, will add to the list.
thanks Mike.Another great vid.
Cheers Nick :)
Thanks Mike! I smashed that like button 5 times!
Thank you for this! You helped me along the way. One day I will come back and thank you more generously. ;)
Sorry Mike,
When I looked at the download links, I see that you have also included instructions.
Great !!
Keep up the good work !!
Great tutorial!! got a bit complicated at the end for a Cakewalk Toddler like me, but, yeah, mate, good stuff.
Thanks again for your great work!
Basically I have some old band WAV .... So a stereo full band recording that I want to import to CAKEWALK and sync it to the timing and then quantize it. This will make it possible to add midi to it!
I might be out to lunch on this but it would be a neat thing to be able to do! Thanks Dave
Yes, I've done it with some guitar tracks that I didn't want to play to a click with, then I arranged the whole some around it. It's a little fiddly, but works.
Hi Mike, after two years in VST collection hell, last weekend got a couple of songs in a local Game production and one thing leads to another so no refreshing DAW for new music. So here I am.
Great job again Mike!
Thank you Sausage!
Thank you very uch, im dreadful at this stuff and this really helps.
Very nice, Sauce! Well done! Thank you
Nice tutorial more power to you....
This is a steal for me, I might disbanded my FL20 for this if its latency is little despite those plugins etc.