Drummer - Maybe the Most Brilliant Thing to Ever Happen to Logic Pro

[@the_mr_brandon]

My favorite happy accident with drummer is how it responds to arrangement markers. Do this, set your song arrangement markers using intro, verse, chorus, etc. then create an instance of drummer. You will get drum regions based on the arrangement types automatically!

[@stillblue_music]

This is amazing! cant believe I didn't know this

[@ExplosiveLemonz]

thank you man

[@chadbierman8058]

Yea it’s awesome huh!?

[@GoodSneakers]

Mindblown.

[@andywildsnake7714]

Hi Brandon! Super! Thanks a lot for the tip.

[@Gongtopia]

As a professional drummer, I'm really knocked out by what I can now do with' drummer.' I use it all the time as a 'click track' and for songwriting. When a track is done I can jump on my kit and add 'live' drums to replace the drummer track (or keep 'drummer' because it sounds great!).

[@ZeroStateReflex]

Smart technique!

[@StratsRUs]

Great seeing a real drummer using it without dissing it.

[@orensr]

Love Drummer, but I’m dying for them to add some jazz drummers to the selection.

[@garygimmestad4272]

Yes!

[@vincentswan6557]

Try the speakeasy kit. It had brushes. Not perfect but useable

[@MrTupeloFlash]

So true :)

[@DIGITAL7Media]

i know....I know....and a Bonham drummer ; )

[@fillhixx]

I’m waiting for them to add Ringo…….

[@wtc175]

FANTASTIC!! I have learnt more in 10 minutes from your wonderful lesson than reading a manual for a week! Many Thanks!!!!

[@JoshMobleyMusic]

This is BY FAR the best logic channel I have come across. instant subscribe. I'm a long time logic user and I was shocked but all of these tips and tricks I had never used. Immensely useful information with well-done videos to boot. I'd like to see a deep dive into user interface settings. I know there is a way to get three tool options instead of the default 2 but I can't find how to do that. Anyway, excellent work.

[@TheWorld_2099]

Look up Echo Sound Works, he shows you how in the 41 advanced tools video

[@JuanGUniverse]

Man, ive been using logic pro x for a while and never used drummer...I honestly accidently just overlooked it....But this is truly great!!!!!I appreciate you!!!!

[@andyjgrace2461]

Love this! I’ve been using drummer for quite a while now, but I didn’t realise just how flexible it was. Learned loads here. A great help!

[@grantpowell5226]

I agree! Drummer is amazing, especially to get you started when you're having writer's block.

[@luismorales-guidos5159]

I LOVE drunmmer and use it all the time!!! Another tip is clicking on the drum track icon, it pulls up volume adjustments for the different instruments, compression and effects!

[@davidweesner5997]

Great tips! So much great stuff that you covered. Gave me lots of new ideas - Thanks!

[@brucefellowes4848]

It has changed how I do drums and made things a whole lot easier. Brilliant function

[@QuinnYouTube]

Cool I guess I don't even need drum break samples, I can just bounce a drummer track and chop that up

[@all-up]

Woh!! I have to mentioned that it"s a Blessing to watch You're Video's here Sir! And am starting to make some Music & on the right track to fulfill my dreams & goals. . . Thank You so much for being so devoted to you"re passion & to the community #1 : ) ! ! ( Drummer is, thanks for bringing it up, truly even more than I knew prior; Amazing)

[@TyRobertsmedia]

Awesome... I just figured out how to see the drum names in the piano roll! yes. Love drummer, had it listen to my scratch rhythm guitar track for a whole song and it played to the track like a real drummer would have done. Another trick is to have the Logic Drummer play my Kontact Studio kit or other sampler once I'm happy with the midi parts.

[@danielpicard3994]

Drummer is a great aid for songwriters and producers who can’t hire a real musician. I wish there were a true Jazz style setting though...

[@petergreen1869]

And reggae too.

[@HSet77]

I use the cool Jazz loops recently - combined with a Drummer brush track - but I agree -- Jazz drums would be my favorite.

[@davidbenasulin]

Very nice and instructive video. Many thanks for doing it and share!

[@liquidsolids9415]

Also, you can have more than one drummer track. So you can have two (or more) drummers playing at the same time, doing totally different but complementary things. It’s awesome. Great video! Thanks!

[@edwardheins2930]

So hi im mongo and i just connected a roland v drum set To logics drummer . now i got capabilities WOW I HIGHLY RECOMEND DOING THIS .

[@omarsowan4780]

Nice video and clear, inspiring explanations. Thank you! 👍

[@JamesBushPrayerRequest]

Thanks for the overview video. I discovered a couple of tips I never knew, like converting a region to a midi track and back to a Drummer region. Nice!

[@Arfshesaid457]

Thanks for the great demo!

[@nadavpeleg6222]

Great video man! Tnx!

[@richardjordan6518]

Very helpful thank you kind sir!!

[@williammillan206]

Yes ..once I learned how to use it ..I was ..Blown Away ..it's truly the best..😃

[@jragadio]

Amazing feature. Awesome tutorial! Stumbled across your channel trying to figure out which DAW to learn and buy between Ableton and Logic

[@romdupre]

So true ! Real game changer for me 🙏

[@themillennialmindedpodcast7853]

This was an awesome video man.

[@domsalmon4496]

Another super-awesome video, and yes Drummer is pretty much as close as i've come yet to actual dark magic in my life!

[@SDMPLAY]

Bruh I didn’t know what drummer was so I never used itBUT THATS ALL CHANGING TODAY BOYS

[@platinum9189]

You’re amazing man keep it up👍🏾

[@chadbierman8058]

Thanks so much!

[@richardsanders2271]

This is really so sick or slick.

[@anotherordinaryguyplayingg5308]

You are awesome Teacher ❤️

[@stephanemignot100]

They should add a JDilla knob...

[@JimmyBagOfDonuts]

Awesome, I was f*cking around with Drummer earlier, and got a bit frustrated. Thanks, I'll have a new strategy for tomorrow!

[@dafingaz]

Nice!

[@armandogracias2079]

I have a question related to logic drummer, can it auto accent? Like for eg. I'm playing a phrase where the chords go descending like Am, G ,F and the bass guitar and other instruments Make it sound like sticato can the logic Drummer do that? Is there a way to achieve this???

[@randypiano11]

very cool

[@mikael.cherin]

Chris, I hope you see this question about drummer. When I use the "expanded" drummer (stereo or producer kit) I see that Logic uses sends in "post fader" setting, to reverbs and such. Why do we want drum sends to be "post fader"?

[@williamshaneblyth]

Can I use drummer with live loops section so you do more of an, on the fly, jump around in a song?

[@LofiWurld]

Didn't even know what it was until now. Always struggling to program drums with keyboard 🤦‍♂️😩

[@steveskidmore849]

What’s the secret for drum intros and ending a song please?

[@eightthirtyseven9692]

Does anyone have a timestamp on how to separate channels from somewhere else than right clicking on the drummer track? My drummer won’t let me right click on it to take those steps. Something in settings? Any info about this is much appreciated.

[@butlerjames1974]

Cool video! Is there a way to record changes in drum settings on the fly? Like if I wanna add a fill in a region in a certain part of the song. Can I record changes?

[@greghillmusic]

What would make it so that when I change drummers, there's nothing programmed anymore? I have no problem using logics drummer in my own work, but I'm working on a file from school, and when I change drummers, everything gets deleted, when I edit parameters like complex loud or simple, nothing changes. I can't figure out why.

[@mvmmotovlogmusic2815]

The only this Drummer likes is to be able to play 3/8 or 6/8. I’ve gotten ok results by bringing up the “swing” to 60. Anyone else have a suggestion?

[@hoobastanker9]

Hey Chris! Love your videos! Super helpful all the time! My question is, does anyone know how you can relabel the piano roll if you use third party drum plugins (like GetGood Drums, Addictive Drums etc). It’s awesome how if you use the logic drum kit the piano roll shows which key is kick, snare etc, I only wish when I use third party midi plugins I could do the same! Any thoughts?

[@Eduaro2U]

A question:- Why is drummer out of time with the click? All regular MIDI entered sounds (drums or otherwise) are spot on (literally) - whereas Drummer is way behind the beat. Ideas?

[@andyjgrace2461]

I love this! It’s been very helpful. I have got a problem at the moment though with one song I’m working on. For some reason I lost the ability to edit the drum regions, part way through writing the track. When I open a region and click on the scissors the edit screen comes up but completely blacked out. The track is not locked, ie the padlock symbol is open. I tried converting it to a midi file and then converting it back, but all the timing was out and changes to parameters I’d made had changed. I reverted to a saved file rather than spend hours re-writing the track region by region. So I still can’t edit the drums in this song.

[@davidpurple3698]

-and you can split the midi into separate tracks :-)

[@ajadrew]

I will make a Drummer pattern etc but whenever I go & cut it, ie, shorten it, the rhythm changes? There must be a button I'm not pressing before I cut the Drummer pattern? Anyone know what I mean please

[@FuzzekeTrailerMusic]

Yeah I’ve had that problem for ages! But how I figured it out was 1. Make your drum pattern 2. bounce to audio 3. Trim and cut (the audio file of course) Have a nice day Andrew!

[@ajadrew]

@@FuzzekeTrailerMusic Cheers! Yeah, I'd figured that out as a work around but surely there's something we're missing here.... a button someplace?

[@FuzzekeTrailerMusic]

@@ajadrew Im not sure lol.

[@JamesLloydKeyboardist]

Andrew Austin I’ve found that if you cut a Drummer region and “fills” is set to anything other than zero, a fill is add to the end of the snipped region, as if it needs to conclude the phrase. Try setting “fills” to zero, snip away, then add fills separately. I hope this helps.

[@almightytreegod]

Always set your fills after you’ve set the length of the region.

[@fontainejohn]

I dunno i've just never found it better than just using midi

[@KhaledTobolat]

Love that

[@1800notarealnumber]

i still cant seem to get drummer to play a clean shuffle

[@purplewound]

I really wonder what is the logic behind this drummer plugin..To get better use of it as in this video, do you need to have midi bass/guitar track or does it respond to audio tracks as well?

[@gumbilicious1]

It follows audio tracks

[@duppykitoon]

I find that in Drummer, I can have the Kick and the Snare both selected, but I can't select Hi Hat, Toms and Cymbals all at once. In other words, if I have the Hi Hat slected, the Toms don't play and the Cymbals don't play. Is there a fix for this?

[@flirtwithdanger_les]

Only way I can think of is to create a 2nd drummer track

[@TyRobertsmedia]

The reason: Drummers only have two arms. Notice in the piano roll when there's a fill the hi-hat is gone because he/she is hitting toms. I used to go in and delete those little parts when finishing a song to make the drums sound more human, but Logic now does it for us!!!

[@DonMadDonald]

can you have multi outputs with drummer? (like kick channel 1, snare channel 2 and so on)

[@lairdey]

Yes. In the library where the drum kits are, there's an option called Producer Kits. It consolidates all the elements in a track stack and you can isolate Kick, Snare, etc.

[@DonMadDonald]

@@lairdey cool! thanks!

[@lairdey]

@@DonMadDonald Sure thing! :)

[@faautobahna9416]

wow

[@contumancia]

error404 : ) the best that happen to logic are the midi instruments!

[@bobafruti]

I always wondered if I was cheating by using drummer 🤣🤣

[@aeiplanner]

Well Drummer is amazing it is lacking some crucial time signature patterns like 6/8.

[@almightytreegod]

You can change the timing and length of the regions to achieve that.

[@lairdey]

Yeah. That's not true. It'll adapt to the time signature of your project.

[@nikovaude]

not true. just change it within the session. i use it all the time that way.

[@StefanoMattia]

I had it play a 5/4 song and it came up with a super interesting groove

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

Styles of genres is pretty redundant

[@nickshepley2566]

Am I retarded cause this feature has been the biggest pain in the ass, I can’t get the loops to start and end where I want, and if I do, they start on a different count. Btw this is coming from a guitarist

[@Check_For_Response]

No metal drummer👎🏾