How To Use Studio One: Making Drum Beats

[@0010Kev]

Hi Mike. I'm starting work on my first song with studio one and was programming the drums. I had a few things I didn't know how to do so naturally this morning I turned to you. I found this video and you answered all my questions. I really hope you know how much we all appreciate what you do. I record music with my friends purely for the enjoyment of it. The last thing I want is frustration when I don't know how to do what I want in the program. With you here I feel like I have buddy I can turn to for the answers every time. Thank you!

[@bobbybehan6672]

Definitely one of the best if not the best and clearest channels of tutorials on KZbin. Every one I’ve watched has been brilliant, thank you.

[@b4time718]

Mike, Thank you for doing this! You are a natural instructor and your tutorials are simply great. I follow and enjoy a bunch of Studio One you tubers, including Gregor and Joe G on the Presonus channel. They produce some really good and helpful content. But when it comes to well paced, clear and concise tutorials, you are a treasure.. i hope PreSonus knows how much you help their Studio One users.

[@studioonerevealed]

Thank you so much. Very much appreciated words of encouragement. I look forward to seeing you around here!

[@anishranjansarkar1969]

Mike is humble and a good teacher.

[@piyutopas8708]

Glad you have an exclussive channel for this! Looking forward to more content

[@studioonerevealed]

Thank you! I've been wanting to do this for a while - enthusiasm is high!

[@flashkatwillie7657]

Agree

[@BenZeebar]

Very clear and precise explanations, Mike. Your videos are so helpful.

[@studioonerevealed]

Thanks Ben :)

[@Frank-in-NY]

Hey Mike...Excellent tutorial. Appreciate that you kept it simple, yet delivered a great deal of information. Not only on making a beat, but getting around in Studio One.👍

[@thehomerecordingstudiozone1868]

Been using studio one on and off for the last 10 years amazing some of the shortcuts you overlook nice one Mike .

[@studioonerevealed]

Glad it was helpful man!

[@danielsexton1608]

Mike the others need to watch how you teach! You always start at a beginning point that people like me, that's just learning Studio 1 recognizes where you are. And MIST IMPORTANTLY, you go very slow where the others want to show off how quickly and simple as they say the particular routine is that they are trying to explain. Also, you do not leave out any step and you actually and slowly show us where it is on the screen and show us the result always going slow. I hope these other Personus/Studio one experts read this. Thanks Bud!

[@studioonerevealed]

Thanks Daniel, I really appreciate this comment, and it gives me confidence going forward.

[@landencrespin6550]

So useful, great workflow and necessary description.

[@wellstoress]

Very great tutorial ❤ Thanks so much..

[@JG-DivMan]

Another excellent video -- informative and straight to the point. I rarely use this feature in S1 as I work almost exclusively with acoustic instruments, but it's always good to know as much as possible. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge of S1!

[@marcosteixeira25]

I am learning a lot from your teachings. Thank you very, very much.

[@lar57jsy]

Your video has tutored me into doing my first ever midi programming! Thank you! :-)

[@raymondspagnuolo8222]

Hi Mike! I always go into the (F3 -Console) General tab and make the starting point either -1 or -2 bar offset, which changes the timeline to match.

[@ServingMyJesus]

That was a great and timely article as I was just wanting to change the drums in my current project. I also wanted to quantise a piece as well as 'glue' so pieces together.

[@studioonerevealed]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brianritter315]

Very helpful, great pacing easy to understand

[@dngrusd]

Thanks for the vid! I learned a lot! Time well spent!

[@ojustaboo]

Thanks, great tutorial. I notice all the TM drums rename the notes the pads use. For example, with no drums loaded, or with any other non TM set, the bottom left pad is C1 and it goes up in order (C1, C#1, D1 …) up to the top right pad which is D#2. So in midi mode on my NI Maschine, I set the pads up to match. But load any of the TM drums, the bottom left pad is now B0 and the top right is D4.

[@ivanrojasreischel]

Que bueno encontrar tu nuevo canal. Soy un feliz usuario de SO desde la versión 4, y aunque hay varios buenos canales disponibles sobre este tema, SO tiene tantas funcionalidades que siempre hay espacio para un nuevo canal especialmente cuando son bien producidos como los tuyos. Mucho éxito.

[@TomAuffarth]

Qwerty Keyboard! Yes! Thx! In the other Vid I found gainstaging/normalizing via tiping values in the inspector. I use S1 professional and literally every day for quite a while, since version 3. But - you never learn out! I´ll be back here, thx again!!

[@studioonerevealed]

Thanks Tom, I appreciate the support :)

[@gsmith11172]

Let me say this upfront from my research I think Studio One is going in the right direction overall. I think what S1 is doing with Atmos is dope. I like the video integration with audio. I their project page concept of mastering whole projects and look forward to using that for my projects. I like importing my stems for mixing and arrangement within studio one Now when it comes to frustration with Studio One a lot of it falls on me. I love the chord track I struggle with the following: It takes me too long to grab events and move them where I need them. I keep splittingthem. I have issues quantizemidi events. I used to be able to Maschine and MPC as VST but I must be doing something wrong. I find hard it to get a workable view of the Edit window and control the scrolling in the loop setting I might be struggling with latency I know I can use my Qwter keyboarddon’t know how to set it I want to know how can I chop and assign samples with impact I want to know how can convert Audio to midi I really want to get better in composing within Studio One, I do my beat making primarilywith MPC Software and then Maschine software

[@brianritter315]

Thanks!

[@joepecsi1332]

I wanna express that if you download that kit you might find yourself in my position and dont have the same preset as him. either way he is very good at explaining things and i am going to wing it with another preset. why not. cheers

[@robertbentley4635]

I'm very new at this. Thanks for the great videos. Question, how are you actually adding the drum beats? Are you using your computer or a midi instrument? Thanks!

[@DjJazzOriginal]

Fantastic tutorial Mike. I was wondering though, do all this things you teach also aply to Studio One Artist version, or is it only accessable on the professional version. I dont know which one to purchase yet, since i am a 'home studio' producer at the moment.

[@Angus_Macgregor]

Thanks for this seperate channel, Mike. I have moved from Cakewalk to Studio1 (by accident, as it happens, as I didn't realise I got the Artist version with the ioStation24c I bought recently). I'm really liking it and finding it an easy switch over after 20 years of Cakewalk and Sonar. Oddly enough, I could not find the kit you were using, so downloaded the pack but it is still not there. I've even upgraded to Sphere and Professional but with no joy. However, I can still follow along with the method. I second the idea of a tutorial with seperate tracks for each drum part. I guess there is maybe an easier way than loading multiple instruments?

[@studioonerevealed]

Hi Angus. Yeah, it depends on the plugin, but most plugins (including Impact) are capable. Thanks for coming over here man!

[@raymondspagnuolo8222]

I also used Cakewalk and Sonar before Studio One Pro and Sphere. I haven't looked back.

[@casdupreemusic]

Thank you for making this so simple!

[@fonqstarr3636]

you can assign a pre count down there on the circle in the metronome area

[@studioonerevealed]

Of course yes :) My old habit!

[@tomtomgrande8833]

Hello Mike. I can't see all those "TM" stuff; I even reinstalled the package (Studio 6)...

[@gabrielceolato2]

Me neither

[@TheSnoozeButton25]

Thank you so much! Video was very helpful

[@HallieTheBaddie]

really nice video i need to try it out asap

[@voudris451]

Hi Mike I hope you are well, I started learning Cakewalk awhile ago with you on the other channel, now I'm learning studio one on this awesome channel. Every time your video shows up as a suggestion I click on it and I watch until the end cause, I know, I always learn a lot from you. Thank you very much for what you do.

[@studioonerevealed]

Awesome! Thank you :)

[@assignmeanameplease]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@Gracebeliever077]

Can Impact drum hits be routed to their own separate tracks like you mention that Addictive can? If so, how? Or do you have a video detailing that? . . . . follow-up. I found it by Googling it. My difficulty was not asking the question correctly. Highlight the midi track, select Instrument Parts then Explode Pitches to Tracks.

[@thefuzzboxx1018]

Brother Mike thank you!

[@mejorhaci5754]

Hello Mike I’m Gabriel, i recently found your channel and thank you for your teaching…. I got a lot from the video but I’m lost as to we’re are the lines on velocity

[@rij2392]

love it , please make a detail video on piano roll

[@studioonerevealed]

Will do!

[@MatthewSwasta]

OK, this is why I still haven't transitioned from Sonar Pro Cakewalk to Studio One. I use Cakewalks step sequencer to program drums. It works well with Spitfire Audio Hammers, Abe Laboriel Jr. Drums, and LABS Vintage Drums. My workflow has become quite proficient with this and it is easy to set up. I am actually thinking I can built the drum step sequencer into my massive project template to be ready to go for each project that requires drums. I don't really care for this method of drum programming here... How does one use the step sequencer in Studio One to built drums?

[@fretlehs]

You could just drag the first hi hat down to crash with your up and down arrow, and then adjust the velocity to your desire

[@shebilzaveri]

So S1 6 is coming on 29th. Got any inside scoops? 😅 Shall be following this channel. Many thanks!

[@studioonerevealed]

I do :) But I can't tell :(

[@shebilzaveri]

@@studioonerevealed No problem. Your timing to start this channel had me suspecting… 😀

[@Chilajuana]

Do you ever separate drum parts into different tracks? And to do that, do you have to convert midi to audio?

[@guitarvideosbychadmood1051]

Mike, long time Brotha, do you know if this method works well with Steven Slate Drums 5 as well? Also, do you know if I can use the computer keyboard to play the sounds as well, like in this vid?

[@oinkooink]

You make it look so easy! One thing, if anyone's reading. I copied this tutorial to the note...exact. I even got the velocities about the same. I notice though that the loop/ beat is really loud...it peaks way up near 0, the kick slams at the 0. So this was just for demo purposes yeah? I mean, constructing loops like this for a mix you'd have to back off the velocities right? Or trim the volume on the channels, right? Usually I aim for the kick to hit at -12db...but in this tutorial it's hitting already up near 0. So this demo is just for demo purposes right? You guys aren't starting mixes with such loops already slamming 0 are ya?

[@AbhisekChakravorty]

Hi Mike if you can please show us how to record drums part in seperate tracks in situations where i need to eq the kick , toms, high hats, snare drum seperately also lets say when i want to put some reverb on the snare drums etc

[@studioonerevealed]

Good idea - will do, thank you!

[@TheOneMonk]

You can record one midi drum track and then right click on the track >Instrument Parts >Explode Pitches to Tracks. This will create seperate drum tracks. These tracks you can then process individually and/or route to a Bus.

[@PTFWWDB]

it's way easier using the pattern mode and isn't there a record countdown built in?

[@KevinCovington5453]

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[@user-kn2di5mx3v]

My qwerty keyboard has no audio. I can see that it is creating signal on the meter, but no audio. Any suggestions?

[@RandallClarke-t1c]

Hey Mike, I have studio one 5 artist and I have the Impact instrument but I can't find the "TM poprock" kit in the menu? is there somewhere else I need to look for it? I have auditioned some of the other drum sounds in Impact and they don't really work for me.

[@ryanphooper]

Hey Mike!!! After loading Impact, I selected default to choose a kit and there are no options other than default. Any ideas whats wrong?

[@sannehrecords1676]

Hey bro with you I learn calkewake

[@amimanu1]

Genial....

[@angelportal5378]

The Tm drum kit is not there anymore

[@rocknroller7034]

why don't I ever see anyone adjusting the ADSR in these videos?????

[@RPSchonherr]

You have a different version than I have and it doesn't have that drum kit. and the metronome icon isn't on the bar at the bottom. I have Studio One 6 artist.

[@RPSchonherr]

I found where to make it so I can see that metronome icon. go to view>customization>complete. It was defaulted to user-defined.

[@nico-zh4eo]

hi, how would you do to have a fader on each drum ?

[@ivanrojasreischel]

Hi, in Impact XT first you need to activate additional outputs using the combo just at the right of the presets combo. Once the output channel are actives you can route each pad by going to the lower right corner of each pad to select the specific output for that pad.