Where Are All The 3/4 Grooves?

[alantig]

When I converted my recording rig to ProTools, one of the attractions was being able to use software drums. I have Steven Slate Drums and a couple of the Abbey Road sets from Native Instruments. What has been a surprise is the lack of 3/4 drum grooves to use. Lots of 4/4, some 6/8, even some 7/4, but no 3/4. I record backing tracks for my mother to use at church (and yet, lightning still hasn't struck!), and a large portion of the songs she wants seem to be 3/4. So where are all the 3/4 drum grooves.

Side note - I'm recording a backing track version of Kiss's "War Machine". Not for my mother, but as an experiment doing it all in the box - all AmpliTube amp sims, all in-the-box FX. There's another AmpliTube collection I'm considering, and I wanted to try this before I commit to it. Anyway, it's a fairly straightforward 4/4 drum pattern - and none of the Slate rock or metal grooves fit. They're all more complex than needs be. I finally found one that would work - under the COUNTRY category.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

The 3/4 grooves are there... you just have to edit a bar out.:biggrin:

Hope you like being in the box, I've been happily residing there for a few years now.

 

[jfine]

6/8 is 3/4 doubled, so maybe you can edit a 3/4 from a 6/8.

 

[Mikegarveyblues]

I've got 3/4 and 6/8 in EZ Drummer. There wasn't many grooves in that time sig to start so I had to download some add on packs. Great for stringing together a good drum track quickly.

I've found that with a lot of the grooves... Too much going on. I use them but have to go into the midi editor and remove some things. Time consuming but easier than having to learn to play drums!

 

[studio66]

I have EZDrummer and Superior and there are oodles of 3/4 and other non-standard time signatures.

 

[László]

There are TONS of MIDI grooves that are available, including many 3/4 grooves. All you have to do is know where to look for more.

Keep in mind that 3/4 is waltz time, and there just isn't much demand for 3/4 signature drum grooves these days.

 

[jfb]

Toontrack stuff slays. The Dirk Verbeuren midi packs especially. Dirk's an animal. Love his drumming.

 

[alantig]

There are TONS of MIDI grooves that are available, including many 3/4 grooves. All you have to do is know where to look for more.

Keep in mind that 3/4 is waltz time, and there just isn't much demand for 3/4 signature drum grooves these days.

Tell that to my mother! She keeps coming up with these old (mostly) Johnny Cash gospel songs that seem to be all 3/4.

And excellent tip, Mike - I hadn't thought of editing down some of the grooves to simplify them. It seems so obvious now...

 

[László]

You could, of course, program them, it's really simple.