Re: (idm) drum programming

From Aaron S Michelson
Sent Wed, Oct 13th 1999, 23:03

Excerpts from mail: 13-Oct-99 (idm) drum programming by Sean
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> i can't speak for bogdan, but i know from listening to
> squarepusher and mike paradinas that there is little likelyhood they
> randomize their patterns. i've been drumming for 8 years and have done
> plenty of random percussion sequences and they just lack the overall flow
> and feel of a well programmed beat which both squarepusher and u-ziq
> provide.

FYI... I spoke to Tom Jenkinson around the time that Hard
Normal Daddy came out, and he said that he programmed
every beat by hand.... and an average track would take
him about three weeks.

So there.

Aaron