Drum Software

hitnrundrummer · Newbie Alert Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

Hi Gang,
I have triggered my acoustic drums for years and recently scored an old Simmons SDS-1000 Kit on ebay.The module has MIDI in/out, which I understand was not on all SDS-1000 modules.I bought a MIDI to USB cable and want to use the module as a trigger interface with my laptop.
My question is: What software do I need for the laptop? I have the cable drivers, but what software is needed to trigger sounds off the laptop?I see sound library discs around but are the sounds all I need? Are they wav. files? My goal is to keep it simple.I use my Alesis DM-5 live and realize it probably has more sounds than I'll ever need, but since I have all of the hardware....might as well try it out.Thanks in advance.
Chip

kuniggety · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

There are tons of software out there: GarageBand, Logic Pro, Audition, Pro Tools, Cubase, etc. They take the sound banks (which can be wav files) and associate them with the notes that come in via midi.
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