Drums on Computer Keyboard?

HotDog-Cart · Post by **HotDog-Cart** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:55 pm

Hey guys. I'm looking for a program that will play drums when I press keys on my keyboard. (Kinda like emulating a drum machine)
Like, so basically when I press the letter B, the computer plays 1 tone.

So
when I press the letter "L" a bass drum sound plays. Or when I press "K" a snare drum plays. You know, just like a drum machine.

etc etc.

Are there any programs that could do this?

It'd also be cool if the program would let me play piano the same way.

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:11 pm

LSSound

You associate a WAV file to a button on the keyboard and it plays when you press the button. Well at least it says it can. I haven't tried it.

HotDog-Cart · Post by **HotDog-Cart** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:09 am

I dont know if thats what I'm looking for. Do I have to supply my own wav files? Or does it give me drum ones?

Like, getting drum wav files would be pretty hard. I'm looking for something that will supply its own files.

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:32 am

http://www.users.bigpond.com/prodigalson/drum.htm

Use the g00gle.

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:22 pm

You could use the demo of FLstudio, but then you have to set each drum to a key every time you open it. Get the demo anyway, it comes with a lot of great drum samples, and other things too.

EDIT: FLstudio does piano great too. Just drag the FruityKeys plugin and turn on the keyboard and type away.

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:11 pm

About a year ago I wrote a program in VB6 that did the same thing. I don't have it anymore, but it wasn't very hard to write. (I also programmed it so that incoming data on the serial port could trigger the drums so that I could make an electronic drum kit using a laptop, microcontroller, and drum pads with piezoelectric crystals inside. This never materialized, lol.)

Acronell · Post by **Acronell** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:25 pm

honestly Fruity Loops is the best solution out there for now