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[colorado_57]

I do a combo folk/country/blues rock.

1. The feel settings seem important to get away from a mechanical drum machine sound. Are there some good initial settings for:

a. laid back feel
b. driving feel

2. I've never hear of snare ghosting. Is snare ghosting used in this style? Are there some songs that would be good examples?

3. Is there a source of people sharing gooves and/or songs? Or do you have some recommendations for settings for folk/country/blues rock? I assume start with Charlie and 8th rock but where do you go from there?

Thanks in advance.

[sammy24]

My suggestion here is, use jamstix not only as a tool for creating drum tracks, but also as a teacher and ear-trainer. So for instance, set up your groove, and then adjust the timing feel and listen, listen. See how your adjustments change the sound and the feel. There is no point in moving knobs and sliders to get a magical coincidental result. If you don't hear a difference, change it back and then change it again. Or set tit to extreme values, to undertstand what it does to the sound, and then adjust it to taste. There aren't really any set default feel settings to speak of, although certain styles often go with certain feels. So funky stuff will frequently have a more laid-back feel, and hard rock may sometimes have a driving a head of time feel, but not always.

Try out the snare ghosting, and see what it sounds like. Solo the snare, so you can listen to it on its own, and try the different settings. It is pretty common drumming technique, in many styles. To me, it adds a level of intensity (or funkiness) to a groove.

Regarding grooves, etc, there are many resources on the web for these things, as well as all the jamstix 2 styles, which is a very good resource. When you load up a style, solo each part, and memorize what it is doing. This is good rhythmic ear-training. Now move a snare drum back a step or two, or forward, and now listen to the groove. Or add a few notes, or subtract. And when u listen to music, try to analyze the groove of each song. Eventually you will find you can immediately identify the groove being played, and have the ability to replicate it as well. This is soooo much better than always working with preset grooves, and hoping you find one that works.