Q: how do you record percussion? clicking around in a piano roll makes me want to pluck my eyes out, but i'm not good enough at keyboard to use that as a midi controller. i guess a drum machine could work. and i guess i could just stop being lazy and get gud at manually inputting the midi events. what would you recommend?
A: you need dynamics (loud/soft). the problem with inputting midi notes with a normal computer clicking device is they are all the same loudness. that is precisely what will make it sound like crap, in that case. so whatever your input device is, make sure it knows how hard you hit it. that's the whole secret to good drums and percussion