Okay, that was impressive. At first I thought "no big deal" until they started jamming with the desktop and tin cans.

I wonder though if you couldn't do the same thing with something like [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.toontrac…"]Drumtracker[/]="http://www.toontrac…"]Drumtracker[/]?

I didn't realize that was a new concept. I've been doing the same thing for years with the SoundReplacer software in ProTools. When I started doing it, I would use a drumstick to hit a phonebook to get a nice clean spike. Eventually I moved to just tapping the mics with my fingers. (you can do a lightning fast roll if you're using 4 fingers). Make my own soft / medium / loud samples from some good session drummers from other projects and stick them in SoundReplacer. It wouldn't put a good drummer out of work, but it beats the heck out of trying to program feel into a drum machine.

As someone who has played guitar, bass, and keyboards for over 30 years, my hands (and feet) know what they're doing. But since I'm not a drummer by trade, I haven't developed the large muscle coordination it takes to play drums with any precision.... but take sticks, pedals, and big motions out of the equation and I can play the crap out of a desk!

yep
finger drumming is cool

for those of us that are not quite as skilled as we want to be