I'm looking for an easy way to add drums to a recorded drumless track.Something that I could import in a track, maybe just a single guitar, have it detect the bpm and then build a drum track. I know it can be done but I'm hoping for something cheap and easy.

 

Free version of Ableton called "Ableton Lite" and some free drum vst like "MT Power Drum Kit 2" or "BFD Player" should drive you into ballpark.

You can download Ableton Lite here:
https://www.ableton.com/en/products/live-lite/

MT Power Drum Kit 2 here:
https://www.powerdrumkit.com/download76187.php

BFD Player here:
https://www.bfddrums.com/drum-software/bfd-player.html

 

No cheap but lots easy: EZDrummer 3. It does exactly that.

 

How easy it will be largely depends on whether the track has been recorded to a metronome or not. If the tempo doesn't change throughout the track, it will be easier. If however the tempo fluctuates you will have to place the drums accordingly which can be more difficult or at least more time-consuming.
There are different ways to handle it. One way would be to add a tempo track and adjust it accordingly. This might be easier than placing all the drums independent of the grid.
Should the tempo fluctuations be only minor, you might be able to warp or quantize the initial track to the grid.

 

Last edited: Apr 30, 2024

This. Since v3 it has the very same feature you're asking. There's no competence that I'm aware of.

 

Thank you.