hunterz263 wrote:I have tried making my own loops before, but it is a huge pain since I have no idea how real drummers play.
I could give you a brief walk through on the techniques I use/know about while drumming and their limitations. But if your not going to have a drummer actually play the loop you shouldn't have to worry about it. As long as you remember one drummer has 2 hands and 2 feet there's probably somebody out there who could play it. And all the percussion doesn't even have to be played by one drummer, you could have some people playing around with cowbells, congas and chimes and stuff like that to. So just make it sound good.
Otherwise, if you want real drums in your track, you have to take into consideration the drummer in questions skill level, his or her style of drumming, what drums are available, and so on.
The easiest solution if you want live drums is probably be first programming your loop to approximately the way you want it to be, then giving it to the drummer and asking them to play something like that. They might not be able to play every single accent accurately, but it'll probably still sound like the loop in essence.
Hope I made sense, I'm tired. If you have questions about drums or percussion and how they play, I can probably answer. So ask.