hi i just recently bought pro tools le 7 with the mbox 2 and i need help getting a basic drum track going it has bfd lite and all that other stuff, and i can make beats with my midi controller, but im not so good with that yet and i want to know if i can get any programmed beats or program some beats with xpand or bfd or reason so i can lay down a drum track and then get bass going and guitar and the rest thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated :]

You can program drums using PTLE and use third party programs as well. Reason is great but may be a little non user-friendly at first. If you want something that is easy to use out the box, then grab FL Studio. It may not be the best out there but it is the most user friendly. The you can ReWire those into your PTLE session. There are plenty of other programs out there to suit your needs. I recommend that you read the manual that came with PTLE and installed as a .pdf, it will answer a lot of other questions that you may have. You can download loops from the web and import them in your session, check out Synchronics. It is a crazy tool!

well ive read the manual, but ill reread it today to get some stuff cleared up also any info on how to do that on reason or bfd would be appreciated as i spent loads of money on all the stuff ive bought already and dont have money to buy more plugins yet so any help would be great :]

If you want to rewire reason, open up an instrument track and insert reason (if you have installed ReWire, it should work automatically). Now you can start playing with Reason and laying down drums inside of Reason, or you can open up a midi track and program through the midi tracks. Make sure that you read the midi section in the manual. Also read the Reason manual to get you up and running.

thanks for all the info everyone and does anyone have any info on how i should do my beats like should i do the drum track before anything else? im new to this whole recording thing and recording with midi is so awkward like i can do a basic beat with hi hat kick and snare but i dont know any fills or more advanced beats :[ haha but yah any help would be awesome and what does that pencil tool do if i draw in hits? thanks everyone

Try this. Cheers.