Im pretty (very) new to the "in the box" type of recording,ive have portastudios,and the digital stand alone type,but in the last month decided i wanted to write some more songs and re-record some of my old ones.
I must admit im finding it a pretty steep learning curve atm as im not the greatest with computers,but willing to hang on in there.
I'm using reaper (i have a windows setup btw)
But would like to get some nice rock/pop drums to make my tracks a bit more realistic feel.
To be honest,i want to spend as little as possible, as no doubt there will be other "plug ins" ill have to buy along the way.
The ones ice been looking at over the the last few days are:
EZ Drummer 2 and Addictive Drums
These two keep cropping up all the time
What do you guys use ?
Any help would greatly welcomed
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do you just want good drum samples/sounds or also rhythm/fills,etc examples?
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If you want to get started with something that inexpensive, there's MTPowerDrumkit2, which is donationware.
For what it’s worth I’ve used NI studio Drummer that came with komplete and bought GGD modern and Massive because I wanted something more, well, Modern
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Then I send it to a guy called Steve Duffy who plays real drums to it and sends me the stems. He's all set for internet session drumming, has great drums, mics and superb technique. His real drums then replace mine
Most of the companies that produce them have a pack or two of free packs. I bought some of Ugritone packs which need a bit of work (some dropped beats, some quantising) and an EZ Drummer pack.
I use AD 2, mainly through habit. I also have Drum Replacer (quite cool actually), Battery (ace) and all the Abbey Road drum stuff that comes with Komplete - but I always go back to AD 2, but that is likely as I say due to familiarity. I should look at EZ, but tbh I think there is not a lot between most things.
I have used various programmes, but the current version of Groove Agent does most of what I need, as everything is tweakable.
For more band orientated music I get my missus to play it in with her Yamaha midi kit, then edit to taste.
I usually get her to do a few "sensible" passes then a couple where she just goes wild and rattles round the kit at will, which is often where I get the best fills from.
You may already know this but I sometimes use the 'Snare Shallow Hit' instead of the 'Snare Open Hit'. I find that gives more ring and a closer sound to some of the alternative drum VSTi's.
Sometimes I use the two together to add a bit of a ring. But currently the 'Snare Shallow Hit' has to be programmed in the midi grid. It would be good if there were a 'Snare Shallow Hit' option in the Linked Snare dropdown menu. I did suggest it to XLN and got a reply that they'd consider it, but it's not yet been implemented.
Multitude reasons, mainly because I love the Metal Foundry expansion. I find the level of humanisation the best to my ears, although this is subjective. I also love the built in tracker so if I need to add samples to a live kit recording, assuming I have some good individual tracks I can do it really simply.
Most natural samples I've heard, and I've tried a fair few!
Also comparatively cheap, and there's a free kit version for you to try it.
Super easy to program. Start with a loop you like, drag it into an editor, edit the notes, velocity and swing to get it to sound less perfect, then add some % chances on your ghost snare notes for the same reason.
When you need a fill or a variation, rinse and repeat.
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