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Some of the Platinum Samples libraries sound amazing...good kits, really well recorded using top flight gear and good producers. I don't think Roland will ever compete with this type of thing (not knocking them, it's just not their core business).
I'm currently thinking about grabbing our office 2box brain, and crafting some DIY shell triggers, and adding some pads to the setup - for home use. We've got a TD-20 at the office, but I want something at home.
Moving to midi was a revelation, I use SD2 for this and out of the box it responds nearly as well as the vex packs but with so much more realistic sounds. I now use my kit exclusively via midi, so how good the module sounds are is now irrelevant to me. I would say the smart money is spent on a more realistic controller (mesh heads, vh11 or better hi hat).
Once I have the midi notes in SD2 (via cubase in my case) The mixing power of SD comes into play and that's where it really scores over the other VST's I tried.
The 2Box of course is a sample based module which I understand (with a bit of fiddling) you can upload SD or other samples into. But I've heard the hi hat needs some tweaking?
Happy with my TD9 mesh head kit/vh11 into SD2. The VH11, plus a good bass pedal, to me tackles the playability aspect.
One of the plus points for Roland heads is build quality, they can take a load of bashing without falling apart.
I've heard good things about pintech cymbals too.
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I guess I was trying to clarify that the brains aren't doing any physical modelling synthesis. It's just recordings of drum pieces being played back based on your velocity input.