2 mixes: Addictive Drums - Slate Drums comparison

[Santuzzo]

Hi,

I got Slate Drums Platinum yesterday. I have been using Addictive Drums mostly before, and now I made two mixes of a tune of mine to compare the both.

Here's the Slate Drums version:



And here's the Addictive Drums version:




I have to say I have difficulties saying which I like more, so I'd appreciate some opinions.
I think I like Addictive Drums a bit better, but Slate also sounds good to me.
What do you guys think?

Lars

 

[Toxic Grind Machine]

My vote goes to the addictive drums.. is that the metal pack?

 

[Santuzzo]

My vote goes to the addictive drums.. is that the metal pack?

Yes, it's metal pack.

 

[Toxic Grind Machine]

Yes, it's metal pack.

Sounds good!

 

[CharlesMonroe1989]

the addictive drums have already some post production things on it. the toms for example sound compressed.

the slate stuff is a very realistic and natural drumsound so you have all opportunities to get the sound you want.

 

[Santuzzo]

Sounds good!

Thanks!

the addictive drums have already some post production things on it. the toms for example sound compressed.

the slate stuff is a very realistic and natural drumsound so you have all opportunities to get the sound you want.

Which one would you say sounds better in this particular mix?

 

[Vicioushead]

I like the Slate drums a bit better. The kick is a little clearer to me. Thanks for posting this by the way, I've been looking for an honest comparison (it's too hard to tell from youtube videos).

 

[Santuzzo]

I like the Slate drums a bit better. The kick is a little clearer to me. Thanks for posting this by the way, I've been looking for an honest comparison (it's too hard to tell from youtube videos).

Thanks !
I think the kick in AD is also a bit too soft. What do you think of the snare in the AD clip?

 

[CharlesMonroe1989]

I like the slate sound more The sound of the cymbals in AD is much to sharp... Everything sounds a bit too compressed.

If i had to choose one of them for a production i would always choose slate. Just because i can decide what sound it should be. i bet you can get a similiar sharp and compressed sound from the slate samples, but you wont ever get this natural drumsound from the AD Samples.

 

[Santuzzo]

I like the slate sound more The sound of the cymbals in AD is much to sharp... Everything sounds a bit too compressed.

If i had to choose one of them for a production i would always choose slate. Just because i can decide what sound it should be. i bet you can get a similiar sharp and compressed sound from the slate samples, but you wont ever get this natural drumsound from the AD Samples.

Thanks!

I'm not sure, I think with AD you can get a pretty natural sound as well, it's just a matter of how much you choose to process them or not to process them.

The Slate samples were already pre-processed, so I did not do any processing.

I guess, this comparison proves that I still need to work TONS on my drum mixing/EQing/processing skills

 

[Terminus]

Is AD just using the plug in a stereo track or have you routed it into the daw as separate tracks? Didn't like the kick or snare sound on either clip really. Snare seemed a bit dry and flat with not much dynamics. I thought the SSD toms were a bit better. The AD snare was more punchy and cut through the mix but was still dry. Maybe try a transient designer on it and increase the attack a bit and throw some reverb on it. How many snares does that metal pack come with? I'm an AD user but never got any of the extra packs.

 

[Santuzzo]

Is AD just using the plug in a stereo track or have you routed it into the daw as separate tracks? Didn't like the kick or snare sound on either clip really. Snare seemed a bit dry and flat with not much dynamics. I thought the SSD toms were a bit better. The AD snare was more punchy and cut through the mix but was still dry. Maybe try a transient designer on it and increase the attack a bit and throw some reverb on it. How many snares does that metal pack come with? I'm an AD user but never got any of the extra packs.

Thanks!

Yes, I routed AD as a stereo track and did all the processing inside the plug-in.
IIRC the Metal Ad Pak has one snare and snare triggers to add to it.

 

[Vicioushead]

Thanks !
I think the kick in AD is also a bit too soft. What do you think of the snare in the AD clip?

It was fine but I felt the Slate one had more of a ring to it. I prefer that.

 

[Santuzzo]

It was fine but I felt the Slate one had more of a ring to it. I prefer that.

Thanks!