Been working on Drum Programming, how fake do these sound?

[Joel4662]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13836295/Team Work.mp3

yeah it's quiet, it's not mixed by any means.
and yeah what i did here was used Slate EX (Kick 10, snare 10, Maple toms) and the sturgis cymbals, which since i only have kontakt player, i was not able to make kontakt instruments with them so i used the midi in on drumagog for the cymbals

i messed with velocities and humanization cause i really want to make my drums start sounding more realistic.
and this is for my first clients so i want to make a good impression

2:00-2:48 is pretty important cause it's alot of little rolls and stuff on the ride bells.

anyways any advice would help, i really want my programmed drums to sound more real.

 

[Morgan C]

Rather fake.
Step 1) Don't use Slate drums
Step 2) Put your ride bow in stereo
Step 3) Keep at it.

 

[Joel4662]

Rather fake.
Step 1) Don't use Slate drums
Step 2) Put your ride bow in stereo
Step 3) Keep at it.

Omgoodness yeah the ride is pretty centered.
and yea i just got slate drums a few days ago so this is my first time to use them. They really leave me feeling like i just need to upgrade my Kontakt Player to Kontakt 4 because it does a pretty good job with velocities.

but yea thanks i even read that thread in your sig a few days ago, i still need to mess around with Right/Left hand velocities on fills.

 

[Joel4662]

okay
same link but yeah i adjusted the ride pan and a few fills velocities at like :37 :58 and 1:02
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13836295/Team Work.mp3
any better?

 

[Redline4]

I tought that ''bad phone effect'' would go away someday .... it didn't

 

[Boneman]

To me it sounds like everything is too perfectly in time. Like its all been quantized exactly to the grid.

Also the down beat of the kickdrum doesnt exist, I notice real drummers always put that little bit of extra power into the downbeats.

 

[Jan [MTW]]

I tought that ''bad phone effect'' would go away someday .... it didn't

Same here!
Cut some mids so that the guitars sound less boxy,dude.

 

[oroinvictus]

Everything needs way more volume!