Metal Releases with programmed drums

[LSD-Studio]

I HATE the idea of not having real drums on the CD, but be might run into a situation where we'd have to use programmed drums on one of my bands' next CD.

be the devil's advocate and name some good major releases with programmed drums to make me feel more comfortable with that idea

 

[korpse pop]

St. Anger

 

[F.E.T]

Meshuggah - Catch 33

 

[cobhc]

Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient

 

[Soundlurker]

Find a drummer or send the midi to Oz so he can reamp it through some of the drummers he knows

 

[gorath23]

Meshuggah - Catch 33

I'm pretty sure ObZen uses S2.0 stuff as well.

 

[Fifth_Horseman]

I'm pretty sure ObZen uses S2.0 stuff as well.

But AFAIK only for sample replacement, the drums are played for real by Thomas.

The drums on the first Necrophagist album Onset of Putrefaction are also programmed. However that's not exactly an example that would make you feel better about it...

 

[LSD-Studio]

it's actually the cymbals and hihat that I'm the most concerned about.

 

[smy1]

it's actually the cymbals and hihat that I'm the most concerned about.

Wait till I get my S2.0 - I'll send you some tracks and you won't be concerned anymore!

 

[::XeS::]

The new Communic in my opinion is 100% fake drums....
I'm mixing a project now and unfortunally the drums is recorded with v-drum and shitty samples....I'll suggest them to re-record the drums with real mics and trigger the toms

 

[Morgan C]

I'm using programmed drums for my band's demo (I'm the drummer but we cant afford to get good enough sound quality naturally), cymbals too - hihats and cymbals sound fine, there's obviously a difference to me sitting behind the kit, as there is with the actual drum sounds, but it definately doesn't sound programmed. Fast drum fills sound programmed, cymbals don't really get hit fast enough to tell. As long as the samples you have have enough sustain its alright. Only thing you can't do (unfortunately) is hihat open/closes (you could cut an open hihat off but you can't get the shoop effect that you would normally get). Cymbal chokes might be hard to, I've sampled some of them but haven't tried using them yet.

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...-out-my-newbie-mistakes-help-me-my-snare.html

Terrible mix I know (I'm trying ;p), but those are completely MIDI drums.

 

[Atheist]

Adagio's best album Underworld has programmed drums.

 

[abyssofdreams]

That's tough! Programmed drums on a bigger production are either too good (realistic sounding) to be exposed as programmed or too bad that you don't want to A/B to them

That being said I know of "Sinner's Serenade" from Eternal Tears of Sorrow, the drums are programmed there... but... pretty robotic^^

 

[Torniojaws]

All my Vortech albums have programmed drums. You can download the albums for free from the link in my signature.

Conclusion = Drumkit from Hell (original)
Wasteland = EzDrummer
Deep Beneath = Addictive Drums

The two EPs were sequenced single .wav files done in Acid.

 

[AdamWathan]

Threat Signal - Under Reprisal

 

[-J-]

steve vai's early stuff, pitch shifter, godflesh, ministry, scorn, mortician, agoraphobic nosebleed, one of annihilator's albums (king of the kill maybe),...

 

[scorpio01169]

Crossfades first album Crossfade

 

[Jaymz]

The Berzerker? lol

 

[JeffTD]

While not major releases, everything on this page was done with DFHS for the cymbals, and sounds really goddamned good to me!

http://www.myspace.com/4dsounds

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Threat Signal - Under Reprisal

Really? You know for sure?