Hi! Do you think mixing midi drums it is better to route out of the sampler or not? What are the differences? Will it sound thinker? More wide?
MIDI drum mixing
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Always mix in the DAW. The plugins sound much better then the sampler ones. It will sound much better. Just try it and see for yourself! 
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It really depends on your plugins and how familiar you are with the sampler's plugins. Personally i always route them out and process them on the DAW, so if you are more familiar with your Daw plugins than the sampler's plugins, i suggest you try it too . Making drums wider and thicker doesnt have to with routing everything out of the sampler or not, it is a matter of processing them accordingly (EQ,stero imaging, compressing etc). Use the bleed option inside the sampler so you get more "live" drums feel in the samples.
Nikolas Quemtri
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I also prefer processing drums outside a sampler, just 'cause it's more flexible. E.g., you can use some exciter or a bass harmonics generator plug-in on an individual drum channel, which would be impossible inside the sampler. Or you're able to make a completely free routing for your drum mics signal, whatever.
BTW, which samplers do you know, which provides an FX processing in the box? I recall Toontrack (EZ, SD), BFD, Addictive Drums and some Kontakt libraries.
BTW, which samplers do you know, which provides an FX processing in the box? I recall Toontrack (EZ, SD), BFD, Addictive Drums and some Kontakt libraries.
It's more flexible, and that way you also have a workflow you can apply on both real drums and midi ones, which is something I think really important, cause you're more efficient that way, and as Fantafuture92 said I don't see a reason why one would mix sampled drums differently from real ones.
