- Sep 27, 2011
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Sup, dudes. First post. I really need some help!
I'll be sure to be real noob-like so you guys can tear my ass to shreds, and then hopefully get one response that actually helps hahahaha.
Anyway, I got Sturgis' Black and Gold. I mean, who doesn't.
I'm programming my drums in Logic, but, I'm using it's dated EXS24 due to the fact that I don't have any money to grab up Kontakt. I was able to round robin the samples so it doesn't "machine gun".
So, here's the problem. The drums sound like shit. Period.
I've tried scooping them to help them to sit in my mix.
Even though I've read Joey doesn't, I've been trying to add very slight amounts of reverb to snare, and sometimes toms, to "air out" the plastic attack sound I can't get away from.
That sounds like shit.
Within the same bar/measure, I don't use the same velocity on the same drum/cymbal twice. I'm a beginner's drum instructor, so, not that I'm god or anything, but, anyone who's looked at a drumset knows you can't duplicate the same sound at a perfect, consistent volume. Ever.
Still sounds like shit.
I want to blame EXS24, just because it was free with Logic/not kontakt/blah blah blah. I've also thought about getting some Slate shit, but, EVERYONE uses Slate, and for good reason, but, I doubt the sample library is the problem.
I'm not a genius engineer. So, I want to blame myself as long as I can before putting more money into programming drums ... just to hear it sound like shit.
I can post examples, clips, etc, if that helps who ever is gracious enough to help me with my essay of a problem, help me.
Are there any general processing techniques that I should know in regards to programmed drums/Sturgis samples and just haven't seen in these various posts? I've literally searched for the past three days because I'm straight up fed up. Up. Down. Left. Right. A. Start.
If you read this whole post, +1 to you out the gates.
I'll be sure to be real noob-like so you guys can tear my ass to shreds, and then hopefully get one response that actually helps hahahaha.
Anyway, I got Sturgis' Black and Gold. I mean, who doesn't.
I'm programming my drums in Logic, but, I'm using it's dated EXS24 due to the fact that I don't have any money to grab up Kontakt. I was able to round robin the samples so it doesn't "machine gun".
So, here's the problem. The drums sound like shit. Period.
I've tried scooping them to help them to sit in my mix.
Even though I've read Joey doesn't, I've been trying to add very slight amounts of reverb to snare, and sometimes toms, to "air out" the plastic attack sound I can't get away from.
That sounds like shit.
Within the same bar/measure, I don't use the same velocity on the same drum/cymbal twice. I'm a beginner's drum instructor, so, not that I'm god or anything, but, anyone who's looked at a drumset knows you can't duplicate the same sound at a perfect, consistent volume. Ever.
Still sounds like shit.
I want to blame EXS24, just because it was free with Logic/not kontakt/blah blah blah. I've also thought about getting some Slate shit, but, EVERYONE uses Slate, and for good reason, but, I doubt the sample library is the problem.
I'm not a genius engineer. So, I want to blame myself as long as I can before putting more money into programming drums ... just to hear it sound like shit.
I can post examples, clips, etc, if that helps who ever is gracious enough to help me with my essay of a problem, help me.
Are there any general processing techniques that I should know in regards to programmed drums/Sturgis samples and just haven't seen in these various posts? I've literally searched for the past three days because I'm straight up fed up. Up. Down. Left. Right. A. Start.
If you read this whole post, +1 to you out the gates.