which drum software

[Lasse Lammert]

I might have to buy some drum software...I always avoided having to use that stuff, but there's a project coming up where I'll have to use midi drums (outside mix, band is sending midi drums)...

which software is the best?
S2.0 ?

I have SSD, but that's practically useless, I'll need something that works hassle free

 

[friendforafoe]

Not just because we're fully endorsed by Toontrack, but I feel that their products are much better IMHO. I <3 SSD and Steven's samples are amazing, but at the end of the day, I'll always go to SD2.0 simply for the sheer amount of flexibility and user control you have over it. I wouldn't say SSD samples are useless as people have produced great results using them, but at the end of the day, it's choosing the right sample that the project requires.

I will say that blending SD2.0 and SDD samples are great fun as well

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I didn't mean to say Slate's samples ain't good, they definitely are!
I just meant the software/Kontakt player thing is useless, not because of how Slate's stuff sounds (it sounds good!), but because the player is a pain in the dick to use.

 

[friendforafoe]

I'm not a fan of Kontakt either which is my only turn-off from using SSD (the interface is pretty clunky and confusing at times). SD2.0's GUI is very easy to use and navigate so if you're looking for ease of work-flow, go for Toontrack handsdown

Join us ... joooooooooooin us ....

 

[Jaymz]

2.0/Metal Foundry, MF for cymbals and perhaps toms, resample the rest to taste.

 

[FIXXXER]

2.0/Metal Foundry, MF for cymbals and perhaps toms, resample the rest to taste.

this!

 

[Donovan S.]

Another vote for S2.0 and Metal Foundry. Incredible combo. Avatar snares with Metal Foundry is great.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

wow, that'd be 420&#8364;

 

[FIXXXER]

wow, that'd be 420€

368€ for S2.0 and metal foundry.

http://www.thomann.de/de/index.html

 

[akbeda]

another vote for S2.0 and Metal Foundry.
i´ve got it here and really like it.


ps.
if you are into tom waits you could get the ezx twisted kit - total fun on e-drums:hotjump:

 

[JeffTD]

You could pay someone ( ) to run the midi through their own drum sampler and send you .wav files instead? Could even be bundled in a kind of "humanization" process of the MIDI track.

 

[G1]

Jeffs idea would be better if you cant afford for the full licenses buddy!

do you know if they'll be humanised already before you get them ?

 

[timislegend]

these seem cool!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tcji6Bhy5EY


but you should probably go with something like s2.0 because it's the most trusted.

 

[Matt-Steele]

Lasse... just my $.02 worth... This is a topic I'm completely torn over and go back and forth with just about every week!

I own S2.0 and the metal foundry and many other expansions and midi from literally all over, I have SSD platinum and I have Addictive Drums with the Metal expansion. I love and hate each of them for different reasons. None of them are for me the end all be all, but me being a guitarist, I have to rely on software like this to record drums and write parts with.

Depending on the type of music you're going to be working on, Superior will probably be your best bet.

I am so heavily torn over SSD because I absolutly love many of the sounds in Steven's software, but I have had huge struggles with the Kontakt player, and I don't even have SSD or Kontakt installed on my DAW at the moment.

With Addictive Drums, I'll load it up, and it many times I love the sounds I can get out of it, but I have this mental problem using it because the norm is that it just can't compete. I will admit that I have a hard time getting the kicks to sound nice. I had high hopes for the Metal expansion, but those dreams quickly went diving into the dirt. I'm not a fan at all of the AD Metal snare.

Then there's Superior. I've heard amazing recordings with Superior but usually with the kick and snare augmented, but I feel the cymbols and toms in Superior are difficult to beat. Superior is complex and theres a lot to get your head wrapped around, so it might take you some time to get it sounding the way you want it to. I'm still struggling with it!

Until SSD4's release, Superior possibly mixed with augmented kicks and snares is currently the best option in my opinion.

 

[abt]

S2.0 hands down. Unfortunately for you it was $99 a few weeks ago at musicians friend

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/equipment/658077-lots-lots-drum-software-examples.html

 

[superfreak]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-t9fDzG40&hd=1[/ame]

I'm VERY impressed by the sound/quality of these and saving up $ to buy it!

 

[ThatGuitarGuy]

eBay is your friend with plugins. Look at the "Or best offer" listings and make crazy low ball offers and haggle. It doesn't hurt to do the sale off of ebay at the end to get even lower.

That's how I got TRIGGER Platinum for only $150.

 

[drew_drummer]

Obviously I am biased, but I do honestly tend to prefer BFD2 to S2.0. The Superior sounds are really recognisable in a mix, and I'm just a bit tired of hearing it. BFD2 has a lot of expansion packs out there which are fairly cheap, so if the factory sounds don't do it for you, something else will. They sound more natural to me too, like a kit in a room and not like a half-produced drum-track.

It also just went 64bit as a public beta.

 

[fizzinbizzin]

I would suggest evil drums sdx