Help! I need to Chose a Drum PlugIn!

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Which Drum Software Should I Use

  • EZDrummer

    Votes: 3 100.0%

  • Strike

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • BFD

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Keep Reason 4 (please provide MIDI drum link)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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Alexrkstr

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Guys, I need your help to chose the best drum plug in. I am TIRED of programming drums and never getting a good beat in my songs.

These are facts to help you help me:
- Play mainly pop/rock/alternative/BritRock (stile like U2, Killers, Pulp)
- Needs to be as realistic as possible
- I don't care to learn how to use it (nothing worth comes easy)
- I already use Reason 4.0 to build some more "pop" tracks but need good "DRUMMER"!

So the options (Hopefully I will buy by today or tomorrow)
- Toontrack EZDrummer
- Digidesign Strike
- BFD
- Stay with Reason (please recommend a link for Midi drum patterns)

Please tell me what you use and if you have tried the ones I propose. If you think I should stick with Reason 4 I will need a good source for MIDI files with programmed drum patterns.
 
Daunting... not one response.

I went with Addictive Drums....

"thanks" guys...
 
I recommend Tama, Pearl, DW, Mapex, Ludwig, Trick, Ddrum, Yamaha, PDP, OCDP, Rogers, or Gretsch.
 
Greg_L said:
I recommend Tama, Pearl, DW, Mapex, Ludwig, Trick, Ddrum, Yamaha, PDP, OCDP, Rogers, or Gretsch.
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You must tell him to get a real drummer too...or else they will just sit there looking cool.
 
Fact: all drum plugs will sound equaly bad if programed to a grid. Some sound better than others when triggered by humans.

I use Superior 2.0 triggered by E-Drums with real hi-hats and the big problem is getting the hats to sit with the rest of the (triggered) kit.

Years ago I used single hit sample CDs and programed my beats in fruity loops, nothing screams fake louder than gridlock. Even with the humanize function it still stands up a mile. A lot of real drummers will speed up slightly going into a drum fill, push the beat on the chorus, etc. You couldn't program that in the time a real drummer could play it ten times over.
 
LemonTree said:
Fact: all drum plugs will sound equaly bad if programed to a grid. Some sound better than others when triggered by humans.

I use Superior 2.0 triggered by E-Drums with real hi-hats and the big problem is getting the hats to sit with the rest of the (triggered) kit.

Years ago I used single hit sample CDs and programed my beats in fruity loops, nothing screams fake louder than gridlock. Even with the humanize function it still stands up a mile. A lot of real drummers will speed up slightly going into a drum fill, push the beat on the chorus, etc. You couldn't program that in the time a real drummer could play it ten times over.
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Thanks! That's useful info that non-drummers like me would like to know. I ended up buying Additive Drums and a Midi package out of GrooveMonkey beats. I have t say I am satisfied so far. I was looking for something that I can use to get inspired and to lay down a track. When I go pro, I will hire someone play the drums.
 
I did a fair amount of research on this too because there are a lot of different options. I eventually went with Addictive Drums for a few reasons. The first was the sound. I was impressed with what they were able to get using the same sample but different presets. That led into the second reason, HD requirements. Since AD doesn't have dozens of different kits sampled, it takes up a lot less space on my hard drive, but is still pretty versatile.

The third was simple: it works with my DAW. In getting my studio set up I had to spend money on essentials like monitors and mixing boards, so I didn't have the cash to upgrade from Cubase LE 4 to the full-fledged version 5 at the time. AD works flawlessly in LE4 and lets me drag beats into the track, whereas EZDrummer and BFD Drums list this feature as 'might work'. Might just wasn't good enough. So AD is my choice and I'm very happy with it.
 
If you get jamstix it can host other kits and midi files as well as its own kits but it has several drummers rather than just grooves. They will humanise their rhythms according to their style regardless of the samples/midis origin...and that's clever ;)
 
When I'm working alone (and not with my drummer friend) I will program my beats in FL Studio (fruity loops) using drum samples I've collected from various songs recorded by artists on the charts. Occasionally i'll hear a song where everything is cut out and a drummer hits just a kick, snare, or hi hat and for those moments I sample those hits out and then use them for my recordings.. If you check out my myspace profile you can hear my "realistic" sounding drum samples in a few of the songs..

myspace.com/scottdorry

the tracks: Alone, Another Day, and Show Me The Way all have an actual drummer on them. The rest were samples that I then programmed each beat of the song. "Take It Down" and "Closer To You" are my personal favorites. I did have a phase issue with the crash cymbal in "Take It Down" that didn't bug me enough to re-mix the recording before putting it on myspace...
 
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