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Agtronic
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Hey guys, I don't know why I haven't joined this forum sooner! Great board you guys have here.
Anyways, I've been playing now for over 10 years, both guitar and drums, and I've acceled pretty well in both. Over all these years, I've always tried to make recordings of my ideas and such, but always had very poor results, especially with regards to drums.
I purchased a Roland TD-8 in an effort to eliminate trying to learn how to record real drums. At first, I was very impressed with them, but now that I've gotten used to the sound, I find them to be incredibly "flat" sounding. They sound digital.
What do you guys do in order to get realistic sound with your electric / digital drums?
I suspect adding some kind of reverb and maybe some compression would really help make them come alive, but I haven't tried that yet.
I just heard a sample from the link Stealthtech posted [MP3 LINK] and there is no way in hell I'm getting that kind of "ambiant" sound with my TD-8. I think the cymbals on my TD-8 sound so damn shitty, there must be something I can do?
If I can't get these drums to sound good, I'm going to sell them and get some mics, and take the time to properly mic my Pearl instead.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
Oh! I forgot to add I'm using the latest Cubase, and I have no fear of investing in plugins if need be!
Anyways, I've been playing now for over 10 years, both guitar and drums, and I've acceled pretty well in both. Over all these years, I've always tried to make recordings of my ideas and such, but always had very poor results, especially with regards to drums.
I purchased a Roland TD-8 in an effort to eliminate trying to learn how to record real drums. At first, I was very impressed with them, but now that I've gotten used to the sound, I find them to be incredibly "flat" sounding. They sound digital.
What do you guys do in order to get realistic sound with your electric / digital drums?
I suspect adding some kind of reverb and maybe some compression would really help make them come alive, but I haven't tried that yet.
I just heard a sample from the link Stealthtech posted [MP3 LINK] and there is no way in hell I'm getting that kind of "ambiant" sound with my TD-8. I think the cymbals on my TD-8 sound so damn shitty, there must be something I can do?
If I can't get these drums to sound good, I'm going to sell them and get some mics, and take the time to properly mic my Pearl instead.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
Oh! I forgot to add I'm using the latest Cubase, and I have no fear of investing in plugins if need be!