Hey, if I had
a room
acoustic treatment
a drumset
microphones
cables
an interface with enough inputs
a portable multi-input recording rig
and a drummer that will drum what I want, when I want them to...
I'd be using real drums as well!
Being able to use real drums is a privilege.
Or are you subtly offering to play drums on my tracks?
I've got a long list of songs that I could use drums on, Bubba
MIDI isn't inherently bad. It's not wanting to put time into it that makes it sound cheap.
I'd say quite the opposite. The amount of polish that goes into a modern record is absurd. It's the whole reason that we use drum replacement software in the first place.
If our standards were low, we'd be bashing at a shit drum set with a one mic setup and not care about perfomance issues. Instead, we go for this overly perfect alternative.