DFH - Commercial Quality? Prove it please.

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I need to finally get a good rock drum sound for my home studio. I'm ready to move out of the Roland TD series and into samples.

My XV3080 has some really good drum sounds, but I hear and read so much about DFH, but I've never really heard a pro-mix done with this drum library.

Does anyone have a demo, small tune they can post that features a tune using DFH? Or if you know any commercial recordings done with DFH please point them out as well. (Hopefully a link to an mp3 file.) Thanks...
 
I have DFH, but I have no demos of it on the net. Keep in mind that the first "issue" of these samples is mainly for metal, and although it would probably work out okay for rock, you may want to try to hear as many demos as possible (as you are doing right now.) I think they will be releasing a more rock oriented sample kit in the near future but I'm not sure when. Anyway, the DFH sample is baddass, better than any drum machine I've ever heard. The cymbals are nice, but they're still fake, so riding the crash still points out the fact that the rums were programmed. There's a slight bit of noise in the samples, but you can only really notice it when the drums are playing alone and you have a lot of tom hits. You'll notie a bit of a hiss on the trail of each sample. Very minor, really. Go to www.toontrack.com and go to sample CD's to check out their samples if you haven't already. They should have something there about version 2.
 
I hate to tell people to use the search engine, but here goes.....put "drumkit from hell" in the search specifically in the MP3 Mixing Clinic and that may bring up a few samples.....Ive heard a few things done with the DFH/DR008 and it rocks......
 
That whole "DFH is for metal" thing is unfounded. There are several different snares, including Sono Sensitone, Ludwigs, Hilites, several different kicks, a jazz setup that has a rideable crash, and all with seperate room and close hits.
Your answer to the real question though... yes it is commercial quality, but you gotta know how to use a sequesncer RIGHT and how to manipulate hits RIGHT and how to keep everything feeling like a real drummer.
DFH is perfect for rock, metal, country... whatever... its in there, you just gotta find it.
I have one at www.nowhereradio.com/sternum/singles labeled #7 that I used DFH on but did not mix in any room mics or finish tweaking all the velocities on yet. But its there, and it gives you an idea of the sound with the Sensitone Snare (my personal fav) and the close miced Sonor Designer kick and toms... this could and will be done better, and will sound fatter with the room mixed in too.
 
look up a Meshugga song

called "war" its off there Rare trax album and Drum kit from hell was used for the drum track. It should give you an idea of what the program is capable of.
 
From what I've heard, DFH rocks. I don't know how it works exactly. Does it come with software that makes the beats? Or do you need a drum machine? I have a Boss drum machine. If a machine is needed, how would you load them on?
 
Most people use Dr-008 or Battery ( I like DR-008 the best and for good reason) but if your machine accepts multi-sampled .wav files (kinda doubtful) then it will work. Its hard to beat something like DR-008 in conjuction with Sonar 2 and Drumkit from Hell though.
 
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