Drum census

[TragikRemix]

just made a decision for the near future; soon to be purchasing DFH superior and triggers for my acoustic set, along with a Korg padKontrol controller.

but first, a friend of mine is letting me try his (yes real and paid for) Drumagog. i want to see if I can get it to work well and benifit my recordings because my drum tracks suck! If it can benefit me, i will BUY IT, because i won't make money with resources i didnt pay for.

(if you use pirated software, it's ok, i dont care, please no neg rep for that, i am just stating how i feel, and not criticizing anyone who uses pirated software)

 

[Rodger Hartlett]

hey if i want to record serious pro drums i'll always choose acoustic. the client always appreciates the finer details if it is within their budget.

 

[slidey]

hey if i want to record serious pro drums i'll always choose acoustic. the client always appreciates the finer details if it is within their budget.

unless of course they want to sound like a TR808...............

 

[bubbagump]

It all depends on what I am doing... electronic, demos, quick and dirty idea fleshouts, etc. I use MIDI, real drums, electronic bleeper-bloopers, a combination, etc.

 

[sirslurpee]

When I first started at this whole recording thing, I used V-drums all the way. I thought it was the cats ass untill one day I sat down and compared my recording to more professional ones. I realized that it sucked. Ever since, I have bought tons of gear, which I spent a LOT of college money on, and dove into this endevor known as recording drums. I started with a CAD mic pack, and my dad's Ludwig Vista Lites (most of the rims are warped and it sounds like poo) and have since downgraded my drums to a used Pacific CX Maple 7-piece (which sounds amazing IMO, especially for what I paid for it) and I've gotten an Audix i5, and two MXL 603s. I still use the CAD kick mic, and occasionally if I record toms I use the snare/tom mics from CAD for close-mic on those... But, sometimes I when I get crazy about my guitar and start sleeping with it again I might use something like Fruity Loops for songs and stuff. It just depends on what I want to write and what mood I'm in.

Anyway, I'm about to go mix some tracks that my band did a few weeks ago. We dropped our singer cuz he sucked and now I'm going to burn the instrumentals for the guys trying out.

P.S. I voted Acoustic cuz that is my main preference

 

[Minion]

I use acoustic Drums cuz I can never Figure out how to program a Drum beat that Sounds as Good as I can Play it...Pluss I don"t like the Sound of Programed drums as they sound to clean and crisp and Lack the Human feel to them.....

 

[Chris Shaeffer]

If I spent as much time learning to play drums as I've spent learning to create midi drum tracks and tweak them to sound half decent I'd be a spectacular fucking drummer. Would have had a lot more fun, too.

For my own project I eventually traded recording services for drum tracks with a buddy who plays drums *really* well.

I like v-drums, too- a well played fake set can sound *really* good and takes a lot of the guesswork/legwork out of recording the drum tracks. I do prefer real ones though, if the situation permits.

I have a 1972 Rogers kit for my own stuff now. Sure wish I could play them half well...

-Chris

 

[Atterion]

I have a 1972 Rogers kit for my own stuff now. Sure wish I could play them half well...

-Chris

You can if you practice

 

[Dumby]

I wish I could have acoustic drums again but that's impossible for the time being (APT building). V-drums are a decent alternative and I don't have to mic anything to record. I can still do a live take of myself playing, which makes it easier to regurgitate and idea spontaneously.

 

[Stefan Elmblad]

Acoustic drums here, Pearl kick/toms + Zildjian A-Custom hi-hat/cymbals and Ludwig 1960 snare, although I do use my Roland R8 in the songwriting process. Sometimes use a trigger to replace the acoustic kick with sounds from either the R8, Alesis D4 or Roland JV1080.

 

[slidey]

I bought an entire jazz kit just to get an acrolyte snare & missed a vistalite snare....................by seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on ebay DAMN!!!!!!!

negged for this, "quote="you're a dumbass" ............somebody needs to get a life BTW I din't need the chicken shit mofo asswipe to tell me that, I've known it for 25 years

the un-named twat could've had the common decency to sign it

who ever you are, I hope your balls turn square & fester at the corners & the fleas of a 1000 camels infest your anus

dick muncher

 

[muddogsrule]

I'd love to be able to afford a set of Roland's. Because of all the different sounds you can easily achieve, but in the end acoustic drums are the only drums that truly sound acoustic. I have a set of Premier's that are about 10 years old now and still sound good to me.

 

[Elton Bear]

Live drums. If I can't be arsed or I want a more sampled sound, I use Reason ReDrum.

 

[grpkmp]

V-Drums

I use Hart dynamics 5.3 pro set with a roland td-8 module with roland and hart cymbals. I have gotten great results.

 

[brandrum]

Tama Starclassic Perfomers.....and this isn't all of it.

I also have a Roland kit.

I use the acoustics when I can, and the e's in a pinch.

 

[BeatMeister]

Acoustic all the way!

I have never owned any electronic drums but you can see where they would be an advantage in some cases. But no matter what you can't beat the feel and tone of a properly recorded acoustic set.

I typically play a Pearl Masters birch kit!

 

[n8tron]

lol, yes the recording world is going to hell..........pod's, bfd, auto tune...........i'm guilty of using some of this shit. bfd, amplitube, reason. i use that stuff for experimenting, writing, scratch tracks. some day when i grow up i want to record with real gear.

i agree that replacing acoustic drums with samples because you couldn't get it right the first time is ridiculous, however some things like the line 6 pod and some good acoustic drum samples are the only way to go. for example, I live in an apartment and have absolutely no place to record a drumset or a guitar amp, these tools allow me to do that and sound pretty good. would I prefer the real thing? of course, but its just impossible to get the space or the studio time on my salary.

that said, I use computer simulated drums, but a i wish I could record acoustic drums.

 

[ofajen]

I have a kit that is mostly home-made: the bass, riding tom and floor tom are all made by me, along with a Ludwig snare and old UFIP cymbals.

Then there are lots and lots of miscellaneous percussion toys.

When I have to be quiet or want to be really weird, I play a DrumKAT into Impulse, the drum engine built into Ableton Live, or into a Waldorf MicroQ.

Otto

 

[BitchyKitty]

Looks like accoutic drums are the majority preffered method....

 

[demirateser]

Is v-drum = e-drum?