Help With Drums Required

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I'm recording an album project and can't afford to record real drums. What are my best options for getting realistic sounding drums for rock/pop/folky style?

I am running Cubase 5 and currently use Grove Agent One for demo-ing the tracks. I've been looking at Analogue Drums with Kontakt as an option, and also using real drum loops(wav),but would greatly appreciate any advice before I take the leap.
 
I don't have a lot of experience with programming drums, but I've heard good things about EZ Drummer and Addictive drums. They seem to be pretty popular. Garageband too, but that doesn't sound too real.
 
Thanks Saads, EZ has had a few recommendations, so will try and get a demo for a test drive...
 
Demo both EZ and AD if you can (I know there is a demo for AD).

AD is $100 at sweetwater until the end of the month. I personally like the way it sounds more than EZ.
 
have you considered recording the drums with 2 or maybe 1 mic's. you won't know if you like the sound you have until you try it!
 
m.g. eddie said:
have you considered recording the drums with 2 or maybe 1 mic's. you won't know if you like the sound you have until you try it!
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If he wants programmed drums he's probably looking for the 'everything in your face and panned all over the place' sound. He won't get that with 1,2, or even 3 mics.
 
Too be honest I've ended up trying a couple of different routes with this.
The first was to delve a little deeper into how to program a drum track to get a more realistic feel. I've found this helps, and costs nothing but time.
I've also found a couple of friendly souls online who have offered to record drum parts for me in wav and midi format. We're doing a barter system with me recording some bass and vocals for them, so no cash passing hands! - I would like to think this is the way to go!
 
Viking does have a good point. See if someone will do the drum parts for you for trade or just for the heck of it.
 
Don't know if you guys are using Reason 5 but if so, program your drums there and export it as a .wav file then upload that to your DAW.
It's the best way to go, and Reason has a mastering section where you can make your drums sound ALMOST like the real thing!
 
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