Soft Sampler for "natural" drums...

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I'm a real newbie when it comes to computer recording. I have had quite a lot of experience with analog multitrack recording over the years, though.

I just got a relatively simple rig for putting songs together at home (MAC dual 2.0 G5 with DIGI 002 rack). I had forgotten how much I enjoy recording and have been writing a lot of songs and producing them as demos.

I have been using the version of Reason Adapted that came with the DIGI 002 but it doesn't seem to lend itself to making basic yet nice sounding "drumkit" tracks (thankfully, I spent a lot of time programming an 808 years ago.) I find it easier to set up a framework and edit the tracks in PTLE midi tracks.

Is there a software drum machine/sampler that would lend itself to making convincing sounding drumkit tracks? Should I just spend the money on really good drum sounds and continue the way I'm going?

If I lived in a house, I'd just buy some drums and play 'em.

Thanks!
maximillian
 
I've heard some pretty good "natural" drums coming from fruity loops pro or i believe it's called FL Studio nowadays..

It's an easy to learn program and has alot of features.
 
I've heard outstanding drum tracks from Steinberg's Groove Agent...
But it's also $200...
 
As far as the actual drum sampler/drum sounds, you can't go wrong with BFD from fxpansion. A sequencer would be a nice-to-have, but BFD actually has a bunch of really nice grooves built in, with fills and everything, and it syncs to your host tempo. Very cool. There's a demo video on the fxpansion site of the creator showing it, and the built in loops are demoed at the end of the video. www.fxpansion.com
 
Wow...this is always the place to get the answers!

BFD looked nice when I looked at it...maybe I should also mention that even with all the great grooves available, I really like to make my own...usually I set up a basic pattern and record the midi to PTLE, then I use the midi editing tools in PTLE to change it up. It's definitely a lot easier to edit in PTLE than in REDRUM...even the Propellerheads site mentions the REDRUM as an antidote to "real sounding drum sequencing" which is cool...Reason is great for what it is.

Anyway, I usually get disks of drum sounds and the One Shots are about 1% of the disk.

Thanks for all the advice!!!

Maximillian
 
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