Good Drums VSTs?
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Good Drums VSTs?
Hay all, stuck for drums heh.
Been playing so much with my synths and guitar rig I suddenly realised i have no decent drum loops/Kits/Vsts ect.
What do you guys use?
Free or paid for, I don`t mind
I`m looking for Deep 909 type shit for trance ect and also accoustic kits
Cheers
Been playing so much with my synths and guitar rig I suddenly realised i have no decent drum loops/Kits/Vsts ect.
What do you guys use?
Free or paid for, I don`t mind
I`m looking for Deep 909 type shit for trance ect and also accoustic kits
Cheers
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For real sounding sampled drums BFD by Fxpansion is fantastic, even better if you have vdrums to trigger them. For electronic drums Impulse works fine. Avoid NI Battery 2 at all costs, It's buggy half finnished unsuported crap with obvious bugs that shouldn't have made it past alpha version. NI acknowledeged the bugs over a year ago but refuse to fix them. NI have gone down the crapper in recent times.
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Cheers guys, all on download in demo form ect
Whats "ns kit" ?
Cheers
Whats "ns kit" ?
Cheers
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BEATS/SAMPLES
I have a huge archive of beat loops, samples and sound effects and you know how I got most of them? The old fashioned way: sampling my own record collection! You'd be amazed at how many beats and loops you can sample off your own records if you just listen for them. And once you've edited them down properly, it's pretty easy just to single out a kick or a snare from a simple beat loop. Another good thing is to scour the internet for sample archive sites. Some of them have some pretty decent stuff to offer for free. I really don't recommend sample CD ROMs that are mass produced by remix/producing services. They're usually very expensive and have mostly lame sounds and very little that's usable.
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LOOP EDITING
To get the most out of a beat loop or sample: After you've edited it down to the exact part you want to use (I suggest doing this in Wavelab but a lot of people like Sound Forge), import it into a loop program like Acid Pro or Ableton Live. Once you've picked the tempo you want, export or render the desired measures (usually just 1 works fine for beats) back out into a .wav or .aif file. Now open it up in Recycle, pick the duration in the Bars and Beats section and make sure it's displaying the proper tempo. Then go to View > Show Grid and now it should be easy to slice your loops into 4ths or 8ths. You can use .rex files in most programs (Reason, Ableton, Cubase, etc.) so as long as you set up your project to the tempo you imported your loop with then your loop will sound way cleaner, tighter and will be more versatile!
here read my friend tutorial
BEATS/SAMPLES
I have a huge archive of beat loops, samples and sound effects and you know how I got most of them? The old fashioned way: sampling my own record collection! You'd be amazed at how many beats and loops you can sample off your own records if you just listen for them. And once you've edited them down properly, it's pretty easy just to single out a kick or a snare from a simple beat loop. Another good thing is to scour the internet for sample archive sites. Some of them have some pretty decent stuff to offer for free. I really don't recommend sample CD ROMs that are mass produced by remix/producing services. They're usually very expensive and have mostly lame sounds and very little that's usable.
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LOOP EDITING
To get the most out of a beat loop or sample: After you've edited it down to the exact part you want to use (I suggest doing this in Wavelab but a lot of people like Sound Forge), import it into a loop program like Acid Pro or Ableton Live. Once you've picked the tempo you want, export or render the desired measures (usually just 1 works fine for beats) back out into a .wav or .aif file. Now open it up in Recycle, pick the duration in the Bars and Beats section and make sure it's displaying the proper tempo. Then go to View > Show Grid and now it should be easy to slice your loops into 4ths or 8ths. You can use .rex files in most programs (Reason, Ableton, Cubase, etc.) so as long as you set up your project to the tempo you imported your loop with then your loop will sound way cleaner, tighter and will be more versatile!
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Hey man, how are you using v-drums to trigger them? I tried to hook up my TD-6 module to it and they don't work too well together the way I have it set up I guess?Pandamonium wrote:For real sounding sampled drums BFD by Fxpansion is fantastic, even better if you have vdrums to trigger them. For electronic drums Impulse works fine. Avoid NI Battery 2 at all costs, It's buggy half finnished unsuported crap with obvious bugs that shouldn't have made it past alpha version. NI acknowledeged the bugs over a year ago but refuse to fix them. NI have gone down the crapper in recent times.
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I actually use TD6, works fantastic. You need to edit sensitivity on TD6 and midi settings in TD6 to suit yourself though.rushofblood wrote:Hey man, how are you using v-drums to trigger them? I tried to hook up my TD-6 module to it and they don't work too well together the way I have it set up I guess?Pandamonium wrote:For real sounding sampled drums BFD by Fxpansion is fantastic, even better if you have vdrums to trigger them. For electronic drums Impulse works fine. Avoid NI Battery 2 at all costs, It's buggy half finnished unsuported crap with obvious bugs that shouldn't have made it past alpha version. NI acknowledeged the bugs over a year ago but refuse to fix them. NI have gone down the crapper in recent times.
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FWIW, I use battery 2 with Live 5 like crazy and have never had a problem. Works well for me, but there's a lot of good options, most of which have been mentioned. For analog stuff, isn't ReBirth now freeware? Could be worth a look.Pandamonium wrote:For real sounding sampled drums BFD by Fxpansion is fantastic, even better if you have vdrums to trigger them. For electronic drums Impulse works fine. Avoid NI Battery 2 at all costs, It's buggy half finnished unsuported crap with obvious bugs that shouldn't have made it past alpha version. NI acknowledeged the bugs over a year ago but refuse to fix them. NI have gone down the crapper in recent times.
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