what do you think the best VST drum sampler/synth is?

AndrewDuke · Post by **AndrewDuke** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:20 pm

WebSite! wrote:i tried out most of them...

"one" the thing i love about Microtonic and Groove Agent is that you can put them on the input of your midi tracks (well... unfortunately, not in Live ), press play and record the midi that's coming out of those drum machines. Later, you can the sound or the pattern, if you don't like it. And the best thing is that Microtonic has a RANDOM function

***impulse has a random function as well

Wicked!

going back to regular drum samplers, DR008, Battery, RM IV... imho DR 008, is by far the best buy. you'll get great analog and some classic drum machines (808, 909...) samples with it. included sound generators are awesome and have (guess what?) RANDOM function.

***see above. i don't think included samples should be an influence because you can get those samples and put them in impulse or battery or whatever you're using.

you can adjust some really cool kicks with it (didn't like the kicks in Microtonic and Attack).

and i'll end up this review with clishe thought that, in the end, we'll have to admit to ourselves that only the gifted ones are making good music. it really doesen't matter (that much) what we use.
(this one goes to the Operator discussion as well)

***you've lost me here. andrew

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StompyJ · Post by **StompyJ** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:21 am

I use a three-headed monster of:

Battery 2 - With the new enhancements, workflow is finally where I think it should be, its dead easy to do everything in and everyway

Microtonic - For when you need that nice analog sound, you can't beat it!

Stylus RMX - Swiss tool of loops, percussion, single hits, ability to use the chaos engine on REX files.. its really amazing

AndrewDuke · Post by **AndrewDuke** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:29 am

StompyJ wrote:I use a three-headed monster of:

Battery 2 - With the new enhancements, workflow is finally where I think it should be, its dead easy to do everything in and everyway

Microtonic - For when you need that nice analog sound, you can't beat it!

Stylus RMX - Swiss tool of loops, percussion, single hits, ability to use the chaos engine on REX files.. its really amazing

i don't have stylus rmx, but i've seen the demo and that chaos effect is mighty nice. andrew

olafmol · Post by **olafmol** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:14 am

don't forget the free e-phonic drumatic VSTi

westridgeTim · Post by **westridgeTim** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:08 pm

After trying out some demos, I decided to give RMIV a shot. I decided to d/l the albino 2 demo when I was on the site, and now I want that too

stupid software G.A.S.

torchtv · Post by **torchtv** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:29 pm

Also, check out DrumCore. It uses a lot of hard drive space, but sounds fantastic.

http://www.drumcore.com/

mantorras · Post by **mantorras** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:33 pm

EDIT, ..ahh ok just for mac , sorry .. i was going to say dk+ ,..so forget it...

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:39 pm

Battery 2 or MicroTonic.

kongbalong · Post by **kongbalong** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:54 pm

you said you wanted good acoustic drums as well as electronic ones right? Battery 2's multi-mic and multi-stick kits are super acoustic drum kits.

-craig

what do you think the best VST drum sampler/synth is?

impulse, battery, etc

DrumCore