Members Bill Cosby Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 Some sort of drum plugin that can be controlled by a midi keyboard to make drum tracks. I'd prefer it be free. I already know of superior drummer and EZ drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 I already know of superior drummer and EZ drummer. And whats the problem with these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blakemore Effects Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 And whats the problem with these? $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ben_allison Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 $$$ Seriously? For $350 you get Superior. The mics and outboard gear used to make these samples probably cost more than any house you'll ever own! Meticulously recorded'd, treated, and organized. Amazing features to tweak and tailor the sounds to your liking. A really great "humanize" feature that works well, and keeps midi drums from sounding like a robot is playing. The Toontrack stuff is some of the most authentic sounding drum sample libraries I've ever heard. I really like the Steven Slate stuff, but that's better for layering, to add more smack and punch. As a standalone drum library, EX Drummer and Superior are the best, and are dirt cheap. NS Kit used to be free, but it's not anymore. But compared to Superior, it's not worthy paying for. If you're serious about getting down song ideas, selling a few dumb overdrive pedals to get something like Superior is well worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mlabbee Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 There's not much out there that's useable for free - most of them aren't much easier than programming the drums yourself on the piano roll in your DAW. There's iDrum and the new Tattoo from audio damage - they cost, but are relatively inexpensive, but the grid's look pretty simple to me and I'm not sure if they are all that easy to program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blakemore Effects Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 Seriously?For $350 you get Superior. The mics and outboard gear used to make these samples probably cost more than any house you'll ever own!Meticulously recorded'd, treated, and organized. Amazing features to tweak and tailor the sounds to your liking. A really great "humanize" feature that works well, and keeps midi drums from sounding like a robot is playing.The Toontrack stuff is some of the most authentic sounding drum sample libraries I've ever heard. I really like the Steven Slate stuff, but that's better for layering, to add more smack and punch.As a standalone drum library, EX Drummer and Superior are the best, and are dirt cheap.NS Kit used to be free, but it's not anymore. But compared to Superior, it's not worthy paying for.If you're serious about getting down song ideas, selling a few dumb overdrive pedals to get something like Superior is well worth it. I wasn't complaining. I have EZdrummer, and like 4 of the expansion packs. The OP just said he would prefer something that was free, which rules out EZ and Superior Drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bill Cosby Posted January 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 $$$ Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 What DAW program are you running? Most DAW programs these days include at least a "lite" version of a virtual drum instrument; or more than one... plus, just about any "General MIDI" or general purpose VI is going to have drum samples in it that you can trigger via a MIDI controller, or "draw" the patterns in via the grid mode on your DAW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bill Cosby Posted January 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 I've got Logic 9. Hmm, haven't really looked into it's drums. brb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chaos Realms Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 sf-play is a VST that lets you load and play 2 separate soundfonts simultaneously. One is usually all you need for drums, but you can come up with some great sounds combining them too. Plenty of free soundfonts to be had here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IamBurnout Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 ModConDrum I think I found it at KVR. It can change patterns on the fly with a key-press (note-on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 $$$ lol, right. Just like the $$$ Garrett paid for his Logic 9 DAW. Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ben_allison Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 lol, right. Just like the $$$ Garrett paid for his Logic 9 DAW. Right. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bill Cosby Posted January 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 Psh, I paid for Logic. yeah and fail on my part for forgetting about it's synths and drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ben_allison Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groovelift Posted January 13, 2010 Members Share Posted January 13, 2010 I think the problem that you're going to run into is that the cheap or free drum machine plugins sound like toys, and the higher end ones are expensive with a steep learning curve. Unless you program drum vsti's everyday or have a big midi drum library that will cover all of your styles, you're going to get pretty frustrated.The answer for me is/was Rayzoon Jamstix. Inexpensive, killer drum sounds, easy as pie to get up and running with, and fun to work with. If you play guitar, that's where you really want to focus but Jamstix gives you the drum backings you want and need. My 2 cents worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Dood, its just as I thought - since you already have Logic 9, you already have more than you need to do what you want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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