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So, how taboo is it to mention drum samples in here?


Growl n' Chime

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there are some people who will help you out, and other's (like myself) who won't go out of our ways to kill you, and we won't hate you, but our advice will be to get a real drummer

 

 

Believe me, i'd love to learn to play and record real drums. But living in a tiny apartment in a complex with strict noise enforcement forces me to compromise my one-man band options. So using drum samples is my only real option right now. My question is what would you guys consider the most realistic sounding and/or tweakable samples out there? I'm looking to make them sound like old Goo Goo Dolls (and newer, to a lesser extent), Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave, and Smashing Pumpkins ( though i know getting them to sound like Jimmy Chamberlin would be pretty much impossible) I guess i'm looking for some hard hitting sounds that fall short of heavy metal, like power pop/hard rock.

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i don't understand? if you like a sound (and you've listed a few you like), sample it...right. the only samples i've ever worked with were myself. the hits were recorded to tape, then made into files from the tape!

Oh, wait...that was 10 years ago. never mind.

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ns_kit7 is the most extensively sampled drum kit ever. Unfortunately, it's no longer in production, so you've missed out on a classic. Loaded into Kontakt2 and played with an expressive percussion controller, it'll fool most of the people most of the time.

 

Apparently Steven Slate's samples are well thought of.

 

Then there's the staples of BFD and DFHS. Version 2 of both of those apparently improve live performance features.

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I used to trigger Yamaha RX5 and Roland U20 samples on stage off a set of Simmons pads. They sounded greta in the mix and I was able to get a fairly good blend to the fronts. I had drum monitors and headphones for all of the kit so it did get a little rambunctious at times. I'd have a drum machine banging in my ears and me playing along with them with the band. Sometimes it got a little LOUD!!!

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Believe me, i'd love to learn to play and record real drums. But living in a tiny apartment in a complex with strict noise enforcement forces me to compromise my one-man band options. So using drum samples is my only real option right now. My question is what would you guys consider the most realistic sounding and/or tweakable samples out there? I'm looking to make them sound like old Goo Goo Dolls (and newer, to a lesser extent), Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave, and Smashing Pumpkins ( though i know getting them to sound like Jimmy Chamberlin would be pretty much impossible) I guess i'm looking for some hard hitting sounds that fall short of heavy metal, like power pop/hard rock.

 

 

Some of those albums were tracked in the same rooms we used for our samples.

 

https://www.platinumsamples.com/JoeBarresi.html

 

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Asking drummers about drum samples is like asking your guitarist how to replace him.

"Hey, you're good but it's kinda sloppy, is there a way we could use a program to play your parts, and you can like, find another band??"

 

lol all in good fun though, yeah drum samples are good to use at times (writing as someone said above)

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Asking drummers about drum samples is like asking your guitarist how to replace him.

 

Well, I guess you could for a union and go picket the guy's apartment. :cop:

 

I think some of the samples mentioned are on the money. Or you could get some pre-recorded drum loops in the style you're looking for, which might work better since with samples, you still have to have a way of programing them and making the performance sound like a drummer played it.

 

Plus with the loops, you are still supporting the drummer who originally recorded them. That ought to get some of the guys in this forum off your back.

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Some people have the luxury of being able to set up some world class mics on a nice kit in a great room with a powerful and skilled drummer. Its unfortunate but Growl, it doesn't seem like you have that luxury. So do you really have a choice?

 

I'm trying to do something new with drum software and from how you describe your needs, it may be just the ticket. If you are curious about what that is you can check out www.stevenslatedrums.com/twoinfo.html

 

However, there are a lot of other great drum softwares currently out, such as the ones from Platinum samples, DFH, EZ Drummer, Larry Seyers, and Addictive Drums and I would try to inspect them all to see which is best for your needs.

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Not really. If you need a sample set to trigger when playing your eDrums, how is that replacing the drummer -- when you
are
the drummer?

 

 

I was referring to when you use drum samples to write electronic drum parts, that trigger/eDrum thing never came to mind.

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Asking drummers about drum samples is like asking your guitarist how to replace him.

"Hey, you're good but it's kinda sloppy, is there a way we could use a program to play your parts, and you can like, find another band??"


lol all in good fun though, yeah drum samples are good to use at times (writing as someone said above)

 

 

LOL

As Larry the Cable Guy says 'I don't care who you are, that's funny'

 

I use EZDrummer too and I love it. If you have the beans ( aka $$$ ) get the PlatinumSamples or the Steven Slate stuff.

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