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mixtape · . Joined: 04 Feb 2012 Posts: 678 Location: Chicago

Any recommendations for (legal) free VST drums that sound convincingly drummish? I've been monkeying around with Cubase quite a bit, and the kits that come with the onboard synth are... pretty ok, mostly, but the toms border on laughable. I've been googling around for a couple days and finding a lot of stuff that sounds good in demos, but once I actually get the "free" version installed, it comes with every feature but the ones I actually want (and yes, I'm aware that they've done that on purpose).

Eventually, I will probably get desperate enough to pay for something, but it's the kind of purchase I can only justify to myself as measured in pages of dissertation turned in, and I haven't written shit lately (probably because all I want to do is play with Cubase).

Sloan · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:55 am Post subject:

I've tried for a while to use free stuff for drums and I never had luck finding anything worthwhile besides some vintage drum machine emulations.
There are however, lots of free sample libraries for drum kits etc.. but you need something to play them. I use Slate Digital's TRIGGER for triggering from live drums, but I don't do it all that often.

Will cost money, but supposedly worth it.

http://stevenslatedrums.com/

Others to check out are Superior Drummer 2 and BFD2.

Get ready to break your fingers/wrists programming drums via midi. fuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Ian · . Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 554 Location: What do?

superior drummer is pretty titties. The only gripes would be on the open hi hat isn't as opened as I would like and you can't crash the ride. Every thing is a bit cut and dry and might sound more produced than you would like for a more alternative sounding project.

I use it for my preproduction demo's in conjunction with my electric kit midi.

Sloan · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:49 pm Post subject:

Ian · . Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 554 Location: What do?

In pro tools you can adjust playback latency. Mine goes as low as 128 which isnt very noticable besides maybe the drums feeling a bit sluggish, but not audibly noticable. Also i try not to send the mix out the console while tracking because that actually adds about 2000 to 3000 ms of delay

ultratwin · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:51 am Post subject:

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i beat cardboard vs. tin boxes for songs
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mastermorya · . Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Posts: 305 Location: United States

Relatedly, is $40 a good deal on a used Alesis SR-16?

James · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:21 pm Post subject:

Triggering drums from MIDI, as Sloan said, is what I'd go for. You need to find some free sample libraries and a free sample playing VST. Finding a sample library is a hell of a lot easier than finding a straight drum synth VST.
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gaybear · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject:

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Sloan · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:47 pm Post subject:

with a drum machine, you could program beats etc.. then use the midi from it to replace with radass sounds.
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gaybear · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:02 pm Post subject:

batsbrew · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:38 pm Post subject:

EzDrummer is so superlative to a lot of what's out there, and really not that expensive.

i'd suggest doing this thing right, saving up and watch for the SALES that pop up from time to time, and then pull the trigger.

you wont be sorry
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mixtape · . Joined: 04 Feb 2012 Posts: 678 Location: Chicago

Yeah, I'm probably going to go the EZDrummer route eventually. A question though: what's the difference between it and SuperiorDrummer and is that difference worth $100 to a grad student?

brainfur · . Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 1854 Location: United States

...is it really that hard to convince a friend to become ur drummer?

Dokterrock · . Joined: 28 Mar 2012 Posts: 135 Location: Los Angeles, CA

honeyiscool · Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 10:19 pm Post subject:

Anybody looking to spend money on a drum program should check out Addictive Drums.
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moogmusic · . Joined: 14 Nov 2011 Posts: 465 Location: Edinburgh

Analogue Drums provide a free kit's worth of samples and are supposed to sound pretty good. For the Open Source/Linux amongst us, there's also a map available for Hydrogen.