Drum software

[Anton]

Hi , does anybody know any good programs for adding drums to my recordings , I've just got cubase sx which has vst support but Im not sure what to do next , any help greatly appreciated
Anton

[Kev Brigden]

have you tried the virtual instrument plugins which come bundled with Cubase? you get two pre-programmed kits and I think that you could probably even import more if you downloaded some soundfont software...


kev

[ns9]

Hi!
For "real" sounding drums, IMO, Native Instruments' Kontakt plus Drum Kit From Hell is saaa-weeet. Being a full-fledged software sampler, Kontakt allows you to load more than drums, so it can double as piano, synth, sound fx, etc. Direct from Disk support with ver 1.5 now too. Imports other formats, and also does soundfonts and wavs.
Nikki

[hexa-db]

Have a look at:
http://www.natural-studio.co.uk/sampled.htm

This guy has some awesome drumkits sampled and available as Soundfonts, Gigastudio patches or as plain .wavs

[GuyCool]

The old chestnut...how to get decent sounding drums.

I've always found programming the actual patterns to be really difficult-getting fair drum sounds isn't a problem. there are lots of resources available.
I've started to teach myself drums, so in 5-6 years I might be at a level where I'd want to record my own patterns

But, what I have found useful is ACID. Of course, you have to find some decent drum loops to put into it, but there are plenty of professionally recorded, and ACIDised loops out there. You know, the subtle nuances of a real drummer are nigh-on impossible to program. A few looops might not have total flexibility, but they can sound better than a half-assed midi file.

Only an opinion. Love to be enlightened.

Guy

[GuyCool]

The old chestnut...how to get decent sounding drums.

I've always found programming the actual patterns to be really difficult-getting fair drum sounds isn't a problem. there are lots of resources available.
I've started to teach myself drums, so in 5-6 years I might be at a level where I'd want to record my own patterns

But, what I have found useful is ACID. Of course, you have to find some decent drum loops to put into it, but there are plenty of professionally recorded, and ACIDised loops out there. You know, the subtle nuances of a real drummer are nigh-on impossible to program. A few looops might not have total flexibility, but they can sound better than a half-assed midi file.

Only an opinion. Love to be enlightened.

Guy

[Artist]

Kontact is ment to be pretty good, good enough for sibelius to sign it up for sibelius 3 at least!
If you can afford it logic with exs24 = endless fun as you can use sampled kit sounds or create your own (I've been tinkering with a kit made from samples from portnoys drum tech videos)

You could also look into getting a sound module from E-mu 2nd hand. Which are basically rack mounted boxes full of samples.

[Anton]

nice one , thanks for all your help guys