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Los Teignos
Published on 05/07/08 at 08:08
No problem with the installation or compatibility issues with Cubase SX 3. The manual is quite useless since the software is extremely easy to use. That's all its interest in a BFD: the software seems designed for musicians rather than the sound engineer (we do not take the head with the opposite phase, for example, as in BFD).
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
I use Windows XP on a Dell XPS 420 with a sound card PreSonus FireBox and 4 GB of RAM. I never had any crashes due to software or any performance problem. Note that loading a drum kit, you should stop playing the current track in Cubase to accelerate the process.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for my models for almost a year and what I like most is the relative simplicity / realism of the software: just with the bank base, there is plenty to do.
On the audio side, via a small mixer internally, it can easily redirect the output audio sound and then work in the console of the sequencer. It is far more simple than BFD and other less demanding too. The consideration of this non-greed, it is obviously that the sounds are not as detailed as in BFD or DFH big: it makes it particularly relies on the cymbals where you would sometimes have more different samples to manage the whole dynamic of the instrument. It will be embarrassing in pieces where the battery is present (one Walking on the moon with the game of Copland, for example) but in 3 / 4 pieces, it will not be a problem of realism, especially if the 'we use MIDI grooves included with the soft, very well planned in general. Despite a lack of detail on some sounds are still nickels, I said, and much better than a groove agent, for example. The bank's basic EZdrummer is also relatively mat: it can attack almost any style ...
I come to the only real disappointment of software: the MIDI file browser. Since the files are named to sleep outside and in the absence of a manager worthy of the name (with advanced search engine, ability to annotations, etc..), It often goes for ages looking for a groove-like to what one has in mind. The Toontrack EZ Player Pro may be correct that, but for now, we must admit that the system tree is far from practical.
Another small problem (but it is true for all batteries virtual BFD and Addictive Drums included), despite the additional bank Vintage, it has not rubbed his broom. Plans are jazz super slow to forget.
Finally, it sounds much better than that Groove Agent is more evolved side of the metronome. This is less a pro BFD / BFD or two, to a lesser extent than Addictive Drums, but it's also much easier to use and it consumes fewer resources. And considering the price, it's still pretty awesome to party batteries quickly that sound good ...
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
I use Windows XP on a Dell XPS 420 with a sound card PreSonus FireBox and 4 GB of RAM. I never had any crashes due to software or any performance problem. Note that loading a drum kit, you should stop playing the current track in Cubase to accelerate the process.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for my models for almost a year and what I like most is the relative simplicity / realism of the software: just with the bank base, there is plenty to do.
On the audio side, via a small mixer internally, it can easily redirect the output audio sound and then work in the console of the sequencer. It is far more simple than BFD and other less demanding too. The consideration of this non-greed, it is obviously that the sounds are not as detailed as in BFD or DFH big: it makes it particularly relies on the cymbals where you would sometimes have more different samples to manage the whole dynamic of the instrument. It will be embarrassing in pieces where the battery is present (one Walking on the moon with the game of Copland, for example) but in 3 / 4 pieces, it will not be a problem of realism, especially if the 'we use MIDI grooves included with the soft, very well planned in general. Despite a lack of detail on some sounds are still nickels, I said, and much better than a groove agent, for example. The bank's basic EZdrummer is also relatively mat: it can attack almost any style ...
I come to the only real disappointment of software: the MIDI file browser. Since the files are named to sleep outside and in the absence of a manager worthy of the name (with advanced search engine, ability to annotations, etc..), It often goes for ages looking for a groove-like to what one has in mind. The Toontrack EZ Player Pro may be correct that, but for now, we must admit that the system tree is far from practical.
Another small problem (but it is true for all batteries virtual BFD and Addictive Drums included), despite the additional bank Vintage, it has not rubbed his broom. Plans are jazz super slow to forget.
Finally, it sounds much better than that Groove Agent is more evolved side of the metronome. This is less a pro BFD / BFD or two, to a lesser extent than Addictive Drums, but it's also much easier to use and it consumes fewer resources. And considering the price, it's still pretty awesome to party batteries quickly that sound good ...