Are there any realistic sounding drum machines?

Mpf574

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11 February 2004 to 09:24

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I'm recording a ton of kick ass music in a small room. A live drum set is not an option. I have to hook up a drum machine to my ROland VS-1880. I'm wondering if anyone knows which drum machines SOUND the best. I know nothing is gonna sound as good a a real drum set but i'd like something that is realistic sounding. Any suggestions or tips would be apreciated.

Sam Spastic

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14 February 2004 to 14:20

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Well I'm using a Reason refill called ns 6_kit based on the Natural Studio v.6 kit. I think its great.

I have an mp3 I did of an old Led Zep tune Moby Dick.

www.dreamersound.com/reason/examples

http://www.natural-studio.co.uk/ns_kit.htm

The cheesy tamborine is Reason Factory Soundbank.
There were not any samples of toms played with the hands so please excuse.

seratone

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24 February 2004 to 10:04

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I've been blown away by Groove Agent - a Cubase VST plugin from Stienberg - which strangely enough has a whole kit devoted to John Bonham - with the hands playing the toms included.

Sam Spastic

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24 February 2004 to 18:27

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Cool I'll look for it.

nihility0000

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04 March 2004 to 17:20

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i have that ns kit too. i think it is one of the best sounding drum free refills out there. actually i havent even found a better commercial one. the kick could have used some better tuning tho, but the snare absolutley sounds wonderfull. its so hard to find good sampled snares.

unlistedrock

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25 May 2005 to 08:35

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were did you find these samples?

petra_en

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05 July 2005 to 11:04

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Hi,
I recently purchased Jamstix by Rayzoons,it is a virtual drummer program that plays realtime accompanyment to your imput with variable expression and complexity. I am absolutly amazed at the realism and capabilities of this program and the support is second to none. while it is a fresh technology they are developing and refining it . you can check it out here http://www.rayzoon.com/ I haven't seen anything like it out there, and while I am still learning it's personality, it has served up some very tasty tracks :cool:

best wishes,
petra

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Smurf_en

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26 July 2005 to 08:14

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Acoustica's Beatcraft is a cool software drum machine that's easy to use and can load samples. I have used it with the ns_kit, Ruff & Easy Riders, and Beta Monkey samples. A nice little setup, and this coming from a drummer................:cool:

It has occurred to me that there are fewer years ahead than there are behind....

mamm7215

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28 July 2005 to 10:07

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Absolutely the BEST one is FXPansion's BFD drum module. Bar none.

sta-scamp

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07 July 2007 to 16:37

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CUBASE plug-ins are the best if you have a good soundcard

djgd2007

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22 July 2007 to 11:01

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bfd is good and relistic, but does any1 know of any good dance drum modules, i mean that can get that crisp electronic sound?

xjosephjamesx

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17 November 2007 to 14:01

#12

Roland HPD-15 is awesome. If your were looking for hardware.
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Roland-HPD15-HandSonic-Percussion-Controller?sku=441917