Are there any realistic sounding drum machines?

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Topic Posted on 02/11/2004 at 09:24:45

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.

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2 Posted on 02/14/2004 at 14:20:17

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.

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3 Posted on 02/24/2004 at 10:04:34

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.

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4 Posted on 02/24/2004 at 18:27:06

Cool I'll look for it.

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5 Posted on 03/04/2004 at 17:20:57

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.

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6 Posted on 05/25/2005 at 08:35:45

were did you find these samples?

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petra_en

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7 Posted on 07/05/2005 at 11:04:10

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:

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8 Posted on 07/26/2005 at 08:14:55

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:

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9 Posted on 07/28/2005 at 10:07:26

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

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10 Posted on 07/07/2007 at 16:37:02

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

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11 Posted on 07/22/2007 at 11:01:30

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

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12 Posted on 11/17/2007 at 14:01:05

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

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