[linux-audio-user] Still on the look out for _GOOD_ sampled drums

[Julien Claassen]

Hi all!
  I still have one problem: I don't have any acoustic drums I REALLY, TRULY 
love. I have one hardware synth with drums, which are ok in the mix )sometimes 
at least) and I have both the naturalstudio kits version 6 and version 7 as a 
soundfont. But they don't really satisfy me neither. They both sound a bit odd 
in the mix, they don't really fit in the room. The version6 is good and hard, 
but has a very short release on the snaredrums and I disagree with the 
bassdrum a bit and the version7 has good release, but sound a bit to soft. 
Even with some compression and other FX-processing I can't get them to sound 
really crunchy.
  So you see my being choosy and what I generally disagree with. I'm looking 
for a drumkit in eitehr sf2 or .gig format, which sounds very raw (no 
ambiance, no or very subtle FX-processing), not too soft in its attack, has 
good velocity layering and nice basic sampled instruments. If possible it 
would be nice if it had a few more cymbals (I like them :-)).
  Does anyone have experience with sampled drumkits, finding them, any good 
locations to start looking... Any kit on mind, which you think is very good 
for rock, jazz, a bit of metal or the like. Please give me a hint. For I found 
nothing except the hardware eDrums, which are very expensive, demand, that you 
can play real drums and demand a lot of real room to put them. All of that, I 
don't have. :-)
  Kindest regards
        Julien

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