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

[Ken Restivo]

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On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 08:27:53PM +0100, Julien Claassen wrote:
> 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
> 

I like the Vintage Yamaha kit in Hydrogen. A lot. It sounds to me like Dave Weckl.

- -ken
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