I actually have and use this and the Platinum Version has a massive array of drum kits
Including the famous Led Zeppelin kit if your feeling that way inclined. You can use this
To replace any drum content even live drums. Do wait until Steven Slate has it on offer
To buy it.
Last edited by kimball492; 16-03-2017 at 08:03 AM.
Well in truth I think it's horses for courses Simon. I use Trigger 2. I think most Trigger 2 users will swear by it. But then the Drumagog users will swear by that too. I guess it depends on which you purchase. Massey DRT is amazing and still use it as it's free for creating midi drum data of a track so quickly. But think the Massey is Pro Tools only. The thing I also love is the massive Drum library that comes with Trigger 2 Platinum and the sound quality. Can't speak for Drumagog Simon although I do have Version on my iPad via Auria. Even reading this you'll find supporters for both.https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-m...g-boys-do.html . Xln do a great drum replacement plugin too. I believe the Platinum Version of Drumagog is $50 dollars US more ($65.00). But again it's personal preference. I'm used to Steven Slate Plugins and just prefer the workflow Simon. But they've released an update for Trigger 2 hence the above.
Sorry, if you want good guitaring you use a guitarist, it you want a good drumming, you use a drummer...machine drumming will always be at best third best.
Steve I totally agree but I don't know how many houses apartments can get a full drum kit in. I don't know about you but just recording Guitars through amps can cause problems with neighbours. A full drum kit in an apartment that my students live in,you just can't do. But real anything is better. This software isnt about replacing a whole kit it's more about replacing that bad snare or kick drum that's badly played or even worse badly recorded. And I'm sure you know not every bedroom composer, musician has access to a real drummer. Then you have to use loops or drum Plugins or use samples played by top real players. And drummers have you ever tried to find one for a band. Good ones are rare as hens teeth. There's nothing better than a bunch of guys getting together in a room playing. But if your a talented musician living in the middle of nowhere with access to no other musicians. Plugins are excellent now. Besides the drums can always be replaced or added later when budget or recording contract arrives.
Steve, this program is not a drum machine, it's about changing the drum sound from (generally) real drumming tracks.
Top level musicians don't really have a problem with having a good kit and getting the right drum sound for the track, but a lot of amateur and semi-pro musicians insist on using their own kit in recording sessions, even though it actually sounds really bad, with non-tuned 5-year old skins and dull-sounding budget to mid-range cymbals etc. They might be great at actually playing, but the kit sounds really poor. So you keep their performance and feel but replace some or all of the drum sounds with good quality sampled sounds to improve the track. It's done all the time. You can't fix it all in the mix, sometimes you have to re-record or replace. If you can't re-record or have access to a better kit, then you have to replace.
The quality of this sort of program depends on how good it is at detecting a particular drum hit and choosing a replacement sound for it. Kick is fairly easy because it's so low and snares are fairly well defined. But it's harder when selecting low/mid/high toms and different cymbal hits. The better the program is at doing it, the less manual intervention the engineer/producer has to do, which saves a lot of time (and so money) for everyone.
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