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skyman10
Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:09 pm

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Best Drum VST?

Hi, everyone,

Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide. I appreciate and value your opinions.

I am wondering what the best realistic drums plugin would be for me.

A little background, I have a home recording setup, write songs, record songs, etc. The songs lean towards the rock or pop rock genres, I would say. I have been using FPC up to this point, but I don't seem to be able to get the drums to sound three dimensional, despite the fact that I route the different drums to their own channels, etc. It could simply be my lack of experience mixing drums at this point, and that relates to my question. Here is what I'm looking for:

- A plugin with great preset midi grooves. I sometimes will modify or build a beat, but most of the time right now, I just prefer to use premade grooves. I don't always have a lot of time to spend on my music projects at this point (unfortunately!).

- Something that sounds good without a lot of mixing. I am able to mix, but I would like something that sounds good without me having to spend a lot of time on it. I can do some tweaking if need be, and I would prefer if it is pretty user friendly.

- A plugin with flexibility. I would like to be able to vary the tempo and effects as I need to, and not be stuck with too much compression on a sound, too much reverb, etc.

I have been leaning towards one of these three:

Steven Slate Drums 4 Platinum - I hear that you get some nice sounds out of the box, without much mixing required. I also heard that there are a lot of grooves included. A complaint I've heard is that the presets are too over the top, but I am capable of tweaking.

FXpansion BFD3 - I have heard great things, but I'm not sure if this is a program I would need to be much more into tweaking for.

Superior Drummer 2.0 - I have heard good things about the sounds and ease of use.

Anyway, what do you guys think, considering the user habits I described? Would there be one that would fit the bill more than others? What do you like to use?

I know a lot has been written on all of these, but I thought I would get the opinion of fellow FL Studio users before making the final decision.

Thanks, guys!

Peter

Toxic Tom
Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:34 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

I use SSD4. Sounds pretty nice to me (way bette...

RajahP
Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:23 pm

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Love Groove Agent 4... Seems the updates coming...

skyman10
Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:11 pm

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Thanks, Toxic Tom. Yeah, I have been impressed ...

skyman10
Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:13 pm

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Thanks, RajahP. I will check that out.

m@RV
Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:02 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

The features of Superior Drummer sound good, go...


Lee.
Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:58 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

m@RV wrote:The features of Superior Drummer sou...

AdventureKid
Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:35 am

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Lee. wrote:m@RV wrote:The features of Superior ...

YveZ
Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:55 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Go grab NI Komplete 10 Ultimate

m@RV
Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:09 am

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I didn't say it was the same - its not, (but i...

Deceiver
Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:15 am

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I thought I'd just give my pros and cons of Air...

raynwav
Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:41 pm

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You could go with superior drummer if you wanna...

Lee.
Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:19 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Its not the same. But you can get just as good ...

skyman10
Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:24 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Thanks for all the great info, guys! Lot of gre...

Lee.
Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:34 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

To add onto this, if you don't get a vst for yo...

L. Scott Knight
Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:50 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

I have Addictive Drums and love it. I do wish ...

kitekrazy
Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:41 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

BFD and Superior Drummer require a lot of drive...

nucleon
Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:19 am

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Try the FPC kits in the FL Browser > Packs &...
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Lachra
Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:10 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

I use ToonTracks EZ Drummer 1. All of the ToonT...

skyman10
Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:07 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Awesome tips and info, guys! I will check out t...

joelsampson
Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:49 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

I'm using Poise, http://www.onesmallclue.com/po...

PW69
Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:39 pm

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Jamstix all the way for me as great kits really...


GiggleGut
Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:12 am

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raynwav wrote:You could go with superior drumme...

Subliminal Message
Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:46 am

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What music are you making with Superior Drummer...

Mad Electronic Tunes
Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:12 pm

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I have Superior Drummer for its sounds and I ha...

Manitsky
Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:41 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Here's an offbeat recommendation: iDrum by iZot...

FidelityMusic
Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:50 pm

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I use Maschine 2.0 with a Maschine Mikro MK2 fo...

smcginty27
Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:55 pm

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Free kit for kontakt, registration required ht...

skyman10
Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:00 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Thanks, guys! I will check out those additional...

kitekrazy
Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:05 am

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If you want them realistic, hire a drummer. The...

FidelityMusic
Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:20 am

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http://www.powerdrumkit.com/ It's free.

skyman10
Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:26 am

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Thanks again for all the tips, guys! I really a...

Lee.
Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:10 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Since the thread is still alive here's a good t...

audiosabre
Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:31 pm

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Sometimes I can fake a semi realistic beat usin...

GeorgeZ
Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:49 pm

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Not going to write up a big blabla. I have most...

Lee.
Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:12 pm

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agreed on slate. not that it sounds bad or anyt...

audiosabre
Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:27 pm

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I suppose if you're used to FPC, even the NI St...

L. Scott Knight
Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:14 am

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I'd like to know more about the Rayzoon Jamstic...

skyman10
Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:35 pm

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Re: Best Drum VST?

Thanks for the additional info, guys.


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