Which drum program to buy?

[Benoni]

Well Strike is made by Digidesign, sooooo..... i think you see where im going

[filosofem]

Originally Posted by josh_hopwood

I want something that can produce great results for Alternative/Industrial/Rock, has some decent in depth tweaking, great samples and works good with Pro Tools 8.

What is Strike like? I haven't used it.

BFD can use supported third party sample libraries where Avid AIR Strike currently does not support this.


filosofem

[Benoni]

Originally Posted by filosofem

BFD can use supported third party sample libraries where Avid AIR Strike currently does not support this.


filosofem

Yeah i wish they would, but really you can get about any sound you want but you may need to tweek a bit. Or do what I do and use Drumagog in conjunction with Strike, when you want a differant sound

[filosofem]

Strike in it's first release form from a music programmers perceptive is what a music programmer (Songwriter) needs. I personally dropped Reason's ReDrum for Strike but I've heard around the traps that from an engineers perceptive BFD is what an engineer (Producer) needs.

You may be able to turn great sounding results from Strike but IMO BFD requires less work given the third party sample library support.

And I agree Benoni, Strike should support the option for third party sample library importing. Then we'd lean towards UI usability discussions and feature sets.


filosofem

[paulmellors]

Originally Posted by nod25

DL and try AD.



I'll never try BFD again.

I would have agreed with this comment, but BFD2 is much better than previous versions.

Although I am still tempted to add Superior Drummer to the Arsenal, just need to find an excuse

[jamesjeunes]

I've been using BFD2 with the Andy Johns pack - really amazing samples that are pre-compressed and EQ'd so unlike the stock BFD samples are ready to go right out of the box - you don't need to be an engineer to get an amazing sound.

I've not heard better for indie/classic rock stuff. Have had no problems with BFD2 and PT8.

[Murt]

Originally Posted by 77pro

Never had any problems with my system 'till I installed Kontact...when I'm using it my system is a little unstable

Originally Posted by nod25

That was my concern also. DON'T use ANYTHING NI was the message of the day.

I know this is OT but is this true? i.e Kontakt is buggy? I only say because I'm considering getting Scarbee Bass (I know, post a new thread..)

[josh_hopwood]

well i'm still kinda lost with what to buy.

i'll explain a little:
i like to work in the midi editor programming the drums from scratch, using the velocity, changing the pitch of the same samples, composing things around the keyboard, midi real time properties etc.

now with that said, i would like a high quality program with great samples that works great with pro tools 8. has the whole direct, overhead, room and talkback mics that you can blend and mix and has heaps of tweaking. being able to import your own samples would be good to.

also i don't care about all the drum loops, templates, groove templates, special kits, jazz sets etc.

would just like something as i explained without all the garbage. hope this post helps.

cheers.

[77pro]

Originally Posted by josh_hopwood

well i'm still kinda lost with what to buy.

i'll explain a little:
i like to work in the midi editor programming the drums from scratch, using the velocity, changing the pitch of the same samples, composing things around the keyboard, midi real time properties etc.

now with that said, i would like a high quality program with great samples that works great with pro tools 8. has the whole direct, overhead, room and talkback mics that you can blend and mix and has heaps of tweaking. being able to import your own samples would be good to.

also i don't care about all the drum loops, templates, groove templates, special kits, jazz sets etc.

would just like something as i explained without all the garbage. hope this post helps.

cheers.

With that workflow I would definitely recommend BFD2.

It does all you require...and then some

[Benoni]

Originally Posted by josh_hopwood

well i'm still kinda lost with what to buy.

i'll explain a little:
i like to work in the midi editor programming the drums from scratch, using the velocity, changing the pitch of the same samples, composing things around the keyboard, midi real time properties etc.

now with that said, i would like a high quality program with great samples that works great with pro tools 8. has the whole direct, overhead, room and talkback mics that you can blend and mix and has heaps of tweaking. being able to import your own samples would be good to.

also i don't care about all the drum loops, templates, groove templates, special kits, jazz sets etc.

would just like something as i explained without all the garbage. hope this post helps.

cheers.

Strike will do all that except import your own samples.

You should try the demo of some programs and choose what works best for you. No Demo for Strike though.

BFD2 demo

Battery 3 demo

I couldnt find a free demo for SD 2.0, but i didnt look very hard either
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