What's a Good Drum Sound CD (for SoundReplacer)?

[generator]

Can anyone recommend a good CD of drum samples, to use with SoundReplacer? I already have Bob Clearmountain's Drums II (great CD), but am looking for something with that kind of cracking snare, that's used on a lot of current hardcore rock.

[Steve MacMillan]

There are some good rock sounds on Burning Grooves.

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[Mike Tholen]

why can't you make your own samples? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

[Mike Tholen]

what do you do in your spare time? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

[rtcstudio]

I spend it with my family, or writing my own music.

Doing drum samples is fun, but doing them right is expensive and time consuming. To do it right you need a BIG room for the drums (expensive) a good drummer (ditto) good mics (ditto) good pres, EQs, compressors etc. etc. And lots of time, not just for the recording, but for the preparation and the post editing of putting a library together.

When I'm tracking we usually DO roll our own loops (if the song needs one), usually using a separate set of drums that's whacked out and trashy. But that's different from getting clean separate drum samples with various ambient samples etc. I don't think the artist or A&R guy would sit still while I did that.

But there are guys getting paid to do just that: Spend days in a great room with great people and equipment and doing it right. I'm happy as can be to keep them in business.

If you have time for it, I'm jealous. But don't think too harshly of those of us who reach for a sample CD every now and again to fix a mix. We're all just trying to get it done.

Along those lines, to the original poster, the ACID CD Drum Tools has some great single hits on it, and the BT Breaks From The Nu School has some acoustic loops on it that you can grab snares from. Some pretty whacked out stuff.

[Mike Tholen]

yeah, I dig.
I really don't have that kinda time either...but what I do have time for is getting great sounds and great takes. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[rtcstudio]

Sometimes it is not practical or cost effective to record your own samples. And sometimes you are in crunch mode in the mix and realize what you were given is not great and you need to be able to grab something quick.

[andyo]

Drums from Sounds Online

[rtcstudio]

Originally posted by Mike Tholen:
yeah, I dig.
I really don't have that kinda time either...but what I do have time for is getting great sounds and great takes. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'll give you an amen to that.

[Allan Speers]

OT:

I followed the link posted above by Andyo.

The "Joey Kramer Drums Pro Tools" looked pretty interesting. However, when I listened to the mp3 demo, it seemd to me that Kramer's timing is pretty unsteady, and even during steady sections he pushes the dnare too far foward on about half the its.

This demo makes my flesh crawl. Does anyone agree, or have I become absurdly over-picky about groove?


Also, are there any other drum grooves available in this type of multi-track, Protools format ?