Best Drum Machine or Software?

[marshallman]

I am wondering if someone can tell me the best drum machine or drum software to use with Pro Tools LE 5.1.1? I am looking for a natural real drum sound. No techno or midi sounding drums. Any help is appreciated.

Kenny

[mecanoiz]

MD by elektron it's the new 909. This one will be a reference for the next decade
www.elektron.se
Okay I overlooked, it's use is mainly for electonic sound although if you get into the synthesis, natural sounding drums will be possible

[Shan]

I am wondering if someone can tell me the best drum machine or drum software to use with Pro Tools LE 5.1.1? I am looking for a natural real drum sound. No techno or midi sounding drums. Any help is appreciated.

Kenny

Drumkit from Hell and BFD These are both superb.

Shan

[nightshadecrisis]

im not sure if 5.3.1 has rewire...but Reason has incredible drum sounds and has thousands of patches. drumkit from hell is pretty good though too, both of those are great.

evan

[lunybird]

I'm a huge fan of battery, but i've only used the VST version.
I would say the quality of the drum "samples" are more important than the quality of the drum "sampler"

[dfusion]

If you are using a sampler then get Drumkit from Hell but if you are looking for a plugin then get BFD.

[Eric Gale]

Hi,

I am currently using PT 5.3.1 on WinXP.

Let me start by saying I have NO IDEA how to use a software sampler or MIDI within Pro Tools. I record straight audio - guitars, vocals, etc. It's mostly live "in the room" sounds.

I took a look at the BFD and DFH packages. They sound great!!!

Now, this might sound silly, but if I bought one of these packages, then how can I compose a drum part for a song?

- Is there a grid-style interface that I can use for this task?


There's something I am missing about this whole process. If someone would be kind enough to explain this concept OR direct me to some informative links, then I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,
EG

[GapeOne]

I have an MPC2000XL and I love it! I also have fruityloops, but the drum samples on the MPC are much more realistic...

Then again one can sample drums from any/everywhere so it's really a matter of preference. The MPC has a more natural flow to it though (drum pads you hit as opposed to programing drums in FruityLoops and similar software..).

- GAPE

[Viktor]

Hey everyone!I'm into this too!Trying to load DFH in Dr-008-out of luck.Would be greatly appreciated someone explain to me that procedure in details.
Thank you much.