What types of drum kits and plug-ins do you guys use!!!!!

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My drum of choice is my late 1970’s Ludwig Rocker drum set.

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Mr. C.

I used a sample library called Drums On Demand for along time, and loved how easy it was to use in Cubase – the loops were REX based (wav also, but not so versatile when the tempos didn’t match). I made some great tracks with DOD. I’m now using Toontrack’s EZ Drummer with PT7 – great at getting things going quickly. Easy to edit. Great sounds and the mixer is great. I also tried BFD, the lite version that comes with Pro Tools, but it never worked properly for me – seemed that the mapping was screwed up. Editing midi for drums is a pet hate of mine, so I ditched it pretty quick when that issue came up. Right now, EZ Drummer suits me down to the ground, and is relatively inexpensive for the sheer depth of the application. YMMV. Oh, before I forget, the only thing I don’t like about EZD is you have to add in you own cymbol tracks – all manner of rhythms, fills, etc are provided but you need to sequence in your own cymbol crashes, rides etc.

I like using layerd chorus of drum sounds and synthesized noise… but most def a few good 909 and 808 kick drum samples.

Guru has some nice options but the user interface is a bit awkward. Redrum into Reason (rewired) works well for me…

for software, lately ive been using Stylus RMX, but i still like to use Linplug RM IV when im pounding out my beats on the keys. But I definitely do alot more kit hit drawing (ctrl-c ctrl-v) than midi, allows me to get more intimate, with the beats and envelopes.

as far as kits go, i like to keep it fresh, im all over the place, different sounds/layers in each project (trance/breaks/DnB)

i use battery two at the moment, may possibly upgrade to battery 3 – although version two is meeting all of my needs for the time being