penningtron wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:42 pm...

My favorite is one called Big Rock I think, made by the dudes from Rival Sons (Blueshammer-y band). But they definitely nailed the large drum Zeppelin-y thing. Most of the sounds are cool and usable as long as you like ringy and roomy drums.

penningtron wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:42 pm

Owen wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:22 pm

penningtron wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 7:43 am One catch about EZ Drummer is some of the cool libraries you might want (like 'Alt Rock', aka Electrical Audio samples) are extra, typically $80 bucks. But they often run promotions where you can get a pack free (Alt Rock didn't exist at the time so I got the 'Post Rock' kit recorded in Sigur Ros' studio)

That said the free kits that come with it are not bad (Modern and Vintage, which do about what you think they would)

I just have the basics that came with EZ Drummer 2 and was thinking of getting an expansion how do you like the Alt-Rock and Post-Rock packs?

Alt Rock: has that Electrical Audio ambience everyone here should know! I kind of quibble about some of the kits used: the Gretsch is great and versatile, but the Ludwig Club Dates are gonna be too mellow for most rockers and the larger DW kit sounds a little flat to me. 'Pro tip': I think one of the 'tympani' sounds is the Silkworm kick drum.

Post Rock: the ambience is really cool and some of the aux percussion is neat (like a metal beam and stairs) but most of the drum sounds are kind of flubby and muffled to me.

My favorite is one called Big Rock I think, made by the dudes from Rival Sons (Blueshammer-y band). But they definitely nailed the large drum Zeppelin-y thing. Most of the sounds are cool and usable as long as you like ringy and roomy drums.

Owen wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:41 pm Post-Rock was on sale, and thought maybe would be fun.

penningtron wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 7:44 am

Owen wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:41 pm Post-Rock was on sale, and thought maybe would be fun.

Yeah, might be worth it. The sounds are good with the room mics turned up (it's a converted pool room I think), I had fun with it on this.

brephophagist wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:51 am Some software tries to be a fake robot drummer for you, with input on when fills happen and feel/genre stuff.

bassdriver wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:13 pm after all this Drum/beat programs for dummies/beginners talk I decided to check for updates for my BFD3 plug-in. turns out the brand has moved from FXpansion to InMusic. So I bought a new preset (jazz noir) which I thought sounded great.
installed the latest version of BFD3 and the new license manager. what a mess. could not run the plug-in (BFD is disabled, license file is corrupt). no way I could get the whole thing working, even when the license manager had authorized all software.
wasted a couple of hours on this and ended up downloading the oldest possible version from FXpansion. now the plug-in works, but the new expansion pack did no longer work in the old license manager and I wasn’t able to authorize it. WAHT A MESS!
I honestly don’t recommend buying BFD3!

prowler wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:44 am

brephophagist wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:51 am Some software tries to be a fake robot drummer for you, with input on when fills happen and feel/genre stuff.

are you talking about EZ drummer etc here? if not, what?

also, any examples of fake drummers doing this in real time (like a semi score-based jam situation)?

(i researched this a couple years ago and might get back into it soon...)

Andrew wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:56 pm

bassdriver wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:13 pm after all this Drum/beat programs for dummies/beginners talk I decided to check for updates for my BFD3 plug-in. turns out the brand has moved from FXpansion to InMusic. So I bought a new preset (jazz noir) which I thought sounded great.
installed the latest version of BFD3 and the new license manager. what a mess. could not run the plug-in (BFD is disabled, license file is corrupt). no way I could get the whole thing working, even when the license manager had authorized all software.
wasted a couple of hours on this and ended up downloading the oldest possible version from FXpansion. now the plug-in works, but the new expansion pack did no longer work in the old license manager and I wasn’t able to authorize it. WAHT A MESS!
I honestly don’t recommend buying BFD3!

Goddamn!