Best Percussion Synth / Soundfont for Modern Metal Drum Sound?

Voda La Void

mettelus
CbB just needs the connection to activate, and you can download and transfer the file over, but is tricky (a few threads discuss this). Even tethering a cell to the computer would be worth the effort to put CbB on the machine IMHO. X1d is still carrying issues that got fixed/improved with X3e onward.

Thank you, mettelus.  I'm going to search for those threads and see if I can do that.  I would really like CbB.  
 

bitflipper
You don't need track templates to save kits, since all drum samplers offer a way to do that through presets. Track templates are only needed when you have complex routing, e.g. individual MIDI and/or audio tracks for each kit piece or group of pieces.
 
 

I am on the fence about this.  In the past, I used to write or play my electronic kit into a single MIDI drum track. Spend hours playing with velocities and such.  20 years of that and that's what burned me out to the point I stopped even recording, dreading the drum production work. 
 
Seems like if I route pieces and groups of pieces to various tracks, then I could use my Bluejay Soundfont for toms, kick, hi-hats, some cymbals and rides...and then be able to use samples from some other source for the snare, maybe more cymbals and rides...and it wouldn't matter where the sample source was, I'd always end up with the same essential set of tracks with compression and EQ.  
 
Or is there a better way to approach this?
 
 

 
; clean up errors in sequence
(do
  (forEachEvent
    (if (== Event.Kind NOTE)
      (do
         (if (< Note.Vel 15)
          (do
            (delete)
          )
        )
      )
    )
  )
)

; remove repeated notes
(do 
  (int noteTime 0)
  (int noteKey 0)
  (forEachEvent 
    (do 
      (if (== Event.Kind NOTE)
       (do
        (if (&& (== Event.Time noteTime) (== Note.Key noteKey))
          (do 
            (delete)
            (= noteTime 0)
             (= noteKey 0) 
           )
           (do
             (= noteTime Event.Time)
             (= noteKey Note.Key)
           )
         ) ; if
       ) ; do
      ) ; if
    ) ; do
  ) ; forEachEvent
 
 
 
; split drums into tracks
 
(int bassDrum1 36)
 (int bassDrum2 35)
 (int rimShot 37)
 (int snare1 38)
 (int snare2 40)
 (int lowTom2 41)
 (int lowTom1 43)
 (int midTom2 45)
 (int midTom1 47)
 (int hiTom2 48)
 (int hiTom1 50)
 (int closedHat 42)
 (int pedalHat 44)
 (int openHat 46)
 (int crash1 49)
 (int ride1 51)
 (int china 52)
 (int ride2 53)
 (int splash 55)
 (int crash2 57)
 (int ride3 59)
 (int sourceTrack 0)
 (int destTrack 0)
 (getInt sourceTrack "Source Drum Track: " 1 255) 
 (-- sourceTrack)
 (getInt destTrack "First Destination Drum Track: " 1 255) 
 (-- destTrack)
 (int bassDrumTrack (+ destTrack 0))
 (int snareTrack (+ destTrack 1))
 (int tomsTrack (+ destTrack 2))
 (int hatTrack (+ destTrack 3))
 (int cymbalTrack (+ destTrack 4))
 (int otherTrack (+ destTrack 5))
 
; ===============================
 ; Clear Other Tracks
 ; ===============================
 
 (int curTrack bassDrumTrack)
 
(while (<= curTrack otherTrack)
  (do
    (TrackSelect 0 -1)
    (TrackSelect 1 curTrack)
    (forEachEvent (delete))
    (++ curTrack)
  )
 )
 
; ===============================
 ; Name tracks
 ; ===============================
 
(TrackName "Bass Drum" bassDrumTrack)
 (TrackName "Snare Drum" snareTrack)
 (TrackName "Toms" tomsTrack)
 (TrackName "HiHats" hatTrack)
 (TrackName "Cymbals" cymbalTrack)
 (TrackName "MiscDrums" otherTrack)
 
; ===============================
 ; Copy events to tracks
 ; ===============================
 
; bassDrum
 (TrackSelect 0 -1)
 (TrackSelect 1 sourceTrack)
 (ResetFilter 0 TRUE)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE bassDrum2 bassDrum1)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE bassDrumTrack)
 
; snare drum
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE rimShot snare1)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE snareTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE snare2 snare2)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE snareTrack)
 ; Toms track
 
(SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE lowTom1 lowTom1)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE tomsTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE lowTom2 lowTom2)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE tomsTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE midTom1 midTom1)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE tomsTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE midTom2 midTom2)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE tomsTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE hiTom1 hiTom1)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE tomsTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE hiTom2 hiTom2)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE tomsTrack)
 
; Hats track 
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE closedHat closedHat)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE hatTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE pedalHat pedalHat)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE hatTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE openHat openHat)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE hatTrack)
 
; Cymbals track 
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE crash1 crash1)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE cymbalTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE crash2 crash2)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE cymbalTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE ride1 ride1)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE cymbalTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE ride2 ride2)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE cymbalTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE ride3 ride3)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE cymbalTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE splash splash)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE cymbalTrack)
 (SetFilterRange 0 0 TRUE china china)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE cymbalTrack)
 

 ; Other Track
 (ResetFilter 0 TRUE)
 (EditCopy From Thru TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE)
 (EditPasteToTrack From 1 1 TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE otherTrack)
 
; delete notes that are present in other tracks
 (TrackSelect 0 -1)
 (TrackSelect 1 otherTrack)
 (forEachEvent 
  (do
      (if (== Event.Kind NOTE)
        (do
           (if (== Note.Key bassDrum1) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key bassDrum2) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key rimShot) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key snare1) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key snare2) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key lowTom1) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key lowTom2) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key midTom1) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key midTom2) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key hiTom1) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key hiTom2) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key crash1) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key crash2) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key ride1) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key ride2) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key ride3) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key splash) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key china) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key closedHat) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key pedalHat) (delete))
           (if (== Note.Key openHat) (delete))
         ) ;do
       ) ; if
    ) ; do
  ) ; forEachEvent
 
) ; do