Making Drum Samples in Sonar

normally you make em in wav.. and do them as separate hits. you just can record them in using sonar or even a simple wave editor. but as to what you do processing wise, thats up to you .. most sample cd's etc that I use have had processing done on them to make them punchy etc.


well you could use dimension pro if you want kits (or even session drummer) , does involve a  bit of text editing..but not tricky.. does support layers.. if you open up a drumkit "sfz" it'll give you pointers of what to do if your new to it.

there is a sonar drum masterclass on youtube that might give you some pointers


there are loads of sources though for cheap samples done in decent studios etc. but you might find the session drummer etc ones useful

Pro tools doesn't have a sampler ??????

If you want to create something that sounds good from scratch you need a sampler that does velocity layering and round robin (Several of the same samples for each velocity zone selected at random), NI Kontakt all the way for that.

I've done it with my old Gretsch power kit, it's a huuge job if you want it to sound good, and if you are a drummer used to real drums, a badly sampled kit is going to make you cringe, trust me.

I'd go with the session drummer like others suggested, some of the kits sound passable.

Kontakt or Battery.