Has anyone purchased and used Melda's MDrummer

In another thread Eddie mentioned the Melda MAutovolume, which looks like it does the same / similar thing as the Waves vocal / bass riders.
I used some Melda stuff at a friend of mine some years ago but have not kept up with their new stuff. The old stuff was OK but didn't make me want to buy it at the time.
However this new stuff does look interesting.
Whilst i was going through their website I saw the MDrummer software, what looks almost too good to be true!
I was wondering if anyone has got and used this and if it sounds realistic - that was my main concern from the demos - sounded a bit electronic / generated  on the acoustic sets for example - but this might mean nothing as the guy doing the voice over sounded like his was a computer generated voice so perhaps the Youtube videos are not Representative!!
So anyone any opinions?
Cheers
Nigel

So if no one has purchased it, has anyone tried it?

Bajan Blue


So if no one has purchased it, has anyone tried it?

In late 2011, well over a year ago, I downloaded the demo and played around with it.  I was not impressed at all .  At that time I was looking at getting some decent drum programs.  I looked also at Toontrack and Slate Drums.  I thought that the MDrummer was inferior to these and did not buy it.  It seemed to me geared more toward electronica or urban hip/beats, but I could be wrong(--my memory is aged, or vintage as I like to say).  I ended up buying several of the Toontrack's collections (both EZD and SD2 and eventually most of their different expansions which meet my vintage, blues, fushion and progressive needs well) and Slate's SD4 (I like for hard rock), and also I bought Jamstix which has the capability of creating drum patterns or midi files, and is very diverse in its drum styles.  I just didn't find MDrummer in the same league as these others drum programs and not for that kind of money.  To be fair, I do like Meldaproduction's other vsts and often recommend them to others; some of them are quiet good and they do have free ones that give you an idea of their products.  However, Mdrummer was not what I needed and I have not regretted in the least my decision not to purchase it.  I would take a look at Jamstix and A/B their demo with MDrummer's Small version which is a free download.  

A question I would ask (which you have): is any one around here using MDrummer?  The lack of answers speaks volumes.


[[EDITED:  I took another look and they do have acoustic sets and some brushes--so my memory is fading; even admitting that it is more diverse than I remember, still it is not on my "to buy" list.]]

When MDrummer was first released, it was offered for a very low introductory price so I checked it out. I forget what it went for at the time, but it was in no-brainer territory. I passed on it. Now, at $182, it's priced up there with the big boys, competing with the likes of Addictive Drums and Slate. Needs a reality check, I think.

I am, however, a fan of Meldaproduction products in general. Watch for new product announcements on kvr and you can get some pretty cool stuff for $20 or so. 

I like Melda products, too. A pitty, though, that their MBharmonizer makes my SONAR tilt the moment I insert it.
Those multiband versions of everything are rather complex, you really need to study.
IIRC it was the Computer Music review or similar that chilled my interest towards MDrummer.

As I understand it, MDrummer's real features are in the composing, arranging, generating beats.
 
Now, I'm someone who actually likes working with Jamstix (a program which scares many with it's complexity) and even so, the complexity of MDrummer intimidates me.  

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Just kidding, I see it ' Cab and red bass'. Shows on my laptop. I think it's a an issues with your cache or something. Used to happen to me, but has been fine for a while.

twaddle
Well call me a BFD3 snob but mdrummer was just plain awful in every aspect, and I did try to like it. The sounds were cheap and the interface clunky, I would take EZdrummer and ever session drummer 2 over Mdrummer a 100 times.
 
Steve
 

 
+1
 
Fellow BFD snob
 
 

If you go to the fxpansion site, go to the BFD3 overview page, then go to the FAQ tab and under, "is there a demo" you'll see two links (for mac and windows) where you can download a demo version of BFD3.
 
I did post a link but the idiot filter keeps blocking them and I really can't be arsed to have to ask the mods every time I want to post a link.
 
Naturally the demo is limited with less velocity layers and articulations but it still should give you a good idea of what it can do and what you can do with it. There are also lots of user videos and tutorials on youtube which are mostly very useful.
 
Cheers
 
Steve

Oh, I think you'll need to register an account (not bank details) before you can download and install it.
Let us know if you need any help setting it up and stuff.
 
Steve

MDrummer and BFD3 . . . there is no comparison, as far as I'm concerned BFD has no equal as yet, I have all the big players and then some, even the new ew Pro Drummer, although I didn't install it on either of my main machines. I prefer BFD for sound, 'feel', interface, the whole package really. There are some awesome expansions available.

Yeah I did install it, just not on either of my main machines, I don't really put anything on them that I am not certain is going to stay, despise installing then uninstalling, most things don't uninstall cleanly, the only thing I have unistalled off either of them in the last 18 months or so since I built them has been Rapture Pro, p***ed off about that :) such high hopes . . . ,plus I don't let anything iLok near them, not really anything iLok, just iLok itself and Pace stuff etc in general. For something that has been in production since before Noah built the Ark, and all ew's blurb's about it, and the price, it was a little bit of a let down, it has joined the rest in the drum vst's graveyard.
 
For me it is still BFD/BFD3, I look forward to the day something will come along and topple it, because that will be something to behold, but I have the funny feeling it will be BFD4 :)