Purrrfect Drums

I am thinking about purchasing this suite of samples. Does anyone have any experience with them? Would you care to give your opinion?

Thanks,

I prefer DFH1 for drum samples.

Hammer, that's good to know, thanks. I am really most interested in getting good drums because I won't be replacing cymbals (I'm using Drumagog).

I have heard others comment that they like the DFH1 better than the DFH2. Is the DFH1 something that can still be bought? If so, do you have a recommendation about where to get it?

Thanks,

ORIGINAL: HammerHead

try here :

http://www.eastwestsamples.com


thats where i got it. of course that was several years ago.

Great. I'll check it out. Do you happen to know what is the difference between the DFH and DFHS?

Thanks again,

Thanks Ed. It is shapping up to look like what I need is just the basic DFH and would prefer that to Purrrfect because the drum samples are better...

Thanks again,

ORIGINAL: danhazer
Great. I'll check it out. Do you happen to know what is the difference between the DFH and DFHS?

I have both, but I still find myself using the cheaper DFH because it's easier to use. With DFH, you'll need a sampler player. Dr008 works really well for drum samples; VSampler takes more time to set up, but also works well.

DFHS has 9+Gig of samples. It has a built-in sampler which can do some tricks for you (alternate drum hits), add mic leakage of other drums per mic, add ambient sound, respond to the HH controller on VDrums. It's rewire and/or VSTi which requires more tricks to manage the bussing (for panning etc). I would imagine that with the right person using DFHS and a lot of time, you could make it indistinguishable from real drumming to 99.9% of listeners--with DFH you might fool 95%. (Obviously, I'm making up these numbers, but you get the point). DFHS are raw samples, and the outputs reflect the mic's--not the drums.

DFH sounds pretty good as is, but still needs a little touch up for most usages. Many feel like the kick needs to be gated some; probably most people will add some compression and maybe EQ to the snare and toms.

Also, when I bought DFHS, they were offering it as an upgrade to DFH... eastwest was having an additional sale at the time, so all told, I spent about $270 for both, and am happy to have both.

I've heard that the samples in DFH 2 are flat. I've also heard of problems with DFH 2 (which isn't supported by ToonTrak), but I think the issues related to the sample player. I'm assuming you can access the samples though building the kits may be tedious since there will probably be 10 or more velocity layers per drum.

You might also check out AWave at http://www.fmjsoft.com/ . They provide a cool utility for converting sample sets from one format to another.

AFAIK - You can't access the DFH2 samples w/o the sample-engine (KOMPAKT).

Great. I just wated $85.

DFHS here. If you like a challenge, these are drums for you. However, in the end, absolutely stunning results.

I bought a sample pack that was totally devoted to Sabian cymbals. They're all one shots (full volume) but since the stuff I'm doin is rockin, I don't need any light taps. Give me balls to the wall crashes, banging rides, and big chinas...

anyway, here's the link: www.databullet.com