@Danny: That would be fantastic! Thank you very much. That's very nice of you............... @Markno999: Yes exactly! Also, at least some of the superior kits have the snare sound on the overheads off center (possibly for realism, I'm not sure), but when blended with the direct mics it sounds centered............@Bitflipper: Thanks for the mention of Superior's transient shaper. I forgot all about it as I generally do all the processing in Sonar.........@Droddey: I was just thinking today about using the X-drum to layer another snare under the one I'm using now, but I'll have to read up on it since I've not used it before. I do like the Nashville kit I'm using for the overall feel though and all those snares have a good bit of rattle, except for the ones with none..............Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions and discussion in general............. Apologies for the dots as I'm on Firefox and not ready to give it up yet.

I got BFD Eco a few months ago when it was like $20 or $30. It was a real struggle for me to get it to sound like I wanted. Whenever I have a little time, I'll mess with it some. Generally though, Superior is easier for me to deal with.

BFD is for people who want to have the flexibility to mix a raw drum kit, not for folks want something pre-packaged. To really get the good stuff though you need probably more than the Eco version. The expansion packs have the highest quality kits in them.

Though I've never recorded a real kit myself, on the mixing front I could probably do pretty well with a real kit now that I've spent so much time learning how to mix raw drums with BFD, and eventually getting to the not really cheating at all level. It's been time well spent. And it's so much more flexible because you can take the sound in whatever way you want.