2016/07/09 22:32:35
bayoubill
For me that's the beauty of AD2! I've found every drum sound I was looking for with it. I wind up with quite a hybrid kit but the sound of the pieces is what I love about it! I played countless gigs but I always listened to the drummer. 
 
2016/07/10 08:54:14
Guitarhacker
A tip I saw some time back on a YouTube video to make drums more realistic was to simply get a high-hat and play it in time with the midi drum track. Mix it in at the appropriate level. The inconsistency in the playing... being off the timing by a little, will trick the brain into thinking the entire kit is played by a human.

Personally, I never tried it.... I use Jamstix and the Band in a Box drum tracks on my stuff. BiaB drums are recorded by a live drummer so there are built in variations in where the hits fall. The downside to BiaB drums is there is currently very little control over the various parts of the kit individually.
2016/07/12 14:41:22
quantumeffect
A convincing fake drummer may be able to get the sound you are after.
2016/07/12 16:13:58
bapu
quantumeffect
A convincing fake drummer may be able to get the sound you are after.


I'm a convicted fake drummer. Does that count?
2016/07/12 16:35:13
Voda La Void
Mr. torture
Anybody here creating and recording songs using midi drums like superior drummer, BFD, or even Cakewalks built in drums?
 
Is it possible to get them real sounding? I always find the cymbals lacking.




I did fake drums for 20 years and after all of that time and work....they sound like fake drums with 20 years behind them.  
 
I can almost always tell when drums aren't real.  And for the reason Bitflipper mentioned - the performance.  It will give you away.  Plus, fake snares and toms tend to lend themselves to big, commercial sound.  You can just tell a sample was made in a studio where they expect my beat to be really, really slow and simple.  And, fake drums become more noticeable when they get busier - so keeping them simple helps keep the man behind the curtain, so to speak. 
 
The only way to get close to real human feel is note-by-note editing.  I actually would play drums in my lap so I could feel how my hit intensity changed from note to note...and try to mimic that pattern note by note.  Took forever to do a drum track.  Honestly, I felt some of the feel was there, but something was always wrong....always...
 
 
 
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