| Addictive Drums [message #93500] |
Mon, 10 December 2007 13:10  |
Wayne Carson
Messages: 86
Registered: June 2007
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Hi all,
I've been using EZ drummer for about a year. I noticed they now have a
Nashville kit. I may change apps. Here's why and what do you all think.
1. EZ drummer is easy to use with drag and drop loops but I'm not
thoroughly satisfied with the mixer. Individual kick, hat and toms. But
two mics on the the snare ? (I don't hear all that much significant
difference on the top and bottom) and just overheads for the cymbals and
lastly room ambience. The problem I have with the mixer is that I can't
bring up the ride or crashes without also raising bleed of the kick, hat,
snare and toms on the overhead mics. In the end the mix has too much room
sound. I need more isolation at times. I'm not triggering. I just using
midi drum tracks. I am amazed that these drum programs can even mix
individual parts of a drum kit midi track. No efx's except room ambience.
The humanize feature is decent.
2. The patterns are decent with the EZ software and some loops are down
right funky but only two kit sounds (pop/rock and cocktail). The Nashville
uses an new kit and I was wondering if the loops have a large variety of
country 3/4 and 6/8 grooves.
3. www.xlnaudio.com I looked into XLN Addictive Drums (AD) and it seems
as though each kick, snare, tom, ride, hat, cymbals and cowbell (don't say
it!) has it's own fader and efx/inserts but I'm not sure. I don't mind some
bleed, in fact I like it for ambience, so is the isolation from each
drum/cymbal similar to solo or more like a close mic. Secondly, I am
concerned that the kits are mostly rock/old school/machine based and I do
need a country kit and/or country grooves on about 1/3 to 1/2 of my songs
that I'm editing and mixing. XLN has just one add on pak to date and it's
retro. Does the "acoustic" kit fit the country mode or primarily just soft
acoustic songs. AD does have reverb and I do like to use massive reverb on
the snare on country ballads so is it possible or is it a whole kit reverb.
How are the grooves. XLN states on their website "the grooves, beats and
fills of a good drummer!" Website states no humanize feature but instead
uses recorded alternating strokes for a velocity layer.
Are any of you folks addicted or would you recommend that I stay with EZ?
Thanks,
Wayne Carson
Paris since '97
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