What I'd really like is a VSTi of a noise+snare combination. That's it. It wouldn't do anything else. No effects, no polyphony, no extras, just a very high quality snare+noise device from tinny 606 style to rich long decay white noise whooshes.

All the drum VSTi at the moment seem to want to be an entire kit or are slimline with a few voices, doing none of them very well. In Fruity 3.5 they have the Kick - just a bass drum synth and nothing more. It's a bit simple, but does most of the work OK. I bought DrumSynth Live for Fruity but am disappointed with it - it's trying too hard and just can't cut it for quality.

But I think some specialised single device VSTi like this could do well: start with the noise device, then do a kick, tom, metal+hats etc. It could become a fantastic customised range. After a while you could get into world percussion and bizarre stuff.

ever heard of samples?

http://home.earthlink.net/~plattermatic/vsti.html

. . . cheers rob

Ever heard of apples and oranges ?

Thanks phz - just the thing

Hi,

I'm currently working on a drum VSTi ( Drumatic).
You might be interested in this one.

I've uploaded 2 sound demo's and a (early) screenshot...
The demo verion will be released in a week or 2 ( i hope

screenshot:
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~pie/newscreen.jpg

sound demo's:

http://galileo.spaceports.com/~pie/loop1.mp3
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~pie/loop2.mp3

note: i've added a bit of chorus to these loops.

Cheers,
PIE

note2 : spaceports was down when i checked the links... might be up again when you read this....

hmmm.. spaceports doesn't accept direct links to files...

If you paste the links in you adressbar of your browser i will work...

C-ya

You can also check out Element-P from Linplug

Tried all of those (except Drumatic), but the sound quality isn't really there. At the moment I'm using the Pro-52 as a noise source which is a bit expensive in CPU terms, but certainly gets the richness I want.

I also like the Tomcat in Orion. A "Super-Tomcat" VSTi would be ideal.