are there any free 18 piece or larger acoustic drum kit vst's?

[RunBeerRun]

I don't recall many drummers who made their own software, so free ones are usually from keyboardists. That's probably why the choices are limited.

[jancivil]

Crash cymbal samples played in quick succession always sound terrible to me :/ Just not real enough. I think what makes the difference is that the cymbal wobbles after it is struck, so it gets hit in a different place every hit.

Deep sampling deals with this somewhat; I wouldn't be ideological to that degree, but rather work with it, you do need differences by velocity. People tend to believe my drums. My Revolve Two contains examples of subtle cymbal rolls/swells. It's 'expensive' any way you look at it.

However BFD3 has modeled cymbal washes now and it is a noticeable improvement, an effect that isn't quite going to be possible with just the samples.

[arkmabat]

For Neil Peart, take note that he used electronic stuff too.

[arkmabat]

Crash cymbal samples played in quick succession always sound terrible to me :/ Just not real enough. I think what makes the difference is that the cymbal wobbles after it is struck, so it gets hit in a different place every hit.

Deep sampling deals with this somewhat; I wouldn't be ideological to that degree, but rather work with it, you do need differences by velocity. People tend to believe my drums. My Revolve Two contains examples of subtle cymbal rolls/swells. It's 'expensive' any way you look at it.

However BFD3 has modeled cymbal washes now and it is a noticeable improvement, an effect that isn't quite going to be possible with just the samples.

Very interesting! The first vst with cymbals I like and could mistake for real I'll probably buy...

[DarkStar]

what I'm hoping to find is a progressive rock/metal style kit where there are 4+ toms, roto toms, etc. Think of something like Mike Portnoy or Neil Peart. Thanks for all the advice everyone.

Not free, but ...


for BFD2: https://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=4405
for SD3: https://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=4867
for Kontakt: https://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=4432 (needs an Infinite Player licence too)

[bpblog]

Here's a list which includes 99% of all free drum kits out there:

http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/06 ... full-kits/

You can download all the samples you need and build your own kit in a free sampler such as:

http://tx16wx.blogspot.com/

or

http://www.vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit.php