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Ogopogo · Post by **Ogopogo** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:10 pm

I've been thinking about drum synths as an alternative to samples so I'm interested in what everyone thinks are the best. Dedicated drum synths or normal synths are fine, but I suppose I'm more interested in the dedicated synths for ease of tweaking. The Maschine 2.0 synths sound awesome to me but alas they are not available for vst as far as I know.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:17 pm

Maschine loads as a soft-synth in Sonar, but doesn't allow you to use the hardware as a controller.
Hope they address that some time soon. Or at least re-wire?
So there is a way to work around to get it in, but it could be simpler.
I guess Geist would be an option for you along those lines?

BDeep · Post by **BDeep** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:20 pm

I swear by Drumspillage, Mac only I'm afraid.
Otherwise I can highly recommend Drumatic. Then there's Tremor which is good but I never really gelled with it.

U-o · Post by **U-o** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:22 pm

Drumatic3 or 4.

masterhiggins · Post by **masterhiggins** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:33 pm

Drumspillage. All synth, no samples, all bad-ass.

-Sam

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:05 pm

What sound(s) are you looking for, my favorite is Extreme Drum Synth, it's only available as a 32 bit Windows plugin, also I much prefer the older builds of it, glad I got in early.

xalama qo · Post by **xalama qo** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:07 pm

drumular is an oldie but a goodie. Highly recommended.
microTonic is another obvious choice. Sounds quite diffs to drumular, so they're a nicely complimentary pair.

U-o · Post by **U-o** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:31 pm

xalama qo wrote:drumular is an oldie but a goodie. Highly recommended.

... and no more available, AFAIK.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:53 pm

I have Drummax, BDM and Tattoo ... altho' I also like Live's Drum Racks (containing Instrument Racks).

GruvSyco · Post by **GruvSyco** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:08 pm

I've been enjoying TS-808 quite a bit.

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:37 pm

i like to talk about the ones i've made, because there's even a few unique ones for sale. like radian, which models circular membranes (afaik it is the only vst which does that, AAS does square drums and others).

maybe i'll even get rich, or maybe you'll find a bunch of weird stuff that i'd have to mention.

emef · Post by **emef** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:47 pm

fxpansion dr-008... still the best drum synth ever made

tremor and microtonic are pretty good too

cookedvulture · Post by **cookedvulture** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:56 pm

EXD-80 is also nice...and free.

Rah · Post by **Rah** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:32 am

I like Bong by xoxos and Drumatic 4

codec_spurt · Post by **codec_spurt** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:48 am

Drumatic is king.

Get both versions.

For sheer heft and kink - get Tremor!

Best/Favorite Drum synths?