Really depends on the type of drum and the player. My housemate plays a range of different hand drums.himalaya wrote:However, when it comes to realistic drums and just 'hitting' the drum, sure, samples are enough, I would say, at least deeply sampled, multi-layer samples.
Also, the more variety of samples, the more complex it is to use that variety. Having to do articulation switching is not the same realtime fluid experience.