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A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:47 am

Hi,

I decided to stop using "play-a-long" tracks from cheap CDs, and maybe start my own compositions.

I don't play no other instruments besides the guitar.

I first want to purchase a drums library/sampler/arranger/etc...

Which library would you guys recommend for a newbie like myself? I am mainly into blues. I want one that sounds very natural, if possible. I hate all of those libraries where you just know that they are trigered samples.

How hard is it to program drum loops? I am no sound engineer

Thanks for your replies.

james0tucson · Post by **james0tucson** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:50 am

I'd try the demo for either Jamstix or DK+.

WilliamK · Post by **WilliamK** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:52 am

Yeah, Jamstix is very good.

Wk

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:04 am

Does Jamstix include drum samples, or would you have to buy a seperate library?

WoJ · Post by **WoJ** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:20 am

yup it includes samples. plus there are many free drum soundfonts and vsti's that you can use inside jamstix.

WoJ

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:23 am

Stylus RMX w/ Backbeat. Problem solved.

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:24 am

Stylus RMS with BackBeat? Is that something like Groove Agent?

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:52 am

What about Big f**king Drums ( BFD ) and Drumkit From Hell ( DFH ) are these for more advanced users?

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:27 am

A3ntar wrote:Does Jamstix include drum samples, or would you have to buy a seperate library?

It includes its own drum sounds as well as being able to play using external sounds. The sounds that come with Jamstix are so good I haven't needed to hook it up with external VSTis, though.

Also there are sample addons for Jamstix. I just bought an entire birch drumset addon for $9.99 (there was an initial discount of $5)! And now there is an upcoming brush drumset which sounds awesome...

digitalmessiah · Post by **digitalmessiah** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:03 am

Bfd is good. if you have Reason, get Reason Drum Kits.

soniccouture · Post by **soniccouture** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:03 am

Have a look at our Variable Ambience Drums..

http://www.soniccouture.com/

its considerably less money than BFD etc, but will also give you very natrual sounding drums

cheers

Angus_FX · Post by **Angus_FX** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:15 am

BFD gives you the best of both worlds (loops and one-shots), to some extent, in that it generates all its sounds from heavily multi-sampled one-shots, but has a fairly capable MIDI loop player built in, with a decent-sized library of MIDI loops recorded by session drummers on e-drums.

It's a bit like having training wheels -- you can go by stages from something not much more complex than using loops or playalong CDs, through to programming entire drum tracks from scratch, all the while using the same sound set.

Drums library? Do you have to be a sound engineer?!!