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Ranthar · Post by **Ranthar** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:26 pm

Looking for some info... looking for a full blown module for doing drums was wondering what is the best bang for the buck...

Kind of leaning towards BFD....I like Scarbee to though...

any input on ease of use or any other suggestions?
Before I hit the buy button?

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:44 pm

Have you checked out DFH Superior?

www.toontrack.com/superior.shtml

/Yoss

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:52 pm

I have BFD and it is fantastic, but I would have given Scarbee a good look at.

I like BFD, cuz it has a standardish drum mapping going on. I believe Scarbee has it own thing.

I have two other Scarbee libs and they are two of my favorites.

Support by either is top notch

Ranthar · Post by **Ranthar** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:45 pm

Yah, I was checkin out DFH also...it seems pretty nice....

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:12 pm

Ranthar wrote:Yah, I was checkin out DFH also...it seems pretty nice....

You probably already know, but just to make sure we’re talking about the same thing: DFH is a sample CD, DFH Superior is a VSTi with a 35 GB sample set. Two completely different products. To further complicate things, there's also DFH 2, which is a Kompakt-engine VSTi with a small subset of the DFH Superior library.

/Yoss

Ranthar · Post by **Ranthar** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:33 pm

yuppers....thx

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:21 pm

Ranthar wrote:Looking for some info... looking for a full blown module for doing drums was wondering what is the best bang for the buck...

Kind of leaning towards BFD....I like Scarbee to though...

any input on ease of use or any other suggestions?
Before I hit the buy button?

I was in the same dilema last week and I ended up buying Scarbee. Why? I liked Scarbee demos far better and I don't like the BFD sound (I don't like the way the drummer plays). Scarbee also has top-notch sample programming. It makes best of Kontakt and Halion... I did not like DFH because of the drummer also, I find he is sounding too heavy metal.

I received SID this morning and I'll start playing with it tonight

Erik.

Ranthar · Post by **Ranthar** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:31 pm

Cool....could ya do me a favor?...I'm finding myself leaning heavy in the Scarbee direction....can ya play around a little with it and hollar back at this thread...

I hold some of the same opinions bout the BFD and DFH also...

I'm really interested in finding out opinions on Scarbee....thx!

Alan Lastufka · Post by **Alan Lastufka** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:21 am

I ordered SID two days ago with Express Shipping so hopefully it will be here soon

I can't wait to start banging!

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:21 am

Ranthar wrote:Cool....could ya do me a favor?...I'm finding myself leaning heavy in the Scarbee direction....can ya play around a little with it and hollar back at this thread...

I received Scarbee SID today and I played with them tonight. I'm very impressed. I was looking for much expression with snares and hihats and wow... I just layed my firsts kick/snare tracks and it really started to give some life to the song. I'm so happy

Erik.

FAL · Post by **FAL** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:44 am

What the hell???? Nobody mentioned Stormdrum!!! GET STORMDRUM!!!!!!!!

Angus_FX · Post by **Angus_FX** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:22 pm

Looking for some info... looking for a full blown module for doing drums was wondering what is the best bang for the buck...

Bear in mind, BFD includes a dedicated engine, whereas Scarbee does not (you need HALion, Kontakt, or something that will read either of those formats - it's purely a sound set).

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:11 pm

I'm a big Scarbee fan, but just LOVE BFD. I am not overly impressed with the BFD Demos, sorry...

I really wasn't all that sure when I bought it, but it is one of my most used VSTs.

I use micro-tonic for electric sounds, BFD for acoustic, and culture for percussion. Dream set-up

Jaeson Merrill · Post by **Jaeson Merrill** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:23 pm

BFD's demoes dont do it justice. Listen to someone USE it, then it reallly rocks. and the engine is totally amazing.

the reason i didnt like SID ( i downloaded the manual ) is because of the tricky output scheme.. and i would have to get some version of kontakt or halion.

Ranthar · Post by **Ranthar** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:49 pm

Yah...that is what I was wondering about bfd.....if it was better than its demos....cause they suck....

I would love to hear some stuff from peeps that have worked with bfd....cause I really like the gui that it has...it seems to be pretty cool and easy to use....

Thx rik for the info....

I dunno...I guess when in doubt.....hold....until your sure what ya wanna do...so hmmm....

think im gonna have to do some more research...someone say STORMDRUMS?.....lol

PS my wife just gave me the ok to spend however much i want to.....MUHAHAHHAHHAHAH! someone want to warn her?!!!?!?!?

Scarbee vs BFD