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Originally Posted by JPZ  I've used BD for the most insane drum editing I can imagine (not because I wanted to but purely because I had no other choice) complete with having to do separate passes to get ghost notes and groups within groups to deal with drummers that flop around on the kick etc... There's really nothing I haven't been able to accomplish unless the drummer is not actually hitting something which then requires other techniques.
I mean I guess as some point it's like why bother? Go use a drum machine or have the poor guy (or someone who's capable) play it again or play something you want. Turd polishing has reached unbelievable heights nowadays. On the other hand, EA is timestretching/compressing and thus screwing with the audio and defeats the purpose of capturing the performance with all the gear that I prefer to use on drums |
Everything and anything is possible - it's just some ways are easier than others.
They both have their place - and to be honest - the timestretching when done properly (and it's not the quick fix some think) is inaudible. The rhythmic mode preserves the transient and stretches the tail - so yes, it changes the audio but then so does extending a region back and crossfading, which is what you do in BD.
But I'm totally in agreement regarding the turd polishing..all these tools should be used for minute adjustments eg fitting drummers to loops or loops to drummers, not to make a monkey drummer sound like the the love child of Peart and buddy rich.