Best Drum Sample Packs/Plugins?

JXile · 3rd February 2012

I currently use a mix of packs I got off eBay and the Maschine library for drum samples played through the Mashine, I sometimes bust out BFD2 for more realistic drums, and I prefer Drumsynth Live (VST wrapped for PT) and Audio Realism DM for Synth Drums, but am always looking for better samples/plugs. What are you guys using for samples, plugins, and synths for your beats? Any highly recommended sample packs I should try? Thanks!

VCrane · 3rd February 2012

Native Instruments Battery is brilliant. It has all kind of stuff from multi-layered acoustic kits to the most computer sounding samples. Includes classic drum machines too, like 808, 909, CR-78 and Linn.

JXile · 22nd March 2012

Still looking for new drum sounds. I have Maschine, Battery 3, and BFD2 for drum sounds but want MOAR... Thanks!

KevWest · 23rd March 2012

You have more than enough or at least you should. Gold baby sells good packs and there is always big fish audio that has a ton of them too. It really just depends on what you are looking for. For me I bought Addictive drums, I got a copy of giest with a magazine purchase and I am going to buy a drum synth eventually or figure out how to get Kong working with Sonar properly to get my synth drum sounds. You have to be resourceful and find what works best for you. There are not many bad tools out there from what I can tell. Its all a matter of what you want really.

JLiRD808 · 19th April 2012

Did anyone ever hear the eight Battery 3 Artist Kits that come out after the release?

They were produced in collab with guys from the Gorillaz, Dobie, Jonny Fiasco, Pete Davis, Roccness, Santiago & Bushido, and Turntable Rockers.. I don't really know who some of those people are but when I heard the new kits at GC I was pretty impressed, esp for doing grimey hip-hop stuff.

I was thinking of upgrading from Battery 2 to Battery 3 just for access to these kits. If anyone's ever heard em, what'd u think? Is there a sample pack out there that's similar or even better?

3rd February 2012	#1
JXile Gear Head Joined: Jan 2012 Location: Portland OR Posts: 66 Thread Starter	Best Drum Sample Packs/Plugins? I currently use a mix of packs I got off eBay and the Maschine library for drum samples played through the Mashine, I sometimes bust out BFD2 for more realistic drums, and I prefer Drumsynth Live (VST wrapped for PT) and Audio Realism DM for Synth Drums, but am always looking for better samples/plugs. What are you guys using for samples, plugins, and synths for your beats? Any highly recommended sample packs I should try? Thanks! __________________ Check out my music: J-Xile.com \| Gear List

23rd March 2012	#4
KevWest New School Boom Bap Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,954	You have more than enough or at least you should. Gold baby sells good packs and there is always big fish audio that has a ton of them too. It really just depends on what you are looking for. For me I bought Addictive drums, I got a copy of giest with a magazine purchase and I am going to buy a drum synth eventually or figure out how to get Kong working with Sonar properly to get my synth drum sounds. You have to be resourceful and find what works best for you. There are not many bad tools out there from what I can tell. Its all a matter of what you want really. __________________ www.KevWestBeats.com http://www.Facebook.com/KevWestbeats http://www.Twitter.com/KevWestBeats http://soundcloud.com/kevwestbeats/cinema-instrumental

19th April 2012	#5
JLiRD808 Smacks Gear Around Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Honolulu/Cincy Posts: 578 2 Reviews written	Did anyone ever hear the eight Battery 3 Artist Kits that come out after the release? They were produced in collab with guys from the Gorillaz, Dobie, Jonny Fiasco, Pete Davis, Roccness, Santiago & Bushido, and Turntable Rockers.. I don't really know who some of those people are but when I heard the new kits at GC I was pretty impressed, esp for doing grimey hip-hop stuff. I was thinking of upgrading from Battery 2 to Battery 3 just for access to these kits. If anyone's ever heard em, what'd u think? Is there a sample pack out there that's similar or even better? __________________ C6.5 . W7 x64 Ult . Custom OC'd AMD Phenom II x2 560 Black 3.7Ghz . 8GB DDR2 . EMU 1212M . GAP Pre 73 . UAD1 . HS80m's . Presonus HP4 . Yamaha KX49 . Senny HD280 . Equation RP-22x . NI/IK Bundles

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3rd February 2012	#2
VCrane Gear nut Joined: Jul 2011 Location: London Posts: 93 1 Review written	Native Instruments Battery is brilliant. It has all kind of stuff from multi-layered acoustic kits to the most computer sounding samples. Includes classic drum machines too, like 808, 909, CR-78 and Linn.

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JXile Gear Head Joined: Jan 2012 Location: Portland OR Posts: 66 Thread Starter	Still looking for new drum sounds. I have Maschine, Battery 3, and BFD2 for drum sounds but want MOAR... Thanks!