metal guys; how do you go about drum replacement?

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Originally Posted by amishsixstringe

I usually blend the samples in with the origional...Sometime 2 samples, 2 of the top mic with parallel compressors and the bottom mic, making 5 tracks. It depends on a lot.


Does anyone find it odd that we take a NATURAL (real) snare drum and trigger it to make a really robotic sounding performance....and then we manipulate that for days getting it to sound more 'natural'? It's crackhead stuff.
I'm guilty though.

Neil

what he said!!