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    Question for you guys: do any of you use drum sound libraries from something other than your DAW? I only have what comes with Logic; it's the one area I've not invested any time in with plugins and such.

    Any recommendations on more traditional analog drum sounds with plenty of variety to the sounds, tones, etc? I could list a few different bands with drum sounds for reference, but either Logic's available drums just don't cut it, or, I'm just not as adept at tweaking them and the channel strips to get exactly the sounds I want.

    This is a good reference point for softer minimal drums, good reverb and air to them.

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    • Look at Drum Drops. I have 5 or 6 of their libraries, and they all have EXS24 presets to use.section_014
    • that just sounds like a room mic on a kit with some compression and echo. i work with real drums a lot so i'm usually trying to make them sound bigger...kingsteven
    • someone shared this free AU a while back https://www.tokyodaw… it would be able to get the logic drum kit designer to sound more airykingsteven
    • i dont use any drum libraries. But if I want analog drum sounds, I reach for the basic components; Noise Generator, VCF, VCAfuturefood
    • then use space designer to add a room convolution reverb -> eq -> compressor echo... but can't beat the real deal!kingsteven
    • if you have hardware or software with these components, then you can create any drum sound you need. It's really not hard to create a patch of any drum part.futurefood
    • yeah... what these guys said ^ lolfuturefood
    • AddictiveDrums2 from XLN Audio is a pretty awesome plugin/library. SIgn up to their mailing list to keep eye out for offers or Black Friday deals.microkorg
    • Last Black Friday I went halfers with a mate on AD2 and a load of their Midi and Kit packs.microkorg
    • Closest you'll get to a real drum feeling and sound with a computer I reckon.microkorg
    • Thanks guys!mg33
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