One additional reason to use drum sample replacement..

[Kapo_Polenton]

The COST of drumheads??! I had a decent stock that I picked up years ago so I haven't had to buy anything for a while. Now however, I am setting up to track my drums and listening back and I feel like the toms are a bit flat and the snare should be something more focused. I couldn't believe the cost of drumheads here in Canada. A snare head is 40$ once you consider our taxes. Now I've got my kick and snare as is dialed in pretty good but I'm thinking fuck it, Slate sounds pretty good and raw with one of the maple kits I chose. That's probably the answer moving forward for me given that if money is going anywhere, it is to the kick and snare. The parts that get hit the most. If you consider having to replace both top AND bottom heads... it isn't worth it when you consider even pro studios are augmenting the drums or completely replacing them and compressing them 10 times over so they sound like an over processed thud.

So in closing, I give in. I was trying not to augment my drums and be a purist but I dig Slate Trigger and what it does. SD3 is way too processed and sounds too good. It sticks out. Slate however, fits right in as long as you use the tuning feature to match your raw toms. Now come at me and tell me I suck. At least I can buy guitar shit with my money rather than plastic on a rim.

 

[RaceU4her]

if i was recording bands for a living i absolutely would, but i spent a ton of money on my bell brass snare and have spent literally years with my drum dial figuring out what tunings work best with each drum, im just not really looking to throw samples over for my own stuff

 

[DanTravis62]

if i was recording bands for a living i absolutely would, but i spent a ton of money on my bell brass snare and have spent literally years with my drum dial figuring out what tunings work best with each drum, im just not really looking to throw samples over for my own stuff

When I record bands, I generally only add a "real" sample on the kick - i use a sample on the snare for ambience, but not like a replacement sample - the rest of the drums are always natural, because I think it's part of what gives recordings personality

As far as my personal demos and tones and dicking around? They're fine, and work great for just getting an idea across.

I honestly think samples are super overdone for professional recordings, though

 

[RaceU4her]

When I record bands, I generally only add a "real" sample on the kick - i use a sample on the snare for ambience, but not like a replacement sample - the rest of the drums are always natural, because I think it's part of what gives recordings personality

As far as my personal demos and tones and dicking around? They're fine, and work great for just getting an idea across.

I honestly think samples are super overdone for professional recordings, though

I watched a video with the nickleback mixer and he has five or six samples and just uses the faders to mix whatever for that song or part of the song, like wtf lol. I’ve seen some bands not even use a kick drum or they use a mesh head for the trigger. I guess whatever it takes to get the desired result

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Funny enough I like my kick and I think my snare is solid.. but flat tom heads suck so a little assist i am cool with.

The bigger problem is the processing..man, from country to rock to metal, it all sounds the same. The snare sounds like a fat muffled tom. Everybody going for that sound. Totally blows. Theu tale a real snare aound and icer compress amd hype it. A real shame