Drums

[pallen6483]

Hi! I'm new to the forum and I thought I would jump right in head-first. I am a drummer that is new to digital recording. I would like to record my band at home, but the method of recording the drums will essentially dictate the harware I have to buy. I am going back and forth between buying a Presonus 8-input Firewire interface for mike'ing the drums, and buying a smaller (say, 2 input) Firewire interface and buying electric drums. I'm not a fan of electric drums, but it appears to me that it may be a bullet that could be bitten for recording purposes only.

Any thoughts, re: accoustic vs. electric drums?

Thanks!

[.tom]

for that matter, software drums and sum programming will get u stylin' major. i don't think you'll find electronic drums that will really do the do 4 under $2k... welcome 2 da forums

[pallen6483]

Thanks, .tom. I was "window shopping" for electric drums, and I agree. You would have to drop at least two grand on a good electric set. It may be more worth-while to invest in a good set of drum mikes and the Presonus 8 input interface.

[brandondrury]

One great solution is an electronic drum kit with DHF Superior. This will snag you robo pro sounds....sounds that will be very hard to top with a Presonus Firepod.

Brandon

[ferguson66]

To me it comes down to the sound you are trying to go for with the band. Electronic drums still sound synthesized but fit some styles of music. I play accoustic drums and just love the sounds and feel but I secretly want a nice set of electronic drums to get some different sounds for some styles of music. I guess I could just use drum software to achieve it but it sounds too "computerized" to me. At least the electronic drumkit still has a human factor and it comes out in the music.

The other thing I like about an electronic kit is that you can practice with headphones and not disturb the whole house. Handy if you live in an apartment or have close neighbors.

[brandondrury]

Electronic drums still sound synthesized but fit some styles of music.

This is true if you use the "brain" / module that comes with electronic drums. These use synthesis to creat simulations of drum sounds.

However, if you trigger something like DFH C&V you can totally achieve EXTREMELY natural sounding drums without having to rent a room for $1,000 per day.

Check out the Toontrack samples mp3s.

Brandon

[ferguson66]

DFH C&V looks like something I could spend a lot of time playing with! I bet I could put triggers on my acoustic drums and sample those sounds.... hmmm I see a new project in my future.