Original Message 1/39                 Date: 12-Jan-04  @  04:17 PM   -   Why are there no single-hit CDs?

craig

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How come all I can ever find when I go hunting for sample CDs is acid loops?!? I can never find any decent single-hit drum CDs. All I want are a bunch of different kits, in Akai format, ready to go. That's it.

So, does anybody have any suggestions for real drums? I need rock kits, I'm totally covered on electronic drums. No loops, but I guess they'd be OK if they came on the CDs with the regular kits   I prefer Akai format, but also Emu will work, or I could deal with .wav and build my own program I guess, but I'd prefer Akai or Emu.

I'm also looking for a CD of pads and orchestral instruments. The key with the orchestral instruments is that I don't want to spend a ton of money on a big orchestra set, but I also don't want the samples to sound like doo doo either.

Any suggestions?!?

-Craig

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Message 2/39                 Date: 12-Jan-04  @  06:32 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

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yup - FXPansion BFD & EDIROL Orchestral - all you need - albeit they might seem pricey, but the amount you'd need to spend on sample CD's to cover what those two get you would EASILY outstrip the cost of those two softs and probably wouldnt sound so good (certainly, BFD is SO realistic & Orchestral sound superb, easily as good as a decent sample-set), and CERTAINLY it would take AGES pissing about to load & setup samples compared to using those two softs.

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Message 3/39                 Date: 12-Jan-04  @  07:32 PM     Edit: 12-Jan-04  |  07:36 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

craig

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Yeah, I know... But I'm going to need them live as well... BFD would be out unless I did a lot of work re-sampling hits into Akai format and making programs. Maybe I could render the orchestral sounds down to loops and sample them. It'd depend on what else was going on in the track and what other parts I could play..

I'll look into it.

-Craig

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Message 4/39                 Date: 13-Jan-04  @  05:09 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

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hey...

why not put bfd on a laptop? i know you're a hardware guy but it doesn't seem to need a lot of power and if the laptop juust runs bfd hooked up to your sequencer and drum triggers, i'm sure it'd be fine.. you won't even need to look at the screen that much since it looks like you can just assign each hit to a midi note anyway. also, you could always sequence the drums first and then make programs out of them.

looks like 9 gigs of samples too! (9 gigs of space required)

-j
ps: man, bfd looks sweet!

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Message 5/39                 Date: 13-Jan-04  @  06:17 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

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'cause I have an Akai S6000 studio already, and I don't want to spend $1k on a laptop   I know and love the Akai inside and out, and I don't want to drop it. I also don't want to depend on computers live.

I ordered "Drumkit from Hell" yesterday, so we'll see how that goes.

-Craig

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Message 6/39                 Date: 13-Jan-04  @  06:47 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

queasy00

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ic... i figured you could buy a cheap laptop though.. but you're right.. it'd still be expensive.

tell me how those drum samples are cause i'm also on the lockout for real/acoustic drums.

-j

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Message 7/39                 Date: 13-Jan-04  @  07:56 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

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drumkit from hell is a blast. I woulda recommended it, but I thought it was giga and other soft formats only. Not a whole lot of variety, except in the snare department, but the sounds is huge an very realistic. A bit of a ambient noise issue if you pile up the hits with a lot of compression, but otherwise a fine pick.

I used it on my latest "philly ambient 2" track if you want a DT demo  

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Message 8/39                 Date: 13-Jan-04  @  08:04 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

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It'll be here tomorrow, actually. So I can wait. What I really needed was a great sounding real rock kit with a minimum amount of bullshit that I can get a lot of mileage out of, so it seems like it'll fit the bill. The demos sounded very natural. It does come in Akai format, BTW.

-Craig

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Message 9/39                 Date: 13-Jan-04  @  08:44 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

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umm... what happened to bob clearmountain drums? i think that was a single hit/kit cd with good sounds.. dunno if its still available(?)

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Message 10/39                 Date: 13-Jan-04  @  09:27 PM   -   RE: Why are there no single-hit CDs?

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um... I've heard them. A little timid by today's standards

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