ReplyĪ drum sample is a sample of a real drum–so it is real. Inexpensive converters which are overdriven, do not sound “Bumping,” they sound “crunchy” and, are extremely difficult to listen to for more than 30 seconds. LOUD should beautiful when, it’s done correctly. Loud is not better, properly loud is better. this IS the very BEST EQ move! Gain-staging is fundamental to good sounding records, and good sounding records begin with properly recorded sources, virtual or real, gain-staging, matters. Leave the EQ alone, choose sounds that work well together, do not try to carve a sound from a source which sounds “bad,” choose a source sound which doesn’t need to be EQ’d. Use the right samples and VI’s and you’re golden. You can bring the sample,VI in -18, -15 all you’d like to but, that “crunchiness” will be printed onto your recording. When you overdrive converters, there is no correcting this problem as, it is printed to disc with a “crunchiness” you will never be able to get rid of. If, the smaples/VI’s you are using were not recorded using proper gain-staging technique, they are useless. A lot of stuff leaves no headroom whatsoever, and while you may believe, a sound “Bumps,” this doesn’t mean, it sounds good. The main issue I have with samples/VI’s is, many were recorded improperly. I love analog gear but, I do not discount new technology. Some VI’s are great, some modled instruments are fantastic. Funny thing is, this guy is a very capable guitarist himself, and he could not replicate using software, what he could play easily on any of my guitars. I was working with a very capable hip hop/pop producer last night who was attempting to replicate hammer-ons, and pull offs in FL Srudio.
Both of these instruments are almost impossible to recreate using a keyboard.
II am a guitarist, and I have recorded more than one lisaxophone.