What Do You Use For Drums And For General Mixing?

[LunaticFringe]

I'm looking for a program that I can make drum beats with, and a program that I can do mixing etc. with, like Protools or Cubase. I hear these names thrown around alot, I know Protools is considered the king but it's very pricey, but what do you guys recommend? I'm hoping for economical as in under the $100 mark but I'm open to whatever's out there. I want something that is solid and works, period. Something that does it better than my Cakewalk HomeStudio version 2. As for the drum program thing, I have no idea what is out there, but I had Reason for a short period of time and it was ok. Help a brotha out.

[Blueswaite]

Try JamSticks by Rayzoo

[Fender_Punk]

I use my drummer!!! I use GarageBand for mixing and what not. I tried the demo of Mixcraft on my PC laptop and it seemed OKAY for the price. $50 I think. Certainly better than nothing. I suggest try the trial version.

[SpaceShipOne]

EZDrummer.

[Virtual Kevorkian]

DFHS for drums, Cubase SX3 for all recording/mixing. Various plugs... Waves, Sonalksis, Voxengo, Altiverb, etc.

[wahwah]

Addictive Drums... http://www.xlnaudio.com/

I mix and record on Logic.



Cheers......................wahwah

[DankStar]

I've taken to using an old version of Fruity Loops and random wav drum samples on the net. Simple and intuitive, but slightly archaic.

I drop the mixdown of the drums into a Fostex MR-8 to record the bass, guitars, keys, and vox. Then I upload the WAVs into Reaper to edit (compress, eq, reverb impulses, etc.). Most of the edits are done with free plug ins off the net. I take all the final edited instruments and mix those in Reaper. Since my computer is slow, I edit in separate Reaper projects, then mix and master in 2 separate projects. Otherwise, there's too many plug-ins and wav files going on that it starts to get choppy. Sometimes I may sorta hand-mix/ride-the-faders from the mr-8 and re-record that mix into Reaper to generate a final mix that I then "master."

I also have a CD of Groove Monkey drums that I break into for some drum loops too when the mood strikes.

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

DFHS for drums, Cubase SX3 for all recording/mixing.

Same here.

[Virtual Kevorkian]

Same here.

Great minds...

[Richard]

FL Studio for drums and other samples like strings bass and piano, And I use ACID Pro for recording and mixing.

[LunaticFringe]

What is the best bang for the buck at around the $100 mark?

[Virtual Kevorkian]

I'd go with Reaper in a heartbeat.


http://www.reaper.fm

If you buy in the next week, you'll get a free upgrade to 2.0, which has a few improvements to the routing/mix view that will make that program rule even more.

[stevie_bees]

I've got Cubase, and DKFH plugin. I use my midi sequencer to construct the tracks cos I find it more convenient. What's the best bass plugin for Cubase? I can get great drums and weak sounding bass..