The world's largest selection of audio plugins tailor-made for mixing and producing drums: from precise models of legendary vintage hardware, to modern tools designed to custom-shape drum samples the way you want them to sound.
What is the best drum library?
- Toontrack Superior Drummer 3.
- DopeSONIX Beat Machine 2.
- Nerve by Xfer Records.
- Audio Imperia Cerberus.
- The Blasting Room by Room Sound​
What is the best drum VST plugin?
- Xfer Nerve.
- Momentum by Impact Soundworks.
- Drum Weapons 3.
- Sync 3 from Audio Modern.
- Tony Coleman Drums.
- Addictive Drums 2.
- DM-307 from Heavyocity.
- FXpansion BFD 3 Virtual Drumkit.
- 1) Use a good VST.
- 2) Vary the MIDI velocity levels to add random variation.
- 3) Use drum machine or keyboard to make it more real.
- 4) Create some ghost notes.
- 5) Throw in some slightly off-beat notes.
- 6) Apply a Groove (If your DAW allows it)
- Real Drum Samples. Line of Legends by Real Drum Samples.
- Addictive Drums 2 by XLN Audio.
- Racks Stevenson Sample Library. High Standard Vol. II Live Drum Pack.
- GetGood Drums.
- That Sound.
- Drumforge.
- Superior Drummer 3.
- Circle Drum Samples.
What plugins should I use for drums?
- Wavesfactory Quantum (Not Only Transient Shaper)
- Baby Audio TAIP (Tape Saturation)
- Waves Kramer Master Tape (Tape Saturation 2, awesome for Mastering as well)
- Empirical Labs Mike-E Comp (Vintage Compressor/Saturator)
- Pulsar MU (Vari-Mu Compressor)
- Flux Evo IN (Phase Alignment)