Beedster Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Sound on Sound link here https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/goran-grooves-handy-drums Look interesting for someone like me who pretty much just wants the virtual equivalent of a simple old school drum machine albeit with more authentic sounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 39 minutes ago, Beedster said: ...just wants the virtual equivalent of a simple old school drum machine albeit with more authentic sounds? Have you had a look at this (Monster Drums...)..? A free Vst plug-in that, I'd say with confidence, rivalises any of the same category. Easy to use, sounds more than 'fine', plenty of variants, and at an unbeatable cost (it's free...). Don't be fooled; it's free, but isn't 'cheap'. It's inexpensive, but sounds better than many costing... well, $250 for a 'Producer's Suite', for instance. Worth a look..? Monster Drums ... Disclaimer : I'm a drummer. I use expensive drum plug-ins, but also Monster Drums, as they're very good. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Have you had a look at this (Monster Drums...)..? A free Vst plug-in that, I'd say with confidence, rivalises any of the same category. Easy to use, sounds more than 'fine', plenty of variants, and at an unbeatable cost (it's free...). Don't be fooled; it's free, but isn't 'cheap'. It's inexpensive, but sounds better than many costing... well, $250 for a 'Producer's Suite', for instance. Worth a look..? Monster Drums ... Disclaimer : I'm a drummer. I use expensive drum plug-ins, but also Monster Drums, as they're very good. I'm not sure if you have seen this nice little freebie below?... 'Liquid Death Snare'. It's a VST3 Plugin, not a Kontakt Library. A walk through video is down the bottom of the product page. It's worth having a look at and it might be of interest. Link: Liquid Death™ Snare – Purafied Audio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, lowdown said: .... 'Liquid Death Snare'.... Downloaded, installed, library paths declared, registered... All fine except that it's dumb..! I can't get a sound out of it. I can't complain for the price, and it must be something stupid I've overlooked, but no judgement on its sonic qualities from me until it actually plays something. I have the interface, and can 'strike' the drum head, but no sound. I can trigger it through MIDI in Reaper, but no sound. Odd..? Yes. There is an error message when I launch it, telling me that 'The buffer size of 49 is not supported, Use a multiple of 8.', which may be responsible, but I have no idea where it gets the strange figure of '49' from. I've looked all through Reaper for any such mention; there is none, nothing with a '49' anywhere. Sorcery, I say; sorcery. I've sent the fellow an email, asking for advice and/or clarification; we'll see what becomes of it. Edited September 23, 2022 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 8 hours ago, lowdown said: ... 'Liquid Death Snare'... Update : Reply from Sam Pura, CEO, saying that this issue has been reported, but they're not yet sure why it occurs (they are on Mac's, mostly...). As a work-around, he suggested that setting Reaper's sample rate to 48000 should work. I did this, and, sure enough, it now rings out, clear as a bell..! What effect this may have on existing projects, with other sample rates, I don't know, but this snare now sounds, and sounds fine. Very detailed, with a wealth of presets for me to wade through; I'm not sure yet how it will fit in with my compositions, but it certainly has a quality sound. Thanks, then, for the 'heads up'; hoping there'll be an evolution rendering messing about redundant; in the meantime, I've a lot of snare stuff to listen to, now. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Update : Reply from Sam Pura, CEO, saying that this issue has been reported, but they're not yet sure why it occurs (they are on Mac's, mostly...). As a work-around, he suggested that setting Reaper's sample rate to 48000 should work. I did this, and, sure enough, it now rings out, clear as a bell..! What effect this may have on existing projects, with other sample rates, I don't know, but this snare now sounds, and sounds fine. Very detailed, with a wealth of presets for me to wade through; I'm not sure yet how it will fit in with my compositions, but it certainly has a quality sound. Thanks, then, for the 'heads up'; hoping there'll be an evolution rendering messing about redundant; in the meantime, I've a lot of snare stuff to listen to, now. Cheers. Ah, right, that makes sense as to why I didn't have a problem. My Interface and DAW are set at 48000 all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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