25-05-2020, 02:16 PM
"I never use samples, because every musician has his - or hers - individual sound, and there's a reason for that."
If the drums sound like crap but they want to have that superduperoverthetop pro sound, then I guess you have no other choice but switch to samples. And honestly, you won't win an award for not using samples, because in the end nobody cares about it and 90% of the drummers out there can't even tune their drums anyways. I don't know how many times I've read that a band wanted to sound super raw and natural and then as a reference mentioned albums of bands where all of the drum shells are slate samples and the guitar sound was done in Podfarm.
We live in 2020, and if the demo of a band sounds like a crappy recording from the mid-90s, nobody will give them credit for their old-school raw and natural sound. The only thing that matters is the end result, and I use all the tools available to get to that point.
If the drums sound like crap but they want to have that superduperoverthetop pro sound, then I guess you have no other choice but switch to samples. And honestly, you won't win an award for not using samples, because in the end nobody cares about it and 90% of the drummers out there can't even tune their drums anyways. I don't know how many times I've read that a band wanted to sound super raw and natural and then as a reference mentioned albums of bands where all of the drum shells are slate samples and the guitar sound was done in Podfarm.
We live in 2020, and if the demo of a band sounds like a crappy recording from the mid-90s, nobody will give them credit for their old-school raw and natural sound. The only thing that matters is the end result, and I use all the tools available to get to that point.