Best Drum Vst For Rock
FXpansion’s Geist 2 is one of the best drum VST plugins on this planet. Equipped with a streamlined environment, Geist2 is ideal beat creation and sound sculpting which provides us the inspiration and new ideas for our audio production. The DFH expansion of EZ Drummer is definitely not a shitty punk kit. Learn to use it better before you bash it. If you're looking for the best out there, I'd recommend Superior 2.0 or Steven Slate Drums. Addictive Drums is a good program, but it's going to be more difficult to get metal drums out of than DFH.
| I am currently using Impact and some of the expanded soundsets on Exchange. I have got Impact working flawlessly and does most everything I need it to do. However, I am looking to expand my options beyond this app. I have looked around at Native Instruments, SoniVox and a few others.... just wondering what other are using and really like as their 'go to' app for percussion. Thoughts? Regards, Dave Dave Studio One Producer user FireStudio Mobile with Alesis RA-100 Power Amp and Monitor One speakers Akai MPK261 M-Audio Axiom 25 controller Fader Port Drums: Simmons Midi, Ludwig Drum Kits Guitars: Fender Strat, Gibson SG, Taylor acoustic, Ibanez AFJ91, Contreras classical Effects: Boss ME-50 Bass: Fender Squier |
| Authentic like 'real drums?' If yes, then BFD3 with some Platinum Samples expansion packs is the best for me by miles. They pretty much own the market for authentic rock drum sounds. If you're looking for something else, you need to be more specific about what type of drum software/sounds you're looking for. Real drum sounds of drum machine? Electronic? Techno? Hip hop? AMD Ryzen 3950X, ASUS Creator x570 Mobo, 32GB HyperX Predator RAM (3600mhz), Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 4GB GDDR6 graphics card, RME Fireface 800, Windows 10 Pro, Studio One 5, Reaper 6, Cubase 10.5, Avid Artist Mix (EuCon please), Behringer X-Touch One, MIDI Fighter Twister, various other MIDI control surfaces and hardware instruments |
| Try this: http://www.powerdrumkit.com/ This is a free drum VST, with lots of drum patterns, and has drum sounds designed to cut through a rock mix. On top of that, you can route it to use any Presonus soundset, or SFZ or SF2 instrument that you want. Even if this is not exactly what you want (but maybe it is!), it is a very useful instrument, and it's easy to use. * See the video on the site...it shows you how to use sounds from another instrument, which I think you'll definitely appreciate. My opinion: Many of the tweaking options that are built in to the best drum plugins can just as easily be done with Studio One's many features. So, while this plugin is simple, it is high quality. Atari 5200, 64K RAM S1PRO Radio Shack Cassette Recorder w/internal Mic, and too many plugins. |
| i agree BFD3 is the best... but it ain't cheap. Consistently Inconsistent Ryzen 5 1600 : Asrock AB350M Pro4 : 32Gb 2400 RAM : Win10 64bit Macbook Pro 13 : 10th Gen Quad i5 : 512Gb SSD and 1Tb Glyph Atom SSD : 16Gb 3733 RAM : Catalina 10.15.5 iPad Air 3rd Gen : 64Gb : A12 Bionic : 10.5 inch Presonus 192 Mobile : Audient iD4 Ultrasone 900 Pro : Blue Lola : Blue Mix-Fi : AKG 240 Studio Samson Resolv 50a : Ik Multimedia iLoud Knot Hardly Productions ¯_ { ͡• ͜ʖ ͡•} _/¯ |
| BFD3 is my go to, so many tweaks if you want to dig in deep, a good selection of add on kits too. Remember demo's are your friend. Happy hunting!!!! Clive i5 @4.4Ghz, 16 GB Ram, GTX 550TI graphics OS:Win7 64 Focusrite Sappire Pro 24DSP,Nektar Impact LX88, KRK Rokit 6, Cakewalk MA-150. DAW S1 V3 Professional Synths: Reason, Plugs: Waves, Slate,Soundtoys, Eventide, Lexicon, Melda and various. |
| I bought steven slate drums for $US40. Very good sound. good reputation. Very customisable. Upgradable also but Im happy with the sound of the basic package. Macbook Pro i5 2013, Studio One Producer, Audiobox USB, Scuffam S gear, Steven Slate drums, MIJ Fender Strat with Kinman blues pickups, Yamaha E443 Keyboard, Sure SM58. |
| I have them all (BFD3, Slate, AD2, SD2)...Superior Drummer 2 is the best for me. Guitarist and composer: ---------------------------------------------------- https://itunes.apple.com/it/artist/davi ... d968493291 My system: ---------------------------------------------------- MacBook Pro i7, 16 GB ram Presonus Sphere |
| Funkybot wroteAuthentic like 'real drums?' If yes, then BFD3 with some Platinum Samples expansion packs is the best for me by miles. They pretty much own the market for authentic rock drum sounds. If you're looking for something else, you need to be more specific about what type of drum software/sounds you're looking for. Real drum sounds of drum machine? Electronic? Techno? Hip hop? Yes, something to simulate the real acoustic drum sounds. Most of the plug-ins have a wide-range techno and electronic sounds. I liked the NI Abbey Roads VST, but it doesn't easily integrate into S1 using a separate hard drive. Dave Studio One Producer user FireStudio Mobile with Alesis RA-100 Power Amp and Monitor One speakers Akai MPK261 M-Audio Axiom 25 controller Fader Port Drums: Simmons Midi, Ludwig Drum Kits Guitars: Fender Strat, Gibson SG, Taylor acoustic, Ibanez AFJ91, Contreras classical Effects: Boss ME-50 Bass: Fender Squier |
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| sirmonkey wroteTry this: http://www.powerdrumkit.com/ Thanks for the option... checking it out now. Dave Studio One Producer user FireStudio Mobile with Alesis RA-100 Power Amp and Monitor One speakers Akai MPK261 M-Audio Axiom 25 controller Fader Port Drums: Simmons Midi, Ludwig Drum Kits Guitars: Fender Strat, Gibson SG, Taylor acoustic, Ibanez AFJ91, Contreras classical Effects: Boss ME-50 Bass: Fender Squier |
| To the OP. Authentic can mean many things, so I guess a question that crops up is what is your level of drumming? Are you looking to simulate drums, but don't actually play? Perhaps looking for only sample loops? Single samples? Multi layered? All of the above? Do you play, and use trigger pads with sticks and might be concerned with sample delays, or trigger delays which can be an issue? Are extensive library's important, or do you work around 3 or 4 kits? If you need more, do you want large percussive sounds, and dynamics of those sounds (ie the Tabla or tympani drums can have many dynamics vary in sound when played not only by pressure but by rate). Do you want multi layered drums, where the velocity where you hit the drum chooses a specific sample based on that sound/expression? These are just some of the dynamics drummers actually deal with. It might even help with your question, is the point. Personal favorites: Battery 4 (3 still great, but 4 is greatly improved. Also very fast reaction times). Strike (phenomenal real time expression, and now available as a VST). BFD3 (though I currently have 2, 3 is way better). Sorry but the free and scaled down versions from most any offering might sound authentic on a whole, but they're far from providing any real dynamic layering. A must when drummers think of realism, or 'most authentic'. S1 Pro 4.6.x, Laptop: VAIO i7, 8 core, Win 7 64x. Audio Interface: Audiobox 22 VSL, Audiophile 192 Controllers: Arturia Keylab 49 MkII, Novation SL25 MKII, Faderport 8, Roland JV-90, Roland GR-50, Roland Octapad, Akai MPD-18. MIDI Patchbay: MOTU 8x8, Monitoring: Mackie HR824, Yamaha HS-7, Mixer: Yamaha Promix 01, Rane HC-6. Latest song releases on Bandcamp - Latest albums on iTunes LP's 'Amber & Blue', and 'Reasonable Approach' available on all major distribution music services. Simply search 'James Conrad Tucker'. All songs copyright. Be safe. |
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| Thanks everyone for all the great options! I love thr MT Poer drummer too... Great options for the free app. I answer to some of the other questions.... I am a guitarist that plays some keyboard and drums ... I have a real set and virtual kit, but like the option to lay tracks down using the pads on my AKAI MPK261. Dave Studio One Producer user FireStudio Mobile with Alesis RA-100 Power Amp and Monitor One speakers Akai MPK261 M-Audio Axiom 25 controller Fader Port Drums: Simmons Midi, Ludwig Drum Kits Guitars: Fender Strat, Gibson SG, Taylor acoustic, Ibanez AFJ91, Contreras classical Effects: Boss ME-50 Bass: Fender Squier |
| dschulz wroteThanks everyone for all the great options ... I have a real set and virtual kit, but like the option to lay tracks down using the pads on my AKAI MPK261. I see that you have some M-Audio and Akai hardware, so I'll mention a program called 'Ignite' by AIR Music Technology , which is free bonus for many Axiom and Akai controllers. Ignite is a standalone program, and is sort of like a mini-DAW. It's hard to describe, but you could say that it's like a simplified Ableton. It's easy to use, and has 275 instruments, including some great sounding drums. The program does have its limits, but I still thinks it's great. You can export tracks as wave, or as midi, but you can't import midi patterns. But you CAN import audio tracks into Ignite though. So I use Ignite for that pretty often for my drum tracks. Also, I have replicated on of Ignite's drum kits as an SF2 instrument, which Studio One's Presence instrument can play. It works perfectly. So, I would ask AIR Music for a copy. Here's a link to get you started: http://www.airmusictech.com/product/ignite#faqs Atari 5200, 64K RAM S1PRO Radio Shack Cassette Recorder w/internal Mic, and too many plugins. |
| sirmonkey wrotedschulz wroteThanks everyone for all the great options ... I have a real set and virtual kit, but like the option to lay tracks down using the pads on my AKAI MPK261. Thanks. I'll check out the AIR tech programs. I have the Hybrid alredy which has some nice patches. Thanks! Dave Studio One Producer user FireStudio Mobile with Alesis RA-100 Power Amp and Monitor One speakers Akai MPK261 M-Audio Axiom 25 controller Fader Port Drums: Simmons Midi, Ludwig Drum Kits Guitars: Fender Strat, Gibson SG, Taylor acoustic, Ibanez AFJ91, Contreras classical Effects: Boss ME-50 Bass: Fender Squier |
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Have you ever wondered if you could create drum patterns yourself without scrolling through thousands of sample libraries? Yh!
With the advent of different drum VST plugins, it is possible to create percussion sounds, drum beats, rhythms, and even patterns without the need of buying any audio samples.
Basically, you would have different stock samples (Kick, Hats, Snare, Claps, Bongos and so on) in the drum VST plugin, and with that, it is possible to program your own rhythms and beats. Most of the time, I program my own loops and I export each and every loop created, this way, I can reuse it easily without opening my drum vst plugin every time plus this also saves your CPU load
That out of the way, let us look at some of the best free drum VST plugins for your music production toolbox.
Let’s dive in…
1.) Manda Audio – MTPower DrumKit 2
MT Power Drum Kit is a free drum sampler by Manda Audio that offers powerful, high-quality sounds of a real acoustic drum kit, one of the good thing about this free sampler is that samples have been specially recorded and carefully processed to make them suitable across genre of music such as pop, rock, metal music and more.
One of the tip I would give anyone utilizing this Drum VST is to carefully play with the varied collection of samples, and you could either save a preset of the one you like or if you are like me, you would render the collections you want, that way it would be reusable across multiple projects without pulling an instance of MT Power Drum Kit every time you wanna work on a project.
Another good thing about this plugin is that the samples are well compressed and Equalized to make them glue to your mix, moreover, you can choose from thousands of assorted rhythms in the comprehensive Groove Library and compose your own drum accompaniment. In particular, the innovative functions for creating fills generate very smooth and realistic drum tracks.
Best Vst Drum Machine
Lastly, On the right-hand side, you can listen to demo tracks to hear what you can make with it.
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System Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
- Mac: OS X 10.5 or higher, Intel processor
- Linux: Wine + VST bridge
2.) Audiosonic – DigiDrum Pro
DigiDrum looks a bit hard on the eye but it is more powerful than you thought, it contains a five-part drum and percussion VST plugin suitable for a diverse range of genres be it Afro beats, House Music, Pop and more.
I’ll say this again, the interface isn’t really intuitive but otherwise, it is packed with loads of sound editing parameters that can be processed as you see fit. I should also mention that you can use the Velocity section to give the sample some cool vibes.
Features:
- 5 separate DigiDrum parts with 5 user definable audio outputs
- 27 classic drum and percussion waveforms
- User wave file import
- Parts can easily be layered to create even more complex sounds
- easy sound preview ensures intuitive preset programming
- A Versatile filter setup capable of many different timbres
- Velocity modulation of the amp, pitch, and filter to ‘humanize’ the feel of the beat
- Full VST automation of every sound editing controls
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3.) TromineGT
Tromine GT is a TR-808-style analog drum synthesizer. It features:
- 16 Analog drum synthesizers: Bass drum, Snare drum, Low tom / Low Conga, Mid tom / Mid conga, High tom / High tom, Claves, Rimshot, Maracas, Handclap, Cowbell, Crash cymbal, Closed hi-hat, Open hi-hat.
- 9 outputs.
- MIDI CC support.
- Automation support.
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Best Free Vst Drum Kit
4.) DrumTroop
DrumTROOP is a drum kit rompler coming with 20 free drum kits. It features:
- 20 free drum kits.
- 128 triggers on every kit.
- 16 outputs.
- Universal drum placement on the first 8 pads.
- Vol, Pan, Attack, Release per pad.
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Best Free Drum Vst For Rock
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5.) Ugritone – Anarchy Drums
Anarchy Drums is a virtual drum sample library or an instrument that emulates the sound of the 1990’s California Punk. It was recorded with a handful of mics at a DIY environment on tape. According to Ugritone:
The idea was to capture nothing but the drums, the room and the preamp.We left the tweaking to a bare minimum so you could tweak more, or not tweak at all (insert a famous punk band name here, ha) Relive the golden days of never-ending skate parks with Anarchy Drums.
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6.) Rhytmus
If you’ve used an old rhythm machine before then you should definitely love this plugin, it is based on an old rhythm machine and features ten buttons. Each individual button can play two different rhythm sections, so basically you can play 20 different rhythmic loops such as samba, mambo, tango, waltz, rumba, tango, bossa, rock, etc.
When you click “open”, you can change the tune, volume, pan of each rhythm component such as snare, bongo, cowbell, hi-hat, etc. That’s not all – you can mix these rhythmic sections with Tambourine, Guiro, Quijada sounds.
7.) Junn
Junn is the virtual Linn drum machine and is only supports VST
8.) Arex2011
AREX 2011 is a free VSTi drum module based on a hardware drum machine from the early ’80s.
Features:
- 16 pads.
- 29 embedded drum samples of RX11.
- 12 individual/group outputs.
- Individual volume, pan, accent.
- Assignable MIDI note within 36 – 99 range.
- VST automation.
- MIDI automation of essential controls.
- Assignable MIDI CC#.
- 16 part multi-timbral MIDI Outflow.
- It can be used as a MIDI control surface of sorts.
Bundled with RX11 MIDI swing templates and 55 demonstration patterns.
System Requirements:
- Windows XP SP2 and higher
9.) Lel UDS Drums
LEL UDS Drums is a free VSTi by Softrave that has 140 stunning samples of the famous vintage analog drum module Lel UDS. One thing I love about this plugin is the option to filter the high frequency of any bank and to also mix sounds to create the sample I want.
The idea behind this is to put all analog sounds together to save time for creativity and to have easy access to the best selection of LEL sounds, essential for techno production.
What really makes this instrument different from just samples is that you can tune individual analog drift to every snare. That makes snare lines less mechanical/repetitive and makes it more analog.
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10.) AFX
AFX is a drum machine that is designed for 32/64-bits VST2/VST3 versions for Windows! It also supports .sf2 files.
Drum Machine Vst
According To beatassist:
We got some acoustic samples and we have transformed them in the digital world in order to create unique sounds for you to include in your productions.
The Drum Machine has 8 slots that load the soundbanks, such as:
- bassdrums
- clsHats
- cymbals
- digital snares
- opHats
- snares
- toms.
Each of these slots also has a distortion station and a state variable filter.