It did help that I went to see the band practice and talked about their desire for natural drum tone BEFORE we started recording. Very natural sounding drums, that were very clear and not at all blown out with cymbals. I was able to flatten the dynamics a bit in trigger, replace it with the actual drum kit and then go another step with sound radix drum leveler.

It so happened when the quietest snare hit were happening, his other hand was really laying into the hi hats. I did this on a thrash metal record recently where the band wanted a very natural drum sound, but also had as much as 30dB between loud and soft snare hits (blast beats). I am zooming wayyy in and starting the clip where the wave is at zero, right as the initial energy is present. So, if you have some dead air before the transient, you would end up with gaps between samples on faster sections, which would be no fun. Unless you had two snare drums, this is more realistic. It chokes the first hit and interrupts it. So, a snare drum would not continue playing when you strike it the second time.

Also, the way slate works (i think) is that if one sample is still playing when it 'triggers' the next one, it will cut (quick fade down?) the first sample and play the next one. See the individual tutorial descriptions below for more info.I was under the impression that trigger was supposed to auto detect the transient and line them up for youI don't believe so. You even get a product comparison, explaining the pros and cons of each drum replacement methods, and bonus videos covering Drumagog 5 and how to keep your drum tracks in phase for a clearer, punchier sound. Luke also explores how to create and export MIDI from your audio drum tracks to trigger third party plug-ins, and use these products with even the most complex grooves. Luke explains how to replace your drum audio with high quality samples and how to mix in the samples with your original source material.

The products discussed in this series include XLN Audio's Addictive Trigger, Slate Drums Trigger 2, Drumagog 5 and the PreSonus Studio One transient detection function. See how to get awesome sounding drum takes every time! In this in-depth video tutorial series, Luke Oswald explains how drum replacement works and covers some of the most popular plug-ins for drum replacement, as well as using features found in some DAWs.

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