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Best Plugins to use for Drums (generally)

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rott3nHippi3
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Best Plugins to use for Drums (generally)

This is probably a question asked by hundreds of newbies to the recording thing, but figured I'd throw my scenario out there and see what kind of answers I get back. I am essentially looking for a complete list of "general" plugins used for everything drums.

Now for some background. I'm a drummer who recently purchased an AudioTrak Maya1010 breakout box, magomi balanced cables, Audio Technica 7-piece mic kit, and Acid Pro 6 w/ digital 24 multitrack recording. All I want to do is get the best possible recording based on what I now have. Acid Pro 6 is chock full of plugins, but I have no understanding of what goes to what. What are the basics per tom, snare, bass?

Now, before you ask... I have my drums sounding as best as I can get them and I believe the mics are set at their optimal positions (bass, snare, toms, overheads). In its rawest form, the recordings don't actually sound that bad. I've even added some left/right panning to the toms to get that stereo effect with the drum rolls.

With all that said: What are the ideal effects/plugins to use for:
Bass Drum (guessing EQ and noise gate?)
Snare (guessing reverb?)
Toms (EQ only??)
Overheads. (Chorus ???)

PLEASE HELP this NOOB!!!

Post Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:49 pm 
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K... guess no one really records acoustic drums in here. I've done a lot of reading in the meantime and it turns out "compressor" is the biggie out of anything for all things drums. I dabbled with it this weekend and got a decent sound but will have to play around with some of the other plugins to get what I'm looking for. I'm thinking a little reverb on the snare and a noise gate on the toms.

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