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It can get really close, but the difficulty is with the performance. But I think only musicians & producers will really be able to hear the difference between a solidly performed/programmed virtual drum kit, and a real one.

Sounds of virtual drum kits can be very impressive. Some can even emulate overhead microphones to balance in with each individual microphone for each piece of the kit. However as a drummer, I still have to use a midi drum kit to get a more natural feel rather than using fingers on a keyboard or touch pad.

Little variations in velocity and timing add that human touch, even the best drummers don’t have perfect and mechinical timing

Close enough

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They can get close enough if I work at that and just don’t eq the hell out of a loop. Varying the velocities is key.

Very close to the real thing, but humans playing a real drum is what makes all the difference.

Depends on how human the producer is!

Never been so nearly to reality

To my ears: if it’s well programmed and well mixed, so close it’s indistinguishable.

I’ve used some Slate’s drums and Riot drums’ plugins and they sound good, but hearing this plugin I feel it very realistic. Maybe we can realize it is a VST by paying attention to the velocity in the recording. I don’t own MINDst, but so far, it’s the best drums plugin I have heard.

Virtual drum kits have come a long way in replicating the sound of acoustic drums. I think they sound really close nowadays, but what matters most to me is their convenience and versatility.

it depends on player (programmer) feeling and experience. Having excellent samples, accurate midi tracks with subtle nuances, human touch and knowledge of real drums playing can be very close to real drums playing.

Modern sampled drumsets can sound close to a real drummer as long as you allow the subtle timing nuances and accenting on each and every note played, the overall sound is better when played in a live way in a studio.

there’s no way these are real comments. I mean..,.Programming drums is very good…

With enough programming, indistinguishable.

The best samples get very close to the real thing. But what do listeners care? If you can get your groove on, who really cares?

Well the samples do sound great but Hysteresis is still a problem.

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I think the sound can get really close with algorithms such as Modalics has implemented and high quality samples.

Soundwise I think there is no problem. VST instruments can sound fenomenal without the burden of having a decent recording space, decent drums that are well tuned, miking and all that jazz. The issue i often hear is lacking an understanding of how a real drum is supposed to sound. If you strive for realism, you should know at least how a drumkit is played, and try to reconstruct that. I am a guitar player, but i always wanted to play the drums too. After a lot of years of midi keyboard finger drumming, not too long ago i bought myself a Launchpad X in order to teach myself to finger drum. I made a custom map that reflects the positioning of the drum kit peaces, and started to learn some simple songs, paradiddles etc. It improved my understanding of drumwork so much more. I think the key is that. You should know how a drumkit should or could sound, the same way you should know how an orchestra plays and sounds, in order to make an orchestral mockup, or everything else for that matter.

at this point, it already sound the same to my ears

A virtual drum kit can sound pretty close to the real thing, but it may not fully capture all the nuances and subtleties of a physical drum set.

I think if you spend the time with velocity settings, tuning and sound sculpting you can make VST drums sound very, very close to the real deal. Time is needed to “humanize” a VST drum performance.

Excellent

You can add more data to be captured during a performance on a MIDI drum kit. Something like mpe or aftertouch that can be captured and/or manipulated with automation.

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In short words, as close as producer wants!

As close as 90% if well programmed and if the drum parts are written thinking like a drummer, badly written drum parts will make the drums sound fake as much as using bad samples.

It depends on the time you dedicate to the small details.

I think with AI we’ll be getting very close in the next couple of years, it’s already very close with the correct programming!

Virtual drum kits can sound very close to the real thing, thanks to high-quality samples, dynamic response, realistic modeling, and humanization features. However, they may still lack some of the physicality and subtle interactions of acoustic drums. Overall, they offer a practical and versatile alternative without compromising significantly on sound quality.

My acoustic kit has been gathering dust for the past two years. E-kit is definitely the way to go. No more headaches! Record, Play and listen to a professionally engineered drum set.

Drum vsts can get pretty close to sounding realistic these days if you have good samples and take the time to properly program them.

The quality of the vst libraries is outstanding. They are often indistinguishable from real drums. I’ll be glad to have such a good instrument. :)

I consider that at the production level the current technology is practically indistinguishable from a real battery. Another thing is if we start playing, it is impossible for it to sound like real drums, because as soon as you mic it the sound changes. I don’t know if it can ever be imitated.

I believe it is now possible to perfectly mimic, a “real” drum kit -virtually. With highest-end, quality sampled sounds, the burden then lies upon the accuracy and dynamics, of the hardware – if playing an electronic kit.

In the virtual environment, there is no difference between “real” and “Virtual” -IMHO.

Is it “live” or is it “Memorex”?

Nothing much to say… Most of the existing products are really close, to be honest !

I think VST drum kits can sound very realistic, more realistc than most virtual instruments. Things like cymbal rolls are harder to get right. This kit by Modalics sounds really good!

Nothing can replace nuance and spirit of a human.

Avecv les outils disponibles en mixage et un bon plugin bien échantilloné, je pense qu’on ne peut pas faire la différence dans un mix complet.