[dvuckovic]

E, jbg:

CLA: Yeah. Give me the original drums, and then let me help the snare drum. If you’re replacing the snare drum completely then it’s a drum machine, or it’s a BFD [Fxpansion’s drum sound software module]. They’re fine if the song is the kind to use a BFD sound. They kind of sound like live drums because they have the leakage and everything, but it doesn’t take long to figure out that they’re not. If it’s BFD, let us know so that we can think along the BFD lines not only with EQing but also with prepping. The BFD thing has like zero character — it’s so hard to make them feel right. It’s fake. I don’t care how you sample it. It’s the same deal with plug-ins: Certain gear cannot be recreated well by a plug-in. It may look like it, it may have a big old meter on it, it may move around the same way, but it’s generally not going to have the character.