I guess American Rock means different things to different people. Anyway, It was nice to see AJ.
Okay, I know I'm going to get crucified for saying this BUT......using that demo as an example, I'm having a really hard time seeing the MONUMENTAL IMPROVEMENT of the Audya drums and bass over say, a PA1x/2x. In fact, in a 'blind taste test', I'm not sure I'd be able to tell which was which. Now this probably says more about me (and my failings) than it does about the instrument. Maybe my tastes (and hearing) are just less discriminating. My problem is, that even if the drums themselves sound live, it's still not what a 'live' drummer would actually be playing with any given tune. In other words, I'd rather have a good, live drummer playing a (good) electronic drum kit on my tracks than have a good-sounding, well-recorded, but totally 'generic', non-song-specific, audio loop, on my tracks. Just me, I guess. One is human (despite the sound source) and the other is a machine (despite the sound source) and the machine is never going to respond spontaneously to every nuance of your playing like a good, live drummer. So, given that, who cares whether it's a 'midi' drum or an 'audio' drum. In fact, except for who or what triggered the drum sound, what's the difference? I must be missing something. I hope so. If so, by all means, 'splain it to me'.
chas
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