The main question I want to talk about today is drum kits VS drum machine VST plugins, which is actually better? And what do people actually use?

My personal opinion and preference

As a music producer who has been producing for almost 20 years, well started when I was 16, so I let you guys guess my age, yes I am an old, in fact I have gray hair which has started growing on my face. Time has flown so quick, and..... yes, anyway dint start producing professional till over a decade ago.

I have always stuck to using sampled (WAV) style drum samples, and have never ever constructed an instrumental or a beat composition using any drum machine VST plugins.

Now I know this is bad, since I have fully loaded MPC on my midi keyboard and should be using it with drum machine VST plugins.... right?

The truth is, actually no, it's all based on personal preference for me, everyone has their own way of making music, it's a form of art, and it all depends on the users' preference in my opinion.

My personal choice

I mean I love using drum kits such as Unison, Loopmasters and Cymatics, since these are main game players when it comes to sampled kicks, snares, hi hats, percussions and etc, they have loads of great free drum kits and constructions kids with many great samples and loops to use for any style of projects.

But also there are some awesome drum machine style (VST) kits which I have used in the past but never actually composed a single track/project using them, drum machine VSTs from UJAM the beat maker series for instance, these were actually given to me by UJAM couple of years ago, a free promotion which I don't for them on my YouTube, in fact; they sounded phenomenal, but I found that using my own library of samples was a more comforting choice.

Will I ever use drum machine VST plugins?

The truth lies within the destiny of the future, I mean I am not too sure about this and still optimistic, I like the way I currently use sampled drum samples within construction kits, I tend to find these have higher quality and more manipulation editing options.

But there are some very cool drum machines which I wanted to try, but the sounds they provide are limited, and don't offer much versatility when it comes to editing them. Saying that, some of the newly developed drum machine VST plugin comes with tonnes of features, but they are quite expensive!

I wanted to see what other music producers think?

What is your choice? Drop a reply to this topic below, would be interesting to see what other music producers think and prefer!