Virtual Drums Needed Options

Hey y'all -

Got Cubase SX on OS X. Love it, but the included LM-7 drum machine sucks.

Here's what I want to do: I want a drum module or stand-alone software durm sample player that I can control with my Roland SPD-20 pads via MIDI. I need the ability to route each individual sound to a different MIDI track in Cubase, either by assigning a unique MIDI channel to each sound or by some other method.

Also, I want great sounds. The less expensive the better, but price is not the most important consideration.

Q: Will Reason 2.0 fit this bill? I was planning on getting it anyway, so if I can do my drum thang with Reason then I can kill two birds with one stone.

Thanks, everyone.

Rickenbacker and all, I bought Reason 2. It rulez!!! And early messing about indicates great integration with Cubase SX.

gdoubleyou, vsamp.com seems dead - can't hit the site at all, but Versiontracker users seem to love the thing. Maybe they are getting more hits than they can handle.

[rickenbacker]

loveme1965: this is slightly off-topic, I know, but yes I love Reason+SX together, too. If you ever get any problems with ReWire, I also export the audio from Reason and then drop it into SX as a new audio track. A little trick that saves my iBook from overheating, basically.

If you're getting on with Reason, I guess your search for drums is over. But you might like to check out this lot - www.lapjockey.com/flatpack. it's a new Reason ReFill, full of vintage synths, drum machines etc.

I'm getting a copy this week, so I'll post my thoughts on the sounds. For £50, though, it sounds like a pretty cool way to extend Reason.