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If i was to buy drum kits where should i buy them from?

The drumkits that I have are the stock program ones and I need to find where big music producers find their drumkits.

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John’s Answer

I think what might be important is not where to get them, but what you want. Today you can get almost anything at Guitar Center online, Amazon, Musicians Friend, or a similar outlet.

The most important thing about any musical instrument is how it works for you, how it feels when you play it, and how it blends with other musicians that you may be playing with. Different drum kit components can sound or feel different. Some are very specialized and some are more versatile. Some you might like and some you might dislike, that is normal.

I hope there is somewhere where you can go and play a few different types of kits and find sounds and feels that you like. If there is not, what do you like or dislike about the kit you have? What do you feel is missing? What are things that you can absolutely nail on your existing kit?
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Angel’s Answer

Fun fact: a lot of big producers don’t use actual acoustic drums, unless the have the resources for it (for example, if they’re being paid by a label they can afford to hire a drummer who can play live drums). A lot of drums in music today, at least in the Top 40, is all MIDI sequenced. It’s just how they’re mixed.

Angel recommends the following next steps:

If you want to use drum plug-ins, I’d suggest looking at Spitfire Audio’s free LABS plug-ins. They have a few good drum ones.
If you use an Apple device to make music, the stock drums in GarageBand are pretty good once you’ve properly mixed them.
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