I sing in a metal band called chokeout from my Seattle wa. I record all of my bands original music. I started on my own project. Im also a guitar playing but only on my personal music so I use programed drums, this would be great for what I'm doing on my own. Im a professional artist too I make Halloween horror masks. Check out my work www.gorelinebyspg.com

I like it a lot, just to bad we dont have any Grooves and we must buy them a part of the Sampler. But i like the sounds and concept of the plugin a lot. Please Drumforge suply more Grooves for own users of your products for free.. :)

The sound of all pieces is amazing ! And the fact that you can use multiple snares or kicks mixed together at the same time allows you to create a LOT of different sounds.

I have used EZDrummer for about 5 years now and was relatively happy with it. However after using DF for a few days I find it much easier to get what I am looking for and is way more user friendly. Also, as advertised the samples need very little tweaking and are virtually ready to go..

I bought this over a week ago and it's now my go-to drum sampler, I am loving all the control you have from mixing to choosing what pieces of the kit you use. The only thing I wish it had was the option to scale the UI.

The good stuff: layering drums is crazy easy, and they're engineered in such a way that they sound great before you even do anything to them. I'm using DF for shells and other libraries for cymbals and they're playing well together. Per-mic room/mic blends are super useful. Mixer and UI look a *touch* dated but, otherwise really easy to use.

The bad stuff: MIDI mapping leaves a lot to be desired IMO. No GM preset, not able to map a drum to more than one key, and mappings get reset sometimes when swapping out kit pieces. This is really my only gripe as it makes bringing DF into existing projects harder than it should be. Would love to see this addressed in an update. MIDI learn to 2+ keys, and lock mapping for kit pieces please!

Overall great, usable samples. I'm waiting for Bergstrand to download now and may even pick up Saviour.

This Drum program is great! It has great versatility and control, and you can even load in audio samples to blend that way as well! Would be seriously sick though if we could get a NKI sample import feature on the application! Definitely beyond worth the money to get this Drum Sampler though!

this is the one, but a bit cpu hog ... i wish they have this song builder in the classic one will be much appreciated

The best drum plug in sampler on the market! Easy to use, great sounding samples and the mixer is very user friendly! Would definitely recommend getting if your looking to spice up your recordings/mixes.

The Sounds are Perfect, And the capabilities to Mix in the Box within the Program is What Personally I've been waiting for, My Drum sounds have always been Stellar at times but so much work goes into it sometimes. THIS JUST GIVES IT RIGHT OUTTA THE BOX, And the option to break out and output separately Pre or post Fader is also precisely what thumake this A Beast.... And what our industry needs.... Joel And Joey are Both Monster Mixers and Engineers and this Shows through the Simplicity but Boundless possibilities

First the good. The samples sound good. The price was great because I got it on sale.

Now the bad.

1) Only 1 ilok activation (this is 2020. everybody works on a workstation and a laptop on the go. Greedy decision! everyone gives at least 2 activations these days.

2) The drumpmap convertion is terrible, I own ezdrummer2 and SSD5 not a single groove was able to translate properly.

3) lack of a groove library. Since I don't program drums but rather use pre made loop libraries to come up with ideas the lack of grooves and the terrible1 drummap converter makes this software just a glorified sampler for kick or snare augmentation in my tracks.

4) there's no way to.load your own samples (terrible decision)

5) there's no way to expand this software with more expansions according to you guys (another terrible decision)

so, you got what could be a really good product but somewhat lacks what the big boys have to make it a serious contender.

Would never pay fullprice for the software. But since I got it on sale for a straight sampler is fine.

Open your eyes guys!

We need a complementary clash or beat of cymbals. An another note of cymbals with a ghost attack of wood sticks. Like that we can alternate between the full attack beat and the rebound when cymbal is vibrating, for a better natural sound of playing drums.

This drum sampler is amazing the tones on it are A+ .i sometimes don’t know where to start because all the drums sound so good , I just have a few suggestions maybe add Chris Adler signature snare add ziljdjian A custom or K add sabian AAX and meinl complete cymbal packs 🙂

Killer tones and the mic selections are great to genre match the samples to the track.

Easy to navigate interface as well as all you need processing-wise to get a finished drum mix!!

I`m very satisfied with the product.

I am blown away by the sounds and performance of Drumforge.
It is great to just throw some drums in to your song and have a great sound straight away, but you can also start to dive deeper to really customise your kit and sound.
I’m very very impressed (and I am fussy about drum sounds).

Very versatile library

Easy to use, sounds great and a steal when on sale.

I like the sounds and the workflow... but it crashes my daw when adjusting the sample pitch and when adding a one shot sample. I un-installed it because I can't use it in the state it's in. I hope they update it. So until then I can't recommend this plugin.

It’s in bad need of an update maybe that’s why it’s only $29 , don’t get wrong it works but had crashed twice in Cubase 15

I love the sounds and the ease to create a drumkit BUT as an edrummer I want to be able to dial in the hihat and if needed reverse CC and none of those are able with Drumforge Classic. Big flaw and disappointment! So, unusable for me and in fact wasted money... So 2 stars for the great sounds.

I love this!