1-Shot video. So it's the one time ever that the drummer played it right, and the sound's not quite all it could be. You've tried Eq, you've tried compression, you've tried harmonic enhancers and it's becoming horribly clear that the recording is just dull. What you need may be a bit of help from a sample library, but how do you get it to play along if you don't have a drum-replacement package like Trigger or Drumagog? This method may not be perfect but it should be good enough to deflect the blame; for a total outlay of £0! (providiing you've already bought all the gear you need - obviously!).

1-Shot video. EZdrummer was great, EZdrummer 2 is even better, but as good a the presets sound there's still nothing like being able to lay a kit across your mixer and process it the way YOU want to with the plugins or outboard that you want to use. It's easy enough to do, but something that folks do seem to struggle with - here's the answer.