Sometime in the past, I ask Floyd how he dealt with the drum issue. He showed me what he was doing which worked to suit him.

In years past drums could have been recorded in a very "live" sort of way. We then got into a period of time where every kit piece has more than one microphone and there were many overhead microphones. Everything was gated and bleed was seriously reduced.

Also in the past midi drums did not sound very good. They have vastly improved.

Live drums are frequently fitted with midi triggers and both acoustic and midi sounds are produced.

There are serious advantages to modern drum software. If the drumline was created by a live drummer and captured with midi triggers we can now have a ton of control over the final sound. Perhaps it was played live on a DW kit and you want to hear it on a 1967 Gretch kit. That is all easy to do with midi.

Yes, there is a certain amount of sound change that can be done to an audio drum track but the changes that can be done in midi are just about endless.

I want my 2022 BIAB stuff to arrive, and it is late...lol

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”