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Wondering if my "expected user experience" at odds with what PG Music had in mind for this whole Drum Stems project.

I'm not yet sure how this is a real improvement over the whole real drum track as a single wav.
At least this particular example.



The Drum Stems are not isolated drum sounds, these are the original recordings from each of the mics used in the recording session. So yes you will hear the other drum sounds, some more so than others. There are some exceptions to this, for example in some cases the percussion instruments were recorded separately so those ARE isolated. Regardless, the drum sound (snare, kick... ) is much more prominent in the individual stem. This allows you to raise or lower that sound relative to the overall mix. Depending on the RD it might also be useful to combine sounds from different RDs even though they aren't isolated.

Andrew
PG Music Inc.