Mikro93
Senior Member (he/they)
I've got APE and the Epic Frame Drum Ensemble.Can anyone who owns Soundiron's Apocalyptic stuff and the Epic Frame Drums comment on any overlap? I own Damage 2 and APE but I know the Frame Drums are highly thought of.
I find EFD to be more detailed, with jingles and jangles here and there, and some hits are quite "precious" to my ears, with a lot of details in the frame drums sounds. I would even call them "intimate", even if there is quite a lot of room sound.
APE is quite versatile, but really shines in the epic, bombastic situations. It sounds fuller, with plenty of bottom-end, but Soundiron recorded more drums, including some phat bass drums. Again, in my opinion
Maybe you could check out the instruments list for both?
Here is a quick clip to compare the two. APE first, then EFD. I selected a few sounds to handle the functions of bass drums, snares, hats and toms, without them being actual bass drums, snares and hats (it would have been possible with APE, though, because these sounds are available). The dynamic goes from a velocity of 0 all the way to 127. The clip was normalized, and I made sure both tracks hit approximately the same peak level in dB (but not the same loudness), which kind of depended on the round robin used at each hit of the Play button. The Frame Drum Ensemble is louder, by about 8 dBs. No extra reverb, EQ or compression, just the Standard - All patch from APE and the Main patch from EFD .
It is still very subjective, because I selected the samples in the example. Hope that helps!