What drum sample program would you recommend? Also, what would be better: a set of electronic drums such as roland or Yamaha, or a drum sampling program?

Hi, Should I set the drumset in my home studio facing the control room window or some other direction. Is there a set place the drumset shoud face. Thanks,
Nipp

Hello, I'm adding an electronic drumset along with my acoustic set and have started with the Alesis D4 module. The problem I am having, is that every time I punch the exteroir trigger button for each trigger, it is not giving me the option to adjust v-curve and x-talk. It keeps going into hi hat setup. Maybe someone who is experienced with this module can help me with this situation.

Hello. This is my first post on this board but i have been reading it a lot for a while and it has been very helpful to me.

Alright so here's my deal. i'm thinking for good sounding kick drum...should i go with a boost of highs in eq and cut in lows and a thin Q sound to get a good punch in bass drum which doesn't rival bass guitar in the mix or should i try cloning the bass drum track eqing one copy really high mid and high for punch and the other copy low end for depth? which technique will sound better ?

I need to know if I'm passing over something silly here that renders this idea entirely useless.

So I need to record some drums. My mixer has 4 mic channels which then runs to my into my 2 ch. interface. (DOH!)

Obviously, 2 channels for drums is pretty...inadequate. So here's what I was thinking.

When I try to add compression and limiting like normal (not much), the BD starts to sound complete bunghole, like if it was overcompressed. If I add a hipassfilter at 30hZ, or use a mbc on the low-lows this doesn't occur. I used a shelving eq-boost on the kicks lows at the mixingstage. Why does this happen, and what is the best way to fight it?

I've been using Smartloops for drum loops. My past experience told me to either get a good drummer or learn how to play - times they have changed. As a guitar player, I figure I have enough on my hands...I know good drummers but in my studio, it's very comfortable to have loops on hand to pull together a demo. So, what have you guys used?

What exactly do drum triggers do? Can someone give me a quick and brief explanation because Im thinking of buying some.

Is it worth the switch from Focusrite 428 to API 3124+ ?
Any users of both that can answer?
THANKS.