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Mixing Drums - Digital vs Digital through Analog

Has any found that drums mixed all digital either directly in a DAW or through a digital console don't quite have the impact of going out the D/A's to an analog console. When mixing drums all digital I find then to have to much realness and not enough impact for rock and roll. Do you find the same thing?

Fuller Drums

Hey, it's me again with another quick question. I sample this kick from my roland mc307 to my mpc but what can i do to make the kick come through fuller in my mix with more thump and emotion...it sounds flat. I sampled a kick and snare that i tweeked with in Fruity Loops. That kick and snare sound hard, their clear, and they raddle my speakers... I'm lacking that from my 307 sample.

Creating original sounds and signature drums

Creating original sequences isn't the problem nor is sampling because i prefer original music. My question is how to create sounds that are MINE and noone elses. A couple of producer from my area (Timbaland and The Neptunes) have their own signature sound and it didn't take me very long to learn that their sounds don'g come from thousand dollar boxes like the roland mc-307 or mophatt.