{"id":31589,"date":"2024-04-12T17:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=31589"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:43:26","slug":"analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog vs. digital drum sound design: The definitive guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One of the many hotly-discussed topics in music production is whether analog drum sound design is superior or inferior to digital drum sound design.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple reality is that there&#8217;s no universal or clear-cut answer to this debate\u2014both have unique workflows, benefits, and drawbacks that can be prioritized very differently depending on your needs and preferences. In the tutorial video above, expert DJ and producer <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/author\/devon-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Devon Johnson<\/a> dives deep into this topic, breaking down analog and digital drum sound design using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arturia.com\/products\/hardware-synths\/matrixbrute-noir\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arturia&#8217;s MatrixBrute<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39137133-pigments-5-vst-au-by-arturia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pigments<\/a> to demonstrate. He covers workflows for kick, hat, snare, clap, and cowbell sound design, and then applies the two methods head-to-head in the context of some beats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s your perspective on analog and digital drum sound design? 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Let us know in the comments section of the video, and subscribe for more producer-led tips, tutorials, and insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Make music to win an Arturia MatrixBrute Noir ($2299 value):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/arturia-community-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this in-depth tutorial, we break down the unique workflows, benefits, and drawbacks of analog and digital drum sound design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":31592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1846,1696,49],"tags":[1677,1241,1788,348,1678,1473,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Analog vs. Digital Drum Sound Design (2024 Guide) - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this in-depth tutorial, we break down the unique workflows, benefits, and drawbacks of analog and digital drum sound design.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Analog vs. Digital Drum Sound Design (2024 Guide) - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this in-depth tutorial, we break down the unique workflows, benefits, and drawbacks of analog and digital drum sound design.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-12T21:26:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-24T19:43:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0424-How-to-make-drum-sounds-from-scratchVS_BlogPost.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/bitly.com\/namaboku-twt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harrison Shimazu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ed73f890efad66c4808440680e9e50d\"},\"headline\":\"Analog vs. digital drum sound design: The definitive guide\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-12T21:26:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-24T19:43:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design\/\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/analog-vs-digital-drum-sound-design\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0424-How-to-make-drum-sounds-from-scratchVS_BlogPost.png\",\"keywords\":[\"arturia\",\"Contests\",\"discord\",\"drums\",\"pigments\",\"rent-to-own\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sound Design\",\"Tips &amp; 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