Yeah,
the thing is: If you search for a sound that bomb like actual releases from good artist, you compete with real good mixing and sound arrangersā¦ you will never get a that good result just āplug and playā
But The good news: AR gives the perfect āraw soundā for cool mixesā¦ Just using it live (with the stereo out), i like a little compression (medium attack, long release) and Equing in the mides and highs on the mixer (outboard, sometimes a lot) to get a good out of the box sound.
Preprocessed samples help a lot, though in special for the kick i love damn good processed samples and clear out the low frequencies, so you can mix it perfect with the fat AR bassesā¦
having that good processed samples you get better results out of the box, cause the AR has no EQs, which would be crucial needed to do a good soundmix within the ARā¦
still i love the results better than my jomox, with all in all sounded way to rough for meā¦ the AR has that beautyfull warm soft bassness (and harshness, if i dial in overdrive or crank up the parameters)