Hey all,
I want to research the two ways of creating drums sounds in pure data. I am leaning toward synthesis more control and such, but do not want to get half way into it and realize that samples are better.

I was looking for articles on this, but have not found enough research to be satisfied yet.

Thoughts? Any help?

If you are going down the synthesis route. This series of articles will likely give you a lot of ideas to experiment with: https://www.soundonsound.com/series/synth-secrets.

I can't remember how I originally heard about it, but I think it is pretty popular.

Woops, I think that link just goes to the Sound on Sound site. Here is the link to the actual series of articles: https://www.soundonsound.com/series/synth-secrets-sound-sound