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Toontrack The Metal Foundry SDX Expansion Pack.

The Toontrack Metal Foundry SDX expansion pack for Superior Drummer 2.0 sample engine features the drumming of Meshuggah's Tomas Haake, and includes seven massive drum kits, spanning 300,000 sound files of raw, single-hit drum recordings in the vein of Drumkit From Hell and dfh Superior. The e-drum samples cover a wide variety of harder music, from the early blues-tinged sound of the late '60s classic rock to the fragmentation of today's heavier music, including power, thrash, death, and progressive metal.The Metal Foundry SDX celebrates the Toontrack Music Hard Rock and Heavy Metal legacy of the first Drumkit From Hell. The drum samples in this expansion pack was recorded and produced at Atlantis Studios in December 2008 by the original Drumkit From Hell recording team, Mattias Eklund (Toontrack Music), Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah), Daniel Bergstrand (Dug Out Studios), and Tomas Haake (Meshuggah).The Toontrack Metal Foundry SDX features presets by: •Devin Townsend (Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Steve Vai) •Daniel Bergstrand from Dug Out Studio (Meshuggah, In Flames, Dark Funeral, Behemoth) •Pelle Gunnerfeldt from Gröndahl Studio (The Hives, Moneybrother, Fireside, The International Noise Conspiracy) •Pelle Henricsson, Eskil Lövstrand and Magnus Lindberg from Tonteknik Studio (Refused, Meshuggah, Cult Of Luna, Khoma, Hell Is For Heroes) •Mattias Eklund from Toontrack (Nocturnal Rites, Naglfar, Guillotine, Galneryus, Lambretta) Jocke Skog (Clawfinger) •Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah)The Metal Foundry SDX features custom MIDI by: •Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend, Testament) •Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork, Warrel Dane, Scarve, Aborted)MIDI is downloadable upon product registration.The Drumkit From Hell and Metal Foundry story Toontrack Music was originally started as a production company for composing game and movie soundtracks. In 1999, producers Fredrik Thordendal of heavy-metal band Meshuggah and Mattias Eklund of Toontrack Music decided to design a sample library for their own use. They called Tomas Haake drummer of Heavy Metal band Meshuggah to record the drum samples. The sample library was called Drumkit From Hell.Little did they know that Drumkit From Hell was not only the first true multisampled drum recording for use with a virtual instrument but that it would also be the start for Toontrack Music to become one of the premier developers of software, audio, and MIDI for virtual drum and percussion production, spawning groundbreaking products like dfh Superior, EZdrummer, and Superior Drummer 2.0. In the time since Toontrack recorded and released Drumkit From Hell, their knowledge of sampling drums and designing software has improved vastly and they've built a great following in all genres and with all kinds of users, but their core has always rested firmly on the foundation of those early recordings.In order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of. ...details

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Toontrack Electronic EZX.

The Toontrack Electronic EZX sound library combines classic, circuit bent, and resampled electronic drum sounds suitable for a wide variety of musical genres and production styles. Pristine classics, otherworldly, 1-of-a-kind bends, and gritty must-haves make Electronic EZX one of the hottest collection of electronic drums imaginable. Electronic EZX includes 33 meticulously crafted drum kits with additional menus of the most-requested electronic kick and snare drums. It also features Toontrack's ever-popular use of parallel FX processing for unlimited variation and new sonic depths. With Electronic EZX, you will be able to cover a broad range of popular and emerging electronic genres. You name it—House, Dub, Techno, Progressive, Pop, Hip-Hop, Rap, Electro, Grime, Jungle, DnB, RnB, Dub-Step, Trip-Hop, Acid, Disco, Electro-Crunk, Ghetto-Tech, Baile Funk, Industrial, Garage, Experimental, Noise-core, Hard-core, Minimal, Glitch, Gabba, Ambient, Trance, Miami Bass, 2 Step, B-more, and many more—its in here.Electronic EZX lead designer Richard Devine is an award-winning electronic artist who stands amongst an elite few as a pioneer in modern music. He is a master of synthesis, sequencing virtuoso, and legendary amongst the electronic underground for his seamless integration of hardware- and software-based technologies resulting in a relentless and improvised live set. He is also revered for his countless sound design contributions found in many of the most-popular hardware and soft synths, video games, and commercials over the past decade. He has been tapped by numerous multi-platinum and underground legends for remixes and sound design work. It is key to note that for some of the recordings, Richard was assisted by the masterful Josh Kay of Phonecia/Schematic Records. Their talents were met by Toontrack's ace team of producer/designers—Brad Bowden and Mattias Eklund—the dynamic force who has overseen all of Toontrack's beloved EZX and SDX libraries. The result of this dream collaboration is a powerful, expressive, and inspiring set of electronic drum kits.The Electronic EZX, like all Toontrack's libraries, is optimized for impact, sonic integrity, and immediate usability. This EZX will also excel in Superior Drummer 2.0 via the new X-Pad functionality for creating new Hybrid acoustic/electronic kits.. ...details

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Toontrack EZDrummer Lite Upgrade to EZDrummer.

You experienced a little of what Toontrack EZdrummer can do with your Lite version, but now's the time to upgrade and benefit from all the full features of this sample-based drum software syntheizer. EZdrummer was designed to give you optimum sound quality on your drum samples presented in a compact, affordable plug-in format that's as easy to use as it is to mix. With Toontrack's EZdrummer, you can simply drag-and-drop audition sounds and construct drum kits recorded with multi-microphone setups. You also get a mixer that allows stereo and multitrack routing into the host via a single plug-in and has presets for quick mix modes quick sound changing. With the second-generation Toontrack Percussive Compression (TPC), system requirements are low, meaning this is a very accessible virtual drum set worthy of high-end studios, but available for computer-based home recording studios too. This drum sampler features the recording and producing expertise of Pat Thrall (Pat Travers, Black Crowes) and Neil Dorfsman (Dire Straits, Paul McCartney), the drumming skills of Nir Z (Genesis, Joss Stone, John Mayer), and the engineering help of Toontrack's own Mattias Eklund and Henrik Kjellberg. Their combined efforts have produced an extensive collection of more than 8000 MIDI files captured at Avatar Studios, a 50-year old venue that has been the place where a veritable who's who of award-winning musicians have bottled their magic.EZdrummer is now Windows Vista compatible. Updates are available at toontrack.com. ...details

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Toontrack Music City USA SDX.

Music City USA SDX is a library of drum samples and MIDI grooves that brings the flavor of Nashville to the award-winning, industry-standard drum production platform, Superior Drummer 2.0. Much like on its sibling, the Nashville EZX, Toontrack worked with engineer Harry Stinson and drummer Chuck Ainlay, two of the best, most experienced players and producers in the business, to create the Music City USA SDX drum sample collection.Like it, love it, or leave it, Nashville Tennessee is Music City USA. With more labels, publishers, writers, producers, musicians, and artists per capita than any other city in North America, Nashville knows a thing or two about great music, and more importantly—great sounding music.With the city's history and culture so steeped in the art of making and recording music, the Toontrack team could think of no better place on earth to record a drum library that would be at home in music ranging from rock to reggae, metal to gospel or punk to polka. (Oh yeah, they're good for country and rock too). ...details

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Toontrack Beatstation.

Offering drum, bass, and lead instrument creation and arrangement with drag-and-drop simplicity, Beatstation is an easy-to-use instrument for quickly getting a full groove up and running in no time at all. As if thats not enough, Toontrack also added full MIDI & REX file support. Couple those features with the flexibility of working in Beatstation as a standalone instrument, or an AU, RTAS or VST plug-in inside your favorite DAW, and Beatstation becomes a creative musical force to be reckoned with.Beatstation comes standard with a 1.5GB core content library packed full of beautifully recorded instrument patches, loop-ready REX files, and even completely customizable MIDI arrangements. If you can think of a sound, Beatstation can help you bring it to life. Beatstation also lets you use and combine all of your existing Toontrack EZX & SDX drum libraries together to create one-of-a-kind drumkits and sounds. From basic musical sketches to lavish complete productions—Beatstation gives you the tools and freedom to design your own musical agenda any way you want to.Beatstations core content library is divided into three distinct categories: •Lowbit 45 basses, 48 leads, 385 percussive sounds, 53 REX loops, 25 bass patches & 19 lead patches, 3 complete MIDI arrangements (173 MIDI files) with 3 full kit patches (bass, lead, drums) •Synthetix 18 basses, 52 leads, 750 percussive sounds, 206 REX loops, 24 bass patches & 102 lead patches, 9 complete MIDI arrangements (498 MIDI files) with 9 full kit patches (bass, lead, drums) •Organic 4 basses, 11 leads, 317 percussive sounds, 250 metal guitar REX Loops played by Fredrik Thordendal / Meshuggah, 24 bass patches & 82 lead patches, 6 complete MIDI arrangements (362 MIDI files) with 3 full kit patches (bass, lead, drums)With the core content, you are granted instant access to all the acoustic, electronic, and resampled instrument samples vital to modern production. Each category contains a variety of kit presets with corresponding MIDI variations comprised of drum, bass, and lead parts. Keep in mind that they are all just a click and drag away.The core content come stocked with thousands of MIDI grooves, REX loops, drum/bass/lead instrument presets created from 148 of the popular sounds and timbres from a massive collection of one of a kind, rare, vintage, modern, and custom instruments—all meticulously multisampled by Toontrack.For the advanced user, Beatstation contains a number of powerful, yet simplified tools for manipulating MIDI, sound design, instrument creation, and full mixing. This includes full ADSR, pitching, reverse, sample off-set, note-on/off, mono/poly, 5-part sample/REX loop, or slice layering per pad all with individual parameter control, variable swing, flam, transposition, 1/2 x tempo, 2 x tempo, and a handy part separation feature for extracting a specific part from within the MIDI file.When using an SDX or EZX you will get a fixed mix of the microphones available. ...details

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Toontrack Superior Custom and Vintage.

Toontrack recorded Superior Custom & Vintage drum samples on equipment used to record an intriguing mix of historically significant pieces. A 1964 design EMI TG Desk console (an ex-Abbey Road piece) with a 28-channel/16 configuration that was used for The Beatles' "Abbey Road" and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." Germanium Transistor mic pre's were used in conjunction with vintage Neumann, AKG, and Sennheiser mics. One of the Neumanns-the U87-featured a Helios F760 compressor, the kind used during the legendary recordings of Led Zep, The Who, The Stones, and even at Apple Corps-the Beatles own studio. Just knowing that, you can see how this collection is going to have a nostalgic feel to it.Chris Whitten, a drummer associated with Edie Brickell and the New Bohemian's "What I Am" as well as Sir Paul's "Flowers in the Dirt" album, and many other top-tiered entertainers, laid down the beats for this library using a selection of kits that range from the 20's to the 90's. But the majority of gear leans towards the glory years of rock and roll. Capturing his work for Toontrack was Peter Henderson who started his career as a pupil of the great Geoff Emerick (Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, etc.) and went on to win a Grammy with Supertramp (Breakfast in America) and to work the boards for the likes of Zappa, Jeff Beck, Tina Turner, and Ringo.So what does this mean for you? You've got 32GB of incredible, top-notch drum samples to give your music that old-school feel. Whether you want that deeper-toned ride of Zildjian's 1950's 22" ride or the spark of three of the most recorded snare drums (the Slingerland Radio King, Ludwig's Black Beauty and Supraphonic), or the sound of the 1970's provided by a Slingerland Studio King kit, you can find it all and more inside this extensive assemblage of all-star, all-time gear. This isn't your father's gear, but it sure sounds like it.. ...details

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Toontrack Jazz EZX Expansion Pack.

The Jazz EZX Expansion Pack features samples performed by the legendary drum virtuoso/pioneer Roy "Futureman" Wooten. As with other titles in the EZX Expansion Packs, it features drums and percussion sound banks to be used with the basic EZdrummer module. It also contains additional MIDI files to offer immediate creative access to the specific playing style of each EZX genre.What EZX means to you The philosophy behind EZX is to give you sounds recorded and mixed by the best in the business at an affordable price. The sounds are tweaked with specific genres in mind and recorded by top producers. When loading an EZX, an interactive picture of the drum kit contained in that expansion will appear in the main window of EZdrummer and allow all the pre-listening and construction features specific to that particular expansion.To access an EZX expansion pre-installed on your computer click the EZX display in the main window. If you have installed one or more EZX, a pull-down menu will reveal the available options.All EZX's can be used together with Toontrack Music's Superior Drummer 2.0 and the MIDI delivered with the EZX's can also be used with the Toontrack Music MIDI engine EZplayer pro.The man behind the samples, Mr. Roy "Futureman" Wooten Futureman is a multiple Grammy award-winning composer, inventor, and multi-instrumentalist who has been a pioneer in using sampled drums since 1985. He has shared the stage and numerous albums with many jazz legends. Roy started playing acoustic drums as a young child with his brothers in Virginia. From that he has come a long way and is now renowned for playing what is called a SynthAxe-Drumitar to trigger drum samples.As an instrumentalist Roy Wooten strives to employ the power and science of Mother Nature and his percussive technique takes playing drums way beyond just simple time keeping. His approach is a much more all-encompassing and universal one. Futureman views himself as a storyteller playing music to reach beyond the limits of common musical understanding.He invented and built the Drumitar to be able to voice his own revolutionary approach to jazz with the groundbreaking group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. As a result, Futureman has performed using Toontrack Music samples to an audience of millions, live at some of the most popular and critically revered performance halls, clubs, TV shows, and festivals on the planet. Through Roy Wooten, Toontracks sounds have made it through to the airwaves of places like Carnegie Hall and premier Greenwich Village jazz club, Blue Note.About the sessions Throughout Toontrack's history of creating sample libraries and instruments, they have tried to both innovate and preserve in all areas of performance, engineering, and genre. In creating this library, they went to new and unheard of levels of dynamic. The recordings feature layered sampling with numerous mic stems fronted by recording chains they had only dreamt of before.In the fal. ...details

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Toontrack Funkmasters EZX Expansion Pack.

Funkmasters EZK is a unique and exclusive recording of two of the most important drummers in popular music, Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab'o" Starks, the principal drummers for the Godfather of Soul and Funk, Mr. James Brown. Fans and critics alike cite their collective era in Brown's band as the pinnacle of funk. Their combined drumming on the classic double-album "Sex Machine" is some of the most innovative, inspired, and funky playing ever recorded.A plethora of their samples and looped audio of their original beats and breaks have gone on to become the foundation of hip-hop. Their breaks gave birth to countless genres, reaching deep into the realms of underground, experimental, and popular music. It is also crucial to note that the use of their breaks inspired innovation within the techniques of DJ-ing and sample-based production, thus making Starks and Stubblefield arguably the most sampled and influential drummers in modern day music.With Funkmasters EZK Toontrack Music has sampled both their unique sound and grooves. Musicians, producers and DJ's will be amazed by the depth of soul found within these samples. From the tight sizzle of the hi-hats to the snap and crack of the snares, the unique sampler engine reveals the subtle mastery of these drummers in ways you've never experienced before. The included MIDI will inevitably become the backbone to a new generation of "digital jockeys" for generations to come.The Funkmasters EZX features two kit interfaces—one for Clyde, and one for Jab'o. The EZX also features effects sliders in the EZmixer—a Vinyl effect created with the use of iZotopes Vinyl plug-in, and a large Plate reverb resampled at Toontrack Music Studios, in Umea, Sweden, delivering all that you need to create those real-sounding funk tracks.About the EZK concept EZX's are expansion packs for EZdrummer featuring drums and percussion sound banks to be used with the basic EZdrummer module. They also contain additional MIDI files to offer immediate creative access to the specific playing style of each EZX genre.The philosophy behind EZX is to give the user sounds recorded and mixed by the best in the business at an affordable price. The sounds are tweaked with specific genres in mind and recorded by top producers. When loading an EZX, an interactive picture of the drumkit contained in that expansion will appear in the main window of EZdrummer and allow all the prelistening and construction features specific to that particular expansion.To access an EZX expansion preinstalled on your computer, click the EZX display in the main window. If you have installed one or more EZX, a pull down menu will reveal the available options.All EZX's can be used together with Toontrack Music's Superior Drummer 2.0 and the MIDI delivered with the EZX's can also be used with the Toontrack Music MIDI engine EZplayer pro.. ...details

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Toontrack EZPlayer Pro.

Toontrack EZplayer pro is a multitrack software MIDI organizer, arranger, and format conversion tool that allows you to gather all your MIDI clips in one browser. You can use EZplayer pro to preview those MIDI clips and drag-and-drop them directly into your host. The multitrack arranger in EZplayer pro also makes it possible to arrange MIDI clips into fused sequences to either be saved back into the EZplayer pro browser for later use or be dragged into your usual sequencer as part of a composition.How does it work? Simply connect any track in EZplayer pro to a track in your host pre-assigned to the sampler that you want to use as a sound source using the MIDI OUT function. Once attached to your sampler, building tracks is easy. Using its intuitive built-in arranger, you can audition your MIDI clips in the browser and arrange them on the timeline, on as few or as many tracks as is convenient or required.Using an intelligent cataloging system, EZplayer pro is also capable of isolating most percussive instruments from your MIDI files, allowing you to re-combine patterns from different grooves to form exciting new beats. Working in conjunction with Toontrack solo and EZdrummer or Superior Drummer, it becomes a standalone workstation for creating MIDI beats independently from your regular sequencer.EZplayer pro is General MIDI compatible out of the box, and will drive any Toontrack sampler with no further setup. But tracks in its arranger can also be connected to any other sampler instrument in your host software, and therefore be used to audition and organize all your MIDI clips, regardless of where they came from.Its more specialized features focus on use with percussive samplers. As mentioned above it is capable of translating MIDI files between different drum samplers. To do so, simply select the appropriate mapping from the menu next to the relevant EZplayer pro's track (or browser for audition purposes). Conversely, source material can be identified when incorporated into the browser so that any format can be translated into any other.Supported sampler mappings include dfh Superior (including Custom & Vintage), EZdrummer, dfh 1&2, Digidesign's Strike, Battery, BFD 1&2, Addictive Drums, Reason Drum kits, and any GM software or hardware sampler, percussive or not.EZplayer pro comes with a generous amount of percussive MIDI files to get you started. The files are played by Toontrack artists David "Fingers" Haynes and Per Mikaelsson (drummer of the Claustrophobic EZX). You can also add your MIDI folders in the browser by using the Add Path function or drag them straight into the basic browser. Then tell it what mapping format the files are in, and your MIDI files (complete with folder structure) will show upo ready to be auditioned, arranged on the timeline, or dragged into your host.. ...details

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Toontrack New York Studio Legacy Series Vol 2 SDX.

Vol.2 of the N.Y. Studio Legacy from Toontrack's SDX Series contains unique sample recordings from two legendary New York Studios—Hit Factory NY and Allaire Studios. The recordings at Hit Factory NY were the starting point for Toontrack in developing Superior Drummer 2.0 (S2.0) and the decision to record drum samples at Allaire was a result of wanting to capture another great studio room in New York. Sadly, for the music and recording industry both studios are now closed, thus the subtitle of this sample collection: "The Lost New York Studios". Toontrack was privileged to be given the opportunity to record these great rooms in collaboration with the world-class recording team of engineer/producer Pat Thrall (Glenn Hughes, Black Crowes, Beyoncé), producer Neil Dorfsman (Kiss, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, and Sting), and drummer Nir Z (Genesis, John Mayer, Joss Stone, and Chris Cornell).New York Studios Vol.2 SDX library features kits recorded with seven kick drums, thirteen snares, and a wide variety of cymbals sampled in extreme detail to work with the advanced drum sampler engine, Superior Drummer 2.0. The drums were played and produced by Nir Z, Neil Dorfsman, Pat Thrall. It also features a custom MIDI library played and recorded by Nir Z.Apart from the close miced faders in the mixer, N.Y. - Allaire also has these channels: AmbFar, AmbMid, AmbNear, AmbMono, Oh-Mono, AmbBullet, SnareRim, and a SansAmp channel. Apart from the close miced faders in the mixer, N.Y. - Hit Factory also has these channels: AmbFar, AmbFar-FX, AmbMid, AmbMid-FX, Sony-In, and 57-Out.. ...details

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Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 upgrade.

Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 is a complete overhaul of the original Superior engine. In this overhaul, the Toontrack team made painstakingly sure not to lose any of the sound quality, attention to detail, and musicality of their popular drum sampler. This exceptional deal on the Superior Drummer 2.0 upgrade is for registered owners of dfh Superior or Superior Custom and Vintage libraries. PC/Mac compatible. Superior Drummer 2.0 drum sampler has been redeveloped for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. Drummer 2.0 includes custom MIDI played by Nir Z accessed through its new customized MIDI engine and arranger, EZplayer Pro, and has standalone capacity through Toontrack solo. Premium UK-based software developer Sonalksis has outfitted Superior 2.0 with a 5-band EQ, high and low pass filter, compressor, gate, and transient designer filters.The Superior Drummer 2.0 sampler's new interface is reminiscent of EZdrummer with its simple handling and layout but gives the user layer upon layer of in-depth features to create the ultimate drum track.Superior Drummer 2.0's samples were recorded by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman, and Nir Z at Hit Factory, Avatar Studios, and Allaire studios, NY. The three have worked with artists as diverse as Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Nick Lachey, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Beyoncé, Björk, Kiss, Joss Stone, Genesis, John Mayer, and Chris Cornell.. ...details

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Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0.

Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 "The New York Studio Legacy Series" is a complete overhaul of the original dfh Superior engine. The Toontrack team made painstakingly sure not to lose any of the sound quality, attention to detail, and musicality of their popular drum sampler.Superior Drummer 2.0 has been redeveloped for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. It includes custom MIDI played by Nir Z accessed through its new customized MIDI engine and arranger, EZplayer Pro, and has standalone capacity through Toontrack solo. Premium UK-based software developer Sonalksis has outfitted the Superior 2.0 with a 5-band EQ, high and low pass filter, compressor, gate, and transient designer filters.The interface is reminiscent of EZdrummer with its simple handling and layout but gives the user layer upon layer of in-depth features to create the ultimate drum track.Superior Drummer 2.0's samples were recorded by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman, and Nir Z at Hit Factory, Avatar Studios, and Allaire studios, NY. The three have worked with artists as diverse as Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Nick Lachey, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Beyoncé, Björk, Kiss, Joss Stone, Genesis, John Mayer, and Chris Cornell.. ...details

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Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 crossgrade.

The Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 drum sampler crossgrade offers registered owners of Toontrack's EZdrummer an opportunity to save some cash. Superior Drummer 2.0, featuring the first part of "The New York Studio Legacy Series," is a complete overhaul of the original dfh Superior engine. The Toontrack team made painstakingly sure not to lose any of the sound quality, attention to detail, and musicality of their popular drum sampler.Superior Drummer 2.0 has been redeveloped for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. It includes custom MIDI played by Nir Z accessed through its new customized MIDI engine and arranger, EZplayer Pro, and has standalone capacity through Toontrack solo. Premium UK-based software developer Sonalksis has outfitted the Superior 2.0 with a 5-band EQ, high and low pass filter, compressor, gate, and transient designer filters.The new interface is reminiscent of EZdrummer with its simple handling and layout but gives the user layer upon layer of in-depth features to create the ultimate drum track.Superior Drummer 2.0's samples were recorded by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman, and Nir Z at Hit Factory, Avatar Studios, and Allaire studios, NY. The three have worked with artists as diverse as Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Nick Lachey, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Beyoncé, Björk, Kiss, Joss Stone, Genesis, John Mayer, and Chris Cornell.. ...details

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Toontrack EZXpansion-Claustrophobic.

Toontrack EZX Claustrophobic is a very open collection of drum samples. Why is this expansion pack for the EZdrummer sampler called Claustrophobic? Mainly because it was recorded in a small room. But don't be fooled. Using a variety of drumheads, room, and microphone configurations, Swedish metal skinsmith Per Mikaelsson (HEEL) has banged out the kind of beats that would fuse well with today's cutting edge R&B, hip-hop, and pop music. Sampled through a high-quality outboard with distortion, reverb, compression, and attack fields in the internal mixer it also allows you to access mixer presets by STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amplive, sub-ID and Count Bass D. You can even save your own mixer presets with EZdrummer 1.1 installed. Having a hard time finding some good sounding beats? Fear not. Claustrophobic will have you breathing a sigh of relief.. ...details

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Toontrack EZXpansion-Twisted Kit.

The Toontrack EZX Twisted Kit for the EZdrummer sampler is what you're looking for when you want to march to a different drummer. EZX Twisted features the skills of Michael Blair, the drum and percussion genius behind Tom Waits "Rain Dogs" and "Franks Wild Years" albums, as well Elvis Costello's "Spike" and Lou Reed's "Magic and Loss," among others. Throwing traditional kits and percussive style out the window, Blair is a one-of-a-kind rhythm magician. This collection features off-the-beaten path type sounds mixed in with some quality, more orthodox hits. In other words, you can mix the crisp sound of a Gretsch 1987 maple kick drum with the plink of a hubcap or drawer turned into snares. If you're sonically adventurous, this EZX will give you a trip you're going to enjoy taking.. ...details

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Toontrack Latin Percussion EZX.

The Latin Percussion EZX for EZdrummer contains the percussion sounds from the revolutionary, award-winning pro drum sampler, Drums From Hell Superior from Toontrack Music. The EZX includes midi files that will add that extra groove on top of your steady drumtrack. The Latin Percussion EZX uses TPC, Toontrack Percussive Compression.Percussionist Mikael Emsing on the recordings: "I was excited when Toontrack asked me to collaborate on this product. Most of the work I've done in the studio and live have not been traditional Latin or African music, but rather Rock, Pop or Jazz-type sessions. Most of the sampling libraries I've come across however, have been geared more towards traditional Ethnic music. I felt there was a need for a sample library with sounds adapted to these situations.I've spent years studying traditional music, but also spent an equal amount of time trying to get some sort of "signature" sound, a sound that works live as well as in the studio, a sound that has some soul to it and I wanted to be sure that came through on the sampled sounds. Much to my satisfaction the guys from Toontrack shared my vision and from the get-go we planned and recorded everything with this in mind. I also wanted a wide variety of sounds and through the generous help of MEINL Percussion we have been able to provide the vital instruments for making recordings in the aforementioned genres. All the instruments were recorded in different sizes and materials. From large to small, from wood to fiberglass etc. Carrying this DVD around will be a lot easier than lugging all those instruments around (thank god for cartage services by the way...). Time to get the groove going." Credits: • The sounds for the Latin Percussion EZX were recorded, engineered and mixed by Henrik Kjellberg & Mattias Eklund at Musikanten and Toontrack Studios, Umeå, Sweden • The MIDI for the Latin Percussion EZX were played by Mikael Emsing and recorded at Toontrack Studios, Umeå, Sweden • Sound and MIDI editing: Mattias Eklund & Henrik Kjellberg • Graphic designer: Fredrik ärletun - Kakao Graphics • Head of support, beta testing and configuration manager: Rogue Marechal • Coding: Olof Westman. ...details

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Toontrack Vintage Rock EZX.

Toontrack's Vintage Rock Brushes and Sticks EZX Sample Library is a set of recordings to give your dfh system a retro flavor. The Ludwig Drum Company had little idea what was about to hit them in the months following February 9, 1964, The Beatles debut U.S. television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band were a sensation and almost overnight everyone wanted to own a set of Ludwig drums just like Ringo's. In fact, Ludwig were still struggling to keep up with demand when along came another drumming icon John Bonham. As well as his use of the Supraphonic snare drum, Bonham popularized larger sizes, including the 24" bass drum similar to the one sampled for the Vintage Brushes and Sticks EZX. This 60's era Ludwig set belongs to 2khz Studio owner Nick Yeatman, who lent it to Toontrack so they could capture that phat and funky Ludwig sound. The Vintage Rock EZX uses TPC, Toontrack Percussive Compression. The Ludwig Keystone Kit was played by Chris Whitten and mixed by producer Peter Henderson and Mattias Eklund from Toontrack Music. To it they've added the classic Ludwig Black Beauty and Slingerland Radio King snares and a number of cool complimentary cymbals. The Vintage Rock - Brushes and Sticks EZX is topped up with customized midi played by top-notch drummer Morgan Ågren (Frank Zappa).Credits: The sounds for the Vintage Rock EZX were recorded, engineered and mixed by Chris Whitten, Peter Henderson and Mattias Eklund at 2 Khz studio, London UK and Toontrack Studios, Umeå, Sweden. The sounds for the Vintage Rock EZX were played by Chris Whitten at 2 Khz studio, London, UK. The MIDI for the Vintage Rock EZX was played by Morgan Ågren at Toontrack Studios, Umeå, Sweden. Sound and MIDI editing: Peter Henderson, Chris Whitten, Mattias Eklund, Henrik Kjellberg & Nils Eriksson. Graphic designer: Fredrik Ärletun - Kakao Graphics - www.kakaographics.com Head of support, beta testing and configuration manager: Rogue Marechal Coding: Olof Westman. ...details

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Toontrack EZdrummer.

EZdrummer was designed to give you optimum drum-sample quality presented in a compact, affordable plug-in format that's as easy to use as it is to mix. With Toontrack's EZdrummer, musicians and producers can simply drag-and-drop audition sounds and construct drumkits recorded with multi-microphone setups. You also get a mixer that allows stereo and multitrack routing into the host via a single plug-in and has presets for quick mix modes quick sound changing. With the second-generation Toontrack Percussive Compression (TPC), system requirements are low, meaning this is a very accessible virtual kit worthy of high-end studios, but available for the home studio too. EZdrummer sampler features the recording and producing expertise of Pat Thrall (Pat Travers, Black Crowes) and Neil Dorfsman (Dire Straits, Paul McCartney), the drumming skills of Nir Z (Genesis, Joss Stone, John Mayer), and the engineering help of Toontrack's own Mattias Eklund and Henrik Kjellberg. Their combined efforts have produced an extensive collection of more than 8000 MIDI files captured at Avatar Studios, a 50-year old venue that has been the place where a veritable who's who of award-winning musicians have bottled their magic.EZdrummer is now Windows Vista compatible.. ...details

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Toontrack EZXpansion-Nashville.

The sampled drums on Toontrack EZXpansion Nashville feature the drumming of Harry Stinson and Chuck Ainlay. Stinson and Ainlay may not be the most recognizable names to country fans, but the Grammy Award winners' resumes are filled with names that are. The two have played drums, produced, engineered, and written with everyone from Johnny Cash to Steve Earle, Faith Hill to Martina McBride. So what better duo to have team up for Toontrack's Nashville EZXpansion pack for the EZdrummer sampler? Though country music has a wide variety of styles, from bluegrass to rocking boogie, there is a distinct sound you'll find in no other genre. It's all captured here in the 1.2 GB drum sample library featuring stickwork, brushes, and even fingers. You may not know Harry Stinson and Chuck Ainlay, but after working with their drum samples, you're going to want to thank them personally.. ...details

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Toontrack Drumkit from Hell EZX.

Drumkit From Hell (aka DFH) was originally created to address Toontrack Music's own needs for better and heavier drums in music production. As a result the Toontrack production team decided to record a drum library with the best musicians and producers available in Swedish heavy metal.Drumkit From Hell was awarded 5 of 5 in Sound on Sound and an EQ Magazine Exceptional Quality award and launched Toontrack Music and the DFH brand in a major way into the sample business enabling the development of the Superior and EZdrummer samplers. To celebrate and signify the importance of Drumkit From Hell Toontrack has decided to re-release it as an EZX expansion pack for EZdrummer. The Drumkit From Hell EZX uses TPC, Toontrack Percussive Compression.The DFH EZX contains the essence of what Toontrack is originally all about. The commitment to excellence through collaboration with the best players and producers aimed at helping you to make better, more inspired music. This version of DFH includes both the original DFH release and the Add-On pack that was released subsequently. The sounds for DFH were played, recorded and produced at Dug Out studios by Tomas Haake, Daniel Bergstrand, Mattias Eklund and Fredrik Thordendal. All sounds have been re-mixed at Toontrack Studios by Mattias Eklund and we've added custom midifiles from the diabolically gifted musician and guitar player of Meshuggah, Fredrik Thordendal plus midi played by Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, Owe Lingvall of Nocturnal Rites, Mattias Grahn of Naglfar and Efraim Juntunen of Persuader. Rock on dude.. ...details