Alt-Rock Grooves MiDi

P2P | 05.03.2018 | 423.53 KB

Basic rock grooves that take the art of playing simple to a new level of complexity.

On the surface, a lot of alternative rock grooves can sound seemingly basic. If you start scrutinizing them, however, you’ll realize there is a lot going on. In fact, for a genre where musical prowess often is downplayed in favor of artistic expression, there is much to be attributed to the players. Essentially, keeping it simple is hard – especially when it comes to the drums. “When researching this MIDI pack and digging through a virtually bottomless well of songs of the genre, what I realized was how much the smallest details actually add to the bigger picture. Even though subtle, every ghost note and accent play a pivotal role in each groove. As a drummer, coming up with ideas for this package was a real eye-opener,” says drummer Paul Szlachta.

Black Metal MiDi PACK

P2P | Oct 18 2017 | 6.85 MB

Efraim Juntunen of Swedish black metal pioneers Naglfar takes you on board for a journey down the long and winding rapids of black metal drums. From the steady doom-like beats to the rampant, grinding tirades and violent outbursts in fills, Juntunen steers his vessel with one firm and central idea: keeping it simple and to the point. “To me, a steady and consistent beat is key. A lot of times, I hear drummers go off and completely lose track of the song. Especially in a songwriting scenario, when all you’re looking for is the perfect beat, something too busy can be a real hurdle. I have intentionally left all of that out and made a collection of grooves tailored for songwriting,” he commented.

EZX Metalheads v1.5.1

P2P | 23 Sep 2017 | 398 MB

NO INSTALL For SD3

One world-renowned drummer, Tomas Haake, member of the extreme metal band Meshuggah. One in demand producer, Daniel Bergstrand, whose mixing and producing credits include the likes of In Flames, Strapping Young Lad, Soilwork and Meshuggah, just to name a few. Two incredible drum kits, assembled and recorded to metal perfection, ready to bring your metal productions to the next level. And, for the first time in Toontrack history, we’ve included Separate mix channels in the EZdrummer mixer, containing kick and snare drum samples designed by Daniel Bergstrand, that augment these already amazingly recorded drums. Twelve classic Meshuggah songs, captured flawlessly via MIDI by Tomas Haake himself, organized both as full songs as well as song parts so you can customize, dissect and use his grooves and drumming brilliance to inspire or create your next grand metal composition.

EZX Metalheads HYBRiD

Team AiRiSO | 12/2010 | 358 MB

One world-renowned drummer, Tomas Haake, member of the extreme metal band Meshuggah. One in demand producer, Daniel Bergstrand, whose mixing and producing credits include the likes of In Flames, Strapping Young Lad, Soilwork and Meshuggah, just to name a few. Two incredible drum kits, assembled and recorded to metal perfection, ready to bring your metal productions to the next level. And, for the first time in Toontrack history, we’ve included Separate mix channels in the EZdrummer mixer, containing kick and snare drum samples designed by Daniel Bergstrand, that augment these already amazingly recorded drums. Twelve classic Meshuggah songs, captured flawlessly via MIDI by Tomas Haake himself, organized both as full songs as well as song parts so you can customize, dissect and use his grooves and drumming brilliance to inspire or create your next grand metal composition. This is the next step in the evolution of metal drum production tools.

Basic Rock MiDi HYBRiD

FANTASTiC | 02 October 2016 | WiN: 4 MB | OSX: 5 MB

The tight, trustworthy staple drums you can never get enough of but always come up short on. Rock drums. Nothing more, nothing less. Basic Rock MIDI. No frills, no fillers, just down to earth rock drums. Yes, this pack comes with exactly the types of grooves and fills that you can never get enough of and that you always seem to come up short on – the tight, trustworthy staple drums that shouldn’t be missing in any rock songwriter’s toolset. “I have always been into drums that don’t get in the way of the song but rather build from the ground up. I think this pack will be extremely useful for a large group of songwriters looking for solid drum tracks”, says drummer Martin Kristoffersson.

Basic Rock Fills MiDi HYBRiD

FANTASTiC | 02 October 2016 | WiN: 4 MB | OSX: 5 MB

Basic Rock Fills MIDI is a follow-up to Basic Rock MIDI and focuses entirely on the one thing you can never get enough of: fills. The little twists and turns that accentuate, ornate or make for smooth transitions in your songs – the bits and pieces that make your music elevate and transcend. “I sometimes find that drummers over-complicate things and dramatize their fills too much. I am not a complicated drummer and never aspired to be. I don’t want to get in the way of the song, just make it lift off where it truly needs to and harness it in between”, says drummer Martin Kristoffersson. Works with EZdrummer, EZdrummer 2, Superior Drummer 2 (optimized for 1 kick, 1 snare, 2 toms, 1 floor tom, 2 crash cymbals, 1 ride cymbal).

Indie Folk MiDi HYBRiD

FANTASTiC | 01 October 2016 | WiN: 4 MB | OSX: 5 MB

A wide and useful range of grooves for songwriters looking to expand their horizon, go outside their comfort zone or rethink what role the drums can play in a composition. There is no law that says a drum beat requires eighth notes on the hi-hat – or even a hi-hat at all”, says drummer Stephen Belans. And isn’t that what’s at the very heart of indie music? To stay out of the beaten path, to go your own way, to always question the frayed, prevalent mindsets? With the Indie Folk MIDI pack, Stephen Belans delivers a wide and useful range of grooves and fills for songwriters that are looking to expand their horizon, go outside their comfort zone or rethink what role the drums can play in a composition.

Basic Rock 2 MiDi HYBRiD

FANTASTiC | September 30 2016 | WiN: 4 MB | OSX: 5 MB

Basic Rock 2 MIDI picks up where the smash-hit, first pack left off. Meaning, it has more of the traditional, down-to-earth rock beats you can never get too many of. The heavy-hitting ballads, the crushing mid tempos, the bluesy shuffles, the mandatory up tempos and of course, an array of those fills that just seem to fall into place.

American Rock MiDi HYBRiD

FANTASTiC | September 29 2016 | WiN: 4 MB | OSX: 5 MB

This collection of grooves takes you on a journey through the impressive catalogue of one of the world’s most influential and in-demand drummers: Kenny Aronoff. Having recorded in excess of 1,000 albums, performed on over 30 Grammy Award-nominated productions and sustained a prosperous career for close to 40 years, Kenny is not only a well-respected player in the session drummer business – he is the definition. Ask Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jon Bon Jovi, Lenny Kravitz, Mick Jagger or just about any of the biggest names in the past four decades of recording history and they’ll vouch for it. It there’s one thing this powerhouse of a drummer knows, it’s rock. American rock.