The Pop Playbook MiDi

Team ARCADiA | 11 November 2025 | 2.03 MB

THE A-Z OF POP BEATS.

Drum grooves and fills inspired by pop music from the ’60s through to today.

If you’re looking for a foundational collection of tried-and-true grooves and fills for all your general pop songwriting needs, this is it. Inspired by some of the most iconic artists, songs and drummers from the ’60s through to now, it will take you on a wild seven-decade-long ride around the world and back again. Honing in on variation rather than parts, this MIDI pack features 30 songs, each covering five or more grooves as well as the essential fills to go with them. Expect anything from the hard-hitting, funky and upbeat down to the subtle and the laid-back. As songwriters, we all need a creative haven. This is your new A-Z of pop beats to turn to when inspiration strikes just as much as when you’re drawing blanks. Time to open up your new pop playbook and get going.

Modern Retro v1.0.1 EZX

P2P | 11 May 2025 | 6.31GB

This EZX for EZdrummer 3 and Superior Drummer 3 features a collection of unique kits from the mid-1900s era, each handpicked to create the best mix of earthy, organic, resonant and vivid sounds for anything from acoustic pop to edgy soul, R&B and any tight-sounding pocket-style beats. It was recorded by engineer/producer/mixer Christoffer Berg (Depeche Mode, The Knife, Fever Ray) and drummer Christopher Cantillo (Carly Rae Jepsen, Mayer Hawthorne, Dina Ögon) at the famed Svenska Grammofonstudion (SGS) in Gothenburg, Sweden. With its main live room boasting an impressive 10-meter ceiling height but still with a very contained ambience, it was the perfect choice for an EZX that set out to capture drums tight enough for any contemporary beats but still projecting enough air in the room to retain that natural timeless vintage timbre of the drums. The kits were recorded using the obligatory close mics as well as two different mid/side configurations – one featuring all-ribbon mics and one where only tube mics were used. To enhance the vintage flair and period-correct vibes of the kits themselves even more, prominently calf- and cowskin heads were used, giving you that uniquely thick, lush, warm, yet-ringy, old-school sound unlike that of any modern-day alternatives.

Foundational Fusion MiDi

Team ARCADiA | 09 September 2025 | 2.24 MB

Dramatic dynamics, intricate subdivisions, complex rhythmic syncopation, subtle phrasing, nuance, finesse and effortless cadence – in the world of fusion drumming, it’s all of the above, all of the time. Needless to say, this is a genre that demands its drummer. In this pack, Pete Riley (Guthrie Govan, Keith Emerson, Richie Kotzen) explores this wildly faceted style by channeling inspiration from his own decades-long career on the jazz and fusion scene as well as from some of the iconic drummers who’ve made indelible imprints in the history of the genre. Expect a collection of syncopated, ghost note-ridden and off-beat-heavy grooves and fills that touch on the entire dynamic range from the subtlety of jazz to the bombastic output of rock. If you’re looking for grooves and fills executed with the remarkable finesse, sophistication and cadence only a great drummer can muster, this is your new fusion go-to.

Laid-Back Grooves MiDi

Team ARCADiA | 09 September 2025 | 2.01 MB

FOR EASY BEATS.

Laid-back pocket-style grooves and fills, ideal for soul, hip-hop, R&B, pop and more! In this MIDI pack, drummer Skye Polson of two-time JUNO Award-winning Canadian group Digging Roots brings you a collection of grooves where sway, swagger and an ever-so-slightly behind-the-grid feel are front and center. Whether you’re working on a hip-hop beat, a lush R&B track, a mellow singer-songwriter tune or an ultra-modern acoustic-meets-electronic neo-soul song, this pack has all the chill, rootsy and laid-back vibes you’re looking for. In total, ten “songs” and more than 400 individually played grooves/fills are included. Each song is categorized in different folders for common song structure parts so you easily can patch together full-fledged tracks in no time. If you’re looking to add a MIDI pack to your EZdrummer or Superior Drummer where each hit in every groove plays a role and where feel and vibe are the common denominators, this one’s for you. Expect no frills – just full-stop, laid-back chops for any easy beats you can imagine.

Salsa Grooves MiDi

Team ARCADiA | 09 September 2025 | 2.29 MB

THE SALSA SAVER.

Drum MIDI inspired by the wealth of grooves associated with salsa. If there is a style of music where rhythm plays just as much of a leading role as melody, it’s in salsa. Under its vast umbrella, you’ll find an entire ecosystem of grooves, patterns and dynamics. You’ve got flavors like the son, mambo, rumba yambu, comparsa, timba, guaracha, bembe and cha-cha-cha – all with their own and unique push, pull and pulse. In this MIDI pack, Venezuelan native and Grammy Award-nominated drummer Pablo Bencid takes you on an unforgettable ride through a veritable universe of salsa-related rhythms. Expect a collection of grooves that covers the entire spectrum from the utmost in finesse and subtlety to the absolutely wild and untamed – all expertly performed by a world-class artist with years’ worth of experience behind the kit. Looking to spice up your songwriting game with a new kind of beat that bursts with color, feel, energy and passion? Here’s a slew of brand new old-school grooves!

Acoustic Songwriter v1.0.0 EZX

P2P | 25 June 2025 | 12.96GB

The ultimate collection of drum sounds tailored for the acoustic songwriter needs a great selection of vintage-to-modern kits that can handle anything from subtle nuance to all-out power. This EZX has seven of them. It also needs a great studio. This one was captured in Nashville’s, or arguably the world’s, number one hotspot for the buzzing songwriting scene. It, of course, also needs the absolute best in terms of mics, outboard and gear. With two top-of-the-line 48-channel API consoles, Neve preamps and a mic selection that includes vintage Neumann U67s, AKG D30s and Coles, this EZX gets a resolute check in that box as well. Finally, and most importantly, it needs a producer at the helm. That someone, in this case, is Dave O’Donnell, multi-award-winning engineer/producer/mixer who’s worked back to back with the absolute top tier of artists for four decades and counting. Listen to his work with the likes of James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and John Mayer and you’ll understand why he’s widely considered one of the best in the business.

Claustrophobic v1.53 EZX

P2P | 24 May 2022 | 1.79GB

The Claustrophobic EZX marks a new step for Toontrack in driving the development of percussive samples. The audio team at Toontrack has utilized drumhead selection, room and microphone configurations to fuse the qualities of a high end drum recording and the cutting edge of the radical beats of today’s top RnB, Hip Hop and Pop producers. Add to that samples run through the best outboard effects and made accessible in the EZmixer to build your own mixer presets for on the fly sound design and you’ve got all the ingredients to produce, write and play music that takes you and your beats one step further, C for Cutting edge, C for Contemporary, C for Claustrophobic.

Electronic Edge EZX WiN MAC

P2P | 14 June 2021 | 1.6 GB

In the Electronic Edge EZX, drum machines, acoustic percussion, foley and melodic instruments merge, meld and converge in a universe of never-before-heard hybrids of sound. In this zero-gravity audio cosmos, layering, texturing, pitch shifting, granular processing and circuit bending all intersect and pivot at the zenith of cutting-edge sound design to deliver a truly one-of-a-kind percussive battery for modern music production. In total, the EZX covers 30 mix-ready kit presets made up from in excess of 370 unique and individually engineered percussive components. You’ll find kicks, snares, risers, hi-hats, toms, atmospheric and FX sounds, claps, cymbals and more – all free-floating at the divides between electronic and acoustic and between modern and vintage and as far from anything conventional you can imagine.

MiDiRemap v1.1.2 WiN

GUiSEPPE | 25 August 2025 | 1.4 MB

Are you trying to use your existing MIDI drums with another library, e.g. from Toontrack EZdrummer -> Get Good Drums Modern & Massive? MidiRemap converts your MIDI notes to new note values. We have presets for many major drum libraries and you can also create your own individual mappings.