Toontrack EZdrummer
An Incredible Drum Sampler For DJ Productions And Computer Musicians.
- 7000 sound files at 16-bit / 44.1kHz
- Access to more than 8000 drum patterns with prelistening, quick browsing , drag and drop functionality.
- Same extensive layer depth on all drums and cymbals as in EZdrummer’s big brother - SUPERIOR.
- EZD ranges from entry level usability to pro handling
- Features multiple microphone control
It’s a virtual instrument, VST plugin into your host applicaton. The “default” drum beats are great, just for starters.
There is no end to what you can do with this software. And if you are tired of using drum machines that sound, well machine like, then this is it !
This is a sampler of real drummers (almost). Ezdrummer has good quality drums and very realistic sounds. But it eats up quite a bit of memory if you use more than one track, so be prepared for lots of ram, maybe about 250 megs for a track.
There are a lot of expansion kits for a whole lot of different styles even Jazz!
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DJ Equipment – VST Plugin
Virtual Studio Technology
VST is a Technology and Trademark by Steinberg
With VSTs, I would call them the next stage in music making.
They allow endless possibilities to sound generation and editing, the best VST plug-ins bring expensive studio type effects and systems to the home based musician, to gig with just your laptop.
You’ve got your dynamic processors, which includes compressors, limiters, gates, de-essers, etc.
Having at least one compression plug-in is really a must for mixing purposes. Most sequencers will have some sort of built in EQ, but there are tons of equalizer plug-ins out there too.
Having a reverb plug-in is an absolute necessary if you are going to be doing any mixing. They help to space your sound out and simply add a ton of options.
In addition to these types of plug-ins, you’ve also got modulation effect plug-ins like chorus, flanger, and phasing. These are probably the least important for mixing, but can certainly be nice to have around.
There are many, many plug-ins available to the home based musician and on a daily basis there are hundreds of new ones being released.There is a lot of free Vst stuff out there.
Here are a couple of sites I like to visit all the time:
Gersic free audio plugin database
Free Recording and Productions Software
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