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EZdrummer
by Toontrack Music
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Product EZdrummer
Developer Toontrack Music
Primary Type Drum Kits / Loops
Price (MSRP) $179
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EZdrummer

EZdrummer is a multi-microphone drum sampler designed for musicians and producers in need of a compact, affordable, easy to handle plug-in without compromising sound quality or control.

The visualized drums in the interface combine auditioning of sounds and drumkit construction. The extensive drag and drop MIDI-library (featuring 2000+ MIDIfiles) enables users to create a great drum-track in just a few clicks. For more advanced handling, users can control microphone bleeding and levels between drums using the internal mixer. The mixer also allows stereo and multitrack routing into the host through one single plug-in, and thanks to the second generation Toontrack Percussive Compression (TPC), system requirements are kept to a minimum.

Features:

  • Ranges from entry level usability to pro handling.
  • Multiple microphone control.
  • TPC G2 reduces system requirements to a minimum.
  • Operates in General MIDI.
  • Internal mixer allows stereo and multi-track routing into the host through one single plug-in.
  • Preset mix modes for quick sound changes.
  • Interface visualizes the drums loaded and combines auditioning and kit construction.
  • Drums recorded at Avatar Studios, New York by world-class drummers and producers.
  • Instant access to a large library of drum patterns with pre-listening, quick browsing and drag'n'drop functionality.
  • The humanizer function combines drum hit randomizing and non-cycling.
  • Velocity sweep allows instant seamless velocity changes from 1-127.
  • Possibilities for the user to add their own MIDIfiles to the library.

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Toontrack Music updates EZdrummer to v1.2 4th November 2009
Time+Space Announces Giveaway: Win Toontrack products worth over £1,000 8th October 2009
Toontrack Music announces the Electronic EZX for EZdrummer 18th September 2009
Time+Space announces 'Buy 1 Toontrack EZX get 1 free' offer 14th August 2009
Toontrack Music updates Toontrack solo to v1.2.1 13th July 2009
Groove Monkee releases 'Rock 3: Contemporary' MIDI Beats Library 3rd July 2009
Groove Monkee releases Punk Rock MIDI Beats Library 3rd April 2009
Toontrack Music releases Jazz EZX for EZdrummer 4th February 2009
Toontrack Music updates EZdrummer to v1.1.6 2nd February 2009
Toontrack Music announces the Jazz EZX 12th January 2009
Toontrack Music updates EZdrummer to v1.1.5 18th November 2008
Toontrack Music announces Funkmasters EZX 7th November 2008
Groove Monkee releases Power Rock MIDI Beats Library 29th August 2008
Toontrack Music updates EZdrummer to v1.1.4 22nd July 2008
Time+Space launches Buy 1 Get 1 Free and Buy 2 Get 1 Free Summer Offers 4th July 2008
Toontrack updates all six EZdrummer EZX:s 22nd May 2008
Toontrack Music releases EZplayer pro and updates Toontrack solo 16th May 2008
Time+Space announces Special Offers for April 2nd April 2008
Toontrack and DigiFreq announce EZdrummer Giveaway Contest 2nd April 2008
Groove Monkee releases Fusion MIDI Beats Library [BFD|DFH|AD] 10th March 2008
Toontrack updates EZdrummer to v1.1.3 25th February 2008
Toontrack Music updates dfh EZdrummer to v1.1.2 7th February 2008
SAE Institute and Toontrack Music forge partnership 6th November 2007
Toontrack Music releases Toontrack Solo and SoundMover 1st November 2007
Toontrack Music reveals sneak peak of Superior Drummer 2.0 - 'The NY Studio Legacy Series' 4th October 2007
Toontrack Music announces Toontrack Solo 3rd October 2007
Groove Monkee releases Progressive Beats for EZDrummer 30th August 2007
Toontrack Music releases Claustrophobic and Twisted Kit EZX Expansion Packs for EZdrummer 13th July 2007
Toontrack Music releases EZdrummer v1.1 and Nashville EZX for EZdrummer 8th June 2007
Toontrack Music announces Claustrophobic EZX and Twisted Kit EZX for EZdrummer 30th May 2007
Toontrack Music celebrates the first anniversary of EZdrummer with a Special Offer 8th May 2007
Groove Monkee releases Blues MIDI library for BFD and EZDrummer 12th April 2007
Toontrack Music announces The Nashville EZX for EZdrummer 28th February 2007
Toontrack Music announces EZplayer Free 18th January 2007
Groove Monkee releases World Beats for GURU and EZDrummer Latin EZX 9th January 2007
Toontrack updates EZdrummer to v1.0.4 (incl. Universal Binary) 22nd December 2006
Toontrack updates dfh EZdrummer to v1.0.3 25th October 2006
Toontrack releases three EZX expansion packs for dfh EZdrummer 24th October 2006
Toontrack releases dfh Superior v1.5.6 and EZdrummer v1.0.2 11th September 2006
Groove Monkee releases Producer Pack 5 for EZDrummer 27th July 2006
Groove Monkee releases Rock Library for EZDrummer 13th July 2006
Groove Monkee releases two libraries for EZDrummer 30th June 2006
Toontrack announces EZX expansion packs for dfh EZdrummer 9th June 2006
Toontrack releases dfh EZ Drummer 2nd May 2006
Toontrack announce dfh EZdrummer (+EZX Expansions) 19th January 2006

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By taijiguy
On 22nd June 2006
Version: 1.0.1

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The EZDrummer VSTi fits my needs perfectly. It’s my first drum VSTi, except for the ones that come with Cubase SX. Although it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that some of the more expensive drum VSTi have, it’s easy to use and sounds great right out of the box.

GUI: Very nice! The main screen displays whatever drum set you have loaded. You can audition the individual drums and cymbals by clicking on them, or select different ones by clicking on the individual instrument’s dropdown menu. There’s a mixer icon that you can click on to display an eight track mixer if you want to process the drums separately rather than the default stereo spread. The Velocity control changes the selected playing style from light to heavy and the Humanize button adds a randomize factor. The Groove screen lets you select from a variety of grooves and fills that are appropriate for the selected set.

Sound: After listening to demos of several drum VSTi, I selected EZDrummer, in part because the drums sound most similar to the way I have mixed drums in studios and in live performances. They are somewhat pre-processed, so it’s easy to get a good sound without any additional processing. Many of the other VSTi demos that I listened to, although unprocessed, were poorly recorded, so I don’t think any amount of further processing would be an improvement (you just can’t find decent engineers these days).

Features: EZDrummer has most of the features I need. Being able to drag and drop the grooves and fills sure makes life easy. But there are limitations, such as a lack of some common time signatures like 5/4, 7/4 and 9/8. And even though there are plenty of grooves and fills to select from, you can always think of more that aren’t available. Still, that’s not really a problem because you can modify the ones that come with EZDrummer or you can tap out your own on a midi keyboard.

Docs: The documentation is sparse because the software is so simple.

Presets: There aren’t really any presets, unless you consider the grooves and fills (each one measure in length) to be presets. And there needn’t be any.

Support: Posting to the EZDrummer Forum gets quick responses from their support folks, although they sometimes forget to answer all the questions. But they are enthusiastic about their product.

VFM: The retail price is fair for what the software does.

Stability: I’ve had some problems with the samples appearing to unload prior to exporting to an audio mixdown, but I’ll credit that to Cubase because I haven’t heard of this problem occuring with other VST hosts. Other than that, the samples load quickly, the VSTi uses very little CPU and so far it hasn’t crashed.

For me, EZDrummer was the right choice, although I think others might find it overly simplistic for their needs.
 
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