The SAE Institute has announced that it now counts Toontrack Music amongst the industry heavyweights now working directly with SAE colleges the world over. The deal will see SAE's global network of 49 facilities take delivery of Toontrack Music's EZdrummer software package, putting the percussion and drumming software into the hands of each and every student.

The partnership means that Toontrack join the ranks of SAE's industry partners, which already includes Digidesign, Neve, Alesis and Apple Computers – who supply MacBooks to every SAE student. Toontrack are one of the world's leading developers of drum sample software and drum sound libraries.

Toontrack Music MD Andreas Sundgren said: "Toontrack Music are honoured to be taken up into the ranks of SAE industry partners. The students at SAE are the movers and shakers of tomorrow's music industry, and to have a chance to take part in forming that industry is a great opportunity for us."

Jian Rödblom of SAE Institute Stockholm added: "We at SAE Institute Stockholm are thrilled to have helped make this partnership possible, adding another partner to the already unsurpassed quality of our industry partners. With their large range of software and amazing drum samples, Toontrack are an obvious choice of partner in this area of the industry. All SAE Institutes worldwide will be supplied with EZdrummer packages to allow students to learn and create with this software. And all students will also be able to purchase the Toontrack range of products at a large discount, allowing them to continue using these products as they enter their professional careers."