Ultimate Studio Drums II: The Sequel - GB Discussion Thread

[jarrydee]

You know who you are!!!!

Sorry I am suck a PITA..I have tried to be good for this GB

I also already have IP so Bring it on

[t-willy]

thanks for the spreadsheet Chester. once i start downloading the GB II content things will get confusing.

just fyi, your link is broken in your post to the spreadsheet, but if i just copied and pasted all the text in my address bar and it works fine.

lates

t-willy

[zedd]

The Downbeat kit...was recorded by Ken Scott who recorded The Beatles so it has a little novelty to it. You CAN get it in the full EpiK DrumS but as an a la carte download... maybe we'll do a limited time thing.

Please do! For me, personally, I only need a one day limited time offer. I will snatch it up immediately.

I dare say that the snare in this Downbeat Kit is better than the Tea Towel snare in the Abbey Road '60s Drums, and that one is pretty damn good. Plus, this one probably has more articulations with the iMap configuration.

Plus, this snare drum is bang on for that 1970s Roots Reggae snare sound too!

[Squids]

By the way, we're going to do this a little differently this time. You will download the individual samples of the kits (split up in 1 gig sized zips mostly or less - so it is easy) and then a Phase 1 Patches zip separately (kind of the like the Global Patch Updates) where it does all the Multis and Instruments at once for the STm kits you've downloaded in that phase. It will be faster and easier this way all around. So... you know what that means? It means your phase 1 kit samples are going to be in your member's download area within about an hour so you can get started with the downloads. WOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! but you have to be patient with the kit patches which are a small download but coming some time this evening. I am doing a final run through now on the phase 1 kits. Sounds awesome!

[Squids]

The Downbeat kit...was recorded by Ken Scott who recorded The Beatles so it has a little novelty to it. You CAN get it in the full EpiK DrumS but as an a la carte download... maybe we'll do a limited time thing.

Please do! For me, personally, I only need a one day limited time offer. I will snatch it up immediately.

I dare say that the snare in this Downbeat Kit is better than the Tea Towel snare in the Abbey Road '60s Drums, and that one is pretty damn good. Plus, this one probably has more articulations with the iMap configuration.

Plus, this snare drum is bang on for that 1970s Roots Reggae snare sound too!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that snare and kick. The toms are awesome but strange... yet that is one of the Beatles sounds and when you play a sort of Beatlesy riff on them you hear it. Sometimes I play it and say "man, that is DEAD" and I even said so to Ken and he said "well, that's what we did sometimes". The stories he tells... I need to have Ken do a live interview with you guys. He'll answer all sorts of questions and he's really cool. He was telling me how they put the 4 head sweater into the bass drum and we had to simulate THAT when we did the Downbeat kit... pretty amazing.

[jarrydee]

By the way, we're going to do this a little differently this time. You will download the individual samples of the kits (split up in 1 gig sized zips mostly or less - so it is easy) and then a Phase 1 Patches zip separately (kind of the like the Global Patch Updates) where it does all the Multis and Instruments at once for the STm kits you've downloaded in that phase. It will be faster and easier this way all around. So... you know what that means? It means your phase 1 kit samples are going to be in your member's download area within about an hour so you can get started with the downloads. WOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! but you have to be patient with the kit patches which are a small download but coming some time this evening. I am doing a final run through now on the phase 1 kits. Sounds awesome!

So can we just drop these on the IP installer and it will do everything for us? We don't have to worry about where to place all the samples? Thats would be cool if we could just drop them on the ip installer!!

[chroma]

hey, someone set up their instrument patches so you could use the arrows to change kit pieces in the kontakt browser. i tried putting the instruments in the same directory (sorted by type... say, kicks in one directory, snares in another) but the arrows still don't do anything. what else am i missing? thanks...

[Squids]

Side note, Zedd. When we did the Downbeat kit (which is an actual Ringo kit that even had the Beatles head on it and everything.. you can see it in the Rod Morgenstein videos because we did it just after that), after Ken did his Tea Towel kit I did my own version after that had less towel on the toms... that isn't being released until some time later but that also came out really cool. The RingBeat kit in the GB is good too but that is an earlier Beatles type of sound with even less dampening.

I also have another two Ludwig kits at the studio now and some interesting options for mics to sit down and do the other thing with Ken at some point which is more of the "nail that song, now that song, now that song" at the sample stage with tuning, dampening and mic placement, EQ... it's never ending. But this appeals to certain people like you and I. Not to everyone... however, I think I'm gonna do it anyway just cuz! Haha. Mwuaaa hahahahahaha.

[Squids]

By the way, we're going to do this a little differently this time. You will download the individual samples of the kits (split up in 1 gig sized zips mostly or less - so it is easy) and then a Phase 1 Patches zip separately (kind of the like the Global Patch Updates) where it does all the Multis and Instruments at once for the STm kits you've downloaded in that phase. It will be faster and easier this way all around. So... you know what that means? It means your phase 1 kit samples are going to be in your member's download area within about an hour so you can get started with the downloads. WOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! but you have to be patient with the kit patches which are a small download but coming some time this evening. I am doing a final run through now on the phase 1 kits. Sounds awesome!

So can we just drop these on the IP installer and it will do everything for us? We don't have to worry about where to place all the samples? Thats would be cool if we could just drop them on the ip installer!!

Correct!

[jarrydee]

By the way, we're going to do this a little differently this time. You will download the individual samples of the kits (split up in 1 gig sized zips mostly or less - so it is easy) and then a Phase 1 Patches zip separately (kind of the like the Global Patch Updates) where it does all the Multis and Instruments at once for the STm kits you've downloaded in that phase. It will be faster and easier this way all around. So... you know what that means? It means your phase 1 kit samples are going to be in your member's download area within about an hour so you can get started with the downloads. WOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! but you have to be patient with the kit patches which are a small download but coming some time this evening. I am doing a final run through now on the phase 1 kits. Sounds awesome!

So can we just drop these on the IP installer and it will do everything for us? We don't have to worry about where to place all the samples? Thats would be cool if we could just drop them on the ip installer!!

Correct!

Thats great..Thanks squids..

[KindredSpirit]

time for a bump

[chroma]

we're all downloading samples instead....

[Squids]

Latest News for Ultimate Studio Bundle II Group Buyers: DOWNLOADS HAVE NOW STARTED!

What you get in the 3 phases of delivery of the Ultimate Studio Drums II: The Sequel (note that if you choose the DVD option you will receive all of Phase 1 and 2 with only Phase 3's bonus extras left to download. If you want to just purchase the remaining Multitrack kits and receive it all on DVD just contact support and we will show you how you can do that.)


DIGITAL DELIVERY IN MY DOWNLOADS ON ESOUNDZ:
Phase 1 is 18 different "samples" zips and a Phase 1 Patch zip with 15 STm kits, Plus you also have a download of 1,000 Midi Grooves courtesy of Groove Monkee! [You'll also have Kontakt Player 4 and the Infinite Player installer with a free bonus Deluxe Piano added in - but note you will not have the serial to activate it until phase 3... if you already own Infinite Player then skip that as it is the same).

Phase 2 has more samples zips plus a Phase 2 Patch zip with 10 more STm kits of the 25 STm kits total + SquidiMidi (iMap grooves from Sonic Reality CEO "Squids") + 150 Impulse Responses from famous studios (waves in a folder called "Ultimate Studio Space 2").

Phase 3 will be a "redeem code" that you will use on DownloadableSoundz.com to be able to choose at least 5 (or 6 if we reach 600 or more by Friday at 5pm Florida time) of the following (and these will be available for download in the User Area of DownloadableSoundz.com):

Infinite Player (you MUST choose this if you don't already have it - comes with a free Deluxe Piano bonus!)
NDV Premier MT Kit
NDV Gretsch MT Kit
JB Sonor MT Kit
NDV Blasticks Mapex MT Kit
Motown Soul MT Kit
Bonzo Mt Kit
RingBeat MT Kit
British Rock MT Kit
Classic Rock MT kit
Chicago Blues MT Kit

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

Infinite Player (you MUST choose this if you don't already have it - comes with a free Deluxe Piano bonus!)
NDV Premier MT Kit
NDV Gretsch MT Kit
JB Sonor MT Kit
NDV Blasticks Mapex MT Kit
Motown Soul MT Kit
Bonzo Mt Kit
RingBeat MT Kit
British Rock MT Kit
Classic Rock MT kit
Chicago Blues MT Kit

aaah, so the NDV mapex isn't available as an MT ??? i misunderstood

it's looking like jbsonor, motown, ringbeat, classic and british for me...would have taken the NDV mapex but.......

what's the price gonna be on that DEAD kit if you go ahead.....ballpark ??

[VSTJuNkiE]

Latest News for Ultimate Studio Bundle II Group Buyers: DOWNLOADS HAVE NOW STARTED!

Thanx Squids. Your 10 tons of awesome bro! WoooHOOOO!!!!