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Toontrack has announced the release of Basic Rock Fills MIDI, a follow-up to the popular Basic Rock MIDI that was released earlier in the year.

The Basic Fills pack focuses entirely on the one thing you can never get enough of: fills. The little twists and turns that accentuate, ornate or make for smooth transitions in your songs – the bits and pieces that make your music elevate and transcend.

“I sometimes find that drummers over-complicate things and dramatize their fills too much. I am not a complicated drummer and never aspired to be. I don’t want to get in the way of the song, just make it lift off where it truly needs to and harness it in between”, says drummer Martin Kristoffersson.

Basic Rock Fills MIDI features

• Drum fills MIDI suitable for any type of modern rock.
• Categorized in different songs.
• Short fills with lead-ins, long fills with lead-ins & single fills.
• Halftime / midtempo / uptempo in 4/4 and 6/8 straight and/or swing feel.

The MIDI pack costs 25 EUR / $29 USD.

More information: Toontrack / Basic Rock Fills MIDI

Toontrack has launched EZkeys Country MIDI, a new MIDI expansion for the EZkeys virtual piano instrument for Windows and Mac.

As the title suggests, this pack is focusing on the country genre and will showcase the journey this music style has found itself on the past few decades. It includes anything from the classic and rootsy to the timeless ballads and the slick, pop-influenced styles that top the charts of today.

EZkeys Country MIDI features

• An extensive collection of chord progressions and playing styles for country inspired music.
• Tempos and styles ranging from ballad to uptempo.
• Covering straight and/or swing in 2/4, 3/4 & 4/4.

The MIDI pack is available to purchase for $29 USD / 25 EUR.

More information: Toontack / EZkeys Country MIDI

Toontrack has announced the release of the Indie Folk EZX EZdrummer expansion library, focusing on capturing the organic, warm, intimate and ambient sound characteristic of the indie folk genre.

The EZX, aptly titled the Indie Folk EZX, was recorded at the Avast! Recording Co. in Seattle, home to bands such as Fleet Foxes, The Shins and Band Of Horses. It comes with three complete vintage kits: a 1960s Gretsch Round Badge sampled with both sticks and mallets, a Ludwig from the 1950s as well as a Slingerland Rolling Bomber kit dating back to the 1940s. Also included are two tambourines, a hi-hat mounted tambourine jingle, an extra kick and snare as well as a 28″ floor tom.

Indie Folk EZX features

• Three (3) complete kits.
• Two EZXs in one! Each kit is available in two variations: a standard multi-mic mix and a classic four-mic mix.
• Custom drums from the 1940s to the 1960s.
• Default kit sampled with both drumsticks and mallets.
• Recorded at Avast! Recording Co. in Seattle, WA.
• Included MIDI performed by sampling drummer Stephen Belans.

The EZX is available to purchase for $89 USD / 69 EUR.

Toontrack has also launched the Indie Folk MIDI, a collection of grooves and fills.

With the Indie Folk MIDI pack, Stephen Belans delivers a wide and useful range of grooves and fills for songwriters that are looking to expand their horizon, go outside their comfort zone or rethink what role the drums can play in a composition.

“Sometimes just a simple heartbeat/backbeat feel is all that’s needed. Other times, the drums find their place at far ends of the spectrum. Some grooves stick to a smooth ebb and flow with a natural evolution of intensities while other ones use more dramatic transitions that don’t rely on traditional rock defaults”, says Stephen.

The Indie Folk MIDI pack cost $29 USD / 25 EUR.

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Time+Space has announced that Toontrack’s EZdrummer Lite and EZmix 2 Lite are available to download for free for a limited time.

This Wednesday sees the return of Toontrack’s annual Songwriter’s Month celebrations and the Swedish developers are kicking things off early by offering you FREE software!

From now until 31st May, you can download EZdrummer Lite and/or EZmix 2 Lite absolutely free and get a taste for how these acclaimed plugins can make a difference to your music productions.

The Lite plugins are stripped down versions of the full software and, once you’ve tried them out, if you want to get your hands on the full version, you can upgrade for a great value price!

So, whether you´re looking for an easy to use drum sampler or a mixing tool that delivers professional results in just a few clicks, download EZdrummer Lite or EZmix 2 Lite now.

Toontrack EZdrummer Lite / EZmix 2 Lite

• EZdrummer® Lite is a stripped down version of the multi-microphone drum-sampler EZdrummer® providing access to the majority of the features available in the full product. It is designed for musicians and producers in need of a compact, affordable, easy to handle plug-in without compromising sound quality or control.
• EZmix 2 Lite is a stripped down version of the widely popular preset powered multi-effect mix tool EZmix 2. Mix/master bass, guitar, drums, vocals, strings and much more with 30 presets plus bass and guitar amp simulation settings.

Throughout Songwriter’s Month, the full versions of EZdrummer and EZmix 2 are up to 40% off to match the EZ Lite Upgrade prices. The offers are available through May 31st, 2013.

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Toontrack has released three soundsets for Superior Drummer and the New York Studios SDX libraries.

Today Toontrack Music announced the immediate release of three individual collections of presets for the Superior Drummer library and the SDXs in the New York Studios suite. The presets were all specifically designed to showcase the incredible ambience in three of the world’s most renowned recording rooms: Avatar Studios, Allaire Studios and the Hit Factory.

This suite of preset packs is following the launch of the New York Studios Collection bundle, which was released last week. This package includes the award-winning Superior Drummer software as well as the entire suite of sound libraries in the New York Studios series. Six (6) kits and three (3) studios spanning a staggering approx. 50 GB of unprocessed, meticulously recorded drums.

The soundsets are available to purchase for $15 USD / 12 EUR each.

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Toontrack Music has announced the immediate release of the New York Studios Collection for the award-winning drum production tool and sampler Superior Drummer 2.0.

This collection combines the award-winning Superior Drummer software with the complete suite of sound libraries in the New York Studios series.

The focus of the series has been to capture the most notable and legendary studios in the New York area: The Hit Factory, Allaire Studios and Avatar Studios. These recording facilities have housed chart-topping artists for decades and are all world-renowned for their unique sonic qualities. All sounds were recorded by Grammy Award-winning engineer Neil Dorfsman (Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen), Pat Thrall (Katy Perry, Beyoncé) and in-demand session drummer Nir Z (Genesis, Chris Cornell).

Since Superior Drummer was first introduced on the market, it has become the indisputable industry standard tool for professional drum production. The sounds from the New York Studios series are used daily in major label studio productions, motion pictures and commercials around the world. By combining this collection of drums with the powerful sound shaping tools in Superior Drummer, the sky is literally the limit as to what you can achieve.

New York Studios Collection features

• Approx. 50 GB of unprocessed drum sounds recorded through the best of modern and vintage equipment.
• 6 complete kits, 26 snares & 14 kicks in total.
• A large amount of cymbal setups.
• Award-winning drum production software.
• Large built-in mixer with internal quality FX.
• Included presets for instant mix-ready sounds.
• Optional tools available on select drums (brushes, mallets, rods).

The New York Studios Collection costs $499 USD/ 429 EUR.

More information: Toontrack / New York Studios Collection