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Toontrack ezdrummer 2 review free#

Additional hi-hat, cymbal and tom elements.

Wide range of alternative tuning and configurations.

Primarily focused on kick and snare drums.

Brand-new expansion library for Toontrack’s EZDrummer package.

Given the price, it’s something of a bargain, and will play wonderfully alongside the regular EZ content – as long as you aren’t hoping for loads of MIDI content. The pack provides an extraordinary wealth of content, including some lovely instruments recorded in some of the world’s most epochal studio settings. If you’re an EZDrummer user, the chances are you’ll already have your own favoured sounds but, with options as glorious as these, Kicks and Snares should certainly be a consideration. You have nothing to fear in this regard, though, as the choice across the board is extensive and colourful, and the kits offer ample levels of control. I find some of the sounds a little flabby but that probably has more to do with my personal preferences than Toontrack, as I favour more modern, tighter sounds. After auditioning them, it quickly becomes apparent that there is considerable variance in tonal colour throughout the kits. I start with a trip to AIR, where 16 assigned kits await me.

Toontrack ezdrummer 2 review free#

This forms a mere portion of the Toontrack ecosphere, though – you’re free to combine elements from other expansion libraries as you wish, though Kicks and Snares’ included extras sound so good that you won’t be left clamouring for more. Toontrack has collated various kits from each recording venue, and while the library is centred mainly around kicks and snares, it also includes a nice set of Sabian cymbals and hi-hats, as well as a set of three Slingerland toms, all of which will recall as part of the basic preset kits. There are, for example, numerous references to the classic Ludwig Black Beauty snare but always in a slightly different sizing or vintage, leaving it to individual recording spaces to work their acoustic magic on the sample.Īs this is an EZX Expansion, installation and recall is easy.

While there are only so many drums in the world, I was fairly surprised to see so little repetition in drum brands and specifications from one recording venue to another. Kicks and Snares clocks up a fair few air miles by offering a whopping 31 kicks and 43 snares, all meticulously sampled and exploiting legendary studio locations such as London’s AIR and Konk, and Australia’s NSW and 301. That isn’t an issue with this self-explanatory release. Though thrillingly named, with Action, Drumkit From Hell, and Twisted Kit, for example, it’s not entirely clear what you’re getting. Some of Toontrack’s EZDrummer expansion packs have titles that leave a lot to the imagination. The company’s EZDrummer was met with acclaim upon its 2006 release, while its Superior Drummer drum-based DAW elevated an already useable product to another pro-inspired level, with the continuous slow release of expansion packs that have left few percussive stones unturned. If there’s any company that can lay claim to having changed the way we work with drums in our DAWs, it’s Toontrack.

Price €75.00/£58.99 (Educational discount available) Contact Toontrack, Time + Space