Toontrack EZdrummer - The Twisted Kit (Expansion)

The Twisted Kit EZX was developed in collaboration with Michael Blair and Sontronics Microphones.
In October of 1985 Tom Waits released the album Rain Dogs. The album was an instant classic and marked a new sound for him. A rough, dirty neo-blues style with awkward rhythms and hard edges.
Part of the band that contributed to that sound was drummer and percussionist Michael Blair. His highly personal instrument set-up which included a mix of regular drums and odd bits and pieces like trashcans, bedroom furniture and rusty bicycle frames fit perfectly with the sound that Waits was looking for. The combination of Michael's timing, expression, and junkyard sounds created a rich and useful range of musical textures to accent Waits' intricate storytelling.
Michael Blair also played and toured with Waits on Franks Wild Years, the follow up to Rain Dogs, and later became an integral part of the recordings for Elvis Costellos Spike (1989) and Lou Reed's Magic and Loss (1992). Spike became Costellos most commercially successful and sonically adventurous album to date. Michael also has added his trash-can consciousness to records by the respected producer Hal Willner, in "tribute" albums celebrating the work of composer Kurt Weill, poet Allen Ginsberg, Walt Disney, Charles Mingus and in collaboration with avant-theatre director Robert Wilson.
In a review of Lou Reed's poignant Magic And Loss album, David Fricke from Rolling Stone magazine wrote the following about Michael Blair's work:

Drummer Michael Blair is an almost invisible presence, combining lithe percussive flourishes with the heartbeat simplicity of Maureen Tucker's timekeeping with the Velvets.

So, two rototom frames form a tonal hi-hat, a duck call suggests an alternative cowbell, tack drums from China become rack toms and putting the hubcap of your very first car on top of your snare seems like the right thing to do. Michael Blair crosses over boundaries of industrial, blues, ethnic, orchestral, and replacement percussion to form a unique sound. The Twisted Kit EZX brings you that sound both in the recordings and the MIDI recorded by Michael.

The Twisted Kit EZX by Michael Blair was sampled through the very best of outboard with distortion, reverb, compression and attack effects included in the internal mixer. This enables you to access a large number of mixer presets by STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amplive, sub-ID and Count Bass D. And you can save your own custom mixer presets (with EZdrummer 1.1 or higher).


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Toontrack EZdrummer - The Claustrophobic EZX (Expansion)

The Claustrophobic EZX was developed in collaboration with Sontronics Microphones and Evans drumheads.

The Claustrophobic EZX marks a new step for Toontrack in driving the development of percussive samples. The audio team at Toontrack has utilized drumhead selection, room and microphone configurations to fuse the qualities of a high end drum recording and the cutting edge of the radical beats of todays top RnB, Hip Hop and Pop producers.

Add to that samples run through the best outboard effects and made accessible in the EZmixer to build your own mixer presets for on the fly sound design and youve got all the ingredients to produce, write and play music that takes you and your beats one step further,

C for Cutting edge, C for Contemporary, C for Claustrophobic.

Oh, and did we mention that the Claustrophobic EZX was recorded in a very small room?

The Claustrophobic EZX was sampled through the very best of outboard with distortion, reverb, compression and attack effects included in the internal mixer. This enables you to access a large number of mixer presets by STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amplive, sub-ID and Count Bass D.
And you can save your own custom mixer presets (with EZdrummer 1.1 or higher).

The Claustrophobic EZX special features:
1. Sampled through the best of outboard effects with compression, distortion, attack and reverb made available in the EZmixer.
2. Mixer presets by STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amp live, sub-ID and Count Bass D.
3. The possibility to save your own mixer presets (with EZdrummer 1.1 or higher installed).


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Toontrack EZ Drummer

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 8000+ MIDI files) 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.

The drums for EZdrummer were recorded, produced and played with the best in the business. From our pro Superior Drummer line we've adopted the humanizing features that are instrumental in making our drum samplers the pinnacle in digital drum production.

With EZdrummer, Toontrack have stepped into the next generation of acoustic drum samplers.
Youre welcome to follow!
¼br /> EZdrummer Facts & Features
¼br /> 7000 sound files at 16-bit / 44.1kHz equivalent to 5Gb of uncompressed wav files.
Instant access to more than 8000 midi drum patterns with prelistening, quick browsing and drag�n�drop functionality.
Same extensive layer depth on all drums and cymbals as in EZdrummers big brother - dfh SUPERIOR.
EZdrummer ranges from entry level usability to pro handling
Features multiple microphone control
TPC II reduces system requirements to a minimum
Operates in General MIDI
Internal mixer allows stereo and multitrack 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 worldclass drummers and producers
The humanizer function combines drum hit randomizing and non-cycling
Velocity sweep allows instant changes to MIDI data, extending groove context relevance
Possibilities for the user to add their own MIDI files to the library


Your first free EZX Expansion pack included! Yamaha Club Jordan Drum kit:
Bassdrum
Snare
2 toms - 5 x 8 and 5 x 10
Hihat - 14 Zildjian
Ride - Mikaelsson Custom Rid


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eJay HipHop 6

Bring on the hard-hitting beats with eJay Hip-Hop 6. This new hip-hop based virtual music studio gives you a full range of studio tools, for producing the beats that shake the streets. You'll be making music and sound clips in no time. Professional audio editor to create your own sounds Volume and pan curves for each track, giving complete adjustment controls Sample directly from a CD, or any device connected to your sound card Integrated CD burning to record your tracks Unlimited importing & exporting of WAV files Comprehensive online manual and tutorial Direct weblink to eJay

Remix and compose hip hop style tracks plus drum machine and DJ decks.

Features:

5,000 royalty-free professional samples, loops, beats and patches.
5 virtual instruments; Sample Loop Player, Drum Machine, Poly Synth, Bass Synth and DJ Decks - switch between beginner and advanced mode as desired.
9 top notch effects; echo, chorus, reverb, compressor, distortion, vocoder, harmonizer, unison and equalizer with the ability to add more...
Master Effects: gives you the power to create a polished final mix.
Sample studio: professional audio editor to create and modify samples.
Volume & Pan Curves: gives you full mixing desk style control over each track.
Sample direct from CD or from any device connected to your sound card.
Auto Archive: automatically creates a backup of every song you save.
Burn your tracks to audio CD with the integrated burner.
Export your songs as WAV files.

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Club Hip-Hop

For new and undiscovered hip hop artists, the 'club track' is the gateway to record contracts and chart success. The DJ hears it and plays it, it's a hit on the dancefloor, the buzz starts, the labels start sniffing around...the next thing you know, there's a record contract in your back pocket! But to make it in the clubs, you've got to rattle and bang, you've got to vibrate at just the right frequency to get those booties shakin'. With Club Hip Hop you've got all the tools you need to produce club-ready hip hop tracks. Big Fish Audio and producer Mike Kumagai will help you get that perfect, floor-filling groove happening. Remember, if you can get it hot n' sweaty in there, you can make it anywhere!

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Secret Stash (Sound Collection)

SECRET STASH is a serious utility for Hip Hop & R&B production.
It will lift your music into a new dimension and add some
spice to your compositions.

Secret Stash is a wicked sound library with over 450 single
drum hits, FX and instruments. As with all sample libraries
in version 2.1 this concept includes a solid foundation of
drum hits. Kold snares, deep kicks, tight hi hats and smooth
percussion make this library a valuable choice. Massive strings,
killar keys, wicked winds and vinyl fx shine in true HHT style
and are sure to be a samplers delight.


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ReCycle v2.1

Loops, grooves and breakbeats:
Powerful sonic building blocks, and great inspirational triggers. No matter what style of music you’re into, you can be sure there’s a loop out there that can spice your track up a little, or even lift it to completely new heights. But handling loops and grooves equals hard work. Hours of pitching and stretching just to get a loop to fit your song’s tempo and timing. And if you need to change the key, you’re in for even more work. In the end, your loops are controlling you, instead of vice versa. But help is on its way. From Propellerhead Software comes a suite of programs that gives you full creative control over your looped material! ReCycle goes way beyond simply solving groove problems and cleaning up your loop act, its a highly creative tool that helps you make the most of your grooves. In simple terms, ReCycle lets you do with sampled loops what you can do with beats programmed from individual drum sounds – like alter the tempo, or replace sounds and process them individually. ReCycle turns concrete-rigid loops into musical modeling clay, allowing you, the loopist, to do pretty much what you desire.


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Reaper v2.58

REAPER is a powerful but sensible Windows application that lets you record, arrange, edit, and render multi-track waveform audio. It provides an extensive set of features, but is a very small and lightweight application (the installer is less than 1 megabyte, and includes many effects and a sample project).
REAPER supports ASIO, Kernel Streaming, WaveOut, and DirectSound for playback and recording. It reads WAV, OGG, and MP3 files, and records WAV files. You can arrange any number of items in any number of tracks and use audio processing plug-ins (DirectX and Jesusonic). REAPER also supports volume, pan controls and envelopes per track, multi-layer undo/redo, and user creatable color themes.

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista


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GoldWave v5.52

GoldWave is is a top rated, a comprehensive, affordable, professional quality, digital audio editing software and multitrack audio/video mixing software. The company is named after the GoldWave Digital Audio Editor, which was released in April 1993. The program has continued to improve over the past decade and is considered one of the best available today.
GoldWave is ideal for people who work with audio for CD editing, archive restoration, speech analysis, radio and TV, Java and Web pages, games, or just for fun. You can use it to make everything from elaborate answering machine messages to professional, high quality CD audio content.

GoldWave can do:
• Play, edit, mix, and analyze audio
• Record audio from cassettes, vinyl records, radio, etc. through your computer's line-in
• Record dictation through a microphone or play dictation back at a slower speed for transcription (with foot pedal control)
• Record and edit audio for podcasting or telephone systems
• Apply special effects, such as fade, equalizer, doppler, mechanize, echo, reverse, flanger, and more
• Digitally remaster and restore old recordings with noise reduction and pop/click filters
• Convert files to/from different formats, such as iTunes, wav, wma, mp3, ogg, aiff, au, vox and even raw binary data
• Make perfect digital copies of audio CD tracks using the CD Reader tool and save them in wav, wma, mp3, or ogg files
• Edit music for dance programs, figure skating, gymnastics
• Analyze human speech, bird song, whale song
• Demonstrate digital signal processing with filter effects and the Expression Evaluator tool
• View a variety of useful real-time visuals and level meters
• Expand functionality with plug-ins
• Command line processing

General Features:
• Multiple Document Interface for working with many files in one session
• Huge file editing: 4GB and beyond (NTFS only)
• Configurable RAM or hard drive editing
• High quality: 24 bit, 192kHz
• Real-time visuals: bar, waveform, spectrogram, spectrum, level meter, ...
• Fast non-destructive editing. Cut, copy, delete, and undo take only a fraction of a second, regardless of the file size
• Multiple undo levels
• Many effects: distortion, doppler, echo, filter, mechanize, offset, pan, volume shaping, invert, resample, equalizer, time warp, pitch, reverb, volume matcher, channel mixer, ...
• Effect previewing and presets
• Audio restoration filters: noise reduction, pop/click, smoother
• Supported file formats: wav, mp3, ogg, aiff, au, vox, mat, snd, voc, FLAC, raw binary data, text data, and more
• File format plug-ins for the next generation of audio compression, such as WMA and MP4/M4A
• DirectX Audio Plug-in hosting
• Effect chain editor
• Audio CD Reader
• Batch processing and conversion
• Drag-and-drop cue points, with auto-cue and file splitting features.
• Direct waveform editing with the mouse
• Customizable tool bars
• Customizable waveform colours
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts
• Automatic timer (day/time) recording or level activated recording
• Clean, friendly, easy-to-use interface
• Several built-in accessibility features and many keyboard shortcuts

Changes in v5.52 include:
• Work-around for Microsoft HHCTRL address range problem.
• Fixed cue points.


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Cool Record Edit Deluxe v7.8.5

Cool Record Edit Pro will help you transfer LPs, tapes, live performances, Internet radio, DVD, TV or any other sound source to your hard drive.
The software helps protect your valuable recordings - just set the sound source, the recording quality, and volume, then start recording.

Cool Record Edit Pro allows you to perform various operations with audio data such as displaying a waveform image of an audio file, filtering, applying various audio effects and more.

Cool Record Edit Pro includes a click and crackle filter for cleaning vinyl records, a noise filter for cassette-tape recordings, and an equalizer to enhance the sound quality of all recordings.

Key features

Recording:
Record new audio file from a microphone or another sound source.

Editing:
Open, create and save audio files. Play an audio file or any part of it. Visually edit an audio file (Cut, Copy, Delete, Paste, Paste From File, Mix, Mix From File and Insert or Delete noise or silence in an audio file).

Display:
Display a waveform window of an audio file and apply zooming.

Digital effects:
Apply different effects (Amplify, Delay, Equalizer, Fade, Flanger, Invert, Normalize, Reverse, Multi Tap Delay, Silence, Stretch, Vibrato, Echo, Chorus)

Audio filters:
Apply different filters to the selected part of an audio file (Ban Pass Filter, High Pass Filter, High Shelf Filter, Low Pass Filter, Low Shelf Filter, Notch Filter)

Support all major audio formats:
Cool Record Edit Pro supports a wide range of audio formats, such as MPEG (MP3, MP2), WAV, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis, Audio Tracks and Dialogic VOX. It is easy to convert an audio file from one format to another

Ease of use:
Cool Record Edit Pro provides a customizable interface, allowing you to build projects the way you want. It also supports standard Windows keyboard commands and mouse shortcuts

Markers:
Use markers in your audio file to quickly select between different selections!

Selection tool:
Select a part of your audio file precisely with the selection tools of Cool Record Edit Pro


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Acoustica Mixcraft 4.5 Build

Mixcraft is an affordable multi-track audio and MIDI recording studio that enables you to compose original music, record your band, create a podcast, or remix a song. Use it as a multi-track recorder or as a music loop remix program.
As a multi-track audio recording program, Mixcraft allows you to record and play multiple tracks of audio and MIDI virtual instruments at the same time. Add effect processing such as reverb, delay, guitar amp simulator, flanger or any 3rd party VST or DirectX effects. Hook up a MIDI keyboard and you can play a whole studio full of virtual synthesizers! As remix software, it supports Apple Loops, Acid Loops and our own custom loop format. Mixcraft�s Song Kits allow you to create your own song in dozens of styles to sing along or rap to. Creating your own loop or extracting a loop from a well known song is a few clicks away. With Mixcraft, you can always be on the beat!

Mixcraft 4 Features :

Clear, colorful, and intelligently designed interface to streamline your work.
Custom loop library includes hundreds of royalty-free sounds in dozens of musical styles.
Works with Acid and Apple Garage Band loops.
Record multiple MIDI and audio tracks simultaneously.
Piano roll to view and edit MIDI.
Includes a General MIDI library, two sampled grand pianos, Hammond B-3 emulator, MiniMoog emulator and a polyphonic synthesizer.
Includes 18 high quality effects.
Create mega presets that layer and split multiple virtual synthesizers and effects.
Add unlimited VSTi instruments, VST and DirectX effects.
Mix down to MP3, WAV and other audio file types.
Burn CDs of your mix with just one click.


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Magix Music Maker Premium 15.0.1.5

MAGIX Music Maker 15 Premium makes getting started making music especially comfortable! The Premium version offers additional extras which will get you excited from the beginning.

Choose the extended package and get it all: more sounds, more effects, more functions! Get started without compromises and take advantage of all of the functions! Find your own personal sound completely without any prior knowledge.

Thousands of current audio building blocks and effects from the studios of internationally successful producers are waiting to be combined and transformed however you want. Integrate your own recordings or parts of your favorite MP3s. In a short time, your own perfect songs will be ready - in CD quality. And the best part is, it's all so simple that you can get started right away

NEW!
* BeatBox2 plus: industry standard drum computer
* 3,500 professional sounds
* Make songs as a team
* Advanced studio functions
* and much more

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