EZdrummer is software created by Toontrack. It enables you to a) add a drum beat to a song without actually having a drummer, or b) record and improve the sound of an electric drum kit. Toontrack’s own description of it is:
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.
This all sounds really good, and even when you watch videos of it, or listen to tracks created in it, it sounds even better.
The down side is there is no available free demo at the moment, and there probably never will be. It costs a total of £120 (€149, $230), I’m sure there are tonnes of torrents for it, but you’re pretty much guaranteed to get a virus or spyware or something.
If I had the money, and wasn’t saving up for anything, I would get it, but sadly I’m saving up for A LOT of stuff (electric drums, new electric guitar, guitar amp, new phone, mp3 player).
Matty
P.S. the website for it is http://www.toontrack.com/
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