Contents Introduction To Virtual Drum Sets What Is A Virtual Drum Set? The Most Renowned Virtual Drum Sets Available Today Free Virtual Drum Sets Overall Virtual Drum Set Sound Available Drum Kit Piece Articulations Velocity Layers And The Dreaded Machine Gun Effect Quality Of The Transitions From Low- To High-Velocity Hits Tweak Ability Of The Raw…
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Content What Is The Novation Circuit? Novation Circuit General Overview Novation Circuit Feature Overview Novation Circuit’s Strengths Novation Circuit’s Limitations Conclusion What is the Novation Circuit? The Novation Circuit is a stand-alone groove box. It includes a built-in sound engine and speaker for portable use to quickly sketch musical ideas and simply having fun making…
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Content Introduction To DrumMic’a! Free Virtual Drum Kit The GUI Of DrumMic’a! The DrumMic’a! Factory Presets DrumMic’a!’s Mixer Velocity Curve Selection Midi Mapping Snare Bleed & Channel Output Conclusion Introduction To DrumMic’a! Free Virtual Drum Kit It happens only seldomly that a company produces a high-quality software application and gives it away for free. This,…
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Contents Addictive Drums 2 Introduction Sound Quality Ease Of Use / Workflow Standardization Of MIDI Mappings MIDI Learn Functionality Kit Piece Exchangeability Preset Load Time Expandability Mixer Features / Sound Tweakability Visual Appearance Of The Included Drum Kits Number Of Included Presets / Preset Management Pricing Conclusion Addictive Drums 2 Introduction Addictive Drums has been my…
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Contents Introduction To EZdrummer 2 EZdrummer 2 For Finger Drumming The EZdrummer 2 Interface The EZdrummer 2 EZX Expansions Changing Kit Pieces In EZdrummer 2 MIDI Mapping The EZdrummer 2 Mixer Conclusion Introduction to EZdrummer 2 In May 2014, “EZdrummer 2” was announced in a wildly different way than any music production software product had…
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Content Introduction The Pads The Controllers The Step Sequencer On-Device Editing The Editor Software The Software Package Expandability Conclusion Introduction The AKAI MPD232 is the biggest pad controller of the new MPD2 series which has just been launched by AKAI Professional. I was curious to see how these new MPD2 pad controllers perform and got…
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Content Trigger Finger Pro: An introduction What Exactly Is The Trigger Finger Pro? Its Use For Finger Drumming: The Pad Section The Trigger Finger Pro Software Editor: Ehm… Which Editor? “AIR Drums” Is Great For EDM Conclusion Trigger Finger Pro: An introduction Testing M-Audio’s “Trigger Finger Pro” is special for me. Why? Because its predecessor,…
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Content Introduction The Pad Section The Control Aection The Software Package The Editor Software On-Board Editing Expandability Conclusion Introduction The AKAI MPD226 is the mid-size pad controller of AKAI’s new pad controller series MPD2. It has little in common with its predecessor, the MPD 26 and that’s good. AKAI has done a great job with…
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Introduction to FL-Studio’s “HQ Drum Kits” Image-Line has just released the 12.1 update of its flagship DAW FL-Studio. As usual, FL-Studio updates come for free due to the company’s awesome commitment to providing lifetime free updates. Whoever believes that this relates only to the software backend itself is wrong: with each and every update, the…
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Content What’s The AKAI MPD218? The Pad Section Of The AKAI MPD218 Additional (FREE) Software The MPD218 Software Editor Conclusion What’s the AKAI MPD218? The AKAI MPD218 is the brand new entry-level Pad Controller by AKAI Professional. It’s the smallest pad controller of the MPD2-series which consists of three pad controllers. It also has the…
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