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In what feels like a very long time ago, but not necessarily in a galaxy far away, Toontrack created the original EZdrummer package, to provide DAW-based musicians the ability to combine great drum performances in a MIDI format, with ultra realistic-sounding drum samples. Back then, there were some very pessimistic musicians and producers, questioning exactly how good this concept could really be. That question was answered very swiftly, with a fully resounding "it's unbelievably good!"
EZ now!
As the years pass, the EZdrummer ecosphere has grown to huge proportions. With a vast array of sample expansion and MIDI groove packs, EZdrummer has proven to be a monster hit for many styles and genres of music, from pop, funk and jazz, to the heaviest of metal.
The latest addition to this lineup sees EZdrummer move to its version 3 incarnation. Make no bones about it, for existing users this is a sizeable update, while anyone jumping on the EZ bandwagon for the first time is going to be utterly delighted.
Let's begin with the basics; EZdrummer 3 ships with 18GB of all new content. This includes a sizeable number of new MIDI Grooves, encompassing a considerable number of stylistic genres. It will come as no surprise that the vast majority of data is related to the drum samples themselves, and again these are all new to the EZdrummer series, but with a small degree of association with its bigger brother, Superior Drummer. A couple of years ago, Toontrack conducted some major sampling sessions, for the creation of their SDX expansion library called 'Rooms of Hansa'.
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