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The downloadable sample collection set features the most recording drums of all time — the Yamaha Recording Customs. The Birch shells offer crisp highs and a tight low-end, without a touch of processing. Not that any was needed with these beautiful sounding drums, made only better by a great drum room. An ideal kit for all styles of rock, country and country-rock music, but equally at home for rock and alt-rock styles. (more…)

iZotope, Inc. has released iDrum 1.6, a Windows XP/Vista compatible version of its popular iDrum virtual drum machine software. The update is free for registered iDrum customers.

iDrum turns a Mac or PC into a powerful, simple-to-use virtual drum machine. Building rhythmic patterns is lightning-fast with a built-in step sequencer and hundreds of included sounds and patterns that cover a wide range of musical styles. iDrum can utilize users’ customized samples or those from professionally produced libraries. Beats in iDrum can be created from its internal step sequencer or by playing a MIDI controller, electronic drum kit, or even a QWERTY keyboard. (more…)

The MPC60 is arguably one of the best hardware drum machines ever made. Whether by design or accident, it’s 12-bit sampling engine makes drums sound punchy and warm. This is volume 2 and this time the 60 goes vinyl. 466 x 24 bit samples all created using a much loved MPC60II.

Formats: Refill / Battery / Guru / iDrum / Sample pack.

Cost:

• $19USD for the Guru, iDrum, Battery and Refill versions
• $14USD for the sample pack

For more information, visit their web site at www.goldbaby.co.nz.

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MPC-Samples.com has added another drum sample pack to its online sound library with the release of ‘RnB Drums’ for the Akai MPC range of samplers. This sample pack contains 224 RnB drum samples inspired by the sounds of Maxwell, Lauren Hill, Alicia Keys, Mary J Blige, Timbaland and Missy Elliot—the perfect drum pack for producers looking to create slick R&B and neo soul tracks.

Created primarily for RnB producers and DJs, this digital download features 64 kicks, 64 snares, 64 hi hats and 32 percussion sounds, all with a smooth RnB feel. All sounds are assigned to MPC programs for fast loading and are presented as full stereo WAV or SND files, heavily layered and processed through vintage valve equipment.

Product Specifications:

• Samples: 224 samples: 64 kick, 64 snare, 64 hat and 32 percussion samples
• Format: Contains either SND or WAV versions of all sounds (16 bit) + PGMs for loading into all Akai MPCs
• Compatibility: Works with all Akai MPCs and any sampler that reads WAV files
• Download Size: 8MB (zipped)
• Price: $29.99

Product DemoFor more information, visit their web site at www.mpc-samples.com.

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Rayzoon is pleased to announce that Jamstix 2, the long awaited successor to the original virtual drummer Jamstix, has been released.

The World’s Most Advanced Virtual Drummer VSTi: (more…)