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Drums News

Apr 3 2009, 8:00 AM

Updates & Upgrades

Toontrack has released Superior Drummer version 2.1. The new version adds a long list of new features and bug fixes.
Mar 26 2009, 8:00 AM

Funk Brothers Drummer Passes

Uriel Jones, drummer for classic Motown artists including the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Ruffin, and many others passed away on March 24. Jones was the last surviving drummer for the Funk Brothers, the session... Read more »
Mar 17 2009, 8:00 AM

New Drumagog Percussion

WaveMachine Labs has announced the first official Drumagog sample library, Percussion eXtras. Produced by WaveMachine Labs and John Emrich, the new library includes over 1,600 samples of instruments such as Agogo... Read more »
Mar 9 2009, 8:00 AM

New and In Stock

DW Eco-X Project 5-piece Shell Packs - Get big drum sounds with minimal environmental impact, with this pair of premium shell packs. The hybrid bamboo/birch shells provide the kind of resonance you'd expect from DW... Read more »
Mar 2 2009, 8:00 AM

Even More Superior

Toontrack has announced the first SDX expansion pack for Superior Drummer 2.0, Volume 2 of the New York Studio Legacy series. The new expansion pack features seven kick drums, thirteen snares, and a wide variety of... Read more »
Feb 26 2009, 8:00 AM

Drums Come to Sweetwater!

We've been carrying electronic drums and percussion at Sweetwater for years now, but the number of requests we've received from customers who want to purchase drums from us has become overwhelming. Well, we've... Read more »
Feb 19 2009, 8:00 AM

Free V-Drum Lesson #12

Roland has posted their twelfth free drum lesson, featuring the V-drums. This one is hosted by Mike Snyder and focused on locking the kick drum with the bass guitar line. The lessons are available as videos on the... Read more »
Feb 18 2009, 8:00 AM

Louie Bellson Passes

Legendary jazz drummer Louie Bellson unexpectedly passed away on February 14, 2009. In addition to drumming, Bellson (given name Luigi Balassoni) was a composer, educator, and arranger, and is credited with... Read more »
Feb 3 2009, 8:00 AM

Easy Drumming Gets Easier

Toontrack has updated EZdrummer to v1.1.6. The new version has a variety of fixes and enhancements.
Jan 29 2009, 8:00 AM

Roland Rebates

Roland is offering incredible rebates on the following productions, through March 31, 2009: Fantom-G6 61-key keyboard workstation - $200 and FREE starter kit Fantom-G7 76-key keyboard workstation - $200 and FREE... Read more »
Jan 22 2009, 8:00 AM

Never Too Much NAMM

Submersible Music announced Drumcore 3.0, the latest version of the popular audio and MIDI loop librarian/player/instrument. V3.0 includes several major enhancements, such as a completely redesigned user interface... Read more »
Jan 7 2009, 8:00 AM

PlugSound and Receptor Pro

Muse Research and Univer Sons have joined forces to provide Receptor 2 Pro users with even more sonic resources. The USB Plugsound BOX collection of six virtual instruments with hundreds of presets and Multi sounds... Read more »
Dec 29 2008, 8:00 AM

The Alesis “Show Us Your Rig” Video Competition

The folks over at Alesis would love to see exactly how you're using their products in the studio or onstage, so they decided to have a little contest. Dubbed the "Alesis Show Us Your Rig" video competition, owners... Read more »
Dec 26 2008, 8:00 AM

A Free Holiday Gift from Native Instruments

What's that you say? You want your holidays to be even better? Well, what could be better than a free sound library? How about a free library and a free player to use them with? Yeah, we thought you'd like that. If... Read more »
Dec 2 2008, 8:00 AM

New Stephen Perkins Drummerpack Now Available

When the first Jane's Addiction album came out in 1987, it helped define the fresh Los Angeles alternative rock sound. Stephen Perkins's powerful, hybrid grooves mixed funk, punk, metal, and ethnic ingredients into... Read more »
Dec 2 2008, 8:00 AM

Toontrack Announces Release of Drumtracker

There's more news from Toontrack: finally, the most highly anticipated title in the Toontrack Software Tools series is ready for release! Taking a new angle on the conversion of drum audio to drum MIDI and drum... Read more »
Dec 2 2008, 8:00 AM

End-of-year Specials from Toontrack

Typically, around the holiday season, manufacturers roll out some interesting promotions and special offers. This year, it's no different. Our first cool deal is from Toontrack Music, and it's pretty... Read more »
Nov 26 2008, 8:00 AM

UVI Sound Source “Electric Toy Museum”

When some of us were kids, the only musical instruments we had were toy pianos and those little metal xylophones. More recently, instruments for kids have actually become surprisingly sophisticated. Now, UVI Sound... Read more »
Nov 19 2008, 8:00 AM

Updates and Upgrades

Toontrack announced that it has released version 1.1.5 of EZdrummer, a multi-microphone drum sampler designed for musicians and producers who require a compact, affordable, easy-to-handle plug-in that doesn't... Read more »
Nov 19 2008, 8:00 AM

Big Benefits for nano Owners

Have you recently purchased a Korg nano product? Congratulations! You've made a smart purchase! But, what happens when it's time to find and download the various free files, drivers, upgrades, etc.? You don't want... Read more »
Nov 17 2008, 8:00 AM

Hendrix Drummer Found Dead in Portland

The final member of the original Jimi Hendrix Experience trio, drummer Mitch Mitchell, was found dead in a downtown Portland, Oregon hotel on Wednesday, November 12th. According to the Multnomah Country Medical... Read more »
Nov 10 2008, 8:00 AM

Toontrack Music Unleashes Funkmasters EZX

Toontrack Music have somehow managed to get exclusive recordings of two of the most important drummers in popular music, Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab'o" Starks, and now, Toontrack Music is making them available... Read more »
Nov 7 2008, 8:00 AM

New in Stock at Sweetwater

Korg M50-61 - Go ahead and tap the touchscreen and you're ready to get creative with this killer workstation! The Korg M50 takes much of the M3's sonic power and packs it into a surprisingly lightweight, remarkably... Read more »
Nov 4 2008, 8:00 AM

Updates and Upgrades

Most of you know by now that iZotope's iDrum turns your Mac or PC into a powerful, simple-to-use, virtual drum machine that allows you to build patterns with its lightning-fast step sequencer, using the included... Read more »

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