These Grooves Run Deep
Anyone who has used a virtual drummer knows its pros and cons. On the one hand, you have the benefit of an instant professional drum track on which to build your song. On the other, you might have to settle for an available groove that’s not quite the one you hear in your head. And then once it’s laid down, your drum track is probably going to require a bit of finessing to avoid sounding repetitious. You could, of course, build a drum track from scratch, which is tedious work and requires even more tweaking to make it feel natural and sound interesting. Or you could put UJAM Deep on the drum throne.
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Funk and soul
A virtual drummer’s “feel” is determined by the artificial intelligence that drives it. With ’60s and ’70s funk and soul embedded within its algorithms, UJAM Deep is your first call when you need a contemporary drummer with a groovy vintage vibe. But while funk often incorporates complex jazz syncopation, soul music typically places emphasis on melody and vocals, requiring more basic drumming with less ornamentation. From intricate patterns to straight fours, Deep does it all, serving up infectious beats bubbling with energy right from the get-go and saving you endless hours spent altering hi-hat patterns, augmenting cymbal work, and massaging tom fills.
The perfect drummer for today’s styles
Feel-wise, UJAM specifically cites the iconic recordings of Stevie Wonder, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye as the inspiration for Deep. Powered by legendary rhythm sections like Motown house band the Funk Brothers, these spirited grooves dominated the airwaves in the 1960s and ’70s, setting the course of modern popular music. This is Deep’s rhythmic pedigree, which makes it the perfect drummer for today’s music styles as well as timeless future classics. Artists and songwriters at Sweetwater consider Deep to be a magic ingredient for turning out dazzling rock, pop, and alternative tracks with vibrant, real-world drumming. Close your eyes for a playback, and it’s easy to forget you’re working with software!
Incredible detail, breathtaking sound
With up to 60 velocity layers per instrument and UJAM’s proprietary dynamic round-robin algorithm, Deep delivers drum tracks that sound stunningly lifelike. For Deep, UJAM engineers meticulously recorded five world-class, ultra-tweaked drum kits using a selection of coveted vintage and high-end modern microphones. And you’ll be able to mix and match kits and balance the mics to perfection, including stereo pairs of overhead and room mics. You can quickly customize the sound of each kit by dialing in extra dirt and energy with the Grit control or by using one of six Mix Presets for drums that range from sophisticated and understated to powerful and aggressive — and everything in between.
Phrase Drag and Drop
With Deep, you can effortlessly combine Styles and tweak phrases such as intros, verses, or choruses by dragging them directly from the interactive UI keyboard to your DAW’s Virtual Drummer instrument track.
Your virtual rhythm section
While you can use Deep on its own, it’s designed for tight integration with UJAM’s virtual bass player Dandy. Deep’s onboard Styles are made to match with Dandy’s bass phrases. To make things even easier, the available Styles in both even have matching names. Simply choose the same style in Deep and Dandy to create perfectly aligned bass and drum patterns.
Individual audio outputs
One of Deep’s most valuable assets is the pristine quality of its drum kits. You can preserve these sounds using Deep’s multiple audio outputs, which affords each component in your kit its own channel strip, leveraging the full multichannel mixer and automation functionality of your DAW
Mix to perfection
Deep’s Mix Presets let you easily shape your overall sound. Selecting a new Mix Preset swaps out a complete multi-bus effect chain for every instrument channel, saving you time and frustration. Fine-tune your drum mix by individually adjusting the volume of each drum and cymbal in the kit (including separate controls for overhead and room mics). Add a final touch of reverb, and you’ve got a killer custom kit that will pump life, energy, and sparkle into your productions.
UJAM Deep Virtual Drummer Features:
- 30 Styles with 690 drum patterns
- 70 Sound Designer Presets
- 5 Drum Kits, 6 Mix Presets
- Drag and drop phrases to DAW for detailed note editing
- Add dirt and energy with “Grit” retro-morph control
- Up to 60 velocity layers per instrument
- Hyper realism, courtesy of UJAM’s dynamic round-robin algorithm
- Recorded with coveted vintage and high-end modern microphones
- Individual volume controls for each drum/cymbal in the kit
- Mix to taste stereo pairs of overhead and room mics
- 64-bit only; operating systems: macOS 10.11 or later; Windows 7 or later
- Plug-in formats: VST, AU2, and AAX
- AU2 version only compatible with Logic Pro X and newer
- SSD recommended for external .blob file storage