Bas HeidemanHi there everyone,
I went to see Janet Jackson the other day. Great show, and it brought back memories of that huge drumsound Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis created for her. You know, that gated snare from ‘What Have You Done For Me Lately’ and ‘Escapade’, for example. Any idea which EZX can create those kind of sounds? Thanks in advance!
Mick AvoidantTry listening to the audio previews of Big Rock Drums.
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ShootieIf you have EZD2, the 80’s preset has an overdramatic snare. Also if you’re into blending tones, you could blend a snare from the Synthwave EZX with your acoustic snare.
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Bear-Faced CowMuch of JJ’s drums back then were Linn drum based. Something along the line of #1 Hits would be more up your alley. Of course you could always make your own by taking an ambient channel and applying a 10:1 compression and gating it for a similar effect. Something like that would work well with the Broght Room library.
jord
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BleedFunkTry listening to the audio previews of Big Rock Drums.
Some fantastic snare sounds in there, but the reverb in all the audio demos falls off like normal reverb. Would be great to have those sounds with a short sustain and then sudden decay. Would kill for that fast, loud aggressive but fast decay sound.
I only own EZDrummer 3, I’m guessing Superior would allow me to customize the sounds from EZXs like this?
BleedFunkIf you have EZD2, the 80’s preset has an overdramatic snare. Also if you’re into blending tones, you could blend a snare from the Synthwave EZX with your acoustic snare.
Is sound blending something you can do right in EZD3? If you have a video or course about that I’d be all over it!
BleedFunkGoing through the kit presets in the Synthwave EZX that Shootie recommended (https://www.toontrack.com/forums/users/shootie-school):
Check out “Nostalgia Preset 1”. I’ve been looking for that snare sound for a project and this pretty much nails it for me: https://www.toontrack.com/product/synthwave-ezx/
Cheers for the recommendation, Shawn!!
Mick AvoidantTry listening to the audio previews of Big Rock Drums.
Some fantastic snare sounds in there, but the reverb in all the audio demos falls off like normal reverb. Would be great to have those sounds with a short sustain and then sudden decay. Would kill for that fast, loud aggressive but fast decay sound.
I only own EZDrummer 3, I’m guessing Superior would allow me to customize the sounds from EZXs like this?
EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)
DDo you work with a DAW? That would let you gate the drums. SD3 would indeed let you gate drums. I play live to backing tracks made with Area 33. Those toms are big like in Air Tonight, not with reverb but with a close mic and another mic a few feet above each drum.
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Try listening to the audio previews of Big Rock Drums.
Some fantastic snare sounds in there, but the reverb in all the audio demos falls off like normal reverb. Would be great to have those sounds with a short sustain and then sudden decay. Would kill for that fast, loud aggressive but fast decay sound.
I only own EZDrummer 3, I’m guessing Superior would allow me to customize the sounds from EZXs like this?
EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)DDo you work with a DAW? That would let you gate the drums. SD3 would indeed let you gate drums. I play live to backing tracks made with Area 33. Those toms are big like in Air Tonight, not with reverb but with a close mic and another mic a few feet above each drum.
Ahhh I just learned something from your question. For live I was planning on running EZD3 in standalone with my TD-17 and playing mixed-down AIFF backing tracks from a separate device. My reason for that was “What does a DAW do for live play?”
You just answered what I’d use a DAW for for live play! Also thanks for the clarification about SD3. The only DAW I’ve been using is GarageBand, which has been fine for my needs. If you have any recommendations I’d love to hear them.
What do you use for backing track playback live?
Thanks very much for all the info!
Mick Avoidant
Try listening to the audio previews of Big Rock Drums.
Some fantastic snare sounds in there, but the reverb in all the audio demos falls off like normal reverb. Would be great to have those sounds with a short sustain and then sudden decay. Would kill for that fast, loud aggressive but fast decay sound.
I only own EZDrummer 3, I’m guessing Superior would allow me to customize the sounds from EZXs like this?
EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)DDo you work with a DAW? That would let you gate the drums. SD3 would indeed let you gate drums. I play live to backing tracks made with Area 33. Those toms are big like in Air Tonight, not with reverb but with a close mic and another mic a few feet above each drum.
Ahhh I just learned something from your question. For live I was planning on running EZD3 in standalone with my TD-17 and playing mixed-down AIFF backing tracks from a separate device. My reason for that was “What does a DAW do for live play?”
You just answered what I’d use a DAW for for live play! Also thanks for the clarification about SD3. The only DAW I’ve been using is GarageBand, which has been fine for my needs. If you have any recommendations I’d love to hear them.
What do you use for backing track playback live?
Thanks very much for all the info!
EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)
- This post was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by BleedFunk.
I mix down to MP3, which I put on a smartphone. It’s Bluetoothed to the desk, and I have a Boss FS-1-WL Bluetooth footswitch for starting/stopping/forwarding/skipping back the tracks. I have drum, keyboard and guitar on some, for when I’m gigging alone or practising at home, and drums only on others, for when I have a guitar player with me. The keys are EZkeys.
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Thanked by: BleedFunkBear-Faced CowThe only DAW I’ve been using is GarageBand, which has been fine for my needs. If you have any recommendations I’d love to hear them.
GarageBand is good as a low-cost, low footprint, DAW. However, it will not provide you some of the flexibility that you are looking for especially when it comes to trying to contour the sound that you are after.
You have a few choices that you can use for live playing. You can either use Main Stage or Gig Performer. Reaper is a good low cost DAW that many people use and are happy with if you want to go to the DAW route. Beyond that it will start getting a little more costly for DAW‘s such as Logic or Studio One. Those probably are overqualified for your requirements
jord
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Thanked by: BleedFunkBas HeidemanThanks for all the answers! I’ve listened to the suggestions, and although they’re all great and inspiring, they’re still not THAT sound. Which leaves me with some experimenting to do. That’s okay, it’s part of the fun.
But maybe there’s an opportunity for Toontrack as well: why not do an EZX based on that kind of sounds? The Jam & Lewis-sounds, but also that Phil Collins In the Air Tonight-type drums? I know they’ve done something similar for Superior Drums, so why not? I’m sure it would make a lot of EZdrummer-users very happy.
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Thanked by: BleedFunkBas HeidemanSure – but that was not really what the question was all about, now was it… 😉
Mick AvoidantHave you thought of sampling that snare from a recording – there’s software that can do that – and loading it into EZD?
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