Announcing the Toontrack Custom Shop

[Bryan Block]

Okay,maybe not, but I was looking at some of the competitors products and things like IK Multimedia’s Amplitube and I was noticing that you can purchase INDIVIDUAL components for download and use in the software, and that got me to thinking.

Now that EZ Drummer 2 allows for swapping of INDIVIDUAL kit pieces, wouldn’t it be lovely if individual drums were offered for sale through a “Custom Shop” type of arrangement? For example, being able to purchase individual ride cymbals, or snares, or bass drums, toms, etc…? It seems like that would be a good financial model for Toontrack as well as an added attraction for users. Toontrack could start with the drums they’ve already sampled for the SDX expansions, I know there are a few individual snares and rides I would probably like to have from SDX kits in my EZDrummer setup. It would also make it easier to add unique “one off” instruments to EZDrummer without having to create a full kit or concept with included MIDI etc…

Just a thought now that EZD2 supports individual pieces!

Cheers,
B

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[Scott Eshleman]

and at what cost would you think an individual kit piece should be priced?
would a crash cymbal or a kick drum be priced higher than a rack tom?

just wonderin’…

[Bryan Block]

@gseshleman said:

and at what cost would you think an individual kit piece should be priced?
would a crash cymbal or a kick drum be priced higher than a rack tom?

just wonderin’…

It might be beneficial to package them in sets, like 4 different snares or a full set of toms, or a “EZ ride expansion pack 1” “EZ ride expansion pack 2” etc…

If they were in “packs” that included more than one drum, I would think that a $15 price point might be attractive, individual drums might be $5-$10 if they were something really, really special.

Thoughts?

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