Four decades of engineering experience boiled down to eight tailor-made kits spanning the whole range of rock – from ambient to dry, vintage to modern!
Take Neil Dorfsman, a Grammy Award-winning engineer with four decades worth of experience and credits on some of the best selling rock records ever made, give him full access to drums recorded in the most renowned studios in the world and the freedom to blend, mix and match samples collected during his entire recording career, all in order to design the ultimate collection of rock drums. The end result you get is a jaw-dropping selection of completely unique kits unlike anything you have ever heard – hybrids of mixed and custom made drum sets, tailored for any kind of rock.
The Rock! EZX comes with eight custom drum kits based on selections from the near infinite Toontrack sound vaults, featuring rare and vintage drums recorded over the past decade in renowned studios like New York’s Allaire Studios, Blackbird Studios in Nashville and 2 Khz Studios in London. All sounds were handpicked and re-mixed through various outboard chains as well as layered with engineer Neil Dorfsman’s (Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Dire Straits) personal collection of samples.
The Rock! EZX gives you four decades of engineering experience boiled down to eight tailor-made kits spanning the whole range of rock – from ambient to dry, vintage to modern.
This is the next step in the evolution of metal drum production tools.
Bright Ambient
16×24″ Ludwig* Maple Shell 1979 Power Station
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Vintage Punch
Rogers* 1966
Tight Punch
22″ Ludwig* Maple Psychedelic
20″ Slingerland
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Ringy
20″ Slingerland* Open
14×20″ Rogers* 1966
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
High & Dry
18×24″ Camco Oaklawn 1960s
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
80s Rock
16×26″ Slingerland
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Classic Dry
22″ Premier* Gen-X Open
16×22″ Slingerland* Studio King (no damping)
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Woody
20″ Slingerland
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Bright Ambient
5.5×14″ Slingerland* Wood 1964
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Vintage Punch
14″ Rogers* Dynasonic
5.5×14″ Slingerland* Wood 1964
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Tight Punch
14×5.5″ Ludwig* Wood 1964
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Ringy
14″ Black Beauty 6×14″
5.5×14″ Slingerland* Wood 1964
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
High & Dry
4.75×14″ Noble & Cooley* Alloy Classic Prototype (high tuning)
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
80s Rock
14″ Ludwig* Supraphonic (low tuned)
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Classic Dry
14″ Tama* Superstar High
6.5×14″ Ludwig* B/O Supraphonic 1971
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Woody
14″ GMS* Nir Z Custom
A mix of various Neil Dorfsman’s private samples
Bright Ambient
10×12″ Slingerland* 1964
14×14″ Slingerland* 1964
16×16″ Slingerland* 1964
Vintage Punch
9×12″ Rogers* 1966
10×13″ Rogers* 1966
16×16″ Rogers* 1966
Tight Punch
10×10″ Sonor* Tomas Haake Custom SQ2
9×13″ Ludwig* Silver Sparkle
16×16″ Ludwig* Silver Sparkle
Ringy
11×13″ Ludwig* Maple Shell 1979 Power Station
16×16″ Ludwig* Maple Shell 1979 Power Station
16×18″ Ludwig* Maple Shell 1979 Power Station
High & Dry
9×13″ Camco Oaklawn
10×14″ Camco Oaklawn
16×16″ Camco Oaklawn
80s Rock
12″ Ludwig* 1962
14″ Ludwig* 1962
16″ Ludwig* 1962
Classic Dry
10″ Premier* Gen-X, sticks
12″ Premier* Gen-X, sticks
16″ Premier* Gen-X, sticks
Woody
12″ GMS* Coated Heads
14″ GMS* Coated Heads
18″ GMS* Coated Heads
Bright Ambient
16″ Manhattan HHX crash/16″ HH Medium Crash
Vintage Punch
16″ Sabian* crash Hand Hammered
Tight Punch
14″ Masterworks Meritamon Series
Ringy
15″ Paiste* Giant Beat Hats
High & Dry
13″ Zildjian* K Istanbul 1960s
80s Rock
14″ Sabian* HHX Manhattan Jazz
Classic Dry
10″ K Zildjian* – A Zildjian
Woody
14″ Sabian* HHX Manhattan Jazz
Bright Ambient
22″ AA Classic Ride
Vintage Punch
22″ Artisan Ride
Tight Punch
22″ K Zildjian* Constantinople
Ringy
20″ Zildjian* 1960 Ride
High & Dry
20″ Zildjian* K Heavy Ride
80s Rock
22″ Sabian* Prototype
Classic Dry
Sabian* Morgan Ågren Custom Ride
Woody
21″ Sabian* Handhammered Vintage Ride
Bright Ambient
18″ AA Thin Crash
14″ HHX Evolution Crash
18″ Hand hammered HH Thin Crash
Vintage Punch
18″ HHX Manhattan Crash
17″ AA Thin Crash
17″ HHX Legacy Crash
Tight Punch
22″ K Zildjian* Constantinople
18″ Paiste* Fast Crash
20″ Sabian* Handhammered HHX Manhattan
Ringy
18″ Sabian* AA Medium Thin Crash
16″ Sabian* Vault Series
18″ Sabian* AA Thin Crash
High & Dry
19″ Zildjian* K Dark Thin Crash
17″ Zildjian* K Dark Crash
17″ Zildjian* K Dark Crash
80s Rock
19″ Sabian* HHX Xtreme Crash
18″ Sabian* Prototype
21″ Sabian* AA Xplosion
Classic Dry
20″ Istanbul Nostalgia
18″ K Zildjian* Dark Crash
18″ Paiste* Medium Lite China
Woody
18″ Sabian* Handhammered Fierce Crash
16″ Sabian* HHX Extreme Crash
19″ Sabian* HHXtreme Crash
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ADDITIONAL HARDWARE USED
A mix of: SSL Duality, Universal Audio LA-3A, Empirical Labs Distressors, The Culture Vulture Mastering, Alan Smart C1, HM2EQ Hammer, Neve 4081 preamps.
RECORDING INFO
Original recordings made at: Avatar Studio (New York City, NY), 2 Khz Studios (London, England), Sound Kitchen Studios (Nashville, TN), Blackbird Studio (Nashville, TN), Allaire Studios (Shokan, NY), Toontrack Studio (Umeå, Sweden), Atlantis Studio (Stockholm, Sweden).
Credits for original recordings: Neil Dorfsman, Pat Thrall, Peter Henderson, Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal, Mattias Eklund, Chris Grainger, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, Nir Z, Chris Whitten, Morgan Ågren, Brad Bowden, Harry Stinson, Chuck Ainlay.
Mixed at Toontrack Studio (Umeå, Sweden).
2 GB of free hard disk space, 1 GB RAM.
A working EZdrummer 1.4 (or above) or a Superior Drummer 2.3 (or above) installation.
