The Superior Metal Bundle includes an AKAI MPD24 Pad Controller, Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 and The Metal Foundry SDX Expansion.
The Akai MPD24 is a velocity sensitive pad controller for musicians and DJs working with sampled sounds.
The Akai MPD24 features 16 MPC-style velocity and pressure sensitive pads plus transport controls for interfacing with DAW/sequencing applications. With Akai’s MPC 16 Levels and Full Level features for ultimate pad control, four selectable pad banks totaling 64 pads, six assignable faders and eight assignable, 360 degree knobs for transmitting MIDI Control Change data, the Akai MPD24 provides unprecedented creative freedom for manipulating sampled material.
Akai MPD24 main features include:
- 16 MPC-style velocity and pressure sensitive pads
- 4 selectable pad banks for a total of 64 pads
- 6 assignable Faders for transmitting MIDI Control Change data
- 8 assignable 360 degree knobs
- REW, FF, STOP PLAY and REC buttons that transmit MMC (MIDI Machine Control) messages to DAW/ Sequencing applications
- Backlit, easy to read LCD display
- MIDI and/or USB operation
- USB powered (or powered via optional AC adaptor)
- Included Editor Librarian software (Mac and PC)
- Akai Sample library of classic drum machines (software included)
- MPC 16 Levels and Full Level feature support
Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0, The New York Studio Legacy Series, is a professional sample engine for creating lifelike drum tracks on your computer.
Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 is a complete overhaul of the original dfh Superior engine with the same sound quality, attention to detail and musicality that has made the original Toontrack Music drum sampler line what it is.
Superior Drummer 2.0 has been re-developed for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. It includes custom MIDI played by legendary session drummer Nir Z accessed through the all new customized MIDI engine and arranger EZplayer pro, also features stand alone capacity through Toontrack solo.
Superior Drummer 2.0 has been fitted with, 5-band EQ, high and low pass filter, compressor, gate and transient designer filters. The interface is reminiscent of EZdrummer with its simple handling and lay out but gives its user layer upon layer of in depth features to create the ultimate drum track.
Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 The New York Studio Legacy Series was recorded by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and Nir Z at Hit Factory, Avatar Studios and Allaire studios, NY. Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and Nir Z have between them over the past three decades worked with artists as diverse as Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Nick Lachey, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Beyoncé, Björk, Kiss, Joss Stone, Genesis, John Mayer and Chris Cornell.
Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 minimum system requirements:
- 4GB hard disk space
- Win XP or Vista, Pentium 4 or Athlon 1.8GHz
- Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher, Dual G4 1.25Ghz
- 1 GB RAM
The Toontrack The Metal Foundry Sound Expansion For Superior Drummer 2.0 was recorded and produced at Atlantis Studios in December 2008 by the original Drumkit From Hell recording team, Mattias Eklund (Toontrack Music), Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah), Daniel Bergstrand (Dug Out Studios) and Tomas Haake (Meshuggah).
Toontrack The Metal Foundry Sound Expansion features seven massive drum kits, spanning 300,000 sound files of raw, single hit drum recordings in the vein of Drumkit From Hell and dfh Superior, covering Hard Rock to Metal, from the early Blues tinged sound of the late 60s to the fragmentation of today’s music, from Power through Thrash, Death and Progressive Metal.
Akai Superior Metal Bundle (code 71842)
Includes MPD24 Pad Controller, Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 and The Metal Foundry SDX Expansion [UXB]
£299.00 (inc vat)