And you thought EZdrummer 2 was good
We recall going to the launch of Toontrack’s EZdrummer 2 a few years back, and by the end of the demo thinking, ‘is there anything this software doesn’t do?’. (That said, we’re still impressed with four/four beats so what do we know?) Anyway, as with all music software that is stuffed to the gills with features – as in, everything we use – you know by now that there is always room for more. Enter EZdrummer 3!
EZdrummer 3 claims to “reinvent the role that a piece of drum production software can play in a songwriting context”, and when you dig a little deeper, it certainly does seem to be leading us into a drummer-less future. Maybe it should have been called Dystopian Drummer (or DDdrummer 3).
Features like Bandmate can come up with riffs on the fly for you, all based around a simple riff you might have. Meanwhile Tap2Fins reads your mind and comes up with grooves around what you’re thinking. Actually not quite, but if you tap out a groove in your head, it will find some best matches for you. Then why not make an entire song out of that with Song Creator?
It’s that easy. Or EZ. Is your drummer looking nervous yet?
Toontrack say that everything has been rebuilt although the interface will be familiar to current users. Other features include a massive library of sounds (15GB), a full grid editor and mixer (it’s basically a full DAW), different kits, different live rooms, and just about everything else to make your drum tracks easy. Price info was not available at time of writing but there is a comprehensive set of upgrade options from v2 to the many new versions of 3. Review soon.
toontrack.com