TOONTRACK BACKBEATS MIDI Righteous grooves—and plenty of ’em Toontrack’s latest expansion pack offering, Backbeats MIDI does not disappoint. Session drummer Stephen Belans accomplished his goal of creating an infectious set of beats and fills to equip classic rock, pop and country songwriters and producers. “I based this purely on what a songwriter might need,” says Belans. The 500-plus files are grouped in rhythmic styles and broken down... 

Toontrack EZkeys, EZdrummer, and EZmix 2: EZ Does It When the muse strikes, you need instant access to tools that will feed your creativity—and that’s where Toontrack’s amazing software comes into play. EZkeys and EZdrummer provide not only great virtual instruments to play back your parts—piano and drums—but also extensive libraries of loops to build songs and arrangements. EZkeys goes further by allowing you to experiment with chord progressions... 

Superior Drummer 2.0 has a revamped interface and loads of new sample libraries. FOR: Songwriters, producers and even drummers. Superior Drummer 2.0 has improved load times, dynamic and EQ controls, ADSR for sample-playback shaping and compatibility with Toontrack EZdrummer libraries, making it as straightforward or as in-depth as needed. Add the Music City USA SDX expansion for 20GB of pristine drum samples recorded in Nashville by drummer Harry...