Publisher : inMusic Brands/FXpansion/Sonic Reality
Website : Sonic Reality
Format : BFD 3.4+
Quality : 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo
Description : Libraries for BFD 3.4 drum module
Additional Information :
EpiK DrumS is a deluxe collection of drumkit and groove instruments created with legendary producer and engineer, Ken Scott (The Beatles, Elton John, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, etc.) and five iconic drummers known for their work on numerous original classic rock recordings. EpiK DrumS for BFD is designed specifically to replicate drum performances from a MIDI keyboard or electronic drumkit that offers a stunningly realistic emulation of an actual live drum session. EpiK DrumS has captured authentic vintage drum sounds from a diverse range of classic artists.
* Recorded by legendary producer and engineer Ken Scott
* Five legendary drummers: Bill Cobham, Bob Siebenberg, Terry Bozzio, Woody Woodmansey, Rod Morgenstein and the 60’s and 70’s kits.
* Superior quality drum recordings of individual hits
* Multitrack recordings provide discrete mic tracks
* The closest thing to a live drum recording session available for your computer – based production
If you want to create drum tracks for your music that sounds like you were in a top notch studio with world class drummer, EpiK DrumS is as close as it gets. Produced by legendary producer and engineer Ken Scott (The Beatles, Elton John, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, etc.) and Sonic Reality, EpiK DrumS provides seamless integration into your own original tracks. EpiK DrumS contains amazing performances by five iconic drummers: Bill Cobham, Bob Siebenberg, Terry Bozzio, Woody Woodmansey and Rod Morgenstein. The diversity in these artists styles provides a rich variety to suit nearly any production that requires top notch live drumming.
EpiK DrumS for BFD2/3 includes seven advanced expressive drum kits (no grooves) in the style of artists such as David Bowie, Supertramp, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Missing Persons, Elton John and The Beatles. The sound of EpiK DrumS is stunningly authentic. Sonic Reality hunted down the specific vintage gear used on the original albums that made Ken Scott and these legendary drummers famous and used that gear to record EpiK DrumS. With the recording equipment in place, an all star team including Drum Doctor Ross Garfield was assembled to gather and prepare the instruments for this production. Surgical detail was applied to every aspect of EpiK DrumS from the drum instruments themselves to the microphones to the preamps and outboard gear employed.
With the combination of a legendary producer and engineer, five renowned drummers, authentic recordings using the actual equipment from classic albums, EpiK DrumS is the closest thing to conducting a live drum recording session in a top notch studio with the best drummers in the world.
Installation :
This is an updated library from inMusic Brands. The installers are original, with the exception of changing the serial number in several files to bypass the library activation later
Install the library
Launch BFD3, go to the Tools – Set up content locations tab
Press the Search Folder button and specify the folder with the installed libraries
For whatever reason, BFD’s interface and methodology haven’t clicked with me…….. Battery as the librarian happens to have become personal choice, although I do hope they slip in some intrinsic form of sequencing into the next version……. however, the name “Ken Scott” attached to any product speaks huge volumes. The number of albums, especially throughout the 1970’s, and their absolute perfection, where you’ll find Ken Scott’s name is immense. David Bowie’s “Aladdin Sane” album is a perfect example of Scott’s production mastery.
Anyway, thanks to Admin for creating one of the best resources for knowing what’s trending, even possible to do, and that even exists for music production.
As William H. Macy said in “Fargo” when he realized there was no way out of some glitch in his plan, “Ah what the Christ???”, I’ll continue here…… in the description are the names of a few drummers that may be missed by many aspiring producers and.or drummers……… I do mean “young” people 🙂 As the speed at which anybody could produce an entire album in a day came about, the sages of the music world faded in recognition. These are true pioneers, some of whom I’ve interviewed for my early 80’s FM radio shows focused on rhythms and percussionists.
Take the next step from “heard of ’em” to “listened to ’em”. YouTube certainly has this stuff on hand.
— Billy Cobham: beyond words, but be assured when this man appeared in the birth of fusion of rock and jazz, it was an instant revolution in music. The “Birds of Fire” album of “Mahavishnu Orchestra” will amaze.
— Rod Morgenstein: find any material of the 80’s phenomenon “Dixie Dregs”…… and btw, Rod revealed in interview that Mahavishnu Orchestra was a big inspiration to the Dregs. They fused rock, jazz, bluegrass, classical, and country into one incredible achievement.
— Terry Bozzio: that Terry was a member of Frank Zappa’s band (should, for sure) says enough. Zappa’s “Baby Snakes” movie/concert spotlights Terry. He was also a member of U.K. (“Nothing to Lose”), but he truly scorched as Jeff Beck’s drummer…… saw him live; Terry’s drums were also fitted with MIDI triggers playing a drum “brain” unit; “spectacular” is the short of it.
Unfamiliar with the others mentioned but checking them out.