Simon Phillips‘ collaboration with Steinberg has been take to the next level. After the widely acclaimed “Simon Phillips Studio Drums“, it is time for a library of jazz drum sounds titled “Simon Phillips Jazz Drums“, which is an expansion to Groove Agent 4 and Groove Agent 4 SE. It contains more that 7 GB of samples recorded by the legendary drummer with the use of brushes, sticks, his exclusive prototype Tama drum kit and cymbals from Simon’s private collection.
Key features:
- 20 original Simon Phillips styles for jazz, with funk, swing, Latin and blues influences
- Exclusive drum solo MIDI grooves (over 560 MIDI files) created with Simon Phillips
- 9500 samples and 7,6 GB of high-quality sounds
- A wide range of brush hits and patterns
- Tuneable room and overhead channels for kick, snare and toms
- All Styles variable in complexity and intensity from within Groove Agent’s Style Player
- Each Style includes several intros, fills and endings
- Recordings made on a unique prototype Tama drum kit owned and played by Simon Phillips
- Recorded by Simon Phillips at Phantom Recordings Studio in Los Angeles, USA
- Kit pieces include a 24″ kick drum, 4 toms (10:, 12″, 14″, 16″), a 14″ snare drum, hi-hats, 3 rides (19″, 22″, 24″) and an 18″ crash cymbal from Simon Phillips’ private collection
The library was created using Rode, Shure and Sennheiser microphones, preamps/EQs by Rupert Neve Designs, Burl and Elysia Nvelope.
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