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1. Ride Long Stop FA 71 Crash 1 Edge Left F 4 18 Crash 1 Long Stop G4 19 Crash 2 Edge Right G 4 80 Crash 2 Long Stop A4 8l What s in Each Drum Kit Each drum kit you see in the PLAY Browser has a table in this chapter For each drum kit there are two kinds of information presented in its table Looking at only the first column highlighted in blue you can see all the drums available in the kit In some cases there s only one option per drum For example the only instrument that can be assigned to the Left Crash Cymbal in the first table below Is the 17 Zildjian K And sometimes there are 2 or more options For example in the same table you can see that both the 22 Red Gretsch and the 24 by 16 Blue Gretsch are available as Bass Drums The second kind of information in the same tables is which drum or drums were actu ally set up in each instrument In this case the word instrument refers to the ewi instrument file that appears in the PLAY Browser In the first table there are 8 PLAY instruments available in the drum kit called Kit 1 MixSuite LA Tracking Room The following image from the PLAY Browser shows these 8 ewi files called instruments in the right most column under the 2 folders listed there These 8 files appear as the numbers at the top of the columns with the white background in the table EWPD Spike Stent Kit 1 Power Kit 1 D IT Kit 1 MixSuite LA Tracking Room In the tables the che
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3. The drum kits in ProDrummer are presented in a hierarchy At the top level are the vol umes each of which is devoted to the work of the producer whose name Is featured in the title At the time of this writing two volumes are being released So we have a vol ume for Spike Stent and a volume for Joe Chiccarelli For each of those volumes the next level down contains the drum kits that appear in the browser as a number of folders Each has a name with the drum kit and usually the location where it was recorded For Spike Stent the kits are e Kit 1 MixSuite LA Tracking Room e Kit 2 MixSuite LA Kitchen e Kit 3 EW Studio 2 e Kit 4 EW Studio 3 A e Kit 5 EW Studio 3 B e Kite EW Studio 1 Kick amp Snare e Kit Hybrid For Joe Chiccarelli the kits are e Kit 1 EW Studio 1 e Kit 2 EW Studio 2 Booth e Kit 3 EW Studio 2 Live room e Kit 4 Hybrid EW in these names refers to EastWest Studios where much of the recording was done Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 35 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Within each of these drum kit folders are e a subfolder called Lite e a subfolder called Powerful System e a collection of instrument files listed in the Browser in the same folder as those two subfolders Each of the two subfolders contains a collection of instruments similar to the list men tioned as the third bullet above That is for each drum kit there are three lists whose items are nam
4. ow ProDrummer Virtual Instruments Volume 1 Mark Spike Stent Volume 2 Joe Chiccarell Users Manual PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not repre sent a commitment on the part of East West Sounds Inc Use of the product and sounds described in this document is subject to the Software License Agreement included in this package and may not be copied to other media except for the purpose of copy ing the data to the personal computer system hard drive of the licensed user No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by East West Sounds Inc All product and company names are or trademarks of their respective owners PLAY is a trademark of East West Sounds Inc C P Copyright East West Sounds Inc 2015 All rights reserved East West Sounds Inc 6000 Sunset Blvd Hollywood CA 90028 USA 1 323 957 6969 voice 1 323 957 6966 fax For questions about licensing of products licensing eastwestsounds com For more general information about products info eastwestsounds com http support soundsonline com con oO oR GO W NO PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS About EastWest ProDrummer Producer Mark Spike Stent Producer Joe Chiccarelli Producer Doug Rogers Credits for EW ProDrummer Volume 1 Mark Spike Stent Cre
5. Click one to select it e Alternatively click in the small red Type display and choose a type from a pop up menu as shown partially in the following image Select the variant first which opens a menu of all 28 distortion algorithms for that variant In the image the Xxx variant menu is open as indicated by the blue highlight Na 3X Vacuum 3x Cubic m The Gain knob above the small red display is adjustable L in a range from 20 dB to 60 dB The higher the gain 3x Squared 5 ae Tex TE the more distortion is applied to the sound However the amp overall perceived volume should not deviate by too much RK SE though this is somewhat dependent on the level you re listening at and provided the Trim has been correctly set 3x Slew 2 3x Random Walk 3x Angry Mouse 34 Derimator Refer to the Trim section starting on page 25 for more information on balancing the input level The two controls Bias and Alteration can be used to further color the chosen distor tion type though bear in mind that for some algorithms the controls are irrelevant and are grayed out The horizontal Bias slider below the small red display emulates malfunctioning hardware circuitry and adds a DC offset before the distortion is applied The control IS very sensitive so even very small changes can make dramatic changes to the sound To break up the sound completely move the slider all the way to the right The Alteration k
6. E You may use any included EASTWEST SOFTWARE Audio Loops compositions that contain a combination of sound samples that can be repeated to form a continuous piece of music for a Production Music Library also known as stock music or library mu Sic original compositions or soundtracks created entirely by you using the EASTWEST SOFTWARE that you in turn license as an original composition or soundtrack to third parties for use in film television radio or other media subject to the following terms and conditions 1 the Audio Loops must be used in a musical context with at least two other instruments that contribute significantly to the composition and 2 The entire Audio Loop cannot be left exposed at any time in the composition If you have any doubt a composition or soundtrack by you meets the foregoing criteria you may submit the composition to licensing eastwestsounds com for written approval Please do not send audio or MP3 files send us a link to your composition on your web server F You may not and you agree not to or to enable others to copy except as and only to the extent permitted in this License decompile reverse engineer disassemble attempt License greement 68 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS to derive the source code of decrypt modify or create derivative works of the EAST WEST SOFTWARE or any part thereof except as and only to the extent any foregoing restriction is prohibited by applicable law 3 Tr
7. center the feedback crosses channels left channel feeds the right channel and vice versa Overall Tone Setting After the per band processing the signals are mixed together and a low pass filter can optionally be applied to attenuate any hyper bright frequencies The two controls are located to the right of the large red display e PP Shape e PP Frequency Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 32 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The PP Shape knob determines the color of the filter Turned to the far left the filter is disabled Raising it to the mid position increases the slope effectively making it a 48 dB octave low pass filter Turning further right adds some resonance The PP Frequency knob has a range from 2 KHz to 8 KHz and it determines the cutoff frequency of the filter The Browser View Multi GAIN dB OCH SE wien the instrument was The Browser behaves identically among all PLAY System libraries Read the main PLAY System manual for information about how to use that view channel Audio Output It is often the case that a composer wants different parts of the audio output to go to different channels so that mixing can be done either in the host or in an external mixing board in the studio In many PLAY libraries that selection of output channels can be performed in the Player view In ProDrummer it is in either the Browser view or the Mixer view that the user makes such a selection t EWPD Joe C Kit
8. positions itself on the beat so don t worry about being off just a little in timing And when the start of a groove clip gets close to the end of another one they line up ex actly end to start If you want to use only part of aclip use the mouse to drag either end inwards the end of the clip turns red when ready to be dragged in that way To select a groove clip click on that groove And then hold down the Shift key while you click to add more clips to your selection Selecting multiple clips at once Is use ful when you want to move them backward or forward by the same amount of time or to delete them simultaneously Ruler This scale along the top displays the bars and beats according to the selected time Signature You can change the number of beats per measure with the time signature control mentioned below but only when PLAY is running in standalone mode Playback Cursor The red cursor vertical line indicates the current playback position in the timeline In the image above it s exactly at the zero point Loop Range The grayed in area in the ruler displays the part of the timeline that is looped during playback when the loop button is enabled To adjust the loop range drag the mark ers at either end In the image above the loop range is the first bar Scroll Bar A horizontal scroll bar lies directly below the timeline Drag its thumb left or right or push the arrow key at either end to scroll the timeline displ
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10. there are 3 views that you can switch between with the but tons at the top of the Window e Player e Browser e Mixer Most of this chapter is devoted to the Player view The Mixer view is described in full in the PLAY 4 System manual but some of the ProDrummer specific effects processors that can be opened from the Mixer controls are described starting on page 21 The Browser view is very much the same across all libraries so it is described in detail in the PLAY 4 System manual There is also no keyboard at the bottom of the Player window as in other PLAY titles The image of the drum kit actually functions in much the same way as the keyboard in that you can play an instrument by clicking on its Image or If you re running ProDrummer on a computer with a touch sensitive screen by tapping on any drumhead cymbal or pedal with your finger or a stylus And as with the PLAY on screen keyboard you can watch the drums respond as they are played There is a playable keyboard at the bottom of the Mixer view You may want to use that to audition the various drums and their articulations that are mapped to MIDI notes See the table that lists that mapping starting on page 40 Only one basic articulation of each drum can be previewed from the image of the drums In order to have access to all articulations use a MIDI keyboard or the key board at the bottom of the Mixer view or run ProDrummer in a sequencer The Drums Button Click o
11. 2 Booth Drums Pu 1 D IH In the Browser View On the left side of the Browser sits a control for assigning a pair of output channels to each open instrument The image at the right shows the drop down list of outputs that appears when a user clicks on the Output Here the stereo channels 5 and 6 have been selected for the drum kit highlighted at the top In the Mixer View Along the bottom of the Mixer view just below the buttons that 5 amp 6 DELETE turn on or off an instrument or a mic is a row of Output controls ers KLEE Em EE wre eee At the far left of the image isu ei T sans j at the left is the strip for d HERAT UE g Ja O the instrument Note that CHL emer outeur assigned to output chan n DAG chat EEE Nels 5 and 6 in the Browser view that same selec tion appeared here as well The other three strips in the image are individual mic positions When a value of Default is selected then PLAY uses the out put assigned to the whole instrument in this case channels 5 and 6 If a different output pair is selected such as the 3 and 4 being selected for the Snare Top mic in the image then that selection overrides the selection for the whole instrument In this example the Kick Drum mic will be output on channels 5 and 6 because Default is selected and the Snare Top mic will be output on channels 3 and 4 Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 33 39 36 38 38 39 40 42 43 97 PRODR
12. 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the bass drums in columns 1 and 2 below as indicated by red checks within tan cells JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 3 EW STUDIO 2 LIVE ROOM instrument er D 2 3 4 5 5 7 fe Tir 12 fis fra BES TT 24 Gretsch Snare Off VIN e VV VV VV VV VV 24 Gretsch Snare On 25 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off vv v 25 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On Snares 5 70 s Ludwig Black Beauty Viv VY VY VV VV VV VY x 5 5 Craviotto Wood Hoop Wooden Snare 3 Ludwig Cupcake Piccolo Snare No Btm 5 9 Craviotto Copper Snare 5 5 Craviotto Copper Snare Brush Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 60 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 3 EW STUDIO 2 LIVE ROOM Instrument er 2 3 fe 5 fe a e Folm 12 1 i Tom 1 13 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On Tom 13 Gretsch Snare Off ve wv ev ev e VV VV e 13 Gretsch Snare On Tom 3 16 Gretsch Snare Off Viv VY V VY VY VY VV VY VY VW Vv 16 Gretsch Snare On 16 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off 16 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On Hi Hat 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash Viv V VV VY VY VV VY VV VW Vv Right Crash 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash Viv VV VY VV VV VV VW WV Vv 22 60 s Zildjian Ride Vv Vv VV VV VV VV VV wv Kit 4 Hybrid The screen shot at the right shows the 19 instrument files in eieaa cluded in Kit 4 from Joe Chiccarelli Hybrid This kit provides amp amp the maximum flexibility in selecting your drums and cymbals ski from those used acro
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14. FILES 11 19 Instrument keys kit 11 12 13 14 15 t6 fir fia Hi Hat 14 60 s Zildjian K 14 60 s Zildjian K Brush 14 Zildjian Newbie 12 Zildjian Istanbul 14 Zildjian K Left Crash 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash 20 50 s Zildjian Brush l 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash 2 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash 3 Right Crash 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash l 18 Istanbul 30th Anniversary Brush 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash 2 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash 3 Ride 22 Istanbul Sultan Ride 1 22 Istanbul Sultan Ride Brush 22 Zildjian A 2 22 60 s Zildjian Ride 3 Vv VV VV x CS IS IS i VW VV VV x VV VV VV VV VV VV V VV VV x Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 66 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS EASTWEST SOUNDS INC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT THE EASTWEST SOUNDS INC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT GOVERNS THE USE OF EASTWEST EASTWEST QUANTUM LEAP AND QUANTUM LEAP SOFTWARE AUDIO CONTENT AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVIDED BY EASTWEST TO THE END USER PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE CARE FULLY BEFORE USING THE EASTWEST SOFTWARE AUDIO CONTENT AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AS IT GOVERNS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF YOUR USE BY USING THE EASTWEST SOFTWARE AUDIO CONTENT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE DO NOT USE THE EASTWEST SOFTWARE AUDIO CONTENT OR OTH
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16. Mark Spike Stent Engineering Assistance MixSuite LA Ken Sluiter Matty Green EastWest Studios Ken Sluiter Brendan Dekora Jeremy Miller Drums Steve Sidelnyk Production Coordinator Rhys Moody Programming Justin Harris Jason Coffman Andrzej Warzocha Editing Justin Harris Jason Coffman Andrzej Warzocha Art Direction Doug Rogers Steven Gilmore Thomas Merkle Shaun Ellwood Software Klaus Lebk cher Wolfgang Kundrus Bartlomiej Bazior Stefan Holek Helen Evans Truc Phan Doug Rogers Rhys Moody Manual John Philpit Andrew Hlynsky Helen Evans Chapter 1 Welcome D PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Credits for EW ProDrummer Volume 2 Joe Chiccarelli Producers Doug Rogers and Joe Chiccarelli Sound Engineer Joe Chiccarelli Engineering Assistance Ken Sluiter Brendan Dekora Jeremy Miller Drums Matt Chamberlain Production Coordinator Rhys Moody Programming Justin Harris Jason Coffman Andrzej Warzocha Editing Justin Harris Jason Coffman Andrzej Warzocha Art Direction Doug Rogers Steven Gilmore Thomas Merkle Shaun Ellwood Software Klaus Lebk cher Wolfgang Kundrus Bartlomiej Bazior Stefan Holek Helen Evans Truc Phan Doug Rogers Rhys Moody Manual John Philpit Andrew Hlynsky Helen Evans Chapter 1 Welcome 6 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS How to Use This and the Other Manuals All documentation for the EastWest PLAY Advanced Sample System and its libraries is prov
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18. and Release Time knobs control how fast the gate opens and closes The Amount knob sets how much the gate closes It closes all the way when set to 100 and barely closes when set to 0 With a negative setting the gate shape Is inverted which means it opens below the threshold and closes above it Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 29 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The gate can add snap to a sound such as making shorter drum hits Or by invert ing the gate on a band you can have one band s gate open while the other s closes The gate works best with sounds having a lot of dynamic movement A pad won t gate so well because it has very slow Attack and Decay envelopes Dynamics Shape and Body Knobs The Shape parameter determines how the audio dynamics are changed e n the neutral position center the audio is unmodified e n the Phat zone left the audio is compressed that is dynamics are reduced but the overall sound is perceived to be louder and sustained longer This is not a com pressor in the traditional sense as it usually just increases low volume levels leaving higher levels untouched e n the Sharp zone right the audio is expanded that is dynamics are increased and attacks emphasized producing percussive and generally faster decaying sounds Bl em Use the Body parameter to adjust the amount that the Shape parameter affects OF the audio In addition Body also progressively adds a limiter to t
19. described below This effects processor is turned on or off by clicking in the button in the upper left corner In the image it s illuminated yellow meaning that it s turned on Aquilar Bass Rig 421 Marshall AKG D 112 Aguilar Bass Rig AKG D 112 Marshall EV RE 20 Aguilar Bass Rig EV RE 20 Marshall Josephson 225 Aguilar Bass Rig Josephson 225 Marshall SM 57 Preset Menu Clicking on the Preset control at the left displays a drop down menu displaying the Amp Simulator s starting points which you can then customize to fit your needs To select an item click on its name Each name in the list is the name of an amp followed by the name of a mic it s paired with For example selecting Marshall EV RE 20 gives you a simulation of an Electrovoice RE2O microphone run through a Marshall amp The image above shows only the top of the drop down menu because the full list is large at almost 80 entries Note that the check mark in the list indicates which item is the current selection Once you ve selected an amp and mic combination you can use the other controls here to customize the audio output They re described below Drive Knob The Drive knob controls how much signal is sent into the Amp Simulator s virtual circuit Turning the Drive knob increases or decreases the amount of distortion and Saturation to create either a more or a less intense effect Note that overdriving the Amp Simulator can result in reduce
20. famous music producers are building on their experience in the industry to deliver drum kit sounds that they might use on a project And at the same time these drum kits are immensely customizable to your needs and your taste Swap out one or more drums and or cymbals Change the way the mics are used Modify or add distortions and other effects to create a sound that might be nothing like the drum kit you re starting from To see your options about what drums and cymbals are available use the Drums button in Player view To change how the mics and effects are used go to the Mixer view SW 50 en A 44 0 y 2 13 ch ri li Deg CC kloer Tom JE Rack Tom 2 4 TOH OH Room 7 FX I mos Su ee ie The image above shows only the bottom of the Mixer view For the channel assigned to the drum kit as a whole the yellow button has been pressed to show all these and more Subordinate strips Each governs the input from a single mic as named on the buttons Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 38 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS at the bottom Note that some mics are on illuminated and some are off dark You can turn on or off any of these mics At the far right one of the mics has been muted the red button but you can turn it on if you want to include the Room mic in your mix Some strips have the blue FX button illuminated indicating that one or more effects have been set up for the input from the one mic for that mixer s
21. on this text to open the Master Navigation Document It opens in a new window on the screen In that document click on the icon for the PLAY System its manual opens in the same window hiding the MND You now have both the ProDrummer manual and the PLAY System manual open in separate windows so you can refer to them both Online Documentation and Other Resources For the most up to date information visit the support pages at EastWest s web site There you can find e information made available after these manuals were written e FAQ pages that may already list answers to questions you have e suggestions trom EastWest and other users of the EastWest PLAY System e news about upcoming releases The address Is http support soundsonline com You can also visit the EastWest online forums There you can read comments and ques tions from others who use EastWest products and post your own The many forum par ticipants are a good source of helpful information about both the technical and musical aspects of this software The address of the forums Is http www soundsonline forums com If you visit the forums to receive support from EastWest instead of going directly to the support site listed above make sure you post your support request in the Support forum and not in the General Discussion forum Chapter 1 Welcome 8 10 10 11 11 11 12 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS 2 ProDrummer An Overview Virtual Instrume
22. placed and how those mic channels were mixed e the kinds of preamp used on each mic e what distortion or other effects processing if any was applied to each mic channel And you have complete control over all those factors if you choose to come up with something new The range of ways you can customize these sounds is virtually endless but you may often decide to stay very close to the sounds of these experienced music producers who have won award after award Also included in each volume are MIDI Groove files that you can use to audition each drum kit or that you can stitch together in the included Song Builder to create an en tire piece Once you have your drum track the way you want it you can export it to the sequencer of your choice And if you decide to make changes at a later time all the included grooves can be copied to your sequencer and positioned wherever you like You will definitely want to start by auditioning each drum kit in all of its variations Then move on to playing with the Velocity Processor or the included Ohmicide plug in effects processor You ll want to try turning off some of the mics and or turning on some that were recorded but not included in the original mix just to see how those changes modify the audio output There s a lot to explore if you re going to use the full power of EastWest ProDrummer So read through the descriptions in this manual and have fun Chapter 1 Welcome 2 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INST
23. this button has an effect only when being run as a plug in How to Use these Controls to Construct Arrangements Any MIDI file can be dragged trom the Search Results of the Groove browser directly into the Song Builder s timeline where it is displayed as a MIDI clip The grooves can be freely placed at any position in the timeline but only starting on a beat not between beats Double clicking a groove in the Search Results places the file directly after the previously added file Once a groove has been placed into the timeline it can be moved copied deleted or trimmed to fit your arrangement To select a MIDI region simply click on it with the mouse to select several regions hold down the Shift key after selecting the first clip as you add other desired regions to the selection Highlighted color and a blue border around the edges Indicate the currently selected regions To move a region s position in the arrangement simply drag it to another location within the timeline Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 20 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Hovering the mouse over either end of a MIDI region changes the mouse cursor to a left right arrow which allows you to trim the region non destructively This means that after trimming a region you are always able to extend it back to its original length To trim a region simply drag either end in the desired direction after the cursor has changed into the arrow tool Note that you can shor
24. tured during the original performance DRUM KIT KEY MAPPING Articulation Name Note Note Name Number Hi Hat Pedal Fast A 0 34 Kick Hard BO 35 Kick Felt Cl 36 Snare X Stick C 1 SR Snare Center D1 38 Snare Flams D 1 39 Snare Rim amp Head El 40 Floor Toms Center Fl 4 Hi Hat Closed F 1 42 Rack Tom 1 Center Gl 43 Hi Hat Half Open G 1 44 Rack Tom 2 Center Al 45 Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 40 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS DRUM KIT KEY MAPPING Note Note Name Number Articulation Name Hi Hat Open Al 46 Floor Tom Flams Bl 4 Rack Tom 1 Flams C2 48 Hi Hat H amp C Center Fast C 2 49 Rack Tom 2 Flams D2 50 Ride Bell D 2 5 Ride Center E2 52 Ride Short Stop F2 Ji Crash 1 Center Left F 2 54 Crash 1 Short Stop G2 55 Crash 2 Center Right G 2 56 Crash 2 Short Stop A2 5 Hi Hat Pedal Slow A 2 98 Kick Hard B2 59 Kick Felt C3 DU Snare Rimshot X Stick CH3 6l Snare Edge D3 62 Snare Short Rolls He 63 Snare Long Rolls E3 64 Floor Toms Rimshot Center F3 65 Hi Hat Edge Closed F 3 66 Rack Tom 1 Rimshot Center G3 67 Hi Hat Edge Half Open G 3 68 Rack Tom 2 Rimshot Center A3 69 Hi Hat Edge Open A 3 0 Floor Tom Rim and Head B3 IN Rack Tom 1 Rim and Head C4 72 Hi Hat H amp C Edge Fast C 4 13 Rack Tom 2 Rim and Head D4 4 Ride Bell D 4 75 Ride Edge E4 76 Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits Al PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS DRUM KIT KEY MAPPING Note Note Name Number Articulation Name
25. x 6 5 DW Maple Dom 13 x 6 Orange County Green Sparkle 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass 14 x 5 Orange County 14 x 5 Orange County Wallet On 14 x 5 Gretsch Vintage Chrome 14x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 14 x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard Wallet On 14 x 6 Orange Cnty Old Red 14 x 6 Orange Cnty Old Red Snare Off al Be ab et ca el ee x I Se ww cw dw dc dc G Jc G JRO PRO R Rl ele terete le Tete Im Te Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits b SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 1 FILES 1 10 Instrument key Kit 1 2 3 4 15 je I7 Je Is fio 13x 7 Yamaha Maple 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Dom 14 x 6 5 Orange County Fat Bastard 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Dom 14 x 7 Orange Cnty Red amp Black 14 x 7 Orange Cnty Red amp Black Wt On 14x 5 Slingerland Chrome 14 x 6 Orange County Wood 808 Snare Clap D only E Snare A E Snare B E Snare C E Snare D Tom 1 10 x 8 Gretsch 10 x 8 Red Gretsch 2 viv Vv 10 x 8 Red Gretsch 3 Vd SVEN Tom 2 12 x 10 Gretsch 12 x 10 Red Gretsch 12 x 10 Red Gretsch 12x 10 DW 12 x 9 DW Black Ice Tom 3 15 x 12 Gretsch 1 15 x 12 Red Gretsch 2 15x 12 Red Gretsch 3 V L x 4 3 m m m mImImIiIo o Io gt gt I gt S Ss x S x S ofle jolin KE 15x 12 DW 15 x 13 DW Black Ice Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 52 SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 1 FILES 1 10 __Instrumentkey ait 1 2 3 4 15 je I7 Je Is 10 Hi Hat 14 Zildj
26. you can use It Oth Chapter 2 ProDrummer An Overview 11 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS erwise you may acquire one from one of the many retailers that sell EastWest products or buy one at online at www amazon com Hardware Requirements See the PLAY System manual for a complete list of the Hardware and Software Require ments for Installing and running any PLAY System library The ProDrummer software and Its libraries are larger than some of the other EastWest titles especially if you install both libraries For that reason you may need an even more capable system than what is recommended for those other libraries for example e Intel or AMD quad core processor or higher running at a minimum of 2 66 GHz e 8 GB of RAM or more e a 64 bit operating system and a 64 bit host when running PLAY 4 as a plug in Note that this is a recommended system and is more powerful than the minimum of what Is required Solid State Drives There is no doubt solid state drives SSDs are a revolution for storing and streaming samples While currently more expensive than traditional hard drives the seek and re trieval times are almost instantaneous which means you may be able to create even larger projects and or to use lower latencies without needing workarounds to avoid dis ruption of the audio output When using ProDrummer SSDs may be your best option for using the most capable of the instrument files Lite patches are provided for oth
27. 16 60 s Slingerland Cocktail Snare Off vv 16 60 s Slingerland Cocktail Snare On Snares 6 5 60 s Ludwig REV A v VV vv Vv 10 Dunnett Fiberglass 14x 5 70 s Ludwig Acrolite Joe C Special v vV Tom 1 none Tom 2 13 60 s Ludwig Snare Off VW VV VY VV Vv 13 60 s Ludwig Snare On Tom 3 16 60 s Ludwig Snare Off VV VV VV x 16 60 s Ludwig Snare On Hi Hat 14 Zildjian Newbie REV ss E SS WG 12 Zildjian Istanbul Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 59 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 2 EW STUDIO 2 BOOTH Instrument key 2 13 fe 5 fe fr ets Left Crash 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash Viv vi VV VY VV v Right Crash 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash Viv VV VV VW VY Vv Ride 22 Zildjian A VV VV VV VV Kit 3 EW Studio 2 Live Room The screen shot at the right shows the 14 instrument files in ss cluded in Kit 1 from Joe Chiccarelli EW Studio 2 Live Room amp The numbers at the right against the light green background map to the same 14 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi aegdeddgeeggdedee file find its number and look at the check marks in that num RUE bered column below BEE gt CO Hin bio Mi Conversely if you wonder which instrument files use a given drum by default then follow that drum across the table and see in which columns it s included in based on the check marks Note that when
28. D D Ce a a 4 a fl AM OUNT d 0 37 eg oe i D 30 10 J D e i D SH 3 RELEASE G k Cy THOLD o HG LD 3 ee i Iech A m W O mm 141 ZU i E l i 70 70D SCH T n GAIN SPEED E eu La wg HU 4 i a Ein HHOLD RATIO RELEASE RANGE If you re looking at the main channel strip you see in addition two more effects proces sors at the bottom of the drawer the EastWest convolution reverb and the SSL Stereo Bus Compressor Again these are described in the EastWest PLAY 4 System manual DI Solid State Logic Oxtord England Wi Shadia 1 Erant h STEREO BUS COMPRESSOR EW Studio 1 Front N MOND A 442 10 a 20 y 20 b 12 Ss Ze D K op 20 20 dB d THRESHOLD ATTACK mS RATIO k COMPRESSION 2 8413 4 L EE y b ef E e NP Auta COMP 4 A IN E 8 MAKE UP RELEASE 5 The ProDrummer specific Effects Processors These two effects processors are included to give you control over both what kind of amp you want to hear and what kind of distortion and other effects to include in the output from your drum kit EastWest Amp Simulator This effects processor provides distortion and re amping characteristics to the sounds of ProDrummer There are about eighty options in the Preset drop down list Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 22 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS included with these libraries Each of these options can be tweaked and manipu lated using the Amp Simulator s parameters as
29. Drummer Drum Kits Su SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 2 FILES 11 19 Instrument key ait 11 12 13 1a 15 fie 17 18 fioj Tom 2 12 x 10 Gretsch 12 x 10 Red Gretsch 12 x 10 Red Gretsch 12x 10 DW 12 x 9 DW Black Ice Tom 3 15 x 12 Gretsch 15 x 12 Red Gretsch 15 x 12 Red Gretsch 15x12 DW 15 x 13 DW Black Ice Hi Hat 14 Zildjian Master Sound 14 Zildjian Master Sound 14 Zildjian Master Sound A 13 Zildjian Master Sound A 13 Zildjian Master Sound 808 HiHat Tambourine E HiHat Tambourine 2 Left Crash 17 Zildjian K Hybrid 17 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 17 Zildjian K 16 Zildjian A Med Thin 16 Zildjian A Med Thin Right Crash 19 Zildjian K 19 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 19 Zildjian K 18 Zildjian A Med Thin 18 Zildjian A Med Thin V LL v VV VV x on w TP VW VY VV x GES RO V v s Fr FIr gt I IN V LL v VV Nx x GES w _ Ro V LS Ivv VY VV VV or w TR Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 56 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 2 FILES 11 19 Instrument ker 11 12 13 1a 15 16 17 18 io Ride 21 Zildjian K Heavy 21 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 21 Zildjian Heavy Ride 21 Zildjian A Sweet Ride 21 Zildjian A Sweet Ride vw Vv VV VV Vv on wtT_Rr r Joe Chiccarelli Drum Kits Kit 1 EW Studio 1 The screen shot at the right shows the 13 instrument files in W cluded in Kit 1 from Joe Chicc
30. E in machine readable form for backup purposes only provided that the backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the original B You may use the EASTWEST SOFTWARE to create your own original music composi tions or soundtracks for your film video music and audio projects and you may broad cast and or distribute your own original music compositions or soundtracks that were created using EASTWEST SOFTWARE C You may not use the EASTWEST SOFTWARE to create sounds or other content for any kind of synthesizer virtual instrument sample library sample based product musical instrument or competitive product You may not license sell or distribute commer cially or otherwise either the EASTWEST SOFTWARE or any portion or component parts of the EASTWEST SOFTWARE on a standalone basis or repackage and sell license or distribute either the EASTWEST SOFTWARE or any portion or component parts of the EASTWEST SOFTWARE on a standalone basis D You may use the EASTWEST SOFTWARE to compose original music compositions or soundtracks or for a Production Music Library also known as stock music or library mu Sic original compositions or soundtracks created entirely by you using the EASTWEST SOFTWARE that you in turn license as an original composition or soundtrack to third parties for use in film television radio or other media provided the completed compo sition or soundtrack is created solely by you
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32. Gold Wt On 14 x 5 5 Orange County Silver and Black 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Snare Off 14 x 5 Vintage Slingerland 14 x 5 Vintage Gretsch 14 x 8 Orange Cty Prolype Silver amp Wood ar V L L x VV Ls x vv V mimieimimimimimIinmy oyu AIRI tom ft cw tw J ww Ro MD m m nn ln pn lte ln pn II rn Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 54 SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 2 FILES 11 19 Instrument key ait 11 12 13 14 fis fie lin fie fioj 14 x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 10 x 8 Orange County Piccolo Snare 14 x 5 5 Orange County Wood 14x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 14 x 6 5 DW Maple Dom 13 x 6 Orange County Green Sparkle 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass 14 x 5 Orange County 14 x 5 Orange County Wallet On 14 x 5 Gretsch Vintage Chrome 14x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 14 x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard Wallet On 14 x 6 Orange Cnty Old Red 14 x 6 Orange Cnty Old Red Snare Off 13x 7 Yamaha Maple 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Dom 14 x 6 5 Orange County Fat Bastard 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Dom 14 x 7 Orange Cnty Red amp Black 14 x 7 Orange Cnty Red amp Black Wt On 14x 5 Slingerland Chrome 14 x 6 Orange County Wood 808 Snare Clap D only E Snare A E Snare B E Snare C E Snare D Tom 1 10 x 8 Gretsch 10 x 8 Red Gretsch 2 10 x 8 Red Gretsch J rm Ir m fen fl fe sf fen Harf Io Io Io Jo I AIAI Ic fc co fc ce IIND IND IN eee V LS Ivv VY VV VV Chapter 4 The Pro
33. Ludwig Brush Hi Hat 14 60 s Zildjian K Vv VV VV VV VV VV vi 14 60 s Zildjian K Brush Left Crash 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash Vv VV VV VY VV Vv 20 50 s Zildjian Brush Right Crash 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash Viv VV VV VV VV VV Vv 18 Istanbul 30th Anniversary Brush Ride 22 Istanbul Sultan Ride Vv VV VV VV VV VV vi 22 Istanbul Sultan Ride Brush Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 58 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Kit 2 EW Studio 2 Booth The screen shot at the right shows the 9 instrument files in iss cluded in Kit 1 from Joe Chiccarelli EW Studio 2 Booth The numbers at the right against the light green background map to the same 9 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi file find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below om CO zl EN in amp da ps Conversely if you wonder which instrument files use a given drum by default then fol low that drum across the table and see in which columns It s included in based on the check marks Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the bass drums and Snares In columns 1 below that s indicated by red checks within tan cells JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 2 EW STUDIO 2 BOOTH Instrument key 2 3 4 Is fs 7 8 9 I Bass Drums 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Sn Off REV viv Vv VV Vv 22 Green Ludwig Club Date SnareOn Vv
34. On 24 Gretsch Snare Off 24 Gretsch Snare On 29 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off 25 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On Snares 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Maple amp Mahogony 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Mol amp Mhg NT Sn Off 9 5 Craviotto Stacked Mol amp Mhg NT Sn On 6 9 Craviotto Chrome Over Brass v v BY vi x y v COU Co Co Co Ph a eas e e Se Vv VV vi Vv Vv Vv 6 9 Tama Bell Brass 9 9 Craviotto Birch Timeless Timber 9 9 Craviotto Birch Timeless Timber Brush 20 x 6 5 Craviotto Super Wide 6 5 60 s Ludwig 10 Dunnett Fiberglass 14x 5 0 s Ludwig Acrolite Joe C Special 5 0 s Ludwig Black Beauty 5 5 Craviotto Wood Hoop Wooden Snare 3 Ludwig Cupcake Piccolo Snare No Btm 5 5 Craviotto Copper Snare GO Oo eS eGo Ree Ree El Se eent El 3 ee KL ed leng 5 5 Craviotto Copper Snare Brush Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 62 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 4 HYBRID PART 1 FILES 1 10 Instrument ert 1 e 3 5 je f Is Is fro Tom 1 13 60 s Ludwig 1 VA WW VV VV Vv 13 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off 3 vV 13 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On J Tom 2 15 60 s Ludwig 1 15 60 s Ludwig Brush 1 13 60 s Ludwig Snare Off 2 13 60 s Ludwig Snare On 2 3 3 VV wv VV VV xy 13 Gretsch Snare Off 13 Gretsch Snare On Tom 3 16 60 s Ludwig 1 VA V VY VW VV Vv 16 60 s Ludwig Brush 1 16 60 s Ludwig Snare Off 2 16 60 s Ludwig Snare On 2 16 Gretsch Snare Off J 16 Gretsch Sn
35. RUMENTS Producer Mark Spike Stent Mark Spike Stent is an English producer mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Coldplay Lady Gaga Beyonc Muse Usher U2 Madon na Linkin Park Bj rk Depeche Mode Maroon 5 Gwen Stefani Moby No Doubt Oasis Keane Massive Attack and Bastille plus others Stent mixed two international 1 albums in 2014 Coldplay and Ed Sheeran and has won three Grammys including Best Rock Album in 2010 for Muse The Resistance Best Contemporary R amp B Album in 2009 for Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce and Best Dance Electronica Album in 2006 with Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Stent was nominated across four different genres Album of the Year with Lady Gaga for Fame Monster Best Rock Album with Muse for The Resistance Winner Best Dance Electronica Album with Goldfrapp for Head First and Best Contemporary R amp B Album with Usher for Raymond V Raymond Producer Joe Chiccarelli Joe Chiccarelli is a producer mixer and engineer who has worked with U2 Beck The Killers The Raconteurs The White Stripes The Strokes Morrissey Jason Mraz Elton John My Morning Jacket Rufus Wainwright Cafe Tacuba and others Chapter 1 Welcome 3 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Chiccarelli was a Grammy Award Winner for Best Alternative Aloum with The White Stripes Icky Thump
36. Side both won M I P A Awards judged by over 100 international music magazines MIDI Grooves Both volumes include the same set of MIDI Grooves that can be used for a quick audi tion of any instrument Or you can also use these MIDI files in your own pieces either as they are or as you d like to modify them Get a fast start on a drum track with profession ally created grooves Feel free to piece them together in the Song Builder that included within the ProDrummer software Or simply add one or more of them to the MIDI tracks in your Sequencer What s Included This ProDrummer library you purchased includes all of the following e a complete set of sample based instruments enumerated later in this manual e Volume 1 includes approximately 60 Gigabytes of 24 bit 44 1 kHz samples e Volume 2 includes approximately AD Gigabytes of 24 bit 44 1 kHz samples e the EastWest PLAY 4 Advanced Sample Engine Note that PLAY 4 is required earlier versions are not supported with this library e the EastWest Installation Center to download install and authorize your product e manuals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format for both the EastWest PLAY 4 System and the ProDrummer Virtual Instrument e when purchasing your library on a hard drive an installer to set up your library on your computer This library can be authorized onto either your computer or an iLok security key The iLok key is not usually included in your purchase If you already have one
37. The data gets processed in real time resulting in immediate changes to the dynamics of the drum performance The Velocity Processor has four controls Vel Proc Button This button shows the on off state of the Velocity Pro cessor If it is lit up blue as in the image at the right the Velocity Processor is active if the button is dark it is turned off Click on the button to turn the Velocity Processor on or off Most instruments that come with any of the ProDrummer libraries have the Velocity Processor turned on by default Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 16 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Threshold Knob The Threshold knob determines a MIDI velocity value above which the notes are processed according to the Ratio setting Below that value no changes are made Ratio Knob This knob adjusts the ratio of the input velocity to the resulting velocity At a value of 1 000 the velocity is unaffected For values greater than 1 000 the resulting ve locity is lower than the input for values below 1 000 the resulting velocity is higher This only affects velocity values above the threshold It may seem counterintuitive that larger numbers make the output softer But re member that this set of controls works like a compressor with reduction of the loud est sounds as the goal It s doing its job when loud sounds are reduced in volume in order to avoid clipping in the output Makeup Knob This knob adjusts the overall gain of th
38. UMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits How the Drum Kits Are Organized How the Selection of Mics and Other Parameters Affects the Sound You First Need to Select a Drum Kit The Instrument Files are Really Presets Special Note About the Hybrid Drum Kits Drum Kit Key Mapping What s in Each Drum Kit Spike Stent Drum Kits Joe Chiccarelli Drum Kits Click on this text to open the Master Navigation Document 34 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The ProDrummer Drum Kits ProDrummer is a collection of Drum Kits But you re not only selecting from a long list of kits This chapter provides the information you need to understand the ways In which the ProDrummer instruments are organized And when you find a drum kit that comes close to what you want what options you have to find something more exactly like what you re looking for This chapter starts by describing the hierarchy of instruments you might open in Pro Drummer and PLAY Next comes a table of the mappings between the MIDI notes that ProDrummer receives and the drum articulation that is triggered After that are the ta bles that specify what drums are in each drum kit and in each instrument The next few pages contain very important information about what Is provided right out of the box and what you can do to customize these sounds If you read nothing else in this manual you ll want to read these sections How the Drum Kits Are Organized
39. actly the decisions that the producer made The PLAY software allows you to make modifications to all the parameters mentioned in the previous paragraph The image above shows how some of the mics in an instrument file appear Two of them Kit 1 and PA have been turned off to customize the sound Not shown in this image is the array of dynamics sliders above these buttons that adjust the level of each mic And all these decisions whether by the producer or by the end user can make significant changes to the overall sound of the drum kit sometimes subtle sometimes drastic The J37 Tape Mics For the Joe Chiccarelli instruments you can also notice a mic channel called J37 Tape These are alternate mics that were run through a J37 Tape Machine They are used on the kick the snare and the toms plus one drum kit uses such a Room mic instead of Toms Because of tape machine wow and flutter these mics naturally phase with the corresponding regular close mics Care must be taken to use one or the other not both unless you re purposely looking for a phasing and flanging sound Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 37 Btm PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS You First Need to Select a Drum Kit It is important to understand that when selecting the drum kit for example Kit 2 EW Studio 2 Booth you re making two initial selections that affect the sound e You re selecting the physical drums you have available in the kit you
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41. and Best Engineered Album with The Raconteurs Consolers of The Lonely He has won a total of Ten Grammy Awards and has received a Nomination for Producer of the Year in 2007 for The Shins Wincing The Night Away Producer Doug Rogers With over 30 years experience in the audio industry founder and producer Doug Rogers is the recipient of over 70 industry awards more than any other sound developer Most recently his productions include Quantum Leap Pianos the most detailed virtual plano collection ever produced Fab Four inspired by the sounds of the Beatles The Dark Side Fab Four and The Dark Side were both M I P A Award winners judged by 100 music magazines Hollywood Strings Hollywood Brass Hollywood Orchestral Wood winds Hollywood Orchestral Percussion ProDrummer 1 co produced with Mark Spike Stent ProDrummer 2 co produced with Joe Chiccarelli and Ghostwriter co produced with Steven Wilson Over the last 17 years he has partnered with producer composer Nick Phoenix and set up the Quantum Leap imprint a subsidiary of EastWest to produce high quality no com promise virtual instruments EastWest Quantum Leap virtual instruments are considered the best available and are in daily use by the who s who of the industry Chapter 1 Welcome A PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Credits for EW ProDrummer Volume 1 Mark Spike Stent Producers Doug Rogers and Mark Spike Stent Sound Engineer
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43. are On 3 16 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off 3 16 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On 3 Hi Hat 14 60 s Zildjian K l Viv VY VV VV VY Vv 14 60 s Zildjian K Brush l 14 Zildjian Newbie 2 12 Zildjian Istanbul 2 14 Zildjian K 3 Left Crash 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash 20 50 s Zildjian Brush 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash 2 20 Istanbul MPL Louis Crash 3 vs VV VV VV VV Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 63 JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 4 HYBRID PART 1 FILES 1 10 Instrument key kit 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 le fs fo Right Crash 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash 18 Istanbul 30th Anniversary Brush 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash 20 5 Istanbul 25th Anniversary Crash Ride 22 Istanbul Sultan Ride 1 22 Istanbul Sultan Ride Brush 22 Zildjian A 2 22 60 s Zildjian Ride 3 V LS VY VV VV VV x L E ERS ViVV VV VV VV x JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 4 HYBRID PART 2 FILES 11 19 Instrument ker lu 11 12 13 14 15 06 fir fia Bass Drums 24 Craviotto Maple 22 Craviotto Hybrid Walnut amp Maple Snr Off 22 Craviotto Hybrid Walnut amp Maple Snr On 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare Off 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare On 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Sn Off 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare On 16 60 s Slingerland Cocktail Snare Off 16 60 s Slingerland Cocktail Snare On 24 Gretsch Snare Off 24 Gretsch Snare On 25 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off 25 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On Snares 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Maple amp Maho
44. arelli EW Studio 1 The numbers amp at the right against the light green background map to the Same 13 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi file find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below Conversely if you wonder which instrument files use a given PPR drum by default then follow that drum across the table and see in which columns It s included in based on the check marks JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 1 EW STUDIO 1 Instrument er 2 3 fe 5 fe Olli Bass Drums 24 Graviotto Maple VV VV d E E EE E GE 22 Craviotto Hybrid Walnut amp Maple Snr Off 22 Craviotto Hybrid Walnut amp Maple Snr On 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare Off v 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare On Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits oF PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 1 EW STUDIO 1 Instrument er 2 3 fe 5 fe Olli Snares 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Maple amp Mahogony VY lt vv VV VV VY Vv 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Mol amp Mhg NT Sn Off 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Mol amp Mhg NT Sn On 6 9 Craviotto Chrome Over Brass v 6 9 Tama Bell Brass 5 5 Craviotto Birch Timeless Timber 5 5 Craviotto Birch Timeless Timber Brush 20 x 6 5 Craviotto Super Wide Tom 1 13 60 s Ludwig vi d d VV VV VV VV wv Tom 2 15 60 s Ludwig d e vg vw e VV VV VV wv 15 60 s Ludwig Brush Tom 3 16 60 s Ludwig d ev MU VV VV VV I 16 60 s
45. ay left or right Undo Redo Buttons Click the backward and forward arrows at the left to undo or redo any edits Eger to Song Builder Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 19 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Trash Can Button Clicking this button deletes the currently selected MIDI clip from the timeline Note that the computer s Delete key cannot be used to remove clips Zoom Buttons The and buttons at the right serve as zoom in and out buttons As the zoom is adjusted the resolution of the ruler how close together the beats are in the Ruler visually increases or decreases Edit Menu The button with the horizontal lines at the right of the timeline contains the usual Edit Menu functions Cut Copy Paste and Select Deselect as well as the options to export selected clips or the entire song as a MIDI file to your hard drive Transport Section Buttons for Play and Stop as well as a button to toggle the Loop functionality nm gt on and off for the timeline are here To the right of fe them are controls to set the time signature and the tempo Note that tempo and time signature can only be edited when PLAY is run ning in standalone mode When using ProDrummer as a plug in these settings are determined by the host SYNE 4 4 om TOHOST Sync to Host When this button is enabled the timeline automatically begins and ends playback with the host staying in sync with the host playback position Obviously
46. bat Reader software Note that images are clearest and screen shots most legible at 200 and next best at 100 Important Note If you have a computer or tablet with a touch screen you might have received pre installed a version of Acrobat Reader designed to work with touches to the screen In some cases these touch friendly versions don t behave exactly the same way as the of ficial Adobe product If you are encountering problems navigating through this document consider downloading the free Acrobat Reader from the adobe com website It is OK to have both versions installed at the same time The Master Navigation Document Because the EastWest PLAY System is a collection of components each with its own Users Manual a Master Navigation Document MND is provided to allow users to jump quickly between these PDFs when being read on the computer screen This MND is a one page file with hyperlinks to the PLAY System documentation and to all the library manuals Hyperlinks to this Master Navigation Document are found on the title page of each chapter in each document From there you can open any other document in the collection Chapter 1 Welcome PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS As one example if you re reading some chapter in this documentation for the ProDrum mer libraries and need to open the manual for the PLAY System as well go to any chap ter title page and click on the link at the bottom of the page that says Click
47. ch that drum was recorded In a few cases this col umn contains the letter E which tells you that this is an electronic drum that was not included in any of the other kits It is used only in those instrument files with Electro in the name SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 1 FILES 1 10 Instrumentkey kit 1 2 f3 ja s e 7 e 9 10 Bass Drums 22 Red Gretch 24 x 16 Blue Gretsch 22 x 16 Red Gretsch Snare On 22 x 16 Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 Snare Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 Snare Red Gretsch Snare On 22 x 16 Wine Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 x 16 Wine Red Gretsch Snare On 24 Blue Gretsch Snare Off 24 Blue Gretsch Snare On 22 Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 Red Gretsch Snare On 22 x 16 Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 x 16 Red Gretsch Snare On on on ft amp amp Fc Io oY oao oao JRO MN m Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 30 SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 1 FILES 1 10 Instrument key kit 1 2 3 4 15 je I7 Je Is Jo 24 Blue Gretsch 808 Kick A 808 Kick B E Kick A E Kick B E Kick C E Kick D E Kick E Snares 14 x 5 Orange County Silver amp Gold 14 x 5 Orange County Silver amp Gold Wt On 14 x 5 5 Orange County Silver and Black 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Snare Off 14 x 5 Vintage Slingerland 14 x 5 Vintage Gretsch 14 x 8 Orange Cty Prolype Silver amp Wood 14x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 10 x 8 Orange County Piccolo Snare 14 x 5 5 Orange County Wood 14 x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 14
48. ck marks in each column specify which one or more of the drums the producer selected to be available when the instrument file is first opened As dis cussed on page 15 when describing the Drums control in the Player view you can open a list of available drums and either change the drum or layer two or more drums together It is in these tables where you can see all the drums available without having to open the lists in the UI When looking at the following tables it s important to remember that the differences among the instrument files are a lot more than only the selection of drums in each file Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 42 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS When two instrument files list exactly the same drums as defaults they do differ in other ways the arrangement of the mics which effects processors are engaged and their set tings and other ways that make all these instrument files the unique drumkits from the master producers who put them together Spike Stent Drum Kits Kit 1 MixSuite LA Tracking Room The screen shot at the right shows the 8 instrument files in EE cluded in Kit 1 from Spike Stent MixSuite LA Tracking Room es The numbers at the right against the light green background map to the same 8 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi files find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below SW Min P Conv
49. d be self explanatory The search works in a left to right hierarchy which means that Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 17 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS choosing a filter limits the choices in the categories to the right of this filter You can choose several options in each category except the Genre category Here you can only select one option and changing this selection resets all other search filters To remove a Selection that s already highlighted click it again As you make your choices the Search Results window updates to display all match ing files In addition to the categories which correspond to the search filters above the search results also list the original tempo and the length in bars of each groove SUBGENRE STYLE TIME SIGNATURE Ballad Bths Fee Classic Site Feel 2 Dach heat Basic Ballad Dm eel Full Song ROCK salar Ballad Sit aa ove 01 Stick SEIT Ballad Sir E Gi eel Groove 01 Stick A Rock Ballad i Ballad Si ay I i i DEI SEET Ballad Stf eel Groove 01 Stick E WET 1 Stick F2 IK S IS Ballad Sihs Feel Groove 0 b IK IK Balad Sins Feel Latrocwe DL OCH Sallad vy Ballad amp ths Feel Groove 01 Stick F3 i Ballad Ballad Stns Feel Groove 01 Stick F4 Ballad Sins Feel Groove U1 Stick Fa Ballad Sihs Feel Groove 01 Stick Fo i E z Hir m 147 bk d Ballad Sins Feel Groove U1 Stck Ride i d ei Mir rn 1 m F Piy We In Pallara Ans Feel Ca We Heck Pina Cora To preview
50. d dynamic range and re duced punch of the drum s sound Use the SSL Channel Strip s Transient Shaper to compensate for this side effect if necessary Bass Middle and Treble Knobs Each of these 3 knobs boosts or cuts the range of frequencies named in the button s title and always after the distortion is applied Together they act as a rough equal izer of the distortion output Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 23 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Pre Post This up down switch effects where the Amp Simulator sits in the chain of effects When Pre is selected then it is the first effect in the chain When Post is selected it comes after the SSL Channel Strip Dry Wet The Dry Wet knob adjusts how much of dry incoming signal is mixed back into the output from this effects processor When this knob is set to 100 Wet only the processed signal is heard When set to 0 none of the Amp Simulator s processing is heard Master The Master knob controls the volume of the signal coming out of the Amp Simulator This differs from the Drive knob in that the Master knob controls the volume post processing while the Drive knob controls the loudness of the signal coming into the effect On all these knobs hover over the knob with the mouse to see the current numerical value in a small tool tip window as shown at the left Ohmicide Ohmicide is an advanced multiband dynamics and distortion effects processor Each of the f
51. d on page 27 Feedback Controls The Feedback section simulates a microphone recording the signal coming out of loudspeakers and then amplified back into the signal chain For Ohmicide turning on feedback takes the wet signal after the signal reconstruc tion and loops it back with a slight delay into the signal path before the Gate section The Feedback behavior works on each band independently so that you can use a different configuration of the parameters on each band Note however that the feedback frequency content can exceed the boundaries of the current band and therefore can leak into the other bands e The Feedback parameters are e Amount e Frequency e Spread The Amount knob the control at the top of the section determines esits SS the simulated microphone sensitivity To turn off all feedback on Deenen EB this band turn this knob all the way to zero The Frequency sets the Feedback frequency in a range from 16 Hz to 1024 Hz and simulates the distance separating the microphone from the loudspeaker The further away the microphone the lower is the resulting pitch The fact that you can set this parameter per band goes beyond reality and does not reflect a real world phenom enon It is however sonically interesting and that s what matters The Spread control changes the stereo field of the feedback At mid position the feedback is mono while on the right the feedback is stereo When turned left of
52. d processing is divided into six steps e Mid Size e Gate e Dynamics e Distortion e Gain and Stereo Field e Feedback These controls are the same for each of Ohmicide s 4 bands Mid Side Button Pe PR One unusual feature of Ohmicide is its ability to process a band in Mid Side mute x HEN mode which you activate by clicking the Side button in the band s Stereo Volume Control section The image at the left shows this button in the context of other controls near the bottom of the plug in This feature works as follows Instead of processing normal stereo left right chan nels the stereo image is split up into middle and side channels with the mid signal sent to the left channel for processing and the side signals sent to the right channel Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 28 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Switching to and from Mid Side mode produces an audible click in the audio You Should take caution when changing this parameter Gate Controls Traditionally Noise Gates are used to remove unwanted sound in an audio track They work by allowing audio to pass through only when it exceeds a user defined decibel threshold But a gate can also be used creatively such as when a guitarist uses a gate before a distortion pedal to get sharp and well defined chords More advanced gates such as what are in Ohmicide have two inputs one to pro cess the audio and one known as a side chain t
53. dits for EW ProDrummer Volume 2 Joe Chiccarelli How to Use This and the Other Manuals Online Documentation and Other Resources Click on this text to open the Master Navigation Document l PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Welcome About EastWest ProDrummer This release from EastWest is actually two libraries that can be used individually or to gether Each library which requires its own license is to start with an extensive set of drum kits by two of the leading music producers in the industry Mark Spike Stent put together Volume 1 expressly for EastWest His drummer in the recording sessions was Steve Sidelnyk And Joe Chiccarelli created his EastWest drum kits for Volume 2 Joe selected Matt Chamberlain as his drummer Both libraries were co produced by EastWest Producer Doug Rogers If you re familiar with EastWest products then you know that our approach is to give you not only sounds that can be used with pride exactly as they were recorded but we also give you many ways to modify and expand on those performances to accommodate your needs and your taste A drum kit in ProDrummer specifies not only the physical instruments in front of the drummer but also the room in which the performances were recorded Each drum kit is available in multiple versions each with its own unique sound They vary based on e the actual selection of physical drums and cymbals used in the performances e which mics were used how they were
54. double click on the Trim knob to set it back to 0 0 dB Setting Up the Output Stage As a result of the calibration process above the input and output signals are now matched in volume You might need to change the main output to suit your needs The Output knob is at the right edge of the Ul In the image at the right you can see i that the output has been raised by 5 9 dB as shown at the top of the red screen Below the Out knob is the smaller Mix knob which allows you to adjust the wet dry mix of the output signal Double clicking the Out knob resets it to 0 0 dB And double clicking the Mix knob resets it to 100 wet Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 26 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The Ohmicide Controls The image at the right shows 2 controls to the left of the central display in A Ohmicide the Pre distortion knob and the Stereo Link button As with all Bei knobs in this plug in the current value as you turn a knob is shown at the Te top of the large red display in the center Also as you turn a knob a ring appears around it showing the values at the left center and right of the knob s range The Pre distortion Knob The Pre distortion knob abbreviated Pre disto in the Ul allows you to add some color and distortion to the audio signal without affecting its original dynamic quality and prior to the signal reaching the main effect stages Stereo Link Button Some sections of Ohmicide are trig
55. drums and cymbals available in each of the other kits from that producer For example if you open the list of drums avail able as replacements In each position within an instrument file as described on page 15 you see the names of all the physical instruments from the other kits Each drum is associated in the list with its original kit because that kit specifies the room tn which the drum was recorded For example when you see the same name twice as in the two highlighted names in the image at the right the Kitl and Kit3 specify the room in which it was recorded in this case LA Tracking Room and EW Studio 2 That difference in the sonic environment means that the sound is colored in different ways by the room depending on which version of that drum you select To accommodate your ability to select drums recorded in different rooms there are no Room mics in any Hybrid instrument file in the ProDrummer library Nor are there any of the mics from the list on page 37 But that s with the exception of the OH and OHm mics they don t really function as Room mics but rather the principal mics in which the cymbals are heard This means that you may want to add your own reverberation processing to the ProDrummer output Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 39 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Also note that the Hybrid drum kit in the Spike Stent library has a few extra Electro instrument files that have samples n
56. e velocity curve For values above O the MIDI velocity of every note even those below the threshold is raised by the number selected here and similarly lowered for values below O i VELDEITY GRAPH Graph Button This button opens a graph displaying the Velocity Processor settings in a curve The horizontal axis represents the input of the MIDI velocity while the vertical axis shows the resulting velocity with the current settings applied If you re not sure of how the knobs described above work try playing with them while this graph is open Note that adjusting the Velocity Processor parameters affects ev ery drum and every layer in the kit The Grooves Button ProDrummer includes a vast library of MIDI grooves that can be se quenced internally using the Song Builder or externally using any se quencer These files can be accessed through the Groove Browser which is opened by clicking the Grooves button at the bottom and to the left of the Pro Drummer logo see image at the right At the top of the Groove Browser are five category lists which function as search filters for the MIDI files A large image of the Groove Browser appears after the text below The grooves that match the criteria are displayed in the Search Results win dow in the lower half of the Groove Browser And at the upper right is an X button used to close this pop up window The five categories of Genre SubGenre Style Type and Time Signature shoul
57. ed the same except that there s an LT at the end of those in the Lite folder and a PS at the end of those in the Powerful System folder To make the discus sion easier we ll call them simply the Normal Lite and Powerful System Instru ments The Normal instruments can be thought of as the starting point for creating the other two collections The Powerful System instruments include extra Round Robin articulations and some Double articulations that the Normal files don t include e Round Robin technology plays different samples on consecutive sounding of the same note The goal is to avoid the repetitive sound of the same sample being played mul tiple times in quick succession called The Machine Gun Effect e Double articulations can determine that the same drum is being played very shortly after it was just played The sound of a drumstick hitting a drum that is still vibrating from a previous hit sounds a little different than when hitting a non vibrating instru ment The Double articulations use programming inside PLAY to determine when to fire these other Double samples These extra features of the Powerful System instruments can put a strain on less capable computers If you try running an instrument from the Powerful System folder and you encounter problems with playback in real time or the instruments take longer to load than you want to wait then consider using the Normal or Lite fil
58. er users Installing 2 or more smaller SSDs with a true hardware RAID O solution offers the best performance For professional users we recommend consulting computer system Specialists to achieve the best performance EastWest has done extensive testing in which PLAY 4 running with solid state drives for the samples and instruments was able to reproduce over 700 concurrent voices without any pops clicks or other artifacts that can occur when the same sequence streams from a traditional hard drive This data indicates that it is not the PLAY 4 software that provides the bottleneck in the data flow but rather the seek time required to locate the many hundreds of samples on a traditional hard drive when they need to be streamed to the CPU all at once For those composers and orchestrators looking to build large projects using the kinds of instru ments that add realism through the use of complex cross fades solid state drives along with more than 8 GB of RAM can help make that happen Requirements for Sample Storage The available space on the hard drive required for an installation of ProDrummer Vol ume 1 Mark Spike Stent is approximately 60 GB Gigabytes The available space on the hard drive required for an installation of ProDrummer Vol ume 2 Joe Chiccarelli is approximately 40 GB Gigabytes Chapter 2 ProDrummer An Overview 12 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS 3 The ProDrummer User Interface The ProDrummer Us
59. er Interface The Drums Button The Velocity Processor The Grooves Button The Song Builder Control The Mixer View The ProDrummer specific Effects Processors EastWest Amp Simulator Ohmicide Multi channel Audio Output Click on this text to open the Master Navigation Document LS PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The ProDrummer User Interface Each PLAY library presents its own interface when one of its instruments is the current one as specified in the Instruments drop down in the upper right corner of the window For those familiar with other PLAY libraries the ProDrummer UI is very different from the array of knobs buttons data fields that characterize other PLAY products on screen appearance Instead the central part of the window displays a drum kit as seen from the perspective of the drummer MAIN MENU SETTINGS MIXER BROWSER EWPO Spike Stent Kit 5 Funk Industrial Lite 1 i A UTC OT a DPI E Aa Ke Note that the PLAY 4 System manual contains descriptions of controls that are com mon to multiple EastWest libraries If you don t find a ProDrummer control listed in this chapter that means It s already described in that other manual so please look there It was written to your hard drive during installation and can be opened from the Master Navigation Document described in Chapter 1 on page 7 Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 14 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS As with other PLAY libraries
60. ersely if you wonder which instrument files use a given drum by default then follow that drum across the table and see which columns it s included in based on the check marks Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the snares in col umns 5 and 6 below that s Indicated by red checks within tan cells SPIKE STENT KIT 1 MIXSUITE LA TRACKING ROOM Instrumentkey 1 2 3 fa fse jej Bass Drums 22 Red Gretsch V x VV VV Vv 24 by 16 Blue Gretsch v Snares 14 x 5 Orange County Silver amp Gold vv yay 14 x 5 Orange County Silver amp Gold Wt On 14 x 5 5 Orange County Silver and Black v 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass v 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Snare Off 14x 5 Vintage Slingerland 14 x 5 Vintage Gretsch 14 x 8 Orange County ProType Silver amp Wood V x 14 x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 10 x 8 Orange County Piccolo Snare v Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 43 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS SPIKE STENT KIT 1 MIXSUITE LA TRACKING ROOM Instrument key 1 2 13 4 5 Is 7 jef Tom 1 10 x 8 Gretsch vw e VY Vv Vv Tom 2 12 x 10 Gretsch Vv VY VV Vv Tom 3 15 x 12 Gretsch vw e VV Vv Vv Hi Hat 14 Zildjian Master Sound ve Ivv VV Vv Left Crash 17 Zildjian K ve ve vs wv Right Crash 19 Zildjian K ve ve VV wv Ride 21 Zildjian K Heavy ve ve VV wv Kit 2 MixSuite LA Kitchen The screen shot at the right shows the 6 instrument Tiles included in Kit 2 from Spike Stent MixSuite LA Kitchen The nu
61. es The Lite instruments are trimmed down versions of the Normal instruments They do not include the top 2 octaves of the Normal instruments It is in that upper part of the range that the edge hits are located and other articulations you may not need Only MIDI notes from A 0 to A2 MIDI notes 34 to 57 are playable Two advantages of using Lite instru ments are a they load faster and b they are less likely to put a strain on your computer that causes unwanted audio artifacts during playback How the Selection of Mics and Other Parameters Affects the Sound Each drum kit in these ProDrummer libraries was recorded on many more mics than would be usual In any one recording session Some mics were very close to the drum whose sound was being captured some were further away but still directed at a specific piece of equipment and still others were positioned to capture the ambient sound in the room Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 36 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS In addition to those close mics some of the other mics can be characterized as follows They are often known by their abbreviations e Room mRm These are the main room mics including sometimes a mono room mic e Dst An abbreviation for Distortion this is a set of mics that passes through an ef fects processor or a chain of them e Kit 1 Kit 2 These are alternate room mics or small spot mics Usually they are not clean sounding but instead give a co
62. es that have been set The button labeled FX opens the Effects drawer which is where the two features men tioned above are visible It s blue when engaged as in the image above or gray when turned off Click on this button to open this drawer The image below Is the top part of the drawer that opens within Pro Drummer This upper part contains the two effects processors discussed in this manual Amp Simulator and Ohmicide Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 21 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS d no preset PRES CHANNEL 4 EWPD Spike Stent Kit4 FunkyFunk en Aguilar Bass Rig 421 How many controls are below these two effects processors depends on whether you re opening the channel s main strip or one of its components In the latter case you see only as much more on the screen as appears in the next image It s the Solid State Logic effects processor that combines several filters an Equalizer a Transient Shaper a Compressor and a Gate Expander all in a single unit How to use this SSL processor Is described in the EastWest PLAY 4 System manual Use the Master Navigation document as described on page 7 to open this PLAY System overview Solid State Logic Oxford England LMF EQUALISATION FILTER Fr ET D HJ s 5 LF gt m m y ug sg tN al MEF O OUT kHz 5 GAIN EN oN M 3 OUT 500 i i g Pur COMPRESSOR GATE EXPANDER OUTPUT p D ren eh an ene Er A te
63. gered by the levels in the signal and the Stereo Link button affects the way the signal levels are detected When this button is active the two stereo signals are merged prior to level detec tion so that both channels behave the same dynamically When inactive the level detection is done separately on each channel In both cases the signal processing remains in stereo Stereo Link has an impact on the following behaviors e The Dynamic section You have a more faithful stereo image if It s active e The Gate section Left and right channels are gated synchronously if it s active e Feedback behaves the same on both channels if it s active Per Band Processing One of the main features of Ohmicide is that you can split your audio into frequency bands and apply the main effects sections to each band separately For example assume you have a drum loop playing and you want to apply distortion to everything except the kick drum By setting up two bands you can get a drum loop that sounds as though it s just gone through an overdriven blender in the higher frequencies and yet still retain a clean and powerful kick Each band also has dynamic and feedback sections which means that the possibilities are endless If you want to set a parameter on the four bands at once right click on the controls instead of left clicking Here s what you can do with each band Setting the Frequency Range of Each Band You can have up to four acti
64. gony 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Mol amp Mhg NT Sn Off 5 5 Craviotto Stacked Mol amp Mhg NT Sn On 6 5 Craviotto Chrome Over Brass V y E os es ees CO IS IR RE Se ee ee l Se CS SS N CS x c Sal eo e ge DE ai 6 5 Tama Bell Brass Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 64 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 4 HYBRID PART 2 FILES 11 19 Instrument key ait 1 12 13fra isfie iz fie jie 9 9 Craviotto Birch Timeless Timber 5 5 Craviotto Birch Timeless Timber Brush 20 x 6 5 Craviotto Super Wide 6 5 60 s Ludwig 1 1 2 10 Dunnett Fiberglass 2 14 x 5 70 s Ludwig Acrolite Joe C Special 2 5 0 s Ludwig Black Beauty 3 5 5 Craviotto Wood Hoop Wooden Snare 3 3 Ludwig Cupcake Piccolo Snare No Btm 3 5 5 Craviotto Copper Snare 3 5 5 Craviotto Copper Snare Brush 3 Tom 1 13 60 s Ludwig 1 vvv TE oe 13 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off 3 Ve V x 13 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On 3 Tom 2 15 60 s Ludwig 15 60 s Ludwig Brush 13 60 s Ludwig Snare Off 13 60 s Ludwig Snare On 13 Gretsch Snare Off 13 Gretsch Snare On Tom 3 16 60 s Ludwig 16 60 s Ludwig Brush 16 60 s Ludwig Snare Off 16 60 s Ludwig Snare On 16 Gretsch Snare Off 16 Gretsch Snare On 16 Calfskin Ludwig Snare Off 16 Calfskin Ludwig Snare On Cw Ww T_ RP PT Im Tt CW WI WwW tT Cw It PO fT PO TI Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 65 JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 4 HYBRID PART 2
65. he end of the l band processing so that even if Shape is set to the central neutral position Body may have an affect on the audio Pa The red VU meter to the right uses its white line to give you visual feedback on how much the section affects the audio gain It also lights up in red when the limiter kicks in Distortion Controls After the Dynamics stage described above the band signal can be optionally distorted The parameters for this stage are e ype e Gain e Bias e Mode Ohmicide provides 28 distortion algo rithms with three variants Standard Xxx and Odd for a total of 84 distortion types To select a distortion algorithm you can either ZZ e Click on the lighter red up and down arrows at the right side of the small red display la beled Type to cycle through the patch names with each name abbreviated at the bottom of the small red display and also in full at the top of the large red display near the top of the window Or click on the center of the small red display and move your mouse up or down just as you would do on a knob to change the distortion without repeated clicking In the image above the names Inside the red display are Crest Vacuum and Porridge Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 30 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS At the top of those small red displays are icons for the three variants from left to right a circle for Standard an X for Xxx and a star for Odd
66. ian Master Sound 14 Zildjian Master Sound 14 Zildjian Master Sound A 13 Zildjian Master Sound A 13 Zildjian Master Sound 808 HiHat Tambourine E HiHat Tambourine 2 Left Crash 17 Zildjian K Hybrid 17 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 17 Zildjian K 16 Zildjian A Med Thin 16 Zildjian A Med Thin Right Crash 19 Zildjian K 19 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 19 Zildjian K 18 Zildjian A Med Thin 18 Zildjian A Med Thin Ride 21 Zildjian K Heavy 21 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 21 Zildjian Heavy Ride 21 Zildjian A Sweet Ride 21 Zildjian A Sweet Ride mime mimi oy AIIN m Viv Vv VV VV VV Vv GES Po vw V VV VV VV on amp w Ro vw v VV VV VW VV GES rGOItp lk Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits SE PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS SPIKE STENT KIT 7 HYBRID PART 2 FILES 11 19 Instrument key ait 11 12 13 1a 15 fie 17 18 fioj Bass Drums 22 Red Gretch 24 x 16 Blue Gretsch 22x16 Red Gretsch Snare On 22 x 16 Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 Snare Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 Snare Red Gretsch Snare On 22 x 16 Wine Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 x 16 Wine Red Gretsch Snare On 24 Blue Gretsch Snare Off 24 Blue Gretsch Snare On 22 Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 Red Gretsch Snare On 22 x 16 Red Gretsch Snare Off 22x16 Red Gretsch Snare On 24 Blue Gretsch 808 Kick A 808 Kick B E Kick A E Kick B E Kick C E Kick D E Kick E Snares 14 x 5 Orange County Silver amp Gold 14 x 5 Orange County Silver amp
67. ided as a collection of Adobe Acrobat files also called PDFs They can be viewed on the computer screen or printed to paper Each time you install one of the PLAY System libraries two manuals are copied to the file system on your computer e The manual that describes the whole PLAY System This the largest of the manuals ad dresses how to install and use all aspects of the software that are common to all libraries e The library specific manual such as the one you are currently reading This smaller document describes aspects that differ from one library to the next such as the user interface and the list of included instruments and articulations Using the Adobe Acrobat Features By opening the Bookmarks pane along the left edge of the Adobe Acrobat Reader the user can jump directly to a topic from the section names Note that some older versions of Acrobat Reader might not support all these features The latest Acrobat Reader can be downloaded and installed at no cost from the Adobe web site As an example of a hyperlink you can click on the last words of the previous sentence Adobe web site to be taken directly to the Adobe site When reading this and other manuals on the computer screen you can zoom in to see more detail in the images or zoom out to see more of the page at once If an included picture of the user interface or a diagram seems fuzzy or illegible then zoom in using one of several means provided in the Acro
68. ing the EASTWEST SOFT License Agreement 69 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS WARE or replacement of the EASTWEST SOFTWARE that Is returned to EASTWEST or an EASTWEST authorized representative with a copy of the original receipt THIS LIMITED WARRANTY AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ON THE MEDIA INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED IN DURA TION TO NINETY 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE SOME JU RISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU THE LIMITED WARRAN TY SET FORTH HEREIN IS THE ONLY WARRANTY MADE TO YOU AND IS PROVIDED IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES IF ANY CREATED BY ANY DOCUMENTATION OR PACKAGING THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY BY JURISDICTION 7 Disclaimer of Warranties YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW USE OF THE EASTWEST SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUAL ITY PERFORMANCE ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU EXCEPT FOR THE LIM ITED WARRANTY ON MEDIA SET FORTH ABOVE AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW THE EASTWEST SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND EASTWEST AND EASTWEST S LICENSORS COLLECTIVELY REFERRED
69. l three whenever the snare drum is played To purge one of the currently loaded drums hold down the Control key while clicking on the drum s name in the overlay window Tuning and Volume Control With the Drums Overlay window open you access tuning and vol ume controls for each individual drum loaded by holding down the Alt key Option key on a Mac while clicking on the drum s name in the overlay window This pop up window allows you to further adjust the exact sound you want to achieve T 16 Red GfetschSrr ff S Tune COARSE There are two spin boxes for tuning Coarse and Fine The Coarse control brings the pitch of the drum up or down by a half step per number The Fine control adjusts the pitch by the indicated number of cents plus for up and negative for down Fifty cents equals one half step FINE Volume The Volume knob sets the overall gain of the individual drum This does not adjust the velocity sample to be played If a high velocity note is played with the drum vol ume turned down a high velocity sample is played at a low volume Note that this control applies to only that drum across all its mics This approach means that the relative loudness of the mics in the Mixer view stays the same The Velocity Processor The Velocity Processor works similarly to a compressor except it doesn t process the dynamic range of the audio directly but modifies instead the MIDI data before the samples are triggered
70. lable in this version This difference also affects some of the items in the Setup menu namely Load Save Au toload settings all MIDI settings Program Change Assignation and Melohman Settings Setting up Oversampling One Setup feature that you might find most useful is Oversampling found in the Setup menu which you can open by clicking on the wrench symbol in the upper left corner of the UI It is an optional Ohmicide feature that reduces unwanted aliasing artifacts produced by the distortion process Turn on Oversampling by selecting the High Quality mode near the bottom of the Setup menu Be aware that turning on this feature asks your computer to do extra processing and therefore might cause prob lems with other software running on a less capable computer Setting Up the Ohmicide Input Signal Trim for Each Song Ohmicide s developers introduced input signal trimming to attenuate the incoming sig nal before it gets to the main stages of Ohmicide in order to tame its wild nature You need to ensure that the trimming of the input signal is calibrated correctly for the song you re working on Once you accomplish that you re able to adjust the distortion without Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 25 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS having to make drastic changes to the band gains thus allowing you to shape your sound faster and in a more intuitive way This means e that the overall perceived volume when changing paramete
71. mbers at the right against the light green background map to the same 6 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi file find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below V EWPD Spike Stent Ki 2 Arena 2 ee D an P G3 b i Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the snares in col umn 6 below that s indicated by red checks within tan cells SPIKE STENT KIT 2 MIXSUITE LA KITCHEN Instrument key 1 2 3 4 fs Is JI Bass Drums 22 by 16 Red Gretsch Snare Off 24 by 16 Red Gretsch Snare On Ve VV Vv Vv Snares 14x 5 5 Orange County Wood Vve VV Vv 14x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard 14x 6 5 DW Maple Dom v 13x 6 Orange County Green Sparkle Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 44 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS SPIKE STENT KIT 2 MIXSUITE LA KITCHEN e nstromentkey f1 2 13 4 5 Is ft Tom 1 10 x 8 Red Gretsch vw d VV wv Tom 2 12 x 10 Red Gretsch Vv Vv VV wv Tom 3 15 x 12 Red Gretsch Vv VY VV wv Hi Hat 14 Zildjian Master Sound VVv VVv VV Vv Left Crash 17 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Viv V VV Vv Right Crash 19 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Viv Vv VV Vv Ride 21 Zildjian K Custom Hybrid V vs VV Vv Kit 3 EW Studio 2 The screen shot at the right shows the 8 instrument files includ EGEEEEEIEEEE ed in Kit 2 from Spike Stent EW Studio 2 The numbers at the es righ
72. n the DRUMS button located at the bottom to the right side of the ProDrummer logo to display an overlay on top of each drum In addition to illuminating the button the name of each currently loaded drum appears along with a small arrow that opens a drop down menu displaying a list of available drums The check mark indicates the exact instrument or instruments cur rently being played The user can replace or stack any sounds listed from this menu on top of or in place of the currently loaded drum by clicking on a name to add or remove the check marks that indicate the currently active instrument Note that not every kit and not all drums within a kit offer this option Sometimes only the one currently loaded drum appears in the drop down list which means there are no other options available For kits that have multiple options per drum the user is able to swap and layer drums to get the desired sound When click ing on a drum from the list in the drop down menu the cur Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 15 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS rently loaded drum is replaced with the newly selected one If you want to add a drum to the mix hold down the Control key while clicking on a new drum to layer it on top of what has been already loaded It is possible to stack up to six drums this way all of which are triggered when that particular drum is played For example if you choose three snare drums you hear the sound of al
73. ncludes approximately 60 GB of drum kits produced by Mark Spike Stent and multi award winning EastWest producer Doug Rogers The drums were played by Steven Sidelnyk Madonna Seal Massive Attack Chapter 2 ProDrummer An Overview 10 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The kits in this volume include Drum Workshop Slingerland Gretsch Ludwig Yamaha Orange County and Zildjian instruments with all of them recorded in 5 different rooms to exploit the various sonic possibilities of the spaces ProDrummer Volume 2 The second ProDrummer volume includes about 40 GB of drum kits produced by Joe Chiccarelli and multi award winning EastWest producer Doug Rogers with drums played by Matt Chamberlain Pearl Jam Bruce Springsteen Peter Gabriel and others ProDrummer Volume 2 includes Craviotto Ludwig Tama Slingerland Gretsch Istanbul and Zildjian instruments recorded in 3 different rooms to give you options about the kind of audio space you want to create In your music EastWest Producer Doug Rogers was a co producer on both of these volumes His most recent virtual instruments productions include ProDrummer 1 with Mark Spike Stent ProDrummer 2 with Joe Chiccarelli Steven Wilson s Ghostwriter Hollywood Strings Hol lywood Brass Hollywood Orchestral Woodwinds and Hollywood Orchestral Percussion all with Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen The Dark Side with Dave Fridmann and Fab Four with Ken Scott Fab Four and The Dark
74. nob further changes the color of the distortion This change depends greatly on the Distortion type so you should audition various levels to see whether any setting works In your song Gain and Stereo Controls The output volume of each band can be set by moving its fader near the bottom of the band controls It has a range of dB to 20 dB The Gain stage is before the limiter and you can see on the band s dy ei namic VU meter that increasing the band s Volume fader as seen in Se the image at the right activates the limiter Directly above the Volume gl fader is the Pan control which can be used in conjunction with the other bands pans to create wider sounds In the image the green value markers indicate the 3 values of Left Center and Right because the knob has just been turned with the mouse Tolume Fan When the Mid Side mode is active see page 28 the Pan control behaves differ ently turning the Pan knob to the left attenuates the side channel and turning it to the right attenuates the mid channel Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 31 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The remaining controls in this section are the Wet Dry knob labeled Mix in the in terface and the Mute and Solo buttons The Solo button takes precedence over the Mute control which means that a soloed band is heard regardless of its mute state The Solo state is ignored if the band is turned off using the Band Split knobs as describe
75. nts by Master Producers ProDrummer Volume 1 ProDrummer Volume 2 MIDI Grooves What s Included Hardware Requirements Click on this text to open the Master Navigation Document 3 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS ProDrummer An Overview Virtual Instruments by Master Producers ProDrummer certainly includes lots of professionally produced drum sounds as you might expect from an industry leader like EastWest But it goes beyond that by invit ing producers who record and mix some of the biggest names in the music industry to include pre mixed drum kits for inclusion in your compositions These mixes are defined by not only the exact physical drums that were played but also the selection of mics and preamps as well as the settings within various effects processors all to enrich the sound and take your work to a higher level of professionalism You can either use their mixes as they are or use them as starting points that you can customize to your needs and taste with the state of the art tools that are an important part in the ProDrummer software A drum kit being recorded for ProDrummer with lots of mics This initial release includes 2 volumes each designed by one of the legends in the music production business You can purchase a license for the library designed by either one of these producers or buy both licenses to have access to these two sets of unique drum kit sounds ProDrummer Volume 1 This first volume i
76. o trigger the gate by comparing its signal to the threshold Generally the audio to be processed is also the side chain but you can come up with useful results that use a different audio signal to trigger the gate such as a kick drum on a bass guitar track to tighten up both instruments In Ohmicide the side chain is the main pre split signal Which means that each band s gate threshold comparison is made using the same signal and if they have the same threshold value then they ll open and close at the same time But control ling the parameters of the side chain independently as described below gives more creative results Before describing the Gate controls here s an image eS e nn that shows the controls for Bands 1 and 2 For Band 1 sors ene the names of the four small knobs on the far left are razeanora spelled out For the other three bands the names are A i Q tA abbreviated T A R A In the image in Band 2 you see the typical green value bubbles that appear whenever you re setting a knob with the mouse You control the gate by using the following knobs e Threshold e Attack Time e Release Time e Amount The Threshold knob defines the decibel level needed to open the gate There s a fixed hysteresis on the gate which means that the close gate threshold is lower than the gate open threshold that way the gate does not chatter while the signal level is near the threshold setting The Attack
77. ol effected sound when they re mixed in e Sht A shotgun mic is very directional and pointed down at the snare drum Mixing this in gives a nice way of bringing out the snare drum in a drum mix e PA Those kits with a PA mic were recorded with drums going through a PA public address speaker and recorded in real time They function as a mic to mix in for the purpose of giving a fat low end on the kick snare and toms e OH The overhead mics are above the drums they are positioned to capture e Dim These are mono versions of the Overhead mics described above e Bld The Bleed channel is a combo of all close mics of the drum that is not being hit at the moment It adds space to the sound An example to try Is hitting the snare drum and soloing the Bleed channel you hear what was being recorded on the close mics for the kick drum the toms and the hi hat That is its what bleeds into other mics The producer then selected a subset of these mics to create each instrument file as well as how to balance them dynamically And he selected yet a different subset to create a different file He also decided to modify how each mic was heard in the mix its vol ume adjusted relative to the others its panning adjusted Its routing through an effects processor if any and which amplifier simulation to use all these parameters and more were considered when mastering the final sound of each instrument file But you don t have to stick with ex
78. ot appearing anywhere else in this library These are Samples from electronic drums specifically for the Kick Snare and Hi Hat They are marked in the table with an E instead of a kit number Drum Kit Key Mapping All the drum kits in ProDrummer use the same mapping between for example any given MIDI note and a Hi Hat Pedal played slowly Specifically every time a ProDrummer library receives MIDI note A 2 MIDI note number 58 the PLAY software outputs the sound of the Hi Hat played slowly with the Pedal regardless of which drum kit is open In this way if you decide to switch out one Hi Hat for another even switching from a Spike Stent drum kit to a Joe Chiccarelli drum kit you get the same instrument played in the same manner This mapping is provided in the table that starts below and extends onto the next page The three columns are the name of the articulation the MIDI note name and the MIDI note number Remember that note numbers are always the same in all implementations of MIDI while note names can vary from one vendor to the next EastWest uses the convention that Middle C note number 60 Is called C3 Sometimes you see Middle C referred to as C4 or C5 To understand the sound of each articulation it s suggested that you listen to them in Stead of relying on the textual description below And when auditioning them It s best to turn off any effects processing so that you hear the unprocessed sound that was cap
79. our bands has an array of distortion saturation width gate and feedback controls There are also over eighty different types of distortions Ohmicide can produce a wide variety of different distortion effects from slight tape saturation to ruckus overdrive Its creator Ohmforce calls it an audio mangling tool When the EastWest FX drawer is first opened the Ohmicide window is closed It appears as a narrow strip across the drawer as seen in the image below EDIT Click on the Edit button to open the full window Note that any parameters you ve set in the window are still in effect when the window is closed Once opened this effects processor appears as in the image below Note that if you click the Edit button to open the Ohmicide UI you re turning it on But when you close the UI it stays on even when the UI is hidden If you want to turn off the Ohmicide processing you need to use the power button that can be seen to the left of the Ohmicide logo in the image above Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 24 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS ei a 3 t BA BAND I BAND 2 HOISE GATE m lpn rechoral E Dag n EE Bias Feedback SE KS le FRequenc EE 28 Dread SS zolo Side mute mae A folume Fan First of all for users familiar with the Ohmicide plug in in other contexts please note that preset morphing using the Melohman feature is not avai
80. re working with The tables later in this chapter list all the drums in a kit Those same tables also list which drums were selected as the producer s defaults in each instrument file e You re selecting the room in which the recording of the samples took place The room affects the ambience Including the natural reverb of the space Earlier in this manual on page 15 this manual described the Drums button that s visible in Player view Pressing that button shows you what physical drum is currently assigned to each posi tion in the drum kit as indicated by the check mark And opening the drop down menu of available drums let s you see the other drums if any that you might substitute for the default drum that the producer selected The instrument files within any one folder for example Spike Stent Kit 2 all work from the same selection of possible drums Different ewi files within a given kit may have a different selection of drums and cymbals set up as the defaults Or and this is impor tant two different instrument files might have an identical set of default drums but still sound quite different That s because the different instrument files within a kit can also differ for example in which mics are turned on and which are inactive how the mics are mixed which effects processors are applied and which velocity processor settings are used The Instrument Files are Really Presets Part of the power of ProDrummer is that
81. rs ends up closer to the level of the input signal unless you change the main output gain e that presets sound more like their designers original intentions e that morphs are more consistent in their overall loudness Immediately above the Trim knob is a red indicator that shows 3 small red lights inside To calibrate any given input adjust the Trim knob so that the left light is on constantly in response to the in coming sounds the center light flickers and the right most light does not flicker at all The image at the left shows the Trim knob near the left edge set to a value of 15 9 dB as shown in the value at the top of the large red readout far to the right and above the graph If you look closely in the image you can see that the left of the three lights directly above the Trim knob ts lit is a brighter red If the lights behave as described above the signal is roughly calibrated and that may be all you need to do However you might want to run the following simple test to see whether you need to fine tune the Trim 1 While still playing the audio right click on a Distortion Gain knob and raise it to the 3 o clock position 2 If the overall volume remains constant as the gain Increases you re set to go 3 If the overall volume rises then increase the Trim 4 If the overall volume lessens then decrease the Trim That s it You re now in the optimal operation range for Ohmicide Note that you can
82. ss all the other Joe Chiccarelli drum kits BEER so the two tables have many more rows than other drum kits Reeg 1 style 3 4 5 6 P 9 The numbers at the right against the light green background Ree map to the same 19 numbers at the top of the 2 tables below If BEER you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi See file find its number and look at the check marks in that num mem bered column below Note that there are too many instruments eege for one table so they re spit into two tables instruments 1 10 are first and then 11 19 follow in their own table Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the bass drums in columns 5 and 6 below that s indicated by red checks within tan cells Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 61 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The column labeled Kit specifies the kit for which the drum was originally sampled so it also specifies the room in which that drum was recorded JOE CHICCARELLI KIT 4 HYBRID PART 1 FILES 1 10 Instrument key kit 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 Je fs fo Bass Drums 24 Craviotto Maple 22 Craviotto Hybrid Walnut amp Maple Snr Off 22 Craviotto Hybrid Walnut amp Maple Snr On 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare Off 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare On 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Sn Off 22 Green Ludwig Club Date Snare On 16 60 s Slingerland Cocktail Snare Off 16 60 s Slingerland Cocktail Snare
83. such as the snares in columns 8 and 11 below that s indicated by red checks within tan cells SPIKE STENT KIT 5 EW STUDIO 3 B Instrument ert 2 13 4 5 fe 7 a fo 10 fit fiz Bass Drums 22 x 16 Red Gretch Snare On vv V v V Bar 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Dom vV VvV VW Vv o K 14 x 7 Orange County Red amp Black Vv V y v VW 14 x 7 Orange County Red A Black Wit On vV v Tom 1 none Tom 12 x 9 DW Black Ice V lt S Vv VV VV VY VV VY xy Tome 15 x 13 DW Black Ice Vv VV VV VV VV VW 13 Zildjian Master Sound Vv VY VY VV VW VW VV VV 16 Zildjian A Med Thin Viv NV VV VV VV VV Vv 18 Zildjian A Med Thin VV NV VV VV VV VV Vv Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 48 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Kit 6 EW Studio 1 Kick amp Snare The screen shot at the right shows the 3 Instrument files includ Reder ed in Kit 6 from Spike Stent EW Studio 1 Kick amp Sname The Sege numbers at the right against the light green background map to the same 3 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi file find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the snares in col umn 1 below that s indicated by red checks within tan cells SPIKE STENT KIT 6 EW STUDIO 1 KICK amp SNARE SS instrumentkeyelt fe Is 7 ft tf Bass Drums 24 Blue Gretch Vv
84. t against the light green background map to the same 8 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi file find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below o cl E in P Ga b i Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the bass drums in columns 6 and 7 below that s indicated by red checks within tan cells Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 45 SPIKE STENT KIT 3 EW STUDIO 2 _Instrumentkey 1 2 3 4 5 6 pje Bass Drums 22 Red Gretch Snare Off VIN VW Vv Vv vV 22 Red Gretch Snare On oy 22 by 16 Wine Red Gretsch Snare Off 22 by 16 Wine Red Gretsch Snare On v 24 Blue Gretsch Snate Off 24 Blue Gretsch Snare On GE Snares 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Vve wv 14 x 5 Orange Country 14 x 5 Orange County Wallet On v 14 x 5 Gretsch Vint Chrome 14x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard vi 14 x 8 Ludwig Fat Bastard Wallet On v 4 14 x 6 Orange County Red Shoe vi 14 x 6 Orange County Red Shoe Sn Off Tom 1 10 x 8 Red Gretsch VW Vv VV VV Vv Tom 2 12 x 10 Red Gretsch V vw wv VV Vv Tom 3 15 x 12 Red Gretsch VW e VV VV Vv Hi Hat 14 Zildjian Master Sound A Viv Vv VV VV Vv Left Crash 17 Zildjian K ve ve VV VV Right Crash 19 Zildjian K VVvVV VV VV d Ride 21 Zildjian Heavy Ride vw e VV VV Vv Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 46 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Kit 4 EW Studio 3 A The screen sho
85. t at the right shows the 4 instrument files in RES cluded in Kit 2 from Spike Stent EW Studio 3 A The numbers e at the right against the light green background map to the same PTT A numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi file find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below SPIKE STENT KIT 4 EW STUDIO 3 A aime ert 12 3 4 tf Bass Drums 22 Red Gretch Snare Off Vv V s 22 Red Gretch Snare On v Snares 13 x 7 Yahama Maple vV vi 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass Dom V 13 x 6 Orange County Fat Bastard v Tom 1 none Tom 2 12 x 10 DW vw wv wv Tom 3 15 x 12 DW V LSL ssx Hi Hat 13 Zildjian Master Sound A vv Vv Vv Left Crash 16 Zildjian A Med Thin V L ssx Right Crash 18 Zildjian A Med Thin VvVvvv Ride 21 Zildjian A Sweet Ride vv Vv Vv Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 4 7 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Kit 5 EW Studio 3 B The screen shot at the right shows the 12 instrument files in ggg cluded in Kit 5 from Spike Stent EW Studio 3 B The numbers eebe at the right against the light green background map to the Same 12 numbers at the top of the table below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi file find its number and look at the check marks in that numbered column below OO JO Om P wh Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together
86. ten the region from either end but not lengthen it beyond Its original start and end points Use the transport section to play back your Timeline arrangement Make sure the time signature matches that of your MIDI grooves Only MIDI grooves of the same time signature can be used concurrently If you need a change of time signature during a song that s only an option when using the grooves in your host directly When you ve completed your arrangement you can drag your song to your host se quencer To do this select all MIDI regions you want to drag over and holding down the Alt key Option key on a Mac drag them to a MIDI track in your sequencer The Mixer View The Mixer View is a standard feature of PLAY libraries but the ProDrummer libraries include some effects that are not available in other libraries from EastWest This section focuses on the ProDrummer specific features e Ohmicide e EastWest s Amp Simulator See the PLAY 4 System manual for other feature of this view GAIN dB VU um e Dim Switch to the Mixer View with a drum kit open by clicking on the Mixer button at the top of the PLAY interface The image Edi at the right shows the bottom of the first 2 mixer strips The il We luminated yellow button at the right side of the strip indicates ge that the individual components of this instrument have been displayed in the several strips to the right Clicking on this button hides these sub strips but retains any valu
87. the sound of a specific groove from the search results with your selected drum kit press the small play icon at the far left of the groove s name And click on the same icon to stop playback The star to the right of the small play button indi cates a favorite clip Click on this star to turn it on All favorite clips appear at the top of every new search request as long as they belong to the categories selected You can reorder the search results alphabetically or numerically by clicking in the heading of any column And clicking that column heading again reverses the order This behavior is consistent with the ordering in most such arrays viewed on a com puter These grooves can be dragged directly into your host such as a sequencer or dragged into the built in Song Builder which is near the bottom of the window and is discussed next Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 18 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS The Song Builder Control The Song Builder which runs the full width of the window just above the ProDrum mer logo at the bottom is used to create MIDI sequences using the library of MIDI grooves included in ProDrummer The control consists of the following elements Timeline This is the main part of the Song Builder Here is where the grooves from the Groove Browser are dropped and edited to create your song Drag and drop in as many as you need including using the same groove over and over The beginning of a groove
88. trip Click on the FX button to open the drawer where you can see what s running and change it any way you like The numbers at the top of this image are the current setting of the gain sliders which sit above and have been cropped out of this image Go to the main PLAY 4 System manual to see more about the Mixer view Sometimes a producer designed drum kit is perfect for your needs as is And sometimes you may want to go wild in modifying the sound to fit your aesthetic If you change the instrument file and might want to use that sound again then use Save As from PLAY s main menu to store it on your hard drive for recall at a later time You will likely want to Save It under a different name so that you do not write over the original preset Note that the name of each instrument file gives you a hint of its sound Phrases like Late 70 s Style and FunkyFunk give a sense of the style of music that might benefit from this instrument as preset by the producer Words such as Dry and Arena tell you something about the sonic environment The word Master indicates that all the mics are turned on this is a good starting point if you want to try selectively turning off mics to focus the sound the way you want Special Note About the Hybrid Drum Kits There are Hybrid drum kits in both the Joe Chiccarelli and Spike Stent volumes And the approach for each one is the same Each of these kits is a composite of the
89. ve bands which are stacked on top of each other in such a way that the ceiling cutoff frequency of one band acts as the floor cutoff frequency of the next band hence the need for only three frequency cutoff knobs Chapter 3 The ProDrummer User Interface 2 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS BAND I rn The floor of Band One is fixed at 20hz and the ceiling of Band Four at 2Okhz The three frequencies that divide the bands are set with the three shown knobs in the image above As you turn the knobs the exact setting is shown at the top of the red display as is always the case with knobs Note that if your sample rate is less than 42106 Hz then your range is smaller than 20 Hz to 20 kHz The maximum range is in any case 0 475 times the sample fre quency Also any band that has its floor set to any value between 20000 and 20480 Hz the upper limit of the operating range is effectively disabled which means that if all knobs are set to 20khz far right then only Band One is active and processing audio Finally to maintain the frequency band design of Ohmicide the frequency knobs may move automatically in order to insure that the value in every knob is less than or equal to the value in all knobs to the right of It ADVANCED The filters that do the dividing into band as with any filters may introduce frequency dependent phase shifts These shifts are cancelled out by the reconstructing filters post band The per ban
90. ves all rights not expressly granted to you You own the media on which EASTWEST SOFTWARE is recorded but EASTWEST and or EASTWEST s licensor s retain ownership of the EAST WEST SOFTWARE itself The terms of this License will govern any EASTWEST SOFT WARE upgrades provided by EASTWEST that replace and or supplement the original EASTWEST SOFTWARE unless such upgrade is accompanied by a separate license in which case the terms of that license will govern Title and intellectual property rights in and to any content displayed by or accessed through the EASTWEST SOFTWARE be longs to the respective content owner Such content may be protected by copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties and may be subject to terms of use of the third party providing such content License Agreement 67 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS 2 Permitted License Uses and Restrictions You are granted a limited non exclusive license to use the EASTWEST SOFTARE as follows subject to all other terms and condi tions of this License A You may install and use one copy of the EASTWEST SOFTWARE on one computer You will be required to purchase authorize and use a Pace iLok security key not included or other security protection EASTWEST includes to access the EASTWEST SOFTWARE You may not make the EASTWEST SOFTWARE available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers or users at the same time You may make one copy of the EASTWEST SOFTWAR
91. wv Snares 14 x 6 5 DW 1 2 Brass V s xy 14 x 5 Orange County v Tom 1 12 x 10 Red Gretsch Vv Vv Tom 2 10 x 8 Red Gretsch Vv wv Tom 3 15 x 12 Red Gretsch Vv Vv Hi Hat 14 Zildjian Master Sound A vv Vv Left Crash 17 Zildjian K Vv wv Right Crash 19 Zildjian K Vv Vv Ride 21 Zildjian Heavy Ride Vv v Chapter 4 The ProDrummer Drum Kits 49 PRODRUMMER VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Kit 7 Hybrid The screen shot at the right shows the 19 instrument files in Ess cluded in Kit 7 from Spike Stent Hybrid This kit provides the mem maximum flexibility in selecting your drums and cymbals from those used across all the other Spike Stent drum kits and a few extras so the two tables have many more rows than other drum kits The numbers at the right against the light green background map to the same 19 numbers at the top of the 2 tables below If you want to know what drums are included in one of those ewi BEEN file find its number and look at the check marks in that num eeetielehe bered column below Note that there are too many instruments for one table so they re spit into two tables instruments 1 10 are first and then 11 19 follow in their own table Note that when 2 or more drums have been layered together such as the snares in col umns 5 and 6 below that s indicated by red checks within tan cells The column labeled Kit specifies the kit for which the drum was originally sampled so It also specifies the room in whi

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