Contemporary hard-and-heavy music genres driven by a very specific drumming style: loud
wild
edgy and cutting through the mix. Both drum sounds and playing are rooted in aesthetics invented about two decades ago. Virtual Drummer BRUTE features the essential sounds and styles from Grunge to NuMetal.
From Seattle with ?l??o??v??e?? ? attitude
In the early 1990s
a guitar-heavy new musical category set out to conquer the hearts and ears of the audience. A new generation of artists would unleash distorted guitars
angry drums
and bucketloads of attitude onto an audience that was suddenly keen to rock out again. Influenced by classic rock of the 1960s and β70s
and in opposition to the synthetic aesthetics of the prior decade
bands like Rage Against The Machine
Nirvana
Soundgarden
or Alice in Chains popularized the next incarnation of Rock music. Its playbook is still today the go-to for guitar-heavy hard rocking styles.
Drumming in the name of
Programming realistic drum tracks can be daunting. With BRUTE itβs fast and easy
so you can focus on your music!
Punchy
crisp character
What makes BRUTE special? First and foremost it has been designed
recorded and processed to do one thing really well: Compete with layered walls of distorted guitars while maintaining character and detail. This was a tricky challenge⦠The solution was to record with three different sets of microphones that emphasize different aspects of the drum sound.
Each of the three microphone sets has a specific sonic purpose:
List:
Click/Smack - The vintage Sennheiser MD21 from the 1960s emphasizes the attack transients. The source signal was processed with a Manley Voxbox.
Grit/Dirt - Vintage tube and ribbon overhead mics. This is where the character is captured. All the organic noise and resonances that give a warm
coarse and natural quality.
Clean/Nice - Modern high-spec Schoeps microphones that capture the sound βas isβ. With as little colorization and distortion as possible. For an expensive and glossy character.
NOFX? Well
there are at least a few...
Mix Presets shape the overall sound by swapping out an entire multi-bus effect chain for every channel under the hood. Saves you time and nerves wrestling with the bus system of your DAW:
Features at a Glance
BRUTE features 5 Drum Kits
6 mix presets
31 Styles with 23 ready-made phrases each
for a total of 713 phrases.
Smack
Make your drums stand out! Smack adds purpose-recorded and processed mic signals that focus attacks and transients while retaining the warm
organic qualities of the kit.
Grit
Crossfade between two sets of mics: basically from nice and clean to dirty and mean.