"Billy Martin: Loops from the Underground" – A New DrummerPack for DrumCore
Sonoma WireWorks has launched a new DrummerPack for DrumCore — “Billy Martin: Loops from the Underground,” based on the playing and improvisational, genre-spanning style of drummer and multi-percussionist Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin and Wood).
Billy Martin's new audio drum loops for DrumCore, works with most all DAWs (Pro Tools, Logic, Live, Digital Performer, Acid, etc.)
This DrummerPack features 13 original Billy Martin Groovesets. The live audio drum loops by Billy cover a wide range of styles, and are presented in stretchable REX format for ease of tempo selection.
Groove variations, fills, intros, stops, and endings are all included for “virtually infinite drum track creations” in your DAW. Also included are 12 Multi-Velocity layered MIDI Kits for programming MIDI grooves with Billy’s kit sounds, as well as MIDI file versions of Billy’s grooves and fills. Single hit Kit sounds are also readily available for easy addition to your audio loops.
GrooveSets in “Billy Martin: Loops from the Underground” include:
Afro Six: An Afro-based 6 over 4 groove with snares off
BeOunce: A swung, bouncy, syncopated urgent groove
Brushing Up: Sultry hip-hop flavored brush groove
Bumpin: Hip 16th note groove with occasional displaced snare pops
Cookarocka: Frantic Drum and Bass inspired groove
Ellingtone: A hip snares-off interpretation of Jazzier days gone by
Gap Tooth Woman: Ride-pulse groove with swing tendencies
HiHeeHoe: Greasy 16th pulse groove with wicked snare ghosting
If Not: Funky Hat groove with a swing feel and great ride breaks
Lucky: Snappy little jazz groove in 3/4 time
Snaked: Slinky hat/sidestick groove with Billy’s unique 16th pulse
Titannic: All-steam ahead straight 4/4 bombastic rock groove
Walk Bye: An understated, lazy ballad groove with slight swing feel
This DrummerPack was produced and recorded by the original (Paul Allen-founded) Submersible Music team — produced by Gary Thompson and Dave Dysart, and executive produced by Paul Allen — at Dubway Studios in NYC. John Thayer is credited as assistant engineer. It is configured with metadata for use with the DrumCore search engine, which will help DrumCore users find content based on feel (straight, shuffle, etc.), time signature, tempo and other criteria.
Songwriter-friendly “GrooveSets” group related beats, variations and fills to serve as a construction kit for song creation.
All audio is 48kHz/24-bit and was created using state-of-the-art digital (Pro Tools HD3) and analog (Neumann, Neve, etc.) recording equipment. DrumCore works with most DAWs, and supports dragging audio and MIDI directly to tracks in applications such as ACID 7, Digital Performer 6, Live 6 and up, Logic Pro 8 and up, Pro Tools 7.4.2 and up, Cubase 4 and up (32 bit), and Sonar 8 (32 bit).
Drums Used in the DrummerPack: Early 60’s Rogers Luxor Set, 20″ Bass Drum, 12″ Rack Tom, 14″ Floor Tom, 5×14 snare, and Craviotto 10″ snare – newer (2000’s) vintage. Cymbals: Various 1950’s 18″-20″ K rides and 1950’s 14” K Hi Hats.
System Requirements: DrumCore 2.5 or higher and 3.4 GB available disk space.
“Billy Martin: Loops from the Underground” DrummerPack is priced at $79.99 (DVD or download), and is available at http://www.sonomawireworks.com, and other music software retailers.
Track previews, movie of Billy Martin recording this, and more info can be found at:
http://www.sonomawireworks.com/billymartin