Toontrack Drumkit From Hell EZX Expansion for EZ Drummer Software

Drumkit From Hell aka DFH was originally created to address Toontrack Music´s own needs for better and heavier drums in musicproduction. As a result the Toontrack production team decided to record a drum library with the best musicians and producers available in Swedish heavy metal.

Little did they know what they had started. Drumkit From Hell was awarded 5 of 5 in Sound on Sound and an EQ Magazine Exceptional Quality award and launched Toontrack Music and the DFH brand in a major way into the sample business enabling the development of the Superior and EZ Drummer samplers. To celebrate and signify the importance of Drumkit From Hell Toontrack has decided to re-release it as an EZX expansion pack for EZ Drummer.

The DFH EZX contains the essence of what Toontrack is originally all about. The commitment to excellence through collaboration with the best players and producers aimed at helping you to make better, more inspired music. This version of DFH includes both the original DFH release and the Add-On pack that was released subsequently. The sounds for DFH were played, recorded and produced at Dug Out studios by Tomas Haake, Daniel Bergstrand, Mattias Eklund and Fredrik Thordendal. All sounds have been re-mixed at Toontrack Studios by Mattias Eklund and they added custom MIDI files from the diabolically gifted musician and guitar player of Meshuggah, Fredrik Thordendal plus MIDI played by Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, Owe Lingvall of Nocturnal Rites, Mattias Grahn of Naglfar and Efraim Juntunen of Persuader. Metal at its best. Rock on dude.

Credits:
The sounds for the Drumkit From Hell EZX were recorded, engineered and mixed by Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal and Mattias Eklund at Dug Out Studios, Uppsala, Sweden & Toontrack Studios, Umeå, Sweden.
The sounds for the Drumkit From Hell EZX were played by Tomas Haake at Dug Out Studios, Uppsala, Sweden.
The MIDI for the Drumkit From Hell EZX was programmed and played by Fredrik Thordendal and Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, Owe Lingvall of Nocturnal Rites, Mattias Grahn of Naglfar and Efraim Juntunen of Persuader at Toontrack Studios, Umeå, Sweden.
Sound and MIDI editing: Fredrik Thordendal, Mattias Eklund, Nils Eriksson & Marcus E. Norman.
Graphic designer: Fredrik Ärletun - Kakao Graphics
Head of support, beta testing and configuration manager: Rogue Marechal
Coding: Olof Westman

The Drumkit From Hell EZX uses TPC, Toontrack Percussive Compression.

EZX Expansions for EZ Drummer
EZX-s are expansion packs for DFH EZdrummer featuring drums and percussion sound banks to be used with the basic EZD module. They also contain additional MIDI files to offer you even more choice building your tracks.

The philosophy behind EZX is to give the user sounds recorded and mixed by the best in the business at an affordable price. The sounds are tweaked with specific genres in mind and recorded by top producers. When loading an EZX an interactive picture of the drumkit contained in that expansion will appear in the main window of EZD and allow all the prelistening and construction features specific to that particular expansion.

To access an EZX expansion preinstalled on your computer click the EZX display in the main window. If you have installed one or more EZX a pull down menu will reveal the available options.

Technical Info

System Requirements
1 GB free disc space

512 MB RAM

DVD drive

DFH EZ Drummer installed (sold separately).

Instrument List
Kickdrums:
- Sonor Designer Series 18x22 in. - damped and undamped neutral eq, extreme eq,
- Ludwig Wood Fiber Glass 24 in.

Snaredrums:
- Ayotte 4x14 in. Maple Shell
- Ludwig 8x14 in.
- Pearl Sensitone 6,5x14 in. Bronze Shell
- Sonor Designer Series 6,5x14 Maple Light Shell
- Sonor Designer Series 5x14 in. Maple Light Shell
- Sonor Hilite 5x12 in. Maple Shell
- Tomas Haake Engineering 7x14 in. Pockenholz Shell

Toms:
- Sonor Designer Series 10x10 in., 12x12 in., 13x13 in., 16x16 in. and 18x18 in.

Hats:
- 14 in. Sabian HH Rock HiHat

Cymbal 1:
- 19 in. Sabian AAXtreme Chinese
- 21 in. Sabian AAXtreme Chinese
- 21 in. Sabian AAXtreme Chinese

Cymbal 2:
- 16 in. Sabian HH Medium Crash
- 17 in. Sabian HH Medium Thin Crash
- 19 in. Sabian HH Crash Ride

Cymbal 3:
- 10 in. Sabian HH Splash

Cymbal 4:
- 20 in. Sabian HH Crash Ride
- 21 in. Sabian HH Crash Ride

Cymbal 5:
- 18 in. Sabian HH Chinese/15 in. Sabian HH Medium Crash
- 15 in. Sabian AAXtreme Chinese/12 in. Sabian HH Splash
- 15 in. Sabian AAXtreme Chinese

Cymbal 6:
- 8 in. Sabian HH Splash

Cymbal 7:
- 22 in. Sabian HH Power Bell Ride
- 22 in. Sabian HH Crash Ride

Cymbal 8:
- 12 in. Sabian HH Splash

Cymbal 9:
- 20 in. Sabian HH Dark Chinese (Brilliant)
- 20 in. Sabian HH Dark Chinese

Cymbal 10:
- 21 in. Sabian HH Medium Crash
- 22 in. Sabian HH Crash Ride

Cymbal 11:
- 22 in. Sabian Ed Thigpen Crystal Bell Ride
- 23 in. Sabian HH Crash Ride