Drums/percussion news

Sonic Reality and Ocean Way Recording have announced the addition of the Ocean Way Drums Expandable series to their product line of all-in-one virtual drum instruments.

Mixosaurus has announced the upcoming Mixosaurus Kit B and now offer a 25% discount on Kit A (valid for all purchases before February).

Toontrack Music announced the release of Jazz EZX, featuring percussive artist Roy "Futureman" Wooten.

Pethu has announced the release of the Hahaha DS-01 Drum Synthesizer.

Mildon Studios has released Cajon Fu, a free VST instrument percussion box for Windows with two modes: Normal Cajon and Kung Fu mode.

MeldaProduction has updated MDrummer to v2.0.7.

LinPlug has released the Mac OS X version of RMV Drum Addiction (v5.0.3).

FXpansion introduces the latest addition to the BFD2 expansion pack range, Japanese Taiko Percussion.

Toontrack Music has updated EZdrummer to v1.1.5.

KickMaker is a totally free soft synth that specializes in crafting the kick Drum sound of your dreams.

Toontrack Music has updated Superior Drummer to v2.0.2.

Spectralhead Audio has updated SilverBox to v1.20 and announced that it is currently available for €35 (a 30% discount) until the end of November.

Toontrack to release Funkmasters EZX, a unique and exclusive recording of two famous drummers, Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab’o" Starks.

M-Audio has added Transfuser to their Audio Software product line. Transfuser is a real-time, loop-, phrase- and groove-creation workstation for Pro Tools M-Powered and Pro Tools systems.

LinPlug today released the RMV Drum Addiction Drum Synthesizer, Drum Sampler, Audio Loop Slicer and Drum Librarian for PC's running Microsoft Windows XP or Vista. The Mac OSX version is scheduled for…

De la Mancha has announced the release of erratic 2, a new, commercial, version of the drum sample player.

PXPansion presents the BFD2 JEX Expansion Kit, which according to the brand features a high-end, custom hand-made kit from XDrum's Xotica line.

Intelligent Sounds & Music has announced the release of BazzISM2, a virtual instrument aimed at synthetizing dance-style kickbass sounds.

WusikGrooveBox VSTi is a drum-machine and groove-box solution based on the same audio-engine as Wusikstation, with WusikSND support and all the Wusikstation effects.

Digidesign has just launched Transfuser, a plug-in that allows you to create or handle music made from loops or beats in real-time.

Time+Space says that in less than two weeks Toontrack's Superior Drummer 2.0 will be released.

The Studio Drums Plugin is a collection of 24-bit stereo drums and percussion in a plugin.

Psychic Modulation has announced the release of version 4.0 of Cerebrum.

Ambient Drums is a drum plugin which features 12 drum pads, a search application, predefined drum kits which may be edited and an ambient drum sample library.

Toontrack released updates for all existing EZdrummer EZX's with more MIDI files and the addition of copy protection on the DFH, Vintage Rock and Latin Percussion EZX's.