SOUND ON SOUND
For their latest SD3 expansion, Toontrack made a pilgrimage to the hallowed ground of Rockfield Studios in Wales.
Rating: 4/5 Stars. If you need keyboard‑based parts but don’t have keyboard‑based skills (or a budget to hire them), EZkeys is a seriously good tool.
Toontrack go fretless with a new EZbass expansion.
New sound pack from Toontrack offers pads, textures and soundscapes made by combining acoustic instruments with analogue synths.
We look at the Gospel according to Toontrack.
New EZbass expansion features an MTD five-string bass, played in finger and slap styles.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. This is a very unusual expansion kit, steering well clear of the more familiar electronic drum sounds in favour of something rather more experimental.
Rating: 5/5 Stars. Featuring a folky line‑up of ocarina, two harmoniums, a bowed glockenspiel and a Swedish nyckelharpa, these are woven together in a set of unique hybrid sounds which include some fabulous electronic textures.
Toontrack’s debut EZbass Expansion hits all the right notes.
Toontrack recapture the drums of rock’s golden age with help from legendary producer Eddie Kramer.
