Progressive Fusion MIDI

Product Description

Progressive Fusion MIDI is a MIDI pack from Toontrack featuring more than 400 individually played drum files in a progressive rock and fusion style. Recorded by drummer Luke Oswald, it delivers complex grooves and fills with real aggression, ideal when programming drum tracks that need to go far beyond a straightforward backbeat.

Some genres are happy with a repetitive, sturdy backbeat. Fusion and progressive rock are the opposite. The drummer sits in the driver's seat, steering the band through tricky passages and hairpin turns. Progressive Fusion MIDI is a tribute to that music, and to the drummers who push playing to the very limit of what's humanly possible while still making every note count.

“In this MIDI pack, I tried to cover more of an aggressive side of the fusion genre,” says drummer Luke Oswald. “I pulled ideas from drummers whose styles fit within the fusion label but who also have more of a progressive temperament to their playing. You'll get all the fusion elements, such as linear- and rudimental-based playing, but you'll find everything has more edge to it. I even introduced some double bass drum work, which is new compared to the earlier MIDI packs I've done.”

Third in a series

Progressive Fusion MIDI is the third title in Luke Oswald's series of fusion MIDI packs, continuing down the path of this tricky genre. Expect a broad palette of grooves and fills inspired by some of the greatest drummers in the field: Vinnie Colaiuta, Gavin Harrison, Billy Cobham and Simon Phillips, to name but a few. If you're after complex rhythms riddled with syncopations, rudiments, ostinato patterns and punctuations, all packed into eight-bar drum phrases, this is the pack for you. In simpler terms: this is drum MIDI as busy as it gets. Let the ghost note galore begin.

What's included

• Drum grooves and fills inspired by progressive rock and fusion
• More than 400 individually played files
• 4/4, 5/4, 6/8 and 7/8 in straight and/or swing feel
• Tempos ranging from 85 to 120 BPM
• Song structure categorization (intro, verse, chorus, bridge, fills, etc.)

Who It's For

For producers and composers who want to add drums with genuine fusion and progressive rock feel. Linear playing, rudiments and now also double bass drum work. Without programming every hit by hand.

For detailed specifications and technical requirements, visit the manufacturer's website Toontrack.com, where current information is always available. Toontrack also provides technical support after purchase through us.

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