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That in itself should be a testimonial as the quality of the samples. Needless to say, after we used the DFH samples instead of his, we are no longer on speaking terms with this particular drummer. While not bad by any means, the drum performance that made the cut was DFH as the consistency and feel were better suited to the song. Since EZDrummer uses the DM standard note map, the process was straightforward and it was actually a drag and drop, none of the midi notes needed to be changed. Once the DFH track was complete, the session drummer tracked midi drums on a Roland kit for the same song which we then triggered with DFH. Rhythm 880 drum machine via midi and recorded those hits live, then flew them into the DFH track. Getting some of the stops and shots right on the money turned out to be a bit complicated as the DFH library didn't have many on hand Metal riffs are complex and vary widely in accents so I couldn't really blame the designers. I applied the sound library to a thrash/speed metal song I was working on with a real drummer, just to get a different flair and show him what I was looking for. The performance files also cover a lot of metal real estate as there are slow Black Sabbath-like ballad dirge loops, lots of midtempo and fast double bass stuff that goes all the way to grindcore and the extreme death/black metal genres. The kit sounds are superb for modern metal production and work great in all metal genres. With that in mind, I like most of the sounds in DFH but felt that the snares could use a bit more depth and bottom snare ring. If you're looking for the more traditional, darker and more reverbant 80s sounds, this library would most likely not be for you, although the midi performance files would work for that style as long as you use different drum sounds, maybe the EZDrummer Rock library. I would probably describe them as sounds that Andy Sneap would use. These are not the 80s drum sounds of Megadeth, Sepultura, Metallica and so forth, but the dense and present modern sounds of bands like Arch Enemy, Meshuggah, Nevermore, Shadows Fall and the like. DFH samples cut through any mix as they are very present and вЂњin your faceвЂќ, as what I would call more modern. In this case, DFH was a very welcome addition to my metal drum programming kit. I always felt that the programmed beats lacked some flair and felt rigid. All of these methods involved long hours and a lot of expletives coming from my studio room. The first one is the main library and the second category features the midi performance files from the featured guest drummers.Д«efore DFH I had to program my own metal samples via either tapping them on a midi grid or using an Alesis SR-16 and a Boss DR 880 drum machines. The midi performance files show up under two separate categories, listed under grooves: вЂњEZX Drumkit from HellвЂќ and вЂњEZX Drumkit from Hell GuestsвЂќ.

I personally couldn't discern any genre differences, as the Death Kit could work just as well in thrash and vice versa. The kits that come as presets with DFH are Default Kit, Metal Kit, Thrash Kit, Death Kit and Basic Kit. After installation, when you fire EZDrummer in your DAW or in standalone mode, a new menu item called вЂњDrumkit From HellвЂќ shows up under the EZX dropdown menu. Installation is fairly straightforward with a challenge/response scheme, same as described in our review of EZDrummer. DFH is compatible with VST, Audio Units and RTAS plugin standards. In order to run DFH you also need a working EZdrummerВ® or Superior DrummerВ® 2.0 installation, as DFH is essentially a sound and midi library that runs on these engines.

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On the Mac you'd need OS X 10.5 or higher, G5 or Intel processor with 512 MB RAM, 1 GB free hard disc space, DVD drive.

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The requirements for running DFH are a Windows XP SP3 or newer, Pentium 4 or Athlon processor with 512 MB RAM.

22' Sabian Ed Thigpen Crystal Bell Ride.

15' Sabian AAXtreme Chinese/12' Sabian HH Splash.

18' Sabian HH Chinese/15' Sabian HH Medium Crash.

Tomas Haake Engineering 7x14' Pockenholz Shell.

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Sonor Designer Series 5x14' Maple Light Shell.

Sonor Designer Series 6,5x14 Maple Light Shell.

Sonor Designer Series 18x22' - damped and undamped neutral eq, extreme eq,.

The DFH project lists the involvement of Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal and Mattias Eklund in the production (recording, engineering and mixing) and the performances and midi programming of Fredrik Thordendal and Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, Owe Lingvall of Nocturnal Rites, Mattias Grahn of Naglfar and Efraim Juntunen of Persuader. Just by reading down the list of Drumkit From Hell (DFH) credits, metalheads should start to salivate and throw up the horns and scream вЂњI am not worthy!вЂќ.

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