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The Ministry Of Rock 2 Black Friday deal takes 60% off this EastWest Sounds virtual instrument, which brings it to $59 until Jan 17, 2027. It packs rock drums, basses and guitars into one 57 gigabyte collection.
The maker's aim was an instrument that can carry a hit record or a film score with no live drum, bass or guitar overdubs. The articulations and programming were reverse engineered from real performances.
It is a software instrument covering three sections of a rock band: drums, basses and guitars. Nick Phoenix produced it, and it was recorded at the EASTWEST Studios by Phoenix, Doug Rogers and Rhys Moody.
The player list includes guitarists Shane Gibson, Greg Suran and Doug Rappaport, plus drummer Tal Bergman.
The drums were recorded in EASTWEST Studio 1 on three large rock kits from DW, Gretsch and Ludwig, plus 6 additional snares. You can pull any drum from any kit to build a custom kit.
The maker says its LIVE technology lets multi-sampled drums sound like a live performance. Repetition samples were recorded for everything, along with extreme dynamics.
There are three mic positions: close plus room, or close plus compressed room. That lets you dial in the room sound you want.
The guitars were recorded on a Fender Jaguar, Fender Telecaster Thinline, Carvin 7 String, Baritone, Gibson Les Paul and Schecter 7 String. The amps are Fender, Divided By Thirteen, Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Bogner and Vox.
The recordings cover alternating takes for repeated notes, legato transitions made by hammering or pulling off, slides between pitches, and many more playing techniques.
Every guitar has dual channel recordings. Pick the real amp sound, or take the direct signal and run it through your favorite plugins.
On bass, Ministry Of Rock 2 includes all the remastered content from Hardcore Bass and Hardcore Bass XP. It adds an all-new 5 string Musicman Stingray with 7000 samples and true legato.
The basses are Fender, Hofner, Gibson, Silvertone, Rickenbacker, Musicman and Lakland, all recorded through large bass rigs.
The maker lists Neve, Neumann, Telefunken, AKG, Manley, Fairchild, Royer, Chandler and Meitner gear in the recording chain.
Yes. The Ministry Of Rock 2 Black Friday deal takes 60% off, so the EastWest Sounds instrument comes to $59 until Jan 17, 2027.
It covers rock drums, basses and guitars in a 57 gigabyte collection. That means three rock kits plus 6 extra snares, six guitars through six amp makes, and the remastered Hardcore Bass and Hardcore Bass XP content plus a new Musicman Stingray.
They were recorded in EASTWEST Studio 1 on DW, Gretsch and Ludwig kits. There are three mic positions, repetition samples and extreme dynamics. You can also mix drums from different kits into a custom kit.
Yes. Every guitar part comes as two recorded channels, one with the amplifier already captured and one clean DI track that you can run through whatever plugins you prefer. Articulations include round robin, hammer on and pull off legato, and sliding legato.
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