InstantDrummer
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Introduction
InstantDrummer™ invites you to jam with great sounding drum tracks in RiffWorks!
Pick a groove, count off a tempo, and InstantDrummer inspires you with its continuously varying drum tracks and fills using perfectly matched, full kit studio drum recordings.
Spin the InstantDrummer INTENSITY knob to set the mood from mellow to aggressive. Dial in some VARIATION to get a constantly evolving beat. No tedious editing or disappointing sounds, just a great drummer, ready to jam.
Controls
Session
Use this menu to select the InstantDrummer Session to play. Each InstantDrummer session will have a different set of parts. Multiple InstantDrummer sessions and parts may be played in a song.
Demo Drummer InstantDrummer Session
All versions of RiffWorks include the the Demo drummer session. It contains several parts made by top drum loop companies for you to sample.
Included InstantDrummer Sessions
InstantDrummer sessions are separate downloads from the RiffWorks installer. Be sure to install the ones that come with your version of RiffWorks below:
RiffWorks Standard includes 9 InstantDrummer sessions:
From Your Sonoma Wire Works Store Account Downloads Area
- Afro Island Grooves by Sonoma Wire Works
- Bare Bones by Discrete Drums
- Habanero Groove by Drums On Demand
- Half Nelson by Drums On Demand
- Matt Sorum Basic by Submersible Music
- Mekanic Beats by Sonoma Wire Works
- RAW Funk Grooves by Sonic Reality
- Trash Funk by Sonoma Wire Works
- When I Drum Around by Drums On Demand
RiffWorks Line 6 Edition includes 8 InstantDrummer sessions:
From Line 6 Software Downloads
- Afro Island Grooves
- Habanero Groove by Drums On Demand
- Half Nelson by Drums On Demand
- Mekanic Beats by Sonoma Wire Works
- Trash Funk by Sonoma Wire Works
- When I Drum Around by Drums On Demand
From Sonoma Wire Works after you register with us:
- Matt Sorum Basic by Submersible Music
- Bare Bones by Discrete Drums
RiffWorks Junior includes 3 InstantDrummer sessions:
From Sonoma Wire Works after you register with us:
- Bare Bones by Discrete Drums
- When I Drum Around by Drums On Demand
- Matt Sorum Basic by Submersible Music
Get More Drums
At the bottom of the menu, you can select Get More Drums to go directly to the online store to shop for more InstantDrummer sessions from top drum loop companies for $9.99 each. More new sessions are being added all the time from the 5 Top Drum Loop Companies who make InstantDrummer Sessions:
Discrete Drums
Up to 16 tracks of rhythm material in sessions that you can sculpt with the InstantDrummer. Listen to samples of drummers that sound great with rock, alt rock, pop, hard rock/metal, blues, country, reggae, and R & B styles.
"So far we've been lucky enough to work with Greg Morrow, Chris McHugh, Tony Morra, and Andy Kravitz on drums, and Eric Darken on percussion. The next projects will be Hip Hop, Blues, Country and Reggae, probably in that order. RiffWorks is a great platform for our content!" Rick DiFonzo, President of Discrete Drums
Drums on Demand
Whether you're looking for a country rock groove or 150 beats per minute of driving metal intensity, you'll find lots to choose from in the Drums on Demand sessions. You'll get a live-sounding, high-quality drum performance for your song or project.
"When we were doing the jazz recordings, I brought in a 60s Gretsch drum kit, which is what they used to play that stuff on. Nothing sounds like it, and it worked great ... After recording, Randle spends about three days mixing in his studio, followed by six weeks of editing and fine tuning by Sorensen. Then, Randle and Murphy map out the sound of each Drummer ... making it all just work when you turn the knob ... I think [RiffWorks] is great for people who just want to play guitar and not delve into how it's all done." Todd Sorenson, Session Drummer, Composer and Producer, Drums on Demand
Drummerheads
Drummerheads offers a wide range of new sounds, styles, and very usable features with all of their InstantDrummer content.
"I wanted to give RiffWorks users a wide collection of InstantDrummer sessions to pick from, not just my idea of the perfect parts. So I've recruited musicians and producers who make music that I really enjoy to create sessions of their own, like Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie." Hayden Bursk, Founder, Drummerheads
Sonic Reality
For over 10 years Sonic Reality has been sampling, programming and developing sound libraries and software for sound companies, keyboard manufacturers and successful recording & performing artists. We create virtual musical instruments and production tools that can be used with today's digital samplers and Mac/PC software samplers, sequencers and digital recorders. They are now transforming their great-sounding content into InstantDrummer sessions for RiffWorks users.
Dave Kerzner from Sonic Reality remarked, "Sonoma and Sonic Reality share a similar philosophy when it comes to music-making - getting the technical stuff out of the way in order to get to the creative part faster. RiffWorks is brilliant and we're thrilled to be able to offer our drums and grooves in this platform so that guitar players can jam with such a diverse range of sounds we've captured all over the world. It's a chance to open up a range of Sonic Reality samples to guitarists that may be new to what we do and that's exciting."
Submersible Music
Select content from Submersible's popular DrumCore™ software is now available for RiffWorks users. These are great-sounding drummers spanning a multitude of styles.
"Since most RiffWorks users are guitarists ... we have concentrated on drummers and styles that are most attractive for them. There's Matt Sorum (Guns 'N Roses, Velvet Revolver), Sly Dunbar (Bob Marley), Terry Bozzio (Jeff Beck, UK), Lonnie Wilson (Brooks and Dunn) and Tony Braunagel (Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal)." Kord Taylor, Marketing, Submersible Music
Part
Use this menu to select the part you'd like to play. Parts are often organized into song segments like Verse, Chorus and Bridge.
Screen
When you select an InstantDrummer session, the screen displays a custom graphic. In most cases it includes information about the original tempo the drum tracks were played when recorded. This is the tempo the drummer will sound the most natural.
- If the Riff Tempo is set much lower than this, you may hear some choppiness in the audio.
- If the Riff Tempo is set much higher than this, the playing may sound unnatural, or even humanly impossible.
Intensity
Each part of an InstantDrummer session may have a range of intensities to select from. This could mean the beat has fewer hits, or less use of cymbals, or different effects applied. It is up to the creators of each session to determine what to use this for.
Variation
Each part of an instant drummer has a fill associated with it. The InstantDrummer knows to always play a fill on the last bar of a Riff. As you turn the Variation knob up, the InstantDrummer will constantly vary the beat by inserting parts of the fill through out the Riff.
Ambience
The Ambience knob controls the amount of Room or Reverb on the drum sound. Some InstantDrummer sessions include custom recorded Room tracks that are controlled by Ambience. Others just use the built-in Reverb in RiffWorks.
Gain
This controls the level of the InstantDrummer session in the Riff mix.
Installation
Installing InstantDrummer Sessions
Multiple InstantDrummer Sessions
You can combine multiple InstantDrummer sessions in a song.
InstantDrummer & Online Collaboration
Online collaboration drum sharing is now included with RiffWorks. This means collaborators can hear each other's InstantDrummer Sessions. If a collaboration includes drum sessions that you do not own, they will be streamed to you so you can play along with them. If you own the sessions then no streaming will be necessary and you will not have to wait for them to stream to you.
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