Overview

Status: Available | Released: May 6th, 2014

With loads of new drum sounds, advanced programmability and some truly revolutionary new technologies, Toontrack's EZdrummer 2 is setting the standard for the future of drum instruments. But how does it work and how can you get the most out of your EZD2 experience? It's simple. Watch this in-depth course by master of all plugins: Matt Vanacoro!

Matt teaches you every aspect of this forward-thinking drum machine from initial installation to advanced beat-making tips and tricks. You learn all about the powerful new sounds, the advanced search features like the revolutionary Tap2Find and the cool new Song Creator... the list goes on and on!

The real magic of this new drummer is in its awesome grooves and the ability to design your own song structures. This assures that each section of your song is played with the perfect attitude and feel. Once you master the Song Creator cyborg deep inside of this instrument, you'll get EZD2 to play with prior knowledge of your song's form. It's like having a real drummer playing your chart! Matt explains this and everything else in detail to make you get the most from this advanced, virtual drummer. You'll soon see that EZdrummer 2 is more like collaborating with a real drummer and can become an essential part of your songwriting and producing process.

EZdrummer has always had great sounding drums and a beautiful interface. Now it's got brains to match! So learn about all EZdrummer 2 right here, right now in this exclusive course by expert Matt Vanacoro!

Outline

Section 1: Section 1: Setup

Section 2: Section 2: The Drum Page

Section 3: Section 3: The Mixer Page

Section 4: Section 4: Building Grooves

Section 5: Section 5: Creating Songs & Tracks

Section 6: Section 6: Finishing Your Work

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EZdrummer 2: EZdrummer 2 Explored

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Reviews

Mark L wrote on August 20, 2020

Very impressive course, and I really enjoyed Matt's delivery. As noted by others, it has nice sized chunks of material that flow together smoothly as the course progressed. I now have a much more solid foundation for using EZdrummer 2, and am eager to try several of the techniques Matt covered in the course. If you're relatively new to EZdrummer 2, this is definitely worth the time!
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Marcello wrote on August 23, 2019

Friendly instruction delivered in bite-sized pieces. Thanks Matt, I learned a lot from this course.
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Kelesha Martin wrote on December 30, 2016

I really enjoyed this tutorial.I took notes on it once before but this time I am applying this to a real situation right away! I am serious about using EZD 2 to create drum beats for my song to send to someone with Superior Drummer. Without this tutorial I do not think I would have had the guts to attempt to put a drum beat together for my some of my songs.
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Starbuckna wrote on February 22, 2015

Excellent tips for customizing and making drum loops your own. Clear lessons on how to get up and running (and go deep) with this program.
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phillyben wrote on December 14, 2014

excellent content, however this should be part 1 of 2. Judged on completeness, there were some features and ways of using features not covered. also, it would have been nice to see more real world examples of building drum parts along with songs and a little more about working within a daw project and things like that. A follow up tutorial called "ezdrummer 2 advanced" or "using ezdrummer 2" or "beyond the basics", etc., would be a welcome addition.
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BPGeez wrote on October 29, 2014

I really like this guy! I think I like this upgrade a little more tho!! Good gig MacPro!!
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Eduardo wrote on October 17, 2014

What a great course. It is very well explained. This is all I need to know to get started with EZ drummer 2.
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Diego5150 wrote on September 6, 2014

Very informative, and easy to follow. Matt V. is a great teacher.
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Bjorn wrote on August 17, 2014

Great tutorial! Very useful tips in every video, and fab presentation! Gotta love this MacPro stuff and the EZ Drummer
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David Cox wrote on July 18, 2014

I really liked this tutorial. It filled in a lot of the "blanks" that I had about how to go about creating my own grooves while utilizing some of the grooves that were included.
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