Hertz Drums 2

Trusted by metal and rock producers worldwide, Hertz Drums 2 delivers powerful, mix-ready drum samples crafted by top engineers. Precise, punchy, and designed for heavy riffs—because your music deserves the best foundation.

Hertz Drums 2 stands out as the only drum replacement tool on the market that packs a fully customizable virtual drum kit, advanced sampler, and MIDI-groove player into one easy-to-use application, available in the standalone and plugin form. All you ever needed from a drum plugin is now available to you in one window via a carefully thought-out scalable user interface, designed to assist your creative work, not hinder it!

Humanize your sound by adding the dynamic feel and subtle imperfections of a real drummer’s performance. Maintain complete control over every sonic detail with independent ADSR, Ambience and FX controls for every kit piece, or just pick one of the many mix-ready presets created by world-class engineers at Hertz Studio for perfect tones straight out of the box.

Add to that the improved connectivity with E-drum kits and compatibility with other drum libraries through pre-configured drum maps – whatever the application is, Hertz Drums 2 is where your virtual drums become reality!

What’s included in Hertz Drums 2

• 12 Mix Ready Drum Kits – mixed by world-renowned engineers at Hertz Studio, ready to be dropped into your project with no additional processing
• 1,560 MIDI Grooves – A vast collection of beats, intros, fills, and endings to inspire and speed up your workflow.
• Built-in Sampler – integrate your favorite custom samples into Hertz Drums, whether just one-shots or multi-track samples with multiple articulations and up to 6 dynamic layers
• Versatile Drum Library – Featuring 6 kick drums, 6 snare drums, 9 toms, 3 hi-hats, 6 crashes, 3 rides, and 3 chinas for endless tonal possibilities.

Realism and control like never before

• True-to-Life Humanization Algorithm – Add authentic human-like feel and dynamics with 3 independent controls for Pitch, Volume, and Velocity variations for every Hertz Drums kit piece, as well as your custom samples
• Increased range of articulations for greater realism – 12 hi-hat articulations, 7 snare articulations played independently with the left and right hand, adjustable choke length for every cymbal – your drum parts will sound just like a real drummer would play them
• Multiple mic choices for every kit piece – use different mics with distinct tonal characteristics to shape your sound just like in a professional studio.

Total flexibility to match your workflow

• Standalone App and DAW Plugin – No need for additional software like Kontakt—Hertz Drums 2 works independently as a standalone app or DAW plugin
• Fully Scalable Interface – work comfortably at any screen resolution
• Drag-and-Drop MIDI Groove Integration – Select from over 1,560 grooves and drop them directly from the plugin window into your DAW to never let your musical ideas slip away
• Easy E-drums connectivity – use designated articulations for single- and multi-zone drum pads, and integrated drum maps from many E-drum manufacturers
• Pre-configured drum maps for other drum libs – use MIDI-files created for other drum libs without having to manually change MIDI-mapping in Hertz Drums
• One-click multi-output routing – just one click to switch between Stereo and Multi-output configuration – seriously, it’s as easy as it gets!
• Custom Drum Kits from Hertz Drums Expansion Packs – mix and match elements of different Hertz Drums sample packs, or even layer them on top of each other, export and share your custom kits – all within one plugin instance, using comprehensive preset management and routing tools.

Features:

1. Access every setting easily with the new intuitive resizable interface
2. Breathe life into your drums like never before with the all-new Humanization module
3. The standalone version allows you to use Hertz Drums without a DAW
4. Replicate every detail of a real drummer’s performance with up to 8 independent articulations for every drum (center hits, rimshots, edge hits, etc., recorded separately with the left and right hand)
5. Load your favorite sounds and blend them with Hertz Drums in just a few clicks thanks to the fully functional sampler on board and extra drum pads for your custom samples
6. Integrate Hertz Drums seamlessly into your workflow with pre-configured drum maps from other popular virtual drums
7. Develop your musical ideas into full songs with the built-in MIDI groove player and a vast MIDI library of intros, outros, main beats, and fills played by real drummers.

Requirements:

• mac
  • cpu: Intel Core i5 or higher (or equivalent)
  • ram:8
  • disk:8
  • version:Mac OS 10.13 or newer
  • support:
    • 64_bit
  • plugins:
    • VST-3
    • AU
    • AAX
    • STAND-ALONE
• windows
  • cpu: Intel Core i5 or higher (or equivalent)
  • ram:8
  • disk:8
  • version:Windows 7 or newer
  • support:
    • 64_bit
  • plugins:
    • VST-3
    • AAX
    • STAND-ALONE

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