Jamstix

Rayzoon has released BonzoPak – a John Bonham style drum library for Jamstix virtual drummer VSTi.

I’m a little iffy on the whole idea of cloning a dead musician’s sound, but I’m sure there’s a place for this.

If you’re interested at all in the idea, check out the Rayzoon demos – like Little Bitta Love & Alert & Aware. Read more…

Rayzoon has announced that Jamstix 2, “The World’s Most Advanced Virtual Drummer VSTi” according to the company, will be released on 8/20/2007.

Features:

• Real-time groove composition using dedicated style and drummer modeling (not static patterns!)
• In-depth drummer limb simulation, including triangulation of hand movements, ensures that the grooves are always humanly playable (no ten-armed drummer here)
• Advanced feel modeling includes sound-specific pocket delays, power and timing variations and can play ahead, on or behind the beat
• Real-time fill generator produces unique fills (no static patterns used!) that match the style and drummer in use
• Streamlined interface with visual drum kit for editing as well as just watching the
  drums play
• Part-based arranger with transition and repetition fills, liveloop technology as well as drag-&-drop MIDI export
• Limb-centric bar editor allows fine-tuning of events without need for MIDI export/editing in host
• Extensive MIDI controller mapping allows in-depth remote-control of the style, drummer and mixer
• Built-in mixer with compressor and 3-band EQ
• Comes with 50 styles and 10 drummers, expandable via future Paks

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