Musicians and producers looking for the ultimate virtual drumming instrument will not be disappointed with the AIR Music Technology Strike 2, a dynamic drum and arranger instrument that features a world-class sample library and a hyper-realistic performance engine.
Strike 2 puts you in the producer's chair, allowing you to create, control, and produce professional drum tracks with remarkable human realism. The software can create a seamless crescendo, switch drumkits from crushed punk to power ballad, or tweak the tuning of the snare drum. Each instrument was painstakingly recorded with up to three close mics, two overheads, and two room mics. Strike also features a full mixing console, complete with built-in effects.
Strike 2 allows you to adjust the intensity, complexity, timing, groove, and dynamics of your drum track, all in real time. What's more, you can adjust parameters and record the movement as automation within your sequencer. The playing intensity can be increased to obtain a smooth dynamic response in the drum tone instead of audible velocity switches. With Strike, you can produce professional drum tracks that are impossible to create with conventional sampling technology.
Strike 2 includes 19 customizable drum kits that were recorded at the world-renowned Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Strike lets you create custom drum patterns with the onboard Style Editor. And it supports WAV and AIFF files, so you can use your own custom sample libraries.
The built-in mixing console provides complete control over your kit. Change virtual mic settings such as room ambience and leakage, then take advantage of the dedicated 3-band EQ and two insert effects per channel. You'll find choice selections of dynamics, limiting, reverb, and delay, plus specialized tools like bit-crusher and filter. Easily adjust the level and panning for each drum and route individual sounds to separate mixer channels in your DAW. Strike 2 is Mac and Windows compatible and works within most major DAWs as an AAX, AU, or VST plug-in.
- A dynamic drum and arranger instrument that features a world-class sample library and a realistic performance engine
- Manipulate intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and more
- Smooth dynamics control without audible velocity switches
- Supports WAV and AIFF files from your own sample libraries
- Intelligently mapped drums for fast, interactive real-time arrangements
- Doubles as a powerful MIDI drum module
- Built-in virtual mixing console for full control over drum kit sound
- Control room ambience, microphone levels/leakage, EQ, dynamics, and more
- Dedicated EQ and two insert effects processors per channel compressor
- Limiter, tube saturation, distortion, bit crusher, filter, ring modulator, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, and more
- Support for discrete routing and mixing of each drum kit component
- Audio and MIDI export for quickly creating drum loops and MIDI sequences in your DAW
- MIDI Learn functionality allows easy mapping to MIDI controllers