INSTANT COMPOSITION.

Basic, traditional jazz and swing drum MIDI variations.

Basic Jazz MIDI comes with eight and 16 bar variations of fundamental swing comping patterns in 3/4 and 4/4 time, all categorized by increasing intensity and complexity. It was performed by Toontrack’s Norman Garschke, a traditionally trained drummer with a masters degree in jazz performance from the Conservatories of Hilversum and Amsterdam.

”To me, jazz drums is about composing in real-time, about staying in the moment and letting yourself go. I think the best term to describe it is ’instant composition’. The idea behind this collection was to capture just that – variations of rhythmical comping ideas and melodies a jazz drummer would play to accompany a band”, he says.

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

• APPROX. 500 INDIVIDUALLY PLAYED DRUM COMPING VARIATIONS

• PERFORMED BY NORMAN GARSCHKE

• 3/4 AND 4/4 SWING PATTERNS IN 8 & 16 BAR SECTIONS

• RIDE CYMBAL VARIATIONS, SNARE DRUM/BASS DRUM COMPING IDEAS AND TOM VARIATIONS

• 4/4 WALKING-TIME AND ”PLAYING IN TWO”