Toontrack Funkmasters EZ Expansion $79

Funkmasters gets the groove back into your drum tracks. Two amazing kits and performances from the great Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab’o" Starks. Whether you ate creating hip-hop, dance, funk or any other style of music you need to add the dynamics and expressiveness of Funkmasters to EZ Drummer or Superior Drummer 2.0.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Funkmasters EZX®

This is a unique and exclusive recording of two of the most important drummers in popular music. Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab’o" Starks.

On their own or in tandem, Starks and Stubblefield were the principal drummers for the Godfather of Soul and Funk, Mr. James Brown. Fans and critics alike cite their collective era in Brown’s band as the pinnacle of Funk. Their combined drumming on the classic double-album "Sex Machine" is some of the most innovative, inspired and funky playing ever recorded.

Samples and looped audio of their original beats and breaks would go on to become the foundation of Hip-Hop. Their breaks gave birth to countless genres reaching deep into the realms of underground, experimental and popular music. It is also crucial to note that the use of their breaks inspired innovation within the techniques of DJ-ing and sample based production, thus making Starks and Stubblefield the most sampled and influential drummers in modern day music.

Toontrack® Music has sampled both their unique sound and grooves. Musicians, Producers and DJ's will be amazed by the depth of soul found within these samples. From the tight sizzle of the hi-hats to the snap and crack of the snares, our unique sampler engine reveals the subtle mastery of these drummers in ways never available before. The included MIDI will inevitably become the backbone to a new generation of Digital Jockeys generations to come.

We at Toontrack® Music are honored and humbled to have worked with these masters. As fans and lovers of music, we wish to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude for the legacy that “Jab’o” and Clyde have given us all.

The Funkmasters EZX® feature two kit interfaces, one for Clyde and one for ”Jab’o”. The EZX® also features effects sliders in the EZmixer, a Vinyl effect created with the use of iZotopes Vinyl plug-in and a large Plate reverb resampled at Toontrack® Music Studios, Umea, delivering all that you need to create those real sounding Funk tracks.

The Funkmasters EZX® is produced by Brad Bowden and Mattias Eklund from Toontrack® Music.

The Funkmasters EZX® special features

• Two kit interfaces, one for Clyde and one for Jab'o.

• Effects sliders in the EZmixer, a Vinyl effect created with the use of iZotopes Vinyl plug-in and a large Plate reverb resampled at Toontrack® Music Studios, Umea, delivering all that you need to create those real sounding Funk tracks.

John "Jab'o" Starks setup

  Kickdrum:

  • Yamaha Maple Custom 22"

  Snaredrum:

  • Yamaha Mahogany 6x14"

  Toms:

  • Yamaha Maple Custom 12"

  • Yamaha Maple Custom 13"

  • Yamaha Maple Custom 16"

  Hats:

  • 14" MEINL Byzance Medium Hihat

  Crash:

  • 16" MEINL Byzance Medium Crash

  Ride:

  • 18" MEINL Medium Ride

  Woodblock:

  • MEINL Woodblock

Clyde Stubblefield setup

  Kickdrum:

  • Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute 20"

  Snaredrum:

  • Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute 7x14"

  Toms:

  • Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute 13"

  • Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute 14"

  • Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute 16"

  Hats:

  • 14" MEINL Byzance Medium Hihat

  Crash:

  • 18" MEINL Thin Crash

  Ride:

  • 20" MEINL Medium Ride

  Woodblock:

  • MEINL Woodblock

Clyde Stubblefield & John ”Jab’o” Starks uses Yamaha (trademark property of

Yamaha corporation) Drums with Remo (trademark property of Remo Inc.) heads,

MEINL (trademark property of Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG)

Cymbals & Vic Firth (trademark property of Vic Firth Inc.) Drumsticks.

 

 

System requirements

System requirements are provided to us by the manufacturer.

Operating Systems Supported:				Plugin formats Supported:

Macintosh	Windows
1 GB Free disk space 512 MB RAM DVD Drive EZ Drummer installed	1 GB Free disk space 512 MB RAM DVD Drive EZ Drummer installed