UJAM Headbanger Bundle (Heavy, Iron, Rowdy)

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Virtual Drummer Heavy

Always sound your best

A myriad of flexible tonal shaping options are presented to ensure you can find the right sound, regardless of your mix, style or genre. Five distinctive drum kits have been carefully chosen to help deliver the power and punch that contemporary drum production requires. Each of these kits can be mixed and matched using up to four different kit pieces, allowing you to create a hybrid setup, stamping out a sonic signature for your productions. Encompassing a wide range of advanced kit editing, mixing and mastering sections to help further sculpt and shape your tone, Heavy is every producer's dream. Easily tweakable FX let you add compression, saturation, ambience and reverb to individual parts of the kit or the entire drum bus for a more global impact on your sound design. For experienced sound designers, and mixing and mastering engineers, Heavy offers multi-out capabilities, letting you process your tracks independently using third-party plug-ins and processors to get the exact sound you're after. Conversely, less proficient engineers and producers can take advantage of one of the six onboard mix presets, curated by industry professionals to add extra punch, weight and sheen to your drums with one click.

The gold-standard

Getting the sound right at the source is the key to achieving professional mixes that sound radio-ready. Using a collection of the highest quality drums, recording studio, recording equipment and drummers, Heavy delivers a sophisticated sound that's ideal for a wide range of groovy musical genres. Only the best in class was used for the recording of this session, using what many would call the 'desert island' drums of choice, capturing each hit with incredible detail and nuance. Ideal for songwriters, musicians or producers, Heavy will instantly unlock the sound of professional recordings, helping you to carve a name for yourself in the industry to drive your career forward.

The only substitute for a world-class drummer

Recording and engineering drums come with their own unique set of challenges. The space, noise levels and equipment needed all create difficulties for most musicians without access to a professional recording studio 24 hours a day. Knowing this, the UJAM's Virtual Drummer Heavy has been meticulously recorded to provide you with a plethora of different beats and phrases to cover a wide range of aggressive genres. Helping you to get your ideas recorded faster than ever, Heavy comes with over 1380 patterns and rhythms in 60 unique styles, spanning everything from rock, heavy metal and punk beats. Encompassed within the phrases included with UJAM Heavy, there are independent sections for common song structures, including intros, verses, choruses, fills and endings to help you quickly identify the right groove to build the foundation of your song.

Frustration-free design

No matter your skillset or production knowledge, Virtual Drummer Heavy has been designed to let you get studio-ready results in a matter of minutes. No deep menu diving, complicated non-musical terms or clustered interfaces, just a simple layout that offers easy tweaking to get the sound you want fast.

Providing you with only a few key controls, you are awarded the flexibility to customise the performance of your Virtual Drummer to get realistic results quickly. Huminsation controls are presented as micro timing parameters, including Feel and Humanize, injecting the signature 'push and pull' of a live drummer performing in front of you. Employing an intuitive drag-and-drop system, you can import phrases from your Virtual Heavy Drummer into your DAW to edit individual notes to customise the performance to the exact needs of your project.

Virtual Guitarist Iron

The only substitute

No matter your skillset or production knowledge, Iron 2 has been designed to let you get studio-ready results in a matter of minutes. No deep menu diving, complicated non-musical terms or clustered interfaces, just a simple layout that offers easy tweaking to get the sound you want fast.

The perfect solution for contemporary composers, UJAM Virtual Guitarist Iron 2 allows you to inject your production with a fierce, roaring guitar tone that you might not have access to otherwise. In most cases, getting the best distorted electric guitar sound for more extreme genres of music requires your amplifier to be loud, deafeningly loud. Save your ears and your neighbour's sanity by harnessing the power of a roaring guitar stack in your DAW.

As well as non-guitarists, guitarists with their own equipment will still be able to benefit from Iron 2. Production-ready sounds from the get-go and ultra-realistic results combined with ease of use means you can get your ideas down faster than ever before your creative flame burns out. Simply punch in your MIDI performance and let Iron 2 do the rest without worrying about connecting your large system and losing that one special idea.

Pushing the envelope, the UJAM Virtual Guitarist Iron features all of the micro timing parameters available in other releases. Everything from humanization, swing, feel and speed controls all present an opportunity to create customised performances that sound authentic within a dense rock, metal or punk mix.

Inject the power of the rock Gods into your production

There's nothing quite like the sound of an overdriven guitar amplifier, tearing through soundwaves like the teeth of a saw. Reserved for those times when only the most aggressive and powerful sound will suffice, Iron 2 encompasses the dark side of music and matches the distinctive performance styles with a destructive sound. Starting from the guitar, a classic American-style solid body guitar equipped with high-output humbucker pickups provides the perfect platform for sustain, bite and snarl. Similar to other Virtual Guitarist releases, UJAM Iron features a dedicated pickup selector dial, letting you morph between bridge and neck with ease to shape the tone of your guitar. This is ideal when moving between rhythm to lead playing to be on the right pickup for the job.

The playing style can be defined by the character switch, altering the position of the picking hand from the bridge to the neck, changing the tonality of your guitar. This goes hand-in-hand with the pickup position dial, letting you unlock a tremendous level of unique guitar tones and sounds.

Shaping the sound of your guitar are the stompbox effects. 30 of them to be precise. These stompbox effects are pre amplifier, meaning they affect the signal going into your amplifier to alter the response drastically, dynamically responding to your playing style. Everything from traditional overdrives to great-sounding wahs, delays, chorus and reverbs are all presented here for a wide tonal palette to experiment with.

Crafting the overall sound of your Virtual Guitarist, Iron includes five amplifier types with a dedicated focus EQ and drive control to fine-tune your overall tone. Each amplifier uses a combination of modelled boutique amplifier and cabinet selections to carve a crushing tone in your mix. An additional amp mode is presented with the Direct control. This removes any amplifier influence and gives you a completely dry D.I guitar signal, allowing you to use any of your favourite third party amplifier and cabinet simulation plug-ins. Ideal for the contemporary mixing engineer with a plethora of real and simulation amplifiers, here, you can craft a tone from the ground up to match the visceral aggression your session needs.

Last in your signal chain is the Finisher FX. These range from sensible guitar mixing techniques with EQ and compression to outlandish and extreme effects that can transform your sound into a completely new instrument entirely.

The guitar player made obsolete

Alternative guitar styles can be a difficult beast to conquer for the most veteran guitar players. Difficult techniques that push the creative boundary are rife within most songs. With over 350 unique phrases in 30 different styles featuring expertly sampled performances from a top session musician, you can become the master of the mystic arts of extreme guitar playing instantly. Virtual Guitarist Iron 2 also includes a single switch to drop your tuning to Drop D, a common technique used by extreme guitarists to get a lower range for added energy and heaviness to your sound.

Virtual Bassist Rowdy

Unleash the energy

The driving force behind some of the biggest alternative rock songs in history, Rowdy harnesses the sound of distorted, gritty and energetic picked electric bass guitar. Reserved for those occaisions where only the most aggressive and powerful sound will suffice, nowhere is safe from the thunderous and energetic wall of sound of Rowdy. Capable of cutting through dense punk, rock and even contemporary metal productions, your low-end has just got bigger, brawnier and even less controlled than ever. Don't sabotage your mixes, let UJAM Virtual Bassist Rowdy be the ace of spades up your sleeve to take your productions to a new level.

Aggressive perfection

Getting the right sound for aggressive bass guitar is a fine art. Careful to straddle the line between wild and balanced calls for a bit of DIY. Virtual Bassist Rowdy has been crafted by capturing a hand-selected, vintage bass guitar that has been modified to allow for the unhinged sonic quality needed to cut through a dense mix of thrashing guitars and pounding drums. It's not only the equipment you use but the player that makes the attitude. A studio veteran has been called upon to bring the energy and intensity needed to make Rowdy as exciting and driving as possible with every note played. Several key pieces of gear were called upon to craft the signature sound of Rowdy, from vintage stacks of amplifiers to an assortment of fuzz and distortion pedals, the pieces all come together to make the ultimate bass for those that live life on the edge.

A composers dream

While it might sound different from any other virtual bassist, Rowdy still serves the same purpose. Get your listeners off their feet and dancing to the beat! Crucial in maintaining the energy and intensity, the role of the bass player in rock, punk and metal is to complement the sonics while typically following the rhythm of the drums, mimicking the guitar's performance for one cohesive sound. It's important that the rhythms and grooves inject the spirit of non-conformity to your productions and for this reason, UJAM Rowdy is comprised of two operation modes.

Player Mode gives you access to the 1380 phrases spanning 60 different styles to ensure that you never run out of ideas for your songwriting. Divided into common songwriting sections such as intros, fills and verses, you can hone in on a specific part to fill the gap in your production. The smart technology behind the Virtual Bassist series means that not only will Rowdy automatically follow the key and chord you play, but it will also intelligently select the most musical bass articulations available to support your tracks.

For experienced performers, Instrument mode lets you experiment with the full offering inside of Rowdy. Unlock every note and technique included with the meticulously sampled instrument via your MIDI controller or keyboard. Expressive control is afforded with the inclusion of muted notes, slides and stop techniques which can be accessed via the key switches and modulation/pitch wheel bending.

Features

Virtual Drummer Heavy

• Hard-hitting and authoratative drums for aggressive genres such as rock, punk and metal
• Authentic professional performances in a snap
• Intuitive drag-and-drop interface lets you edit notes and phrases in your DAW
• Powerful mixing capabilities for independent channels with multi-output routing
• Explore the sonic potential of Phat with over 200 total presets
• Total of 200 presets, 1380 grooves in almost 60 styles with independent sections (intro, verse, chorus, fills and endings) to build the foundation of your tracks
• Manual performance lets you create your own grooves in your DAW
• Advanced kit editing, mixing and master sections including tuning and decay parameters
• Recorded using premium-quality drums in a world-class studio using industry professional session drummers
• Five distinct drum kits, all carefully chosen to fit into modern funky productions
• Mix and match instruments from up to four different kits to create your customised sound
• Designed by industry professionals, six mix presets let you complete your sound design
• Add humanisation elements with micro timing controls over Feel to fit into your groove with ease
• Frustration-free design ensures musicians of every level can get radio-ready tones instantly

Virtual Guitarist Iron

• Channel your inner rock God with heavy chords and riffs
• New instruments with freshly recorded samples and phrases
• Over 350 phrases in 30 unique styles to inject your compositions with powerful rock tones
• Customise your tone with 30 stompbox emulations and 60 Finisher FX
• Take things down a notch with one-button Drop D tuning for added fatness
• Intuitive and simple interface lets you get great-sounding tracks instantly
• Morph between bridge and neck pickup to alter the tone of your guitar tracks
• Four character controls comprised of Fat, Soft, Bite and Twang alter the aggression of your tones
• Dedicated stompbox and Finisher control lets you blend in the perfect levels
• Widen your stereo image using the Width switch
• Shape the EQ of your tone to tighten up your sound using Focus EQ
• Select between six amplifier sounds including Direct, Clean, Crisp, Cream, Crunch and Metal

Virtual Bassist Rowdy

• Supercharge your productions with aggressive and distorted picked bass guitar
• Unhinged and wild sound that's perfectly suited for non-mainstream music genres including punk, rock, metal and grunge
• Professional tonal shaping options powered by AI articulation modelling means this is the only suitable replacement for the real thing
• Ideal for producers or musicians to create realistic and professional bass lines, regardless of skill level
• Frustration-free design lets you write, perform and record bass faster than ever
• Recorded using a heavily modified vintage bass guitar through a range of crushing amplifiers and fuzz pedals
• Intuitive MIDI drag and drop of phrases speeds up your workflow
• Play the Rowdy Bassist freely in Instrument mode or use Player Mode to unlock pre-built phrases and styles
• Choose between 60 styles and 1380 phrases in Player Mode to ensure you never run out of ideas for your tracks
• Phrases included are made up of typical sections within a song including intros, fills, verses and more
• Micro-timing functions add humanisation to your performance, creating swing and feel for natural and realistic movement
• Mod/pitch wheels can be used to bend the notes up to two semi-tones as well as activate palm-muted techniques
• Adjustable Fuzz control before amplification offers extra bite and aggression to your tone
• Four unique character styles let you change the aggression, dynamic range and overall tone of your performance from Tame to Hard
• Three amplifier settings deliver vastly different sonic qualities
• Proprietary signature drive control adds harmonics and saturation to your tone
• One switch Drop-D function lets you explore lower fundamentals in your performance
• Blend in octave signal for a wall of sound or to use as a melodic element
• Brand new, 15 Finisher effects ranging from simple to complex lets you find the right sound for any style, genre or mix
• Sweep between vintage, neutral and modern EQ settings to help carve your sound to fit the context of your mix
• Simple compressor slide reduces the dynamic range at higher settings to create a consistent sound

Specifications

System requirements

• Operating system:
  • Mac: OS X 10.13 or later - 64-bit only
  • Windows: Windows 8 or later - 64-bit
• Format:
  • Mac: VST, AU2 and AAX
  • Windows: VST and AAX
• RAM: 8GB recommended
• Disk space: 7.1GB

General

• Product code: HEADBANGER-BUNDLE