![]() To quote EastWest, “the entire MORII library was put together with one goal in mind: to create a virtual instrument capable of producing sounds that could actually produce a hit record or film score without any live drum, bass, or guitar overdubs”. Ministry of Rock II – Rock and Roll Drumming For the record, I bought a 3TB external USB 3.0 drive and it works flawlessly streaming the samples in real time, rather than loading them into RAM. The first thing you might need to do, like me, is buy a new hard drive to store the near 140GB of samples that make up SD3 and MORII provided across 19 dual-layer DVDs. So if you’re one of those users who always begin installations by flipping the ReadMe file into the trash, think again. Not quite the usual “just go ahead and install it” system we’re used to, but EastWest provides a heap of FAQ and How-To info on the website. EastWest came to the party and gave me both SD3 and MORII to review, so heads-up – we’re actually looking at two products here in pursuit of the perfect percussion plug-in.Īll EastWest instruments are hosted in its own shell program called Play4 (think Kontakt Player here) and it’s recommended with any EastWest virtual instrument that you download the latest Play4 software first, install it and then continue the sample library load of your chosen instrument through the custom installation option. For that, I needed EastWest’s Ministry of Rock II virtual instrument, which has been around awhile. After a bit of research I realised SD3 is purely a percussion instrument and doesn’t include what you’d call a traditional drum kit. ![]() So it was exciting stuff hearing of EastWest’s Storm Drum 3, featuring the legendary Mickey Hart of Grateful Dead fame. I’ve been programming drums for years, forever searching for the holy grail of realism and authentic sound that will allow me to create convincing drum tracks whenever working with a real drummer isn’t possible. Ministry of Rock II inside the Play4 player. ![]()
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