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The Ultimate Virtual Drummer
Digidesign® Strike™ is a revolutionary instrument plug-in that makes it easy to create professional drum performances in Pro Tools® with uncanny realism and unbelievable human feel. More than just a high-definition drum module, Strike uses real drum performances and provides unprecedented control over every aspect of your virtual drummer’s sound and playing. Select a kit, set the mic placement and leakage, choose a room, and tell your drummer how to play as you adjust the intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and more — in real time. This is one instrument you have to see to believe.
Features
- Easily produce highly realistic drum performances right within Pro Tools software
- Full real-time control of the virtual drummer’s performance, including intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and more
- Groundbreaking real-time performance engine allows for gradual drum performance dynamics adjustments without the typical machine gun effect or audible velocity layer switching
- Choose from five high-definition drum kits, each featuring up to 12 instruments per kit and up to 300 samples per instrument
- Includes over 20 GB of 24-bit audio stored in just 5 GB of space via proprietary lossless compression
New Strike Content Expansion
Strike Content Expansion is a software add-on for Strike that expands the instrument’s capacity to cover a broad range of musical styles. Strike Content Expansion adds over 300 MB of classic drum machine samples to Strike, and includes 100 new “Style” settings, expanding the instrument’s functionality to encompass a broader range of drum sounds and rhythm styles that complement a wider range of musical genres.
If you own Strike, you can get special pricing on the Strike Content Expansion directly from the DigiStore. Purchase the add-on now.
Note: If you purchase Strike on its own or as part of the Digidesign Virtual Instrument Box Set on January 17, 2008 or later, you are automatically eligible to receive the Strike Content Expansion as a free download when you authorize your plug-in. |
Digidesign
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www.digidesign.com
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Strike™ is a revolutionary RTAS® instrument plug-in that makes it easy to create, control, and produce professional drum performances in Pro Tools® with uncanny realism. One part intelligent virtual drummer, one part professional drum module, Strike features a wide range of high-definition drum kits and style choices, and allows for unprecedented control over the virtual drummer’s performance.
Meet Your New Drummer
With Strike, getting the groove you want is as simple as choosing one of the high-definition kits and telling the “virtual” drummer how to play: Adjust the playing intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and much more — all in real time. Use the automation features in Pro Tools to perfect all of your moves and get the perfect drum performance. Connect your MIDI controller to tweak your performance on the fly using knobs, sliders, drum pads, or anything else that sends MIDI data. And for the ultimate in control, use a Digidesign control surface — such as Command|8 or Control|24 — or tap into the power of an ICON integrated console.
Unbelievable Human Feel
Strike’s proprietary realtime performance engine eliminates the mechanized artifacts of typical sample-playback devices to deliver human results with unparalleled realism. Increase the playing intensity and you’ll get a smooth dynamic response in the drum tone instead of audible velocity switches. Change up the feel or complexity and get instant, natural-sounding results. With Strike, you can produce professional drum tracks simply not possible using conventional sampling technology.
Comprehensive Grooves
Strike comes loaded with five high-resolution drum kits, each containing up to 12 instruments with up to 300 individual samples per instrument for an incredible range of detail. Add the Strike Content Expansion and you’ll gain an even wider range of instruments and styles. Whether you compose soundtracks, pop tunes, or just need a drummer to jam along with on your guitar, Strike delivers totally human results with over 1,500 editable preset patterns in popular music styles. Strike also lets you create your own custom patterns with the onboard Style Editor, or by functioning as a drum module in Pro Tools software.
Mix It Up
To help you get the perfect drum sound, Strike includes a built-in mixing console for full control over every aspect of the kit. Change virtual microphone settings, such as room ambience and leakage, then take advantage of dedicated 3-band EQ and two insert effects per channel. The onboard effects range from dynamics and limiting to reverb and delay, plus specialized tools such as bit crusher and filter. The onboard mixer lets you easily adjust the overall level and panning for each drum, and route individual sounds to separate mixer channels in Pro Tools software.
Strike Features
- Easily produce professional, highly realistic drum performances right within Pro Tools software
- Full, real-time control of the virtual drummer’s performance, including intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and much more
- Groundbreaking realtime performance engine allows for gradually adjusting the dynamics of a drum performance without the typical machine gun effect or audible velocity layer switching
- Choose from five high-definition drum kits, each featuring up to 12 instruments per kit and up to 300 samples per instrument
- Includes over 20 GB of 24-bit audio stored in just 5 GB of space via proprietary lossless compression
- Over 1,500 editable preset drum patterns/performances covering dozens of musical styles and song section structures
- Intelligently mapped drum patterns and sounds allow for fast, interactive real-time arrangement and composition of drum parts
- Doubles as a powerful MIDI drum module for use with your own drum patterns and sequences
- Built-in virtual mixing console for full control over drum kit sound, including room ambience, microphone levels/leakage, EQ, dynamics, and more
- Dedicated EQ and two insert effects processors per channel including compressor, limiter, tube saturation, distortion, bit crusher, filter, ring modulator, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, and more
- Support for multichannel plug-in output for discrete routing and mixing of each drum kit component independently in the Pro Tools mixer
- MIDI Learn functionality allows for easily mapping plug-in parameters to MIDI instruments for hands-on control
- Full support for Pro Tools automation and control via Digidesign® control surfaces and ICON integrated consoles
- Highly optimized RTAS instrument for Pro Tools 7 software
 Strike Drum Kit Information |
Nu Style Kit |
Kick |
Yamaha RC 9000 15" x 16" |
Snares |
Pearl Free Floating brass shell 14 x 3.5"
Ludwig Supersensitive Black Beauty 14" x 5.5" |
Hi-Hats |
Zildjian Nu Beat Hat Bottom 14"
Paiste SF Medium Heavy Hi-Hat 13" |
Cymbals |
Paiste SF Powercrash 20"
Sabian HH Splash on Top 10"
Zildjian A Custom Crash Top 14"
Zildjian Medium Ride 20"
Sabian Thin Crash 17"
Paiste SF Full Crash 14" |
Toms & others: |
Gretsch 14" x 16"
Tama Oktoban Lo 6" x 22" Tama Oktoban Hi 6" x 18"
Darbuka 10"
Remo Roto Tom 6" |
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Heavy Kit |
Kick |
Yamaha Power V 22" x 16" 1st generation |
Snare |
GMS Maple 14" x 8" |
Hi-Hats |
Sabian 14"
Zildjian Avedis 15" |
Toms |
Yamaha 9000 RC Floor Tom 16" x 16"
Yamaha 9000 RC Mid Tom 13" x 13"
Yamaha 9000 RC Hi Tom 10" x 8" |
Ride |
Zilddjian Ping Ride 22" |
Crashes |
Paiste SF Power Crash 18"
Zildjian Thin Crash 16"
Paiste 2002 Crash 15"
Trash China (Sabian/WuHan) 18" |
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Vintage Kit (1960’s Gretsch) |
Kick |
20" |
Snare |
13" x 4" Premier piccolo birch shell
Head: Remo Ambassador coated |
Hi-Hat |
Paiste 2002 15" |
Toms |
Floor Tom 14"
Tom 12" |
Ride |
Zildjian A Custom Ride 22" |
Crashes |
Zildjian Thin Crash 16"
Zildjian Thin Crash 20" |
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Jazz Kit (Yamaha Maple Custom) |
Kick |
18" |
Snare |
14" x 5" 1970’s Ludwig Black Beauty Super Sensitive
Head: Remo Diplomat coated |
Hi-Hat |
14" Zildjian New Beat |
Toms |
Floor Tom 14"
Tom 12"
Heads: Remo FA Fiberskin |
Cymbals |
Bosphorus Jazz Ride 22"
UFIP Jazz Ride with Rivets 20"
Wu Han China Type with Rivets 22" |
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Fusion Kit (Yamaha Maple Custom) |
Kick |
22" MC Absolute |
Snare |
13" x 5" Dave Weckl Signature with 2 Snappies |
Hi-Hat |
Sabian 13" |
Toms |
Floor Tom 14"
Lo Tom 12"
Mid Tom 10"
Hi Tom 8" |
Cymbals |
Sabian Ride 20"
Sabian Thin Crash 16"
Sabian Crash 15"
Sabian China Type 18"
Sabian Splash 10"
UFIP Splash 8" |
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System Requirements
- Digidesign-qualified Pro Tools|HD®, Pro Tools LE®, or Pro Tools M-Powered™ system running Pro Tools 7.0 or higher software
- 768 MB of RAM (1 GB or better recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive for installation
- iLok USB Smart Key (a free iLok.comaccount and Internet access is required for retrieving and managing iLok licenses)
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Strike is an incredibly flexible plug-in/performance instrument which can be used to create convincing drum tracks in any style of music. Check out the following Introduction to Strike video and series of audio examples of Strike.
Videos require Flash Player 8 or higher.
| Strike Style Audio Examples |
This is a collection of audio demos for each of Strike’s 50 Styles.
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| Strike Example Matrix |
A Strike performance consists of three main ingredients: the Style, the Kit, and the Mix. Styles, Kits, and Mixes can be saved, loaded, and freely combined. Strike includes 50 preset settings, with each providing its own Style, Kit and Mix — making a total of 125,000 combinations just using Strike's preset files. The Strike Example Matrix provides a selection of 25 audio examples which demonstrate possible combinations between 5 Settings (3 acoustic, 2 electronic) and their corresponding Styles and Kits.
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| Complexity Intensity and Multi-Parameter Performances |
Snare Complexity Intensity
These files show the dynamic behavior of Strike using automation of Complexity, Intensity, and Snare timbre. Playing with a low dynamic and density at beginning, continuously rising to maximum at the end of the eight bars.
Multi-Parameter Performances
These files show the real feel of Strike using automation of Complexity and Intensity. Playing with a middle dynamic and density at beginning, going down to minimum in the middle and then raising to maximum at the end of the 10 bars.
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TDM HD Accel
| TDM HD
| TDM VENUE
| RTAS
| AudioSuite
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Copy Protection: iLok required (sold separately)
Maximum Supported Sample Rate: 192 kHz
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| Downloads |
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Strike Plug-In Guide v1.0.1 (PDF)
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1.12 MB
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Download
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Strike Plug-In Guide v1.0 (PDF) - Japanese
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1.23 MB
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Download
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Strike Read Me & Overview v1.0 (PDF)
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0.05 MB
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Strike Read Me v1.0.2 (PDF)
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0.03 MB
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AIR Plug-ins Datasheet (PDF)
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0.27 MB
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Strike 1.0.2 Updater (Mac OS X Leopard) for Pro Tools 7.4.2
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41.21 MB
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Strike Plug-In v1.0.1cs2 Update (Mac OS X) for Pro Tools 7.0-7.4
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24.82 MB
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Strike Plug-In v1.0.1cs2 Update (Windows XP - Vista)
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13.12 MB
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Strike Plug-In Update v1.0.1cs2 Read Me
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0.03 MB
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