Strike Sound Demos
Listen to the Ultimate Virtual Drummer
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Performance Control
Strike gives you real drums with realtime control over the performance. Getting the groove you want is as simple as choosing one of the high-definition kits and telling the drummer how to play.
This demo gives you a basic idea of Strike’s capabilities. Listen as a Bebop-style pattern is changed on the fly via the intensity and complexity controls, and the use of fill triggering.
Strike_BeBop_Solo.mp3
Smooth Dynamic Response
Strike’s proprietary realtime performance engine eliminates the mechanized artifacts of sample-playback technology to deliver incredibly realistic drum performances with uncanny human feel.
In this demo, Strike plays a simple groove as the intensity control is adjusted up and down. Listen carefully—you’ll hear a smooth dynamic response in the drum tone with no velocity switches.
Strike_Seamless_Intensity.mp3
Natural Complexity
This control lets you vary the complexity of a pattern in real time. Simply move the slider to make your virtual drummer play less or more.
In the following demo, Strike plays a pattern as the complexity level is increased with each repetition. Note that you can define complexity levels for each individual hit in Strike's Style Editor, giving you unparalleled control over your drum performances.
Strike_Complexity.mp3
Tightness, Groove and Punch
Strike's patterns are all based on real recordings made by skilled drummers. Unlike conventional drum modules which use MIDI files to trigger samples, Strike gives you the authentic grooves, tightness, and punch that only a real drummer can deliver.
This demo of a drummer performing a tight funk groove demonstrates why Strike’s intelligent groove engine is superior to triggering samples, and why a real drummer has always been better than the best drum machines.
Strike_HardFunk.mp3
Built-in Mixing Console
Strike includes a built-in mixing console for full over every aspect of the kit’s sound. All mix parameters can be automated via MIDI or Pro Tools automation, and Mix presets can be switched on the fly. A Mix contains all individual channel settings as well as Overheads, Room, Talkback Mic, and a Master channel. Each channel has its own microphone settings, 3-band EQ, and two insert effects, and can be routed to an individual channel in the Pro Tools mixer.
This demo runs you through a collection of mix presets shipping with Strike. The mixer is a very powerful tool for adjusting Strike's overall sound character to any situation, or for creatively warping your drum sounds into something entirely new.
Here are the Mix presets in the order of appearance: Soul Funk, Close Mics only, Talkback Mic only, Rehearsal Room, Urban, Smiley, Next Door, Chemical Beats, Reverse, Phaser, FilterSmack, Crushed, Transistor, Beatbox 70s.
Note: The “Beatbox 70s” sound is created by the Oscillator insert effect, which creates a synthesized drum sound that can be triggered by individual drum signals.
Strike_Mix_Presets.mp3
Style Previews
Categorized by genre, the following collections of 4-bar examples give you a quick tour of some of the 1,500 Style presets included with Strike.
