The drum kits and grooves alike are edgy without being overtly aggressive, loose without being flabby, and tight without being sterile and boring.В This is no doubt due to the fact that Toontrack got a leading UK based audio engineer to record the drums, and a premiere UK session drummer to play them.

This is using the out-the-box unprocessed UK Pop Kit preset with a groove compiled from the UK Pop Groove template files: Here is a loop I drummed up in no time at all. For drums with such great character they are surprisingly neutral in the mix, and they find their place naturally without a fuss. Overall, the kits lean toward a vintage sound, with low-tuned snares and vintage cymbals, but somehow they maintain a modern vigour. The additional stomps and claps, and their respective groove templates (for select kits), are wonderfully organic, adding another welcome layer of human touch to the pack.

The kits and grooves cover a wide variety of musical possibilities from mainstream pop ballads to grittier indie type jams, from low and slow tom-tom laden rolling grooves to tight four to the floor downbeats for that upbeat chorus. Of course tweaking options are virtually infinite and you can take them to any level of shine you desire, but for working musicians and composers without the luxury of time to fiddle all that much, or less experienced mixers lacking a bit of confidence in their drum mixing skills, these kits show up on time for both. The pack is exactly what it says on the tin: mix-ready drum sounds inspired by classic and modern UK pop music.

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