Handy Drums- VINTAGE STANDARD
Goran Grooves

Handy Drums- VINTAGE STANDARD

€35.00

Handy Drums- VINTAGE STANDARD

Feeling nostalgic about that vintage drum sound of the ’70s?

Handy Drums VINTAGE STANDARD is a wonderful way to inject classic drum vibes into your contemporary tunes. Whether laying down a basic dance groove, playing a classic cover, or creating a light ballad, this drumset is versatile enough to work across a wide range of genres, including Pop, Light Rock, Acid Jazz, Blues, and more.

Inspired by the iconic drum sound from Don Henley’s Hotel California, VINTAGE STANDARD delivers the warmth, presence, and character of the classic drum sounds of the past.

To achieve this sound, we used some of the finest modern equipment to capture the drumset’s unique sound while also treating the kit in the same way they did back in the ’70s. This included giving masking tape and napkins a run for their money to achieve the desired vintage sound.

After a careful mixdown of the multitrack recording to stereo, the Vintage Standard drumset was run through an analog tape reel to acquire that elusive saturation and classic drum sound.

The end result is a drumset with a dry ambient sound and short decay that projects punch, warmth, and controlled tom sound. The cymbals are also designed to have a dark, vintage sound that complements the rest of the kit.

Experience the classic, warm, and punchy sound of a vintage drum kit with modern convenience and quality by ordering Handy Drums VINTAGE STANDARD today.

This product is included in the Producer Collection plugin bundle

WHEN THE BUDGET IS TIGHT, BUT YOU NEED VINTAGE-SOUNDING, PROFESSIONAL-QUALITY DRUM TRACKS FOR YOUR PROJECT, HANDY DRUMS VINTAGE STANDARD IS HERE FOR YOU.

With stunning drum sound, mix-ready right out of the box, Handy Drums are the most practical, professional virtual drum instruments for your recording project.

PRE-MIXED, READY-TO-USE RETRO DRUMS

Spend time making music instead of trying to make a usable vintage drum sound. Achieving a great drum sound takes a significant amount of time, even when you are highly skilled for the task and have a quality drum recording, to begin with.

We invested numerous hours crafting vintage drum samples from multitrack recordings, so you don’t have to.

With just the right blend of close mics, overheads, and room mics, expertly sculpted for a robust, punchy, vintage-sounding drum set, it will sit right into your mix!

 

Every kit and percussion setup has a very balanced sound–not too hyped and not too dry.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE

 

Brilliantly recorded, mix-ready kits.
– COMPUTER MUSIC

 

Without exception, the kits sound really good; this is mix‑ready stuff with a minimum of fuss.
– SOUND ON SOUND

RECORDED TO ANALOG TAPE REEL

Since you are looking for a vintage drum sound, you are likely after some of that tape “magic” as well. No need to pull in tape simulation plugins with these drum samples.

After multitrack were mixed down to a stereo track, they were transferred over to a 1/4″ analog tape reel on a Studer tape machine and then back into DAW for some chop-chop action. The resulting drum samples contain subtle tape saturation and compression, while still maintaining the full dynamic range of the kit.

EASY TO USE AND MANIPULATE

Load the drum plugin, drop in your favorite midi drum loop, and bam!- you are ready to groove! We did the heavy lifting for you—a finished vintage drum sound right out of the box. You are free to focus on the musical aspects of your drum track.

Tweak the drum mix using the intuitive interface.

 

Handy Drums reminds a bit of the Drummer VST baked into Apple Logic Pro. Namely, there is a similar simplicity and immediacy to the results.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE

 

I could easily imagine a Handy Drums instrument making a no‑fuss sound module, whether in the studio or live.
– SOUND ON SOUND

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CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DRUM SOUND

Drum sounds behind the hit drum machine are here for your DAW!

Goran Rista, the producer of Handy Drums, used the same recording and production techniques he did for BeatBuddy’s original drumsets, an award-winning, best-selling drum machine.

The revered drum sounds that have made the Vintage Standard such a hit with BeatBuddy live performers are now available in their expanded versions for your recording needs.

3RD PARTY SAMPLERS NOT REQUIRED

Forget about incompatibles between sampler and sample libraries with our content. You don’t need any additional samplers to load the Vintage Standard sampled drumset or any other drumset from the Handy Drums range.

 

They are all self-contained and come with multiple powerful samplers built-in. Load them like any standard VSTi/AU plugin or a stand-alone app.

 

Be up and running in mere minutes.

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UNBEATABLE VALUE

We believe that high quality should not be limited only to those with deep pockets. As with the rest of the Handy Drums range, we priced the Vintage Standard plugin to be affordable to anyone. These virtual drum instruments are the best value you’ll find anywhere.

 

…they are an absolute steal given just how good they sound.
– SOUND ON SOUND

PERFECT COMPANIONS- HANDY GROOVES

Use them as they are or as a starting point for your own grooves.

 

Pair Handy Drums VINTAGE STANDARD with one of our Handy Grooves, MIDI drum loop packs for an instant groove. All of our midi drum loops are “in-the-pocket” and have been produced by world-class drummer producers and tailored to work specifically with Handy Drums plugins.

 

Handy Drums and Handy Grooves is a perfect pairing for the singer-songwriter, musician, or producer who wants to get a professional-sounding drum track up and grooving.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE

 

Unless you are a dab hand at programming your own drum parts, these are a great complement to the instruments themselves.
– SOUND ON SOUND

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PRACTICAL, INTUITIVE, EASY-TO-USE INTERFACE

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 

You are not required to read a lengthy user manual to use Handy Drums VINTAGE STANDARD. An elaborate design of over 50 samplers and smart algorithms power your seamless experience behind the simple user interface.

 

Access all of the essential functions intuitively.

 

Simple and immediate UI saves time.
– COMPUTER MUSIC

MULTIPLE DYNAMIC LEVELS

We sampled each drum and cymbal at multiple dynamic levels to ensure the instrument’s fullest dynamic range when played back. Handy Drums Vintage Standard contains up to 11 dynamic levels.

 

The samples respond accordingly with a very realistic sound and response.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE

 

Throughout our tests, we never noticed any clipping or struggling to keep pace with our shifting tempo, even when aggressively swinging between extreme bpm and more leisurely paced plods.
– COMPUTER MUSIC

ROUND ROBIN

Up to 12 samples per dynamic level

 

When a drummer strikes a drum, each subsequential stroke is ever so slightly different from the one preceding, no matter how consistently they are played. That’s why we can instantly tell the difference between a roll played by a real drummer and a single sample being looped.

We sampled each drum and cymbal numerous times at every dynamic level. During a playback, no sample is repeated sequentially, but a different sample is triggered.

 

This culminates in the impression of a drummer hitting each drum with minor variations each time. Something many other ‘realistic’ VIs never quite nail.
– COMPUTER MUSIC

24BIT SAMPLES

As with all Handy Drums plugins, the samples in Vintage Standard come in 24bit Wav format for the ultimate resolution and sound quality.

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IMMACULATELY-SAMPLED ACOUSTIC DRUMS

To achieve a larger-than-life yet completely natural vintage drum sound, every step of the sampling process is critical. Starting with the drum tuning and muffling, drums were carefully treated before we played even a single note.

We captured them using the highest-quality mics, preamps, and converters to preserve every minute detail.

UNPARALLELED REALISM FROM VIRTUAL DRUMS

Sound so natural; you  can almost touch them!

“Dry-sounding” drums do not mean they are supposed to sound like a bunch of individual, disjointed, close-miked drum components. Handy Drums VINTAGE STANDARD sound like an actual acoustic vintage drumset being played right in front of you in a “dry” room.

We achieved realism by recording the full breadth of acoustic drums and their natural ambiance, with meticulous editing and blending in the post-production.

 

The sound is very much like you are listening to the drums within a beautifully treated, compact studio room.
– SOUND ON SOUND

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Description

System Requirements of Handy Drums VINTAGE STANDARD

Type: Virtual Instruments

Size: 786MB

Producer:

Goran Rista

Format: VST/AU/AAX/Standalone

Genre: ACOUSTIC, DANCE, POP, ROCK, BLUES, R&B

Platform:

(Win 7+)  (MacOS 10.11+, dual binary)

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