Cellomangler

The last track I mixed I was using Deep... but I believe some of the MIDI came from another one of the collection. I have a love/hate relationship with all these plugins that utilize MIDI sequences. Sure they can provide inspiration - and UJAM does have good sounding drums with quick variations for typical rock, pop and such. But it can also be a compromise to find a MIDI sequence that fits your song and you have to go through so many patterns if you want to parse through the all other Virtual Drummer styles. Then again, there are some jewels to be gleaned there. I also Soniccouture Moon and Sun Drums for lighter or more esoteric stuff and MIDI patterns can always be made compatible with some tweaking. Also as I mentioned earlier, ReMIDI is a great tool for organizing MIDI patterns and inserting rolls/fills. And all these MIDI riffs can be stored in folders for setting up your own library of pattern favorites.

I've got all the original VD products... Solid, Brute, Deep, Phat, Heavy, Sludge, Spackle... and I'm just wondering if there's enough new material here to make it worth it. Sure, only $50 if you already have VD. (cue Beavis & Butt-Head) I really wish UJAM offered a product that helped you find beats based on a MIDI or audio pattern input. Right now, I drag MIDI out to ReMIDI 2 (great accessory VST) as well as dragging favorites into labeled playlist folders for VLC media player.

Or we will die from funk underdose.... one of the two.