Metal Machine EZX

Testament, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Exodus, Killswitch Engage and Devildriver all call the same man to lay the final hand on their albums: Britain's Andy Sneap. This highly in-demand producer/engineer has worked on numerous Grammy Award-nominated albums, is known worldwide for having produced some of the heaviest releases this last decade and has had an instrumental role in shaping the sound of metal music as we know it in the new millennium. Now Toontrack is proud to present the first ever drum sample library to bear his unmistakable seal; Metal Machine EZX.

Recorded by powerhouse drummer John Tempesta (White Zombie, Testament, Helmet) in Los Angeles' Henson Recording Studios, formerly known as the A&M Studios, the Metal Machine EZX lacks none of the metal traits you'd expect: the thunderous bass-drums, the ferocious in-your-face snares and the toms that will cut through your mixes with a crystal clear tone to die for.

- Three kits (2 x Tama Starclassic Bubinga, Ludwig Stainless Steel) as well as a large selection of snare drums and cymbals
- Produced and engineered by one of the most successful and in-demand metal producers of the decade: Andy Sneap
- Recorded at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, USA
- Mixed at Andy Sneap's own Backstage Studios, Derbyshire, UK
- Included MIDI played by John Tempesta

RECORDING GEAR
Studio
Recorded April 2011 at Henson Studios, Studio B

Console
SSL 6000 E

Mics
- Kick R in - SM91
- Kick R in 2 - Audix D6 / AKGD12 on Stainless Steel
- Kick R out - Yamaha Sub Kick
- Kick L in - SM91
- Kick L in 2 - Audix D6 / AKGD12 on Stainless Steel
- Kick L out - Yamaha Sub Kick
- Snare top - SM57
- Snare bottom - SM57
- Snare top 2: Beyer M-201
- Hat: Shure SM7B
- Toms: Sennheiser 421
- Cymbals/ride closed: Neumann KM184
- OH’s: AKG 414
- Room mono: Neumann CMV3
- Room mid: ribbon RCA77
- Room far: Neumann U67

INSTRUMENT LIST
- Kicks (Left & Right)
- Tama Starclassic Quillted Sapele Bubinga 18x22"
- Tama Starclassic Bubinga 18x24"
- Ludwig Stainless Steel 14x26"

Snares
- 14x7" Tama John Tempesta Signature Series snare drum
- 6.5x14" Tama Bell Brass snare drum
- 6.5x14" Ludwig Black Beauty
- 6.5x14" Ludwig Supraphonic
- 6.5x14" Sonor Artist Bronze snare drum
- 6.5x14" Dunnett Titanium
- 6x14" Masai Bubinga snare

Toms
- Tama Starclassic Bubinga Quillted Sapele 9x10", 10x12", 14x14", 16x16"
- Tama Starclassic Bubinga 9x10", 10x12", 14x16", 16x18"
- Ludwig Stainless 12x15", 16x16", 16x18"
- Tama Starclassic Bubinga gong bassdrum 14x20" (Tom 5)

Hats
- Zildjian Z Custom Master Sound 14"
- Zildjian Avedis Master Sound 14"

Rides
- Zildjian Earth Ride 22"
- Zildjian A Ping Ride 22" Brilliant Finish

Crashes
- Pos 1
- 17" Z3 Zildjian prototype
- 16" Medium thin Zildjian prototype crash

Pos 2
- 18" Medium Zildjian prototype crash
- 19" Medium Zildjian prototype

Pos 3
- 19" Medium Zildjian prototype crash
- 18" Z3 Medium crash

Pos 4
- 20" Z3 Medium Zildjian prototype
- 19" Medium Thin Zildjian prototype crash

Pos 5
- 20" Medium Zildjian prototype crash
- 18" Medium Z3 Zildjian prototype

Pos 6
- 19" Z3 Zildjian Thrash Ride
- 18" Medium Zildjian prototype crash

Splash
- Pos 2
- 10" Zildjian prototype splash

Chinas
- China 1
- Zildjian Z3 19"
- Zildjian 19" Prototype China

China 2
- 20" Oriental China Trash
- Z3 19"

Spocks
- Pos 3
- Zildjian Soundlab Prototype 18" Medium Thin/19" Z3 China
- Zildjian Soundlab Prototype 16" Medium Thin/19" Z3 China