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Credits

The sounds for the Jazz EZX were played by Roy Futureman Wooten at Blackbird Studios, Nashville, USA.

The sounds for the Jazz EZX were recorded, engineered and mixed by Chris Grainger, Brad Bowden and Mattias Eklund at Blackbird Studios, Nashville, USA.

The MIDI files for the Jazz EZX were played by David Haynes, Atlanta, GA, USA &by Per Mikaelsson, Toontrack Studios, Umea Sweden.

Produced by: Brad Bowden & Mattias EklundProject co-ordination: Brad Bowden

Blackbirds Chief Engineer: Vance PowellAssistant Engineer: Mark PetacciaDrumtech: Raymond Massey

Sound and MIDI editing: Henrik Kjellberg & Nils Eriksson.

Graphic designer: Fredrik rletunPhotography: Mattias Eklund

Head of support, beta testing and configuration manager: Rogue MarechalCoding: Olof Westman

TOONTRACK proudly presents: The Jazz EZX

The Jazz EZX features percussive artist Roy Futureman Wooten. Roy Wooten is an inventor, musician, composer and multi Grammy Award winning performer with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones among others.

Roys groundbreaking percussion technique takes playing drums way beyond just simple time keeping. His approach to his craft is a much more all-encompassing and universal one. He views himself as a storyteller playing music to reach beyond the limits of common musical understanding.

His recordings for the Jazz EZX, captured at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, will set a benchmark for how sampling percussive instruments specifically and any musical instrument in general will be done in the future.

More and more I see the piano like a drum set and the drum set like a piano. says Roy and indeed he sees every single hit and swirl recorded as part of a whole, as part of a musical sequence rather than as single, solitary, monotonous hits. That lends a unique scope and musicality to these recordings that has its explanation in the fact that, as an instrumentalist, Roy Wooten strives to employ the power and science of Mother Nature.

Toontrack Music has had the privilege to capture the magic of Futureman. His touch, his heart, his philosophy and his unique approach to his craft in the Jazz EZX.

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Instruments List

Kicks:

Pearl Reference Series 18Ludwig Maple Psychedelic 22

Snares:

Pearl 50th anniversary Solid Maple Shell 5x14 (Sticks & Brushes)Leedy piccolo 14x3.5 (Sticks)

Toms:

Gretsch USA Custom Series 10 (Sticks & Brushes)Pearl Reference Series 12 (Sticks & Brushes)Pearl Reference Series 14 (Sticks & Brushes)Slingerland Radio king 16 (Sticks & Brushes)

Hats:

Masterworks Meritamon Series 14 (Sticks & Brushes)

Crash:

Paiste Fast Crash 18 (Sticks)K Zildjian Constantinople 22 Medium (Brushes)

Ride:

K Zildjian Constantinople 22 Light (Sticks & Brushes)

Recording Equiment:

Blackbird, Studio A, Nashville, TN

Console: Neve 8078

Microphones: Neumann U47, RCA 44, NS-10, Shure SM57, AKG C12, AEA 88,Royerlab SF12 & R-121

Mic Setup/Routing:

Kick, U47 (S# 193) -> Console Pre Line In (Pearl)Kick D112 -> Console Mic Pre -> Tube Tech CL1B (Ludwig)Kick Out, RCA 44 ribbon -> Console Mic Pre(-> Universal Audio 1176 Blue Stripe Ludwig)Kick NS-10 -> Console Mic Pre

SnareTop, Shure SM57 -> Console Mic Pre -> INS Urei 1176 BlackfaceSnareBottom, Shure SM57 -> Console Mic Pre

Hats, Royerlab R-121 -> Console Mic Pre

Tom 1, AKG C12 (S#550) -> Shadow Hills Gamma 8Tom 2, AKG C12 (S#1485) -> Shadow Hills Gamma 8Tom 3, AKG C12 (S#1456) -> Shadow Hills Gamma 8

OH, AEA 88 Ribbon -> Console Mic Pre -> INS Fairchild 670

Echo Chamber, Royerlab SF12 -> Console Mic Pre