Online activation of this product is required and once you've done so, you are entitled to download midi grooves created by Gene Hoglan and Dirk Verbeuren from the website, which should be a plus for anyone looking to use programmed drums on their recordings. I'm not sure if this is standard, but installing The Metal Foundry on my computer took ages, over an hour, even though I have pretty souped up specs. A total of seven new kits featuring around 300,000 sound files of single hit drum recordings are the USP of the product and the hits are by none other than Tomas Haake of the mighty Meshuggah, who was also the drummer on the original Drumkit From Hell.

At 35 GB, the sound library featured in The Metal Foundry is larger than that of the flagship programme, which weighs in at 25 gigabytes. Well aware of its large audience falling in the metal genre, Toontrack has since rectified this seeming oversight with the release of The Metal Foundry SDX, an expansion pack for Superior Drummer 2.0, which as its name suggests, is geared toward the heavier side of drumming. And while this in no way detracts from the comprehensive nature of the sounds featured on Superior Drummer 2.0, musicians in the metal genre would fall back on DFH to deliver the goods on their recordings. While Drumkit From Hell was tailored for metal bands and musicians, Superior Drummer 2.0 featured a sound library that was suitable for a wider range of musical styles. Users of the original Drumkit from Hell virtual instrument were no doubt surprised at the direction taken by creator Toontrack in their last major offering, Superior Drummer 2.0.

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