IK Multimedia | MODO Drum | Demo & Review

[@mendiapodaca]

Man, you can really play keyboard drums. I wish I were that good.

[@justdope1963]

He's an insanely good keyboardist. Piano, synths, drums, guitars! All of these require different techniques and this guy is great at all of them. I'm most amazed by his guitar demos.

[@Beatsbasteln]

i was also not convinced by the snare swell but hoooly moly. everything else sounds so good in this plugin and i love the nerdy details

[@therealjackfisher]

WOW I already want it :) This is going to be my next drumkit for sure. Im blown away.

[@cmd_f5]

This sounds great. I had heard about this, but just vaguely cared until now. I'd always assumed it was samples, because it sounded like real drums. So i ignored it. I'm officially an idiot. LOL. Been saying we needed physical modeled acoustic drums forever. Glad to see it happening! Great jams too btw

[@kristiaanmusiek8033]

The main reason I want this is I can’t be bothered downloading 300 gigs of samples ever again 🤦‍♂️

[@hifimidi]

The load time is insanely fast!

[@hifimidi]

I know what he meant. :)

[@hifimidi]

It’s related in the sense that because it’s modeled and not sample based, it’s quicker to load.

[@KevisaVivose]

@@mateopalacios4499 Lol dude, you should chill. He said the load time is fast because the sample library isn't 300gigs like other plug-ins, but it has an ample amount of samples & presets yet still really fast, instead of being overloaded & time consuming while loading.

[@alyctro8158]

@@hifimidi Not for me. I've even put it on my fastest ssd. It takes 2min to load or switch a kit.

[@BenJohnson-aka-TheVoiceFM]

I really enjoyed this demonstration. Thanks a bunch.

[@thewest6128]

Sounds really good to me! Your drum playing skills on keyboard are impressive haha

[@jaydabliu]

Your reviews are always amazing 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾However, soundwise, the XLN Audio addictive drums sound sooooo much better and realistic...Appreciatte you for this review 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@chnacr2]

Actual sound of the drums start at 3:18

[@michaelbuk2768]

Hi! I just wanted to add, that some modern midi controllers actually have not 128, but 16384 velocity range. Thatfor it uses an extra controller number 88 - Hi Resolution Vel Prefix. (128 x 128 = 16384) All the best!

[@hifimidi]

Michael Buk there’s always something new to learn. Thank you for the great information! That seems like something that would have to be set manually rather than by keyboard or drum pad, right?

[@LeonardoMoraOfficial]

Michael Buk can you provide examples? I’m looking forward to buy one.

[@fulviabarkstonash]

Looks really flexible; more than EZ Drummer 2; however, would you say the patterns library is quite small; and no odd time signatures, 5-4, 7-8, etc.?

[@randszzob8590]

Thanks. Useful review. I got this free with the current (amazing value) Group Buy offer so thought I better check out what it can do :-) Your cymbal swell would be even better by retaining the note-to-note variation, and superimposing a velocity fade. e.g. using Logical Edit in Cubase, or similar. Also, the snare roll is unrealistic because your note locations don't reflect what a drummer would play. Try some iterative quantization on that to make it sound more realistic. No doubting that this is a powerful tool in addition to a good sample library (or two!).

[@magneticpitch]

thanks for the demo... a few shortcomings to the software imho: can't turn the snare off or adjust it so it's making only a little contact with the bottom head. that bums me out as i like playing with the snare off in many situations. which leads me to my next point (a really BIG one): ONLY STICKS?!?!? i love playing toms with soft mallets, such a beautiful sound. what about soft mallets? hot rods? brushes? other materials? You have a jazz kit as one of your defaults! those are the 2 things that really stuck out to me. what about a tambourine mounted on the hi-hat? that's not very unusual.. or a cowbell? Being able to tune all the drums to the barest of head tension, and being able to size the drums to extreme proportions would be fantastic additions, to really take full advantage of the physical modelling and vastly extend the flexibility and range of timbre. imagine a 3" diameter roto tom? what about a 30" floor tom? in real life, when playing songs i tend to prepare my kit in different (sometimes) subtle ways so each song has it's own character/palette. But obviously this software is built around the idea of modelling the most common drums and making them sound great. i'll probably get the starter edition (it has only 2 kits) on the current IK Multimedia Group Buy, essentially getting it for free (or about $12 if i divide my initial layout by the total number of free softwares i get to select). Will be good to have a more real sounding midi drum instrument than the ones i already have, and when the relative cohesion of the drum sound (in rock or pop, etc) is more important to a song than custom preparations and virtually unlimited volume and timbre and techniques and resonances...

[@TeddyLeppard]

The thing I like most about these drums is they are modeled, not sampled. Just a world of difference in terms of flexibility.

[@Beatsbasteln]

hey just wanted to tell you there is no need to hold ctrl while dragging the notes. you can also just use your arrow keys. however thanks for the tipp with the delete overlay poly. i could have needed that quite often

[@ileryon4019]

This one sounds the most unique out of all other drum libraries tbh.

[@ccuny1]

Really useful review. Thanks a lot.

[@Beatsbasteln]

i wsh it wasn't far too fucking expensive, because this drum synthesizer is exactly the real drum synthesizer i always waited for

[@garytones434]

Question if i may......ik couldnt tell me. Do the cymbals have both edge and bow sounds? Or just one sound per cymbal.

[@kolyatesla]

Cool demonstration. Thanks a lot. Does it contain brushes?

[@hifimidi]

I don't think so.

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

Is there an Orchestral Percussion Modeling VST available?

[@ReMIX0825s]

it should be noted that a specific requirement for this drum library is Minimal: Intel® Core™ i5 with support for AVX. also the room sounds in modo drums are a bit lame. I think it's better to just cut out the room, and add your own room reverb. Also, many of the drums have Right Hand and Left hand triggers, so for things like snare, you probably get better sound using both. Especially since you can adjust where the left and right hands hit on the drums.

[@hifimidi]

I completely forgot to mention the AVX requirement. I thought it was hard to hear a difference between some reverbs, but some of their DSPs like eq and compression were really useful. Great point about the snare.

[@ReMIX0825s]

@@hifimidi I agree the FX are very useful. I've not found the rooms to be appealing, but turning the room down, I've been able to do most of all the necessary dynamic and tonal changes needed within MODO Drums via edit of the insturments and after FX. its very versatile and worthy of the MODO brand. Ill have to dream of a MODO guitar next.

[@thewest6128]

Does it actually have the option to load your own samples?

[@ziggy_shpakovsky]

hi thenks for video! I have a question, if it posible. this feature "play style" (position of left and right hands) 12:40, can it be automatized?

[@Shepard7]

Looks great Thanks brother !

[@Tremendouz]

It does sound good to my ear but holy hell, more expensive than Superior Drummer 3? 379€ with VAT vs 329€ for SD3 on Thomann and that's the intro price, the normal price would be almost 500€ with the 24% VAT (the site says 399€ without) if I'm not mistaken. edit: hmm, the crossgrade price from MODO bass + some 50€ off coupon I got brought the VAT-less price down to 150€ which isn't bad at all

[@ReMIX0825s]

the best way to think of the price comparison is that for the most part, you would never need to buy expansions for Modo drums like you do with superior drummer because you can build any drum kit you want to your our personal preference in modo drums.

[@magneticpitch]

IK Multimedia currently having a Group Buy so you could buy this and then get a ton of other free software (fx, sample libraries, amplitude amp models...)

[@SteepRZ]

Addictive Drums 2 is invincible

[@neospora6678]

How do you think this compares to Superior Drummer 3?

[@hifimidi]

Superior Drummer samples are perfectly recorded, the drums are authentic, the features are logically laid out and easy to use, and it is my go-to plugin. However, the sample sizes are gigantic, the cymbals swells don't sound realistic, and the pieces aren't as customizable. Cymbals and snares are two pieces that need to be very expressive. SD3 sounds great but lacks a little bit in that area. So far, MODO Drums sound good on their own. I can't comment on how close they get to the drums they are trying to model, but I love the expression of the cymbals and snare. I also love the customization of each piece. I will say that SD3 has a greater selection of grooves and that the Tap-To-Find feature and song builder are AMAZING tools. Also, the fact that you can take a drum audio track and import it into SD3 and trigger SD3's samples is a HUGE bonus for SD3's side. I'm going to work with MODO Drums a little more and see how expressive it can be.

[@neospora6678]

@@hifimidi Thanks for the elaborate answer! Maybe you do this already, but I usually apply some smoothing (found in the drums tab) to make swells sound more realistic in SD3, works for snare rolls etc as well:)

[@henrikpetersson3463]

@@hifimidi Odd that you say that you find the cymbals more expressive since they are sampled in MODO DRUM as well, and with less expression than in SD3 and BFD3.

[@tplms]

@@neospora6678 Hello, I have not found this Drum tab, where I have to go to smooth the cymbals? Thank you.

[@neospora6678]

@@tplms The Drums tab is the main tab (placed to the left of the Grooves, Mixer and Tracker tabs) where you can see the loaded kit etc. 1. Select the Drums tab. 2. Click on the menu button named 'Show' (in the top right corner) and make sure the Smoothing box is selected. 3. Scroll down to the Smoothing box placed on the right hand side in the Drums tab. 4. Apply smoothing to the selected instrument using the slider in the Smoothing box. Good luck!

[@d3gig490]

Thank you, for that video.

[@peruvianmidilover1216]

Thank you for this video! I see that the price is 299 $ now and not 199 $, I hope they have educational discount or something like that xD

[@henrikpetersson3463]

The cross grade price is $199 with a $50 discount for MODO BASS owners.

[@TerenceKearns]

Right now it's 50% off ($199) until June 9.

[@junkawakami3193]

d j e n t l e m a n

[@HARJEN-we4gg]

Real drummer will never see a studio again. They will look from the outside through the windows and ask: Who and where is this fuckin' good drummer?

[@TerenceKearns]

it's 50% off ($199) until June 9.

[@mcinen67]

I don't get it...! Why do you have "click" when ther is drums to keep the beat?

[@TerenceKearns]

I don't think MIDI 2.0 is limited to 128 velocity values.

[@andesneko]

MIDI 2.0 isn't widely available yet. That said, it technically supports 256. But we have been using so much more than MIDI since forever ago, plain MIDI is just part of what most DAWs and instruments use and many things have been accomplished with modern workarounds. So with or without 2.0 we can have more velocity values, and with 2.0 we can definitely have a ridiculous amount of values.

[@RU-HDD-4-HVN]

Hi Ruben!

[@hifimidi]

Hi!

[@sg335man]

If you don’t play keys that well and not good at programming are there grooves with this? I guess it’s really offering unreal control over the sound not creation.

[@hifimidi]

I touched on the groove section later in the video.

[@chomantsang3906]

sg335man if you don’t play keys that well and not good at programming, what sort of creation you are referring to.?

[@BlackRose369.]

Very strange snare doesnt have bottom tuning

[@universalme]

It should be noted that MODO Drum requires the CPU to have AVX. It won't install otherwise.

[@annother3350]

It works on my 5 y/o crappy laptop

[@bigdre31371]

I just went to the website and it is $299, then it will go up to $399.

[@hifimidi]

Andre Watson they must have changed it. That’s weird. Unless my eyes tricked me. I had the page open when I was doing the live stream.

[@ReMIX0825s]

@@hifimidi its $199 for people who already own modo bass, i believe.

[@toricarrillo5165]

❤️

[@manghetajahau2615]

8:45 - 8:59 - DOES THIS GUY KNOW WHAT HE S TALKING ABOUT????? HAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA

[@hifimidi]

Mangheta Jahau yes, I do. Do you?

[@VocasoGK]

@@hifimidi I think what you mean is "round-robin", instead of "velocity". And yes, velocity does have a limit, you're absolutely right. I think you're referring to this vid that says it has an infinite number of the round robin. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKa0pnuJpKyLnLc Anyway, nice review.

[@hifimidi]

Vocaso Galvani no, I’m referring to the product features listed on the website. Sample based instrument dynamics layers are limited to how many recordings were made of that one note. Since this is algorithmic, it is theoretically unlimited. So the transition between dynamics is smoother and more expressive. More realistic? That’s debatable.

[@justdope1963]

Hybrid library, not pure physical modelling. This one just doesn't sound that good to my ear when compared to SD3. Damn shame. We could have used a good alternative that didn't require buying another ssd and that actually goes on sale. It appears this just isn't it.

[@TerenceKearns]

Go and have a look at MDrummer. It's a bit of a weirdo, but powerful AF.

[@TerenceKearns]

Honestly though, I think people's expectations these days are irrational. With the amount of tools we have at our disposal for post-processing, and with all the kits they have there's no excuse not to make any drum track KILLER for any given song with pretty much any drum VSTi in this price range. Since forever, sound engineers have had to employ tricks like NY compression in order to get the drums to rock. There are a wide range of options and sounds with MODO, if "This one just doesn't sound that good to my ear" then there's something wrong with your ear. Seriously.

[@justdope1963]

@@TerenceKearns I can make a beat with just my old Akai S612 sampler and a or other sequencer. I don't have to though because part of capitalism is that any product or service has to compete with other similar products and services. That's how business works. My ears work fine. To be fair I may have rushed my judgement as this video doesn't give the best showcase of the sound capabilities of MODO because from what I can tell it's not the best 'out the box' product.. It's the kind of sound software one should use to get a sound the way they want it. That's fine with me. I just ordered it for the sound sculpting options as at $99 USD it's a bargain compared to the other options on the market.. You're an ass though for insulting another producer/musician online without cause. Seriously.

[@dada7814]

Hrmpff... Just demoed it and sadly have to admit that Mixosaurus is still more realistic and dynamic. Most sound customization can be done in with waves plugs...It´s still a great tool and imho lots better that Toontrack or XLN...

[@markbeling3330]

Those snare are very machine like when you you the rolls. I think they missed something as far as the engine goes. That’s all that put me off buying this

[@TheAggroculture]

Not at that price!😂

[@sadblyte8404]

F*cking AVX CPU

[@mecdrum7]

Keyboard players think they play drums lol good fake.Good sounds

[@zaind.nasution1206]

Is it true? That this MODO Drum they has the worst RAM & CPU management? (Comparing with the competitor. E.g.: Superior Drummer and Addictive Drums) 🤨

[@laroidX]

I hear its terrible

[@mrchrisbeaver]

The sound of this reminds me of my old Boss Dr.Rhythm