One Kit Wonder: Modern Fusion - Walkthrough

GGD One Kit Wonder: Modern Fusion is available now ▸▸▸ ggd.news/OKWmo...
We at GGD are elated to introduce One Kit Wonder - a series of drum libraries inspired by the many GGD users who use our drums for songwriting. In the creative process, it’s crucial there is as little time wasted between the moment inspiration strikes, and how important it is to capture and hear your ideas sounding polished and professional as soon as possible, so you stay excited as you develop the ideas further.
And this is where One Kit Wonder comes into play - each kit is captured to the same level of detail as our other libraries, BUT they’re also fully mixed and ready to go so you can dive straight into the writing process, with your ideas immediately sounding amazing.
This particular kit, One Kit Wonder: Modern Fusion is inspired by contemporary progressive fusion artists, where the music demands a clean and glossy drum sound that nevertheless retains an organic timbre and wide dynamic range. You’ll find the snare and toms are punchy but musical, while the kick can deliver piercing attack or solid thud depending on the dynamic range you utilise. The cymbals are shimmery and hi-fi, but also have an underlying dark complexity and touch-responsiveness.
It’s our hope that this sample library will remove frustrating barriers in your creative process so that you can enjoy making music to the fullest.

[@xserienchiller86]

what I love about this whole business is that feeling you giving something back. The price is unbeatable. You really talking to us kind of bedroom musicians.

[@FrostyPhoenix]

I just want Nolly to narrate audiobooks

[@stigm1318]

with this boomy mic? :"D

[@kevinp_25]

I agree.

[@breninbrooks3045]

Seriously man, he's the Bob Ross of djent/metalcore. So soothing

[@TitoSilversax]

Dude that’d be so good

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@starman69]

The price is what gets me. This is such a deal even at full price! A super versatile kit for 40-60 dollars!? Amazing

[@nephilymbass1]

I got it on sale I think for $38. Can’t really beat that for the quality

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@adityaharidaskamath2870]

if nolly says that master eq is good. its good!

[@XiyuYang]

It’s basically a low shelf and a high shelf, aka Baxandall

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@jacobsmith1877]

Small criticism on the UI: the buttons for Parallell, Master EQ, and CPU settings darken when engaged which is confusing and non-intuitive. I think the buttons should be dark when off and brighten when engaged like the mute/solo lights on a console

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@theperiidot]

That tripped me up with their OKWs at first, I think it's cause it's supposed to represent a button being pushed down rather than being turned on, or something

[@stevenhernandez276]

mix ready, what a god send. I cant tell you how many countless hours I've spent over obsessing over drum tones in my mix. it becomes a burden because I become more focused on that than the song writing itself.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@keysbythenumbers]

The kit IS AMAZING, and very versatile for the price. Every client I've used for is blown away.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@Paul_Todkill]

This was an instant buy for me. Trying to get back into making music during lockdown and having something simple and streamlined I know will hopefully help get those creative juices flowing!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@bobbymanila5126]

Such a sick kit, sounds so good just in default setting. Love this, and such a minty fresh price. Can't be beat.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@FacundoTupac]

This is great! Please do a full Mix rundown of the song examples (along with the other instruments as well), and I'll be buying it instantly!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@ssiowi]

Nolly, miss you on tour and yet understand the creative pull of the studio. BTW, thanks for Haken's brilliant 'Vector' and 'Virus'. Eager, post COVID, to see the band on tour. We miss you on the road Nolly! From Spokane, WA. d.

[@miesenbachofficial7413]

Awwww, these just sound so nice! I blend them with P4 and I just love it! P4 gives me that big, roomy Rock sound, while Modern Fusion has this beautiful natural sounding attack on it's own.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@garaughty]

Sounds awesome on so many levels !

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@CarlosKTCosta]

at this price point and specifically designed to just be pulled up and start writing, this is the one that makes me ditch Logic's drums

[@guitarsimon1]

Carlos Costa Same here dude 👍

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@darkostevanovic2861]

Really cool idea. Sounds much better then any EZ DRUMMER Kit right out of the batch. For this price tag its unbeatable. Good job Nolly!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@MixReady]

This is as Mix-Ready as it can get! What an awesome sounding kit

[@jeyviator]

took me awhile to figure out how to drag the grooves to a track in logic. very nice jammin

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@blakejory5167]

recently bought and downright amazing, great kit.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@Boudhidharma]

Lovely kit! Now we need the Tomas Haake Kit in this format!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@XiyuYang]

Feature suggest: instead of on/off, how about a wet/dry knob for parallel comp?

[@ranieresmusic]

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This and the first Matt Halpern are so far my favorite GGD drum vsts

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@JimNicholson]

Well done with including a quick mapping feature. Still waiting for DAW's to make mapping to various perc controllers easier and more visual.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@rorylangdon5086]

"Hey it's Nolly from GGD here." You can't trick me, Nolly from Periphery.

[@osso321]

Just bought it, I'm loving it so far!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@Gaelginzu]

Thank you this is usefull

[@ravenstrange8466]

Wow they sound incredible

[@fourspiralarms]

Already bought it and working on new tunes.. i love it!!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@Jason-Taylor]

Hey Nolly, it would be great if you put together a Logic Pro (and other DAWs) mix template that is setup for various GGD drums with your bus routing and just stock plugins and settings that can later be replaced with others such as Smash and Grab etc. I’d buy something like that.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@jeffclarke2255]

Watching while buying 😭

[@edumartinez9710]

Love this kit! The snare and specially the toms sounds crazy, super polished. Would be awesome to have pan control on the toms so I could "place" them as I have them mounted on my e-kit though

[@kevinblaz6608]

You should be able to route each piece of the kit (kick, snare, tom 1, tom 2, etc..) out in a DAW on their own dedicated tracks as you should be able to pan each piece left or right as needed.

[@edumartinez9710]

@@kevinblaz6608 Hi! Thanks for the advise, I ended up doing that, but in the comment I meant that would be awesome to not have to open a DAW at all, just Kontakt standalone and that's it, like I do with the other kits for practicing or jamming with my band

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@AmbientMelancholy]

Sorry if this is a silly question, but I've never used software like this before. Do you create the drum tracks from scratch? Or, do you use something that is already made, like a preset, and then mold it to how you want it to be? Seems like it would be labor intensive to create every single beat.

[@eliuvergonzalez1404]

I would love to watch how do you get the raw Drum tones (mics, tuning, head selection, coustics) because they sound absolutly amaizing, even if a have to pay for a lesson i would do it. Always Great sounding drums

[@lukebogartmix]

Nolly and Matt did a massive Creative Live class in 2016 doing exactly that! They go from Matt's kit, how to tune toms and snare, drum/head/cymbal choice, mic choice/placement and comparisons, engineering, muffling, full mix, $34 right now for the entire course. Even though it's a couple years old, from what Nolly shares, his philosophies and techniques for everything with drums is essentially the same. He even has a youtube video for tuning toms and snare on the Drummers Review channel, which is the same (slightly more condensed) as the Creative Live.

[@eliuvergonzalez1404]

Luke Bogart Thanks a lot, i will check it out

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@CameronBurris1]

Love GGD

[@VinnieRoofthooft]

Do a full Tama Starclassic next pretty please!

[@5urg3x]

Add parallel EQ and Master EQ to the P4 kit also fix the bugs with smash and grab 👍🏻

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Sounds nice and tight!

[@Shadekeeper17]

Great job please make another mixing master class!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@ChezzOnBass]

If you were to "play" a kit thru a MIDI keyboard, does the plugin quantize your creations for accurate time, i.e. correct to a specific BPM?

[@polpottopg]

Ahh yes the vomit green background is really beautiful nolly!

[@yardy88]

If your vom looks like that you're drinking just the right amount of blue curaçao

[@kengagnon6192]

Hi, Nolly I bought the modern fusion pack does the midi player come with the pack or as separate download also can the midi player run stand alone with out using it in a daw , thanks for response.

[@BJPriceMusic]

This is awesome. Crazy cheap after the discount too.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@stigm1318]

i love it..will get it :D

[@theflawedspecies]

I'm cool with the stripped down articulations but do wish the snare ones were kept. Sounds awesome though!

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@dennisweigelt]

Are the seperate channels compressed on its own already? Or just eq‘ed?

[@666dreamboat]

Can you guys do a quick 30 second tutorial on what you settled on for your master EQ so we can put it on our master busses?

[@Boudhidharma]

You can check the Master EQ in the Kontakt settings, click the wrench icon on the left side and scroll down to Insert effects, The EQ has the typical Nolly settings.

[@666dreamboat]

@@Boudhidharma You're a true dude.

[@ChessmasterHex]

Sounds really great but no crashable ride is a buzzkiller :(

[@Dave-0]

Same. Glad I watched this video before purchasing. I'll probably just opt for a higher priced ggd offering.

[@astickman7054]

hey vsauce nolly here

[@PippPriss]

But... is it actually Nolly? *Moon Men begins*

[@leongrinberg8758]

In the mix I barely hear cymbals, it's like too much compression goin on OH . Even if I turn off all fx in the plugin. Help

[@ryanstark9326]

How do I use the piano roll with this, I can use it with invasion but this one wont let me use it!??

[@RyunWould]

I'm using ableton please help! I don't know how to send these drums to the audio channels I've created for them, anyone have a video link or a forum?

[@josephharvey1762]

Does Modern Fusion work well for Periphery-heavy metal?

[@666dreamboat]

Amazing kit but crashed rides are integral to getting that awesome soundscape swell. Luckily I have invasion (which is insane by the way) but I'll think twice before I throw this at my friends. Oh and snare articulations would be amazing. Then again, this is clearly cheaper than the other products so I understand if you guys were purposefully simplifying to segment your market! it sounds great.

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@666dreamboat]

@@ranieresmusic I own this and use it regularly, I still use the extra articulations from other kits bc they are a lil limited in scope on this, which is fine for the price. Just would rather rec one of the non OKW kits to people who play a bit of drums or have worked with other articulations before.

[@k.2768]

I have a silly question, maby someone can help me : the plugin only takes over the parallel compression and an EQ in the masterbus when required. the individual mics for kick snare etc. behave normally and have to be individually mixed with eqs and compressed. is that correct or does the plugin also do the process beforehand?

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@kurdtjohn]

Best $39 I ever spent.

[@neomaredi5922]

Bought this today. However the GUI doesn't load. Also there's seemingly no support for any queries either. Could anyone tell me how they loaded up the GUI in KOntakt player this is hella frustrating

[@davidmultimedia2024]

If only someone could make a kit with ''Meinl Byzance Extra Dry'' cymbal series :(

[@skippityblippity8656]

Disgusting

[@davidmultimedia2024]

@Skippity Blippity You're disgusting lol

[@alwan1414]

@@skippityblippity8656 hahahaha, I knew someone would say this. It's not everyone cup of tea, but I like it a lot!!

[@Rovira2920]

This Nolly is saitama of Mixing :D

[@kokokalkal14]

hello nolly. I want to ask. I already have this drum sample, but it can't be read in or in the library in my kontakt. kontakt I use contact 6. is there a new version of contact to be able to read the sample

[@ELive_Beats]

very concerned about a dry mix. I need dry hi hats for retro funk fusion. How dry and dead can I get this for the traditional fusion sound. aka addictive drums vintage kit pack or new modo drums

[@keng1339]

I can’t set the hi-hats correctly.

[@massimilianofontana]

if route the single channels OUT, I suppose the Parallel and master eq won't work anymore..isn't it?

[@claijeeallmang8243]

Hi, great product, exactly what I'm looking for! Can we use "groove packs" with one kit Wonder?

[@River_WS]

From what I can see it looks like it has the built in groove player!

[@SEGBASS]

Maybe a stupid question (I'm brand new in the midi drum department), does this drum sample would work in SONAR X3 Producer?

[@JimNicholson]

Can you state how many velocity layers are used in this kit? Thanks!

[@Maku_San]

is there a modern fusion midi pack ? i really suck at drum composition

[@swayamtailor]

There is one now!

[@EthanRom]

Would mix engineers and producers actually recommend this for actual production or is this only suggested for demo writing.

[@swayamtailor]

Probably stick it for just demos

[@IcarusNadir]

How do you route with this plugin? Everything is sent to one channel in my DAW currently, and in the mixer channel I can only choose st.1

[@QuincyKane]

I see Nolly, I click "like" :)

[@XRaym]

You skipped the CC HitHat configuration !

[@kantosina9962]

Would this sound good for an indie alternative type of sound with low tuned guitars? Looking for a more tamed and non-explosive drum sound

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@JasonCastellanos]

Hello! I’ve a silly question. I’ve heard a lot of amazing comments about GGD. But I’m still out of the blue. Is a vst plugin or it’s a native instruments one? (Base on the shape in the top of the drums screen) thanks

[@efrainmndz13]

It needs kontakt player in order to use them in a daw. Dunno if that answers your question.

[@JasonCastellanos]

@@efrainmndz13 Thanks bro.. That´s exactly what I want to know.. thanks

[@efrainmndz13]

Jason Castellanos kontakt player 6 is free to download to use ggd

[@JasonCastellanos]

@@efrainmndz13 Yep. It´s true... I have SSD3 and SSD, but everybody talks about this one wonderfull things.. So I wanna give it a taste

[@ranieresmusic]

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[@JTHayashi]

noice

[@manucass1000]

What are the kick and snare tuned to?

[@nickhall_music]

Are there TCI files with modern fusion?

[@sethorea5117]

Can I link my EDrum with this plugin ??

[@octuz1]

wich version of Kontakt do you need?

[@ianarsenault]

player is all you need

[@Dschoean]

Can you guys please stop releasing all these magnificent drum libraries in such short time, you absolutely trigger my Gear Acquisition Syndrome!

[@ravenstrange8466]

Can you use this with Windows?

[@SamiK1989]

Yes.

[@ravenstrange8466]

@@SamiK1989 Thank you so much my friend, i truly appreciate that

[@JasonG]

Will this work with Studio One Artist 4?

[@tommyhood]

not without the vst addon or artist

[@tommyhood]

i'm selling my artist addon i dont need anymore for $35. I bought studio one 5 pro

[@JasonG]

Not sure If I already have a VST add on I'll check. Thanks!

[@JasonG]

​ is it transferrable?

[@tommyhood]

@@JasonG Yes it is.

[@galactusfortifier]

Installing and assigning this to Multichannel instrument has been one of the most difficultest plugins i've ever used. Its super easy in Superior Drummer 2 but this is just something else. I have used loads of virtual instruments and loads of plugins....and this really takes the first place being most annoying. UI is fucked up...i tried both 32bit and 63bit....and its just sucks. Best when you get notifications behind the Kontakt app and you just cant click no or yes becouse Kontakt player is stuck on top of it. GGD please try to make this work. I loved the price, its cheap... but like the Zilla Cab sim it has the functionality of a cheap plugin. That stereo output is not option for me, i want saturation and EQ on OH, snare and kick becouse these virtual instruments never sound like real drums so you always have to put something to make that plastic go away.

[@LeoPaciaroni]

many words, few examples of sounds