Handy Grooves: SONGWRITER BRUSHES

The greatest compliment a drummer can receive is that their groove feels good. All real drummers shift the timing of subdivisions and certain beats ever so slightly. The great ones do it in such a way that feels good for the listener.

This collection of brushed drum midi loops is injected with a natural, human feel of a great drummer.

While usually used in lower-volume musical settings, drums played with brushes have a vast dynamic range.

Micro-dynamics can make or break a groove. Even at lower dynamics, drums stricken with brushes sound different depending on how soft they are played. They add articulation and expression to the groove, much like we speak.

Our brushes midi drum loops contain the all-important realistic dynamics and articulations to convey the natural performance down to the most subtle levels. With the occasional brush sweeps thrown into the mix, they’ll make your rhythm section groove with joy.

A good blend of human timing, microdynamics, and appropriate articulations make a groove sit “in the pocket.” We, drummers, never stop working on playing and staying “in the pocket.”

Although nothing beats a great brush player laying down a deep groove on acoustic drums, we did our best to translate as much of that essence as possible into our brushes midi drum pack and over to your music.

All Songwriter Brushes loops have consistent and seamless grooves.

Get going faster when you use our brushes loops as the starting point.

With the main brush midi drum pattern, dynamics, and feel already established, tweaking them to suit your needs is both seamless and fun. Mute, drag, or change the notes and articulations while preserving the original human elements.

Add a few brush sweeps to spice up the groove at will.

Brushes are regularly used in a wide range of music styles and this collection will give you plenty to work with. Inspiration galore!

They were made for each other and fit like hand and glove.

The MIDI loops come with an installer that offers seamless integration with Handy Drums. The loops are instantly accessible within Handy Drums’ MIDI Loop Browser.

I personally have not encountered such realistic-sounding brushwork to date in a MIDI-based program. Impressive stuff.
– David Blascoe, RECORDING MAGAZINE

Combine the Songwriter Brushes loops with Handy Drums POP BRUSHES plugin, our ultra-realistic, acoustic sampled drum set played with brushes to uncover your brush drum midi grooves full potential.

Take advantage of the finest snare subtleties, brush sweeps, and the full dynamic range of these acoustic drums played with brushes.