Get mix-ready drums instantly with Handy Drums.
With stunning drum sound, mix-ready right out of the box, Handy Drums are the most practical, professional virtual drum instruments for your recording project. Get all of our 15 plugins in a single bundle at deep savings of over 50%.
Number of plugins: 15
Size: 9GB
Formats: VST/AU/AAX/Standalone
Handy Drums are compatible with all DAWs that support virtual instrument plugins in either VST2, VST3, AU, AAX.
They are available in 64bit for both Windows and MacOS. They come in dual binary for MacOS and can be run natively on systems equipped with either Intel or Apple silicon chips.
BLUES
COUNTRY
DANCE
FLAMENCO
FOLK
FUNK
GRUNGE
JAZZ
LATIN
METAL
NEW WAVE
POP
PUNK
R&B
REGGAE
ROCK
ROCK N’ ROLL
ROCKABILLY
SOUL
WORLD
WORSHIP
Spend the time creating music instead of trying to make a usable drum sound. Achieving a great drum sound takes a significant amount of time, even when you are highly skilled for the task and have a quality drum recording to begin with.
We invested hours upon hours painstakingly editing and carefully mixing drums from multitrack recordings, so you don’t have to.
With just the right blend of close mics, overheads, and room mics, expertly sculpted for a robust, punchy, natural-sounding drum set, it will sit right into your mix!
Every kit and percussion setup has a very balanced sound–not too hyped and not too dry.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE
Brilliantly recorded, mix-ready kits.
– COMPUTER MUSIC
Without exception, the kits sound really good; this is mix‑ready stuff with a minimum of fuss.
– SOUND ON SOUND
Load the drum plugin, drop in your favorite midi drum groove, and bam!- you are ready to groove! We did the heavy lifting for you—a finished drum sound right out of the box. You are free to focus on the musical aspects of the drum track.
Make the tweaks using the intuitive interface.
Handy Drums reminds me a bit of the Drummer VST baked into Apple Logic Pro. Namely, there is a similar simplicity and immediacy to the results.
– David Blascoe, RECORDING MAGAZINE
I could easily imagine a Handy Drums instrument making a no‑fuss sound module, whether in the studio or live.
– John Walden, SOUND ON SOUND
Drum sounds behind the hit drum machine are here for your DAW!
Goran Rista, the producer of Handy Drums, used the same recording and production techniques he did for BeatBuddy’s original drumsets, an award-winning, best-selling drum machine.
The revered drum sounds that have made the BeatBuddy such a hit with live performers are now available in their expanded versions for your recording needs.
I have to say that I’m impressed by the core drum sounds…
In summary, great value, great sounds, and great usability.
SOUND ON SOUNDWhat we have here is the easiest access to a range of kits that have clearly been expertly pored over,
and bottled with absolute precision.
COMPUTER MUSICHow Does it Sound? In a word, fantastic!
For the massive amount of content you’re getting, we think that is a steal.
RECORDING MAGAZINEPRODUCTION EXPERTWithout forgoing high-quality sounds or immediacy, Handy Drums- PRODUCER COLLECTION strikes a healthy balance for composers and musicians who thought that good sounds require learning a complex tool.
We believe that high quality should not be limited only to those with deep pockets. We priced the Handy Drums range to be affordable to anyone, and these virtual drum instruments are the best value you’ll find anywhere.
In addition to affordably priced individual plugins, our bundle represents an even better bargain. Save more than 50% over buying single products.
… they are an absolute steal, given just how good they sound.
– SOUND ON SOUND
Use them as they are or as a starting point for your own grooves.
Pair Handy Drums with one of our Handy Grooves, MIDI drum loop packages for an instant WOW. All of our midi drum loops have been produced by world-class drummer-producers and tailored to work specifically with Handy Drums plugins.
Take advantage of deep savings on our MIDI drum loops packs as an owner of the Producer Collection. The automatic discount will be applied to the cart if you purchase MIDI loops at the same time as the Producer Collection or any point in the future.
Handy Drums and Handy Grooves is a perfect pairing for the singer-songwriter, musician, or producer who wants to get a professional-sounding drum track up and grooving.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE
Unless you are a dab hand at programming your own drum parts, these are a great complement to the instruments themselves.
– SOUND ON SOUND
FEATURES
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Handy Drums do not require a complicated manual to use. An elaborate design of over 50 samplers and smart algorithms power your seamless experience behind the simple user interface.
Access all of the essential functions intuitively.
Simple and immediate UI saves time.
– COMPUTER MUSIC
Each drum and cymbal was sampled at multiple dynamic levels to ensure the instrument’s fullest dynamic range when played back. Handy Drums Vintage Ludwig contains up to 10 dynamic levels.
The samples respond accordingly with a very realistic sound and response.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE
Throughout our tests, we never noticed any clipping or struggling to keep pace with our shifting tempo, even when aggressively swinging between extreme bpm and more leisurely paced plods.
– COMPUTER MUSIC
Up to 12 samples per dynamic level
When a drummer strikes a drum, each subsequential stroke is ever so slightly different from the one preceding, no matter how consistently they are played. That’s why our ear can instantly tell the difference between a roll played by a real drummer and a single sample being looped.
Each drum and cymbal has been sampled numerous times at every dynamic level. During a playback, no sample is repeated sequentially, but a different sample is triggered.
This culminates in the impression of a drummer hitting each drum with minor variations each time. Something many other ‘realistic’ VIs never quite nail.
– COMPUTER MUSIC
All Handy Drums plugin sample libraries provide 24bit depth for the ultimate resolution and sound quality.
Every step of the sampling process is critical to achieving larger-than-life yet completely natural-sounding drums. Starting with the drum tuning, drums were carefully treated before even a single note was played.
They are captured using the highest-quality mics, preamps, and converters to preserve every minute detail.
“Sound so natural; you can almost touch them.”
Handy Drums sound like an actual drumset being played right in front of you in a room instead of a bunch of individual drums sounding in their own isolated spaces.
We achieved realism by recording the full breadth of acoustic drums and their natural ambiance, then meticulously editing and mixing them in the post-production.
The sound is very much like you are listening to the drums within a beautifully treated, compact studio room.
– SOUND ON SOUND
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONALITIES
While the Handy Drums come pre-leveled between components, you still have an option to tweak and automate individual drum components to suit your mix. More kick or snare? No problem.
Handy Drums conform to GM drum mapping wherever possible. Drop-in any standard midi drum loop onto your DAW timeline to hear instant results. Easily match the mapping of Handy Drums to any custom midi drum loop.
Use your favorite compression, reverb, EQ, distortion, or other FX plugins to further manipulate Handy Drums’ individual components. Output each drum components to any of the available eight stereo subgroups and independently process them.
An acoustic hi-hat is a complex instrument in its own right. Handy Drums’s variable hi-hats utilize the full range of sampled hats from tightly closed to closed, 25% open, 50% open, 75% open, and 100% open, for both tip and edge sounds.
Despite these 12 types of articulations, multiple dynamic ranges, and round robins, you can seamlessly switch from one to another using only TWO notes and a CC4 controller.
This approach streamlines something that was previously more of a time sink of assigning notes to each articulation.
– COMPUTER MUSIC
…the hi‑hat mapping is nicely done, providing plenty of control over the degree of closed/open status of the cymbals.
– SOUND ON SOUND
The variable Hi-hats alone contain over 700 samples!
In addition to variable hats, standard open/close/foot hats are also included for better compatibility with GM drum loops. As a bonus, included is foot splash hi-hat articulation on B1.
For e-drummers who want to use Handy Drums, you can adjust your hi-hat foot controller curve. The curve is particularly beneficial for drum modules that do not output the full value range from 1-127.
For more comprehensive compatibility, all Handy Drums instruments contain the following percussion elements: handclaps, tambourine, cowbell, shaker, and triangle.
Some of our plugins, such as the Studio Standard and Latin Percussion and Drums offer a complete suite of percussion instruments, with a volume slider and mute button for each percussion group. They can be quickly accessed using the dedicated percussion tab.
Quickly preview the sounds of the drumset by clicking on the icons. They will play at random velocities.
Make the high-definition interface as large or as small as you need to suit your computer monitor best.
In a perfect world, there would be no need for drum replacements. Unfortunately, as producers or sound mixers, we are sometimes handed drum recordings of substandard quality, so to rescue the mix, drum replacement becomes essential.
This sampled drum instrument makes for an ideal drum replacement contender. If your DAW can extract transients from an audio recording, creating a MIDI track from it is simple, and routing it to a Handy Drums instrument. Instant punch and presence!
Goran Rista is a professional session drummer and producer based in Miami, FL, and is the founder of GoranGrooves.com.
He has produced over two dozen virtual drum instruments and over 13,000 midi drum beats and drum fills, making him one of the world’s most prolific drum loop producers.
Goran’s drum set libraries and drum loops are used by over 85,000 musicians and producers in both live and recording settings.
automatic credit for previous purchases
If you are not ready to jump into the Producer Collection just yet, purchase some of our plugins individually or take advantage of the FREE trials. When you are prepared to move on to the entire collection, we’ll credit you the amount you have already spent on individual Handy Drums plugins at the GoranGrooves Library, limited to a maximum $150 discount.
If you purchased Handy Drums plugins at a 3rd party reseller, we’ll credit you 50% you spent there towards the upgrade.
How to do it: Add the Producer Collection to your cart, and your applicable discount will be calculated automatically in the cart once you log in.
If you previously purchased any Handy Drums at a 3rd party reseller, email us for the special upgrade coupon, as that purchase will not automatically be used for a discount on our platform.
Example 1: If you have spent $100 on individual Handy Drums plugins and would like to upgrade to the Producer Collection, you will receive a $100 discount, so you’ll end up paying only the difference, which is $149.
Example 2: If you have spent $160 on previous purchases of Handy Drums and decide to upgrade to the Producer Collection, you will receive the maximum upgrade credit of $150. So, your upgrade total will be $99.
If you decide to upgrade within the 3 days of your latest plugin purchase, you will receive the full $160 discount, making the upgrade total $89.
Example 3: You spent $40 on the purchase of Handy Drums at a 3rd party reseller and another $40 at GoranGrooves Library on the purchase of Handy Drums; you’d receive a $20 discount for your 3rd party purchase and a $40 discount for your GoranGrooves Library purchase, for a total of $60. That would make the upgrade cost $189.
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