Composing & Backing Track Creation With Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 & EZ Bass

A major request I receive is to do a video on how I approach composing and creating backing tracks for the music that I compose and the demos I do. I figured I would do a video showing some of my workflow using some of the fine virtual instruments that I use which are made by an amazing company, Toontrack. In particular in this video I utilize Superior Drummer 3 along with some add-on packs and the newly released EZ Bass. I really hope you enjoy this look at how I approach putting my music together. As always thanks so much for watching.

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[ThatThompson]

I believe a lot of DAW composers are crying out for videos like this, just watching people talk about and demonstrate their workflows. Fantastic, subscribed.

[thebarcodestv]

Another GRAND SLAM. Just what I needed. To see Toontrack in action in a real life context. Thanks Jason...!

[fuegodiego]

Just wanted to chime in and mention that I've had great results with dragging the .wav track of my guitar into EZbass Audio Tracker. This approach gives the software an opportunity to "know" the song and therefore will create midi based on the entire song "in context". I'll also add that this works with heavy/distorted guitar references as well! Just my two cents...(Great video as always, Jason...pre-she-ate ya!)

[cwilson]

Thank you Jason for all your instructions of the helix. I found your videos a couple of weeks ago and have learned so much from your tutorials ! I put my helix LT down a year or two ago because I was not really getting the wow factor from it. I am now utilizing the template that you showed us and it sounds absolutely amazing ! I am playing my guitar through it almost every day now. Any amp I place in the template works great. In my opinion, you are the best instructor on youtube.

[Stashmanfpv]

Jack of all trades and a man who wears many hats... Jason Sadites!
I just purchased EZ Bass from Sweetwater, to go with EZ Drummer II. They work so well together that I’ve been holed-up in my Home Studio for the last 3 days “TWEAKING!!!” Haha!
Awesome job brother ✌🏼

[TimE_]

This is a great video, thanks for posting! Toontrack is awesome. And seeing your process is a tremendous help to me. This is not the 1st video of yours that I have learned something from. You now have another subscriber.

[stuhrjames]

Love these videos. Toontrack is knocking it out of the park for these rhythm section tools.

[idie]

Broseph, this is exactly what i needed. thanks so much.

[pablodchavez]

Excellent ! ! ! .
Thank you very much Jason . ツ
Greetings from Argentina ! .

[mikeroos]

Awesome video, Jason. Very helpful! Thanks!

[PADR]

Really interesting and useful tut. Thank you.

[DirectlineWW]

Thanks for making this vid. Such great and useful info!

[a.l.]

Thank you for another great video, Jason.

[srwaite]

Good stuff! I use the same tools 👌🏻🕶✌🏻

[SjaakShirly]

Can't get the riff out of my head anymore :-)

[davidwalker]

Great video Jason. I learned a lot as usual. I do very similar to you but I use Toontrack ezdummer instead. You can do everything that you do with ezdrummer but to edit the individual beats I think you would just have to drag the midi out to your DAW. For non drummers ezdrummer might be a cheap way of achieving the same results for us non professionals.

[DrMetal]

Great video. I often just find a grove that sounds close to what I want, then adjust the timing of my riff to fit it (I'm not such a riff snob that i'm not willing to adjust it). I seem to find something pretty quickly, what do you think?

[ProzKhmer]

Thanks. I wish they will have EZ Guitar strumming in the future for people who don’t play guitar, by dragging the drum patterns into the EZ Guitar to generate various guitar strums just like what they have in EZ Bass. I wish.

[JohnMcGFrance]

Great video Jason. I have EZBass but now feel Superior Drummer 3 calling me. Do you think it’s wth the extra cash over EZDrummer? Thanks.

[michaelgregory]

Thanks, Jason. Friends have recommended Toontrack drums to me for a while now, but you're demo has sold me. My DAW (SONAR) came with Addictive Drums and while the sounds are good, the programability gave me frustration and headaches. The workflow you demonstrated here is so much more intuitive.