Welcome to Metal MIDI, Thanks a lot to visit. This site was made to share metal MIDI files that I've downloaded from internet to other who interests in metal music like me. I hope all Metal heads 'll enjoy MIDI in this site. Last update: August 22, 2010 Do you know, why MIDI file is so small? The ULTIMATE Heavy Metal & Punk Drum Beat Library! Thousands of royalty-free midi drum beats, loops, patterns, pro-quality. Free for download! Using Instant Drum Patterns. All of the Instant Drum Patterns from Five Pin Press, 200 Instant Drum Patterns, 260 Instant Drum Patterns and Instant Rap Drum Patterns are in Standard MIDI Files format. They require a software or hardware sequencer that can read Standard MIDI Files. The patterns use General MIDI percussion note mapping.
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Have you ever wondered if you could create drum patterns yourself without scrolling through thousands of sample libraries? Yh!
With the advent of different drum VST plugins, it is possible to create percussion sounds, drum beats, rhythms, and even patterns without the need of buying any audio samples.
Basically, you would have different stock samples (Kick, Hats, Snare, Claps, Bongos and so on) in the drum VST plugin, and with that, it is possible to program your own rhythms and beats. Most of the time, I program my own loops and I export each and every loop created, this way, I can reuse it easily without opening my drum vst plugin every time plus this also saves your CPU load
That out of the way, let us look at some of the best free drum VST plugins for your music production toolbox.
Let's dive in…
1.) Manda Audio – MTPower DrumKit 2
MT Power Drum Kit is a free drum sampler by Manda Audio that offers powerful, high-quality sounds of a real acoustic drum kit, one of the good thing about this free sampler is that samples have been specially recorded and carefully processed to make them suitable across genre of music such as pop, rock, metal music and more.
One of the tip I would give anyone utilizing this Drum VST is to carefully play with the varied collection of samples, and you could either save a preset of the one you like or if you are like me, you would render the collections you want, that way it would be reusable across multiple projects without pulling an instance of MT Power Drum Kit every time you wanna work on a project.
Another good thing about this plugin is that the samples are well compressed and Equalized to make them glue to your mix, moreover, you can choose from thousands of assorted rhythms in the comprehensive Groove Library and compose your own drum accompaniment. In particular, the innovative functions for creating fills generate very smooth and realistic drum tracks.
Lastly, On the right-hand side, you can listen to demo tracks to hear what you can make with it.
Video Walk-Through:
System Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
- Mac: OS X 10.5 or higher, Intel processor
- Linux: Wine + VST bridge
2.) Audiosonic – DigiDrum Pro
DigiDrum looks a bit hard on the eye but it is more powerful than you thought, it contains a five-part drum and percussion VST plugin suitable for a diverse range of genres be it Afro beats, House Music, Pop and more.
I'll say this again, the interface isn't really intuitive but otherwise, it is packed with loads of sound editing parameters that can be processed as you see fit. I should also mention that you can use the Velocity section to give the sample some cool vibes.
Features:
- 5 separate DigiDrum parts with 5 user definable audio outputs
- 27 classic drum and percussion waveforms
- User wave file import
- Parts can easily be layered to create even more complex sounds
- easy sound preview ensures intuitive preset programming
- A Versatile filter setup capable of many different timbres
- Velocity modulation of the amp, pitch, and filter to ‘humanize' the feel of the beat
- Full VST automation of every sound editing controls
Video Walk-Through:
3.) TromineGT
Tromine GT is a TR-808-style analog drum synthesizer. It features:
- 16 Analog drum synthesizers: Bass drum, Snare drum, Low tom / Low Conga, Mid tom / Mid conga, High tom / High tom, Claves, Rimshot, Maracas, Handclap, Cowbell, Crash cymbal, Closed hi-hat, Open hi-hat.
- 9 outputs.
- MIDI CC support.
- Automation support.
Video Walk-Through
4.) DrumTroop
DrumTROOP is a drum kit rompler coming with 20 free drum kits. It features:
- 20 free drum kits.
- 128 triggers on every kit.
- 16 outputs.
- Universal drum placement on the first 8 pads.
- Vol, Pan, Attack, Release per pad.
Video Walk-Through:
Download Win 32 VST / WIN 64 VST / Mac OSX VST / Mac AU
5.) Ugritone – Anarchy Drums
Anarchy Drums is a virtual drum sample library or an instrument that emulates the sound of the 1990's California Punk. It was recorded with a handful of mics at a DIY environment on tape. According to Ugritone:
The idea was to capture nothing but the drums, the room and the preamp.We left the tweaking to a bare minimum so you could tweak more, or not tweak at all (insert a famous punk band name here, ha) Relive the golden days of never-ending skate parks with Anarchy Drums.
Video Walk-Through: Oreck model xl 3500.
Download Ugritone – Anarchy Drums
6.) Rhytmus
If you've used an old rhythm machine before then you should definitely love this plugin, it is based on an old rhythm machine and features ten buttons. Each individual button can play two different rhythm sections, so basically you can play 20 different rhythmic loops such as samba, mambo, tango, waltz, rumba, tango, bossa, rock, etc.
When you click 'open', you can change the tune, volume, pan of each rhythm component such as snare, bongo, cowbell, hi-hat, etc. That's not all – you can mix these rhythmic sections with Tambourine, Guiro, Quijada sounds.
7.) Junn
Junn is the virtual Linn drum machine and is only supports VST
8.) Arex2011
AREX 2011 is a free VSTi drum module based on a hardware drum machine from the early '80s.
Features:
- 16 pads.
- 29 embedded drum samples of RX11.
- 12 individual/group outputs.
- Individual volume, pan, accent.
- Assignable MIDI note within 36 – 99 range.
- VST automation.
- MIDI automation of essential controls.
- Assignable MIDI CC#.
- 16 part multi-timbral MIDI Outflow.
- It can be used as a MIDI control surface of sorts.
Bundled with RX11 MIDI swing templates and 55 demonstration patterns.
System Requirements:
- Windows XP SP2 and higher
9.) Lel UDS Drums
LEL UDS Drums is a free VSTi by Softrave that has 140 stunning samples of the famous vintage analog drum module Lel UDS. One thing I love about this plugin is the option to filter the high frequency of any bank and to also mix sounds to create the sample I want.
The idea behind this is to put all analog sounds together to save time for creativity and to have easy access to the best selection of LEL sounds, essential for techno production.
What really makes this instrument different from just samples is that you can tune individual analog drift to every snare. That makes snare lines less mechanical/repetitive and makes it more analog.
Video Walk-Through:
10.) AFX
AFX is a drum machine that is designed for 32/64-bits VST2/VST3 versions for Windows! It also supports .sf2 files.
According To beatassist:
We got some acoustic samples and we have transformed them in the digital world in order to create unique sounds for you to include in your productions.
The Drum Machine has 8 slots that load the soundbanks, such as:
- bassdrums
- clsHats
- cymbals
- digital snares
- opHats
- snares
- toms.
Each of these slots also has a distortion station and a state variable filter.
Useful Related posts:
As a guitarist you don't always have the time to create your drum patterns to accompany your riffs ideas or work on your technique.
Our artistic team has designed especially for you an exclusive package including 20 drum patterns free to download. You'll be able to use these drum parts to create your backtracks, set up your workout sessions or try news things on your own songs.
'20-Guitar_Pro-Drum_Patterns.zip'
(click on the image to download the .zip file for Guitar Pro 7)
'20-Guitar_Pro-Drum_Patterns.zip'
(click on the image to download the .zip file for Guitar Pro 6)
5 Bluesy Drum patterns
You'll find in this selection:
Midi Drum Tracks Free
Disclosure: When you buy through our links, we may get a commission at zero cost to you.
Have you ever wondered if you could create drum patterns yourself without scrolling through thousands of sample libraries? Yh!
With the advent of different drum VST plugins, it is possible to create percussion sounds, drum beats, rhythms, and even patterns without the need of buying any audio samples.
Basically, you would have different stock samples (Kick, Hats, Snare, Claps, Bongos and so on) in the drum VST plugin, and with that, it is possible to program your own rhythms and beats. Most of the time, I program my own loops and I export each and every loop created, this way, I can reuse it easily without opening my drum vst plugin every time plus this also saves your CPU load
That out of the way, let us look at some of the best free drum VST plugins for your music production toolbox.
Let's dive in…
1.) Manda Audio – MTPower DrumKit 2
MT Power Drum Kit is a free drum sampler by Manda Audio that offers powerful, high-quality sounds of a real acoustic drum kit, one of the good thing about this free sampler is that samples have been specially recorded and carefully processed to make them suitable across genre of music such as pop, rock, metal music and more.
One of the tip I would give anyone utilizing this Drum VST is to carefully play with the varied collection of samples, and you could either save a preset of the one you like or if you are like me, you would render the collections you want, that way it would be reusable across multiple projects without pulling an instance of MT Power Drum Kit every time you wanna work on a project.
Another good thing about this plugin is that the samples are well compressed and Equalized to make them glue to your mix, moreover, you can choose from thousands of assorted rhythms in the comprehensive Groove Library and compose your own drum accompaniment. In particular, the innovative functions for creating fills generate very smooth and realistic drum tracks.
Lastly, On the right-hand side, you can listen to demo tracks to hear what you can make with it.
Video Walk-Through:
System Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
- Mac: OS X 10.5 or higher, Intel processor
- Linux: Wine + VST bridge
2.) Audiosonic – DigiDrum Pro
DigiDrum looks a bit hard on the eye but it is more powerful than you thought, it contains a five-part drum and percussion VST plugin suitable for a diverse range of genres be it Afro beats, House Music, Pop and more.
I'll say this again, the interface isn't really intuitive but otherwise, it is packed with loads of sound editing parameters that can be processed as you see fit. I should also mention that you can use the Velocity section to give the sample some cool vibes.
Features:
- 5 separate DigiDrum parts with 5 user definable audio outputs
- 27 classic drum and percussion waveforms
- User wave file import
- Parts can easily be layered to create even more complex sounds
- easy sound preview ensures intuitive preset programming
- A Versatile filter setup capable of many different timbres
- Velocity modulation of the amp, pitch, and filter to ‘humanize' the feel of the beat
- Full VST automation of every sound editing controls
Video Walk-Through:
3.) TromineGT
Tromine GT is a TR-808-style analog drum synthesizer. It features:
- 16 Analog drum synthesizers: Bass drum, Snare drum, Low tom / Low Conga, Mid tom / Mid conga, High tom / High tom, Claves, Rimshot, Maracas, Handclap, Cowbell, Crash cymbal, Closed hi-hat, Open hi-hat.
- 9 outputs.
- MIDI CC support.
- Automation support.
Video Walk-Through
4.) DrumTroop
DrumTROOP is a drum kit rompler coming with 20 free drum kits. It features:
- 20 free drum kits.
- 128 triggers on every kit.
- 16 outputs.
- Universal drum placement on the first 8 pads.
- Vol, Pan, Attack, Release per pad.
Video Walk-Through:
Download Win 32 VST / WIN 64 VST / Mac OSX VST / Mac AU
5.) Ugritone – Anarchy Drums
Anarchy Drums is a virtual drum sample library or an instrument that emulates the sound of the 1990's California Punk. It was recorded with a handful of mics at a DIY environment on tape. According to Ugritone:
The idea was to capture nothing but the drums, the room and the preamp.We left the tweaking to a bare minimum so you could tweak more, or not tweak at all (insert a famous punk band name here, ha) Relive the golden days of never-ending skate parks with Anarchy Drums.
Video Walk-Through: Oreck model xl 3500.
Download Ugritone – Anarchy Drums
6.) Rhytmus
If you've used an old rhythm machine before then you should definitely love this plugin, it is based on an old rhythm machine and features ten buttons. Each individual button can play two different rhythm sections, so basically you can play 20 different rhythmic loops such as samba, mambo, tango, waltz, rumba, tango, bossa, rock, etc.
When you click 'open', you can change the tune, volume, pan of each rhythm component such as snare, bongo, cowbell, hi-hat, etc. That's not all – you can mix these rhythmic sections with Tambourine, Guiro, Quijada sounds.
7.) Junn
Junn is the virtual Linn drum machine and is only supports VST
8.) Arex2011
AREX 2011 is a free VSTi drum module based on a hardware drum machine from the early '80s.
Features:
- 16 pads.
- 29 embedded drum samples of RX11.
- 12 individual/group outputs.
- Individual volume, pan, accent.
- Assignable MIDI note within 36 – 99 range.
- VST automation.
- MIDI automation of essential controls.
- Assignable MIDI CC#.
- 16 part multi-timbral MIDI Outflow.
- It can be used as a MIDI control surface of sorts.
Bundled with RX11 MIDI swing templates and 55 demonstration patterns.
System Requirements:
- Windows XP SP2 and higher
9.) Lel UDS Drums
LEL UDS Drums is a free VSTi by Softrave that has 140 stunning samples of the famous vintage analog drum module Lel UDS. One thing I love about this plugin is the option to filter the high frequency of any bank and to also mix sounds to create the sample I want.
The idea behind this is to put all analog sounds together to save time for creativity and to have easy access to the best selection of LEL sounds, essential for techno production.
What really makes this instrument different from just samples is that you can tune individual analog drift to every snare. That makes snare lines less mechanical/repetitive and makes it more analog.
Video Walk-Through:
10.) AFX
AFX is a drum machine that is designed for 32/64-bits VST2/VST3 versions for Windows! It also supports .sf2 files.
According To beatassist:
We got some acoustic samples and we have transformed them in the digital world in order to create unique sounds for you to include in your productions.
The Drum Machine has 8 slots that load the soundbanks, such as:
- bassdrums
- clsHats
- cymbals
- digital snares
- opHats
- snares
- toms.
Each of these slots also has a distortion station and a state variable filter.
Useful Related posts:
As a guitarist you don't always have the time to create your drum patterns to accompany your riffs ideas or work on your technique.
Our artistic team has designed especially for you an exclusive package including 20 drum patterns free to download. You'll be able to use these drum parts to create your backtracks, set up your workout sessions or try news things on your own songs.
'20-Guitar_Pro-Drum_Patterns.zip'
(click on the image to download the .zip file for Guitar Pro 7)
'20-Guitar_Pro-Drum_Patterns.zip'
(click on the image to download the .zip file for Guitar Pro 6)
5 Bluesy Drum patterns
You'll find in this selection:
Midi Drum Tracks Free
- The Jack – AC/DC
- Damn Right I've Got the Blues – Buddy Guy
- Stoop Down Baby – Popa Chubby
- The Sky is Crying – Steve Ray Vaughan
- La Grange – ZZ Top
Midi Drum Patterns Free Metal
5 Jazzy Drum Grooves
You'll discover in this bundle:
Midi Drum Patterns Free Metal Loops
- Django – Joe Pass
- Run for Cover – Marcus Miller
- Tutu – Miles Davis
- Bright Size Life – Pat Metheny
- Far Wes – Wes Montgomery
5 patterns for Metal addicts:
You'll find in this selection:
- Bat Country – Avenged Sevenfold
- Through the Fire and Flames – Dragon Force
- Aces High – Iron Maiden
- Holy Wars – Megadeth
- Revolution is my Name – Pantera
5 Pop/Rock patterns:
In this selection, you'll discover:
- What's Up – 4 Non Blondes
- Just Because – Jane's Addiction
- No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age
- Runaway – The Corrs
- Who Are You – The Who
Want an extra gift? Download 42 guitar presets for free here, here and here.
Free Metal Midi Drum Patterns
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