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The Latin Cuban Percussion EZX was envisioned as a percussive complement to the Latin Cuban Drums EZX and features a collection of the most common percussion instruments used in the wealth of music sorted under 'Latin': congas, timbales, bongos, guiros, shakers, woodblocks, cowbells and more. It was recorded alongside its EZX counterpart at New Yorks renowned Sear Sound Studios by Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated engineer Dave Kowalski and sampled by undoubtedly one of the worlds most in-demand percussionists, Richie Flores. Richie, Brooklyn-born but raised in Puerto Rico, embarked on his journey as a professional percussionist already at the age of 13 and was the youngest musician to ever travel with a band outside Puerto Rico. Since then, he has played with some of the most celebrated artists in Latin music, performed on several Grammy Award-winning records and continued to perfect his musical voice.

If the drums paint the bigger picture and act as the rhythmic heartbeat, percussion is what fills in the blanks and makes sure all the glaring colors and hallmark Latin accents indefinitely shine through. Simply put, in Latin music, percussion is just as essential to the groove as the groove itself. Welcome to your new go-to collection, handpicked by one of todays number-one performers and captured in stunning detail encapsulated by the iconic aura of the Sear Sound room.

Sear Sound is one of if not the oldest recording studios in New York City. It was founded by Walter Edmond Sear (1930-2010), inventor, composer, film producer and out-and-out audiophile with a deep passion for gear and technology. He built his studio around the philosophy of having musicians capturing their music live at the studio and through the shortest possible signal paths of the highest possible quality. Over the years, literally everyone has recorded here from John Zorn to Bjork, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Yoko Ono, Steely Dan, Lou Reed, Wayne Shorter and Norah Jones, to name just a few. Simply put: Sear Sound is a hugely influential puzzle piece of the collective music history. Toontrack is happy to bring you two pivotal cornerstones for your songs captured in this magical aura: drums and percussion.

The Latin Cuban Percussion EZX features a must-have selection of instruments for anything from traditional to modern productions all handpicked by percussionist Richie Flores.

Features
• Recorded at Sear Sound Studios, New York
• Produced by Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated engineer Dave Kowalski
• Sampled by percussionist Richie Flores
• Includes the essentials of traditional Latin and Cuban percussion: congas, timbales, bongos, guiros, shakers, woodblocks, cowbells, cajon and much more
• Comes with MIDI performed by Richie Flores

System Requirements
• 3 GB free disk space, 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• A working EZdrummer 2.1.8 or Superior Drummer 3.1.7 (or above) installation