Composer @JasonGravesMusic (Tomb Raider, Dead Space Series, Far Cry Primal) opens up Damage 2 for the very first time. Watch more on Damage 2 at heavyocity.com...
I love that Jason isn't hyping anything, he's just being human and real. So nice to have the lack of ads and clickbait. I'm so intrigued by this world, even though I'm a total rookie at it. Added bonus: How much fun Jason is having opening his new gift. :)
I've owned Damage 1 for many years and it's really a great drum library. But Damage 2 is in a whole other league. The naturalness, cleanness and power of the sounds is unprecedented. I really look forward to start using this in my upcoming productions.
I'm just wondering if Damage is useful anymore! I have it with Komplete Ultimate, but not gotten into it yet. Only now starting to do cinematic and epic percussion. I know the sounds of Damage 2 are incredibly good. If I get it, will I ever want to use Damage again?? I seriously don't know when and where I would still use it.
@@chrissullivan1673 HI Chris. For my part I think that the first version of Damage will be very sparesly used, since Damage 2 is so much better in all categories. Maybe some of the loops can be used here and there as fillers, but Damage 2 will definitely be the workhorse, since it sounds so much better.
@@chrissullivan1673 Damage 1 is still nice to use for some aspects. For example in my opinion it's still easier to set up for industrial rock songs outside of scoring, more like using a kinda regular drumset. But that may just be because I am not so used to Damage 2 and have been using the first one for around seven years. Also the Hihat from Damage 1 clearly has more steps from closed to open. I think it's six or seven. The one from Damage 2 has just three. I am currently building a kit in Damage 2 right now which can be used for industrial and electronic rock songs right away though. I think most of the time I will be merging them together, because each one has it's strengths. Anyway, I have become such a Damage-fan that I refuse to use other drums than D1 and D2 - simply the best stuff :D
I love heavyocity libraries, very light, and load fast, not in gigs... 1:00 his reactions :) 2:36 pleaseeeeeeeeee dont CRY.... 3:48 4:13 5:45 6:49 9:27 9:46 BOTTOM LINE: thanks for such amazing video :)
Dammit Jason, I had already decided to pass on this for now and save the money - but after watching, I'm buying it after I type this. Thanks for the great video. High 5 my friend.
sourcefor Hybrid. Sometimes ITB but always master externally. Studio is temp for another month or so...the other racks are behind the door due to fan noise :)
Got a mixing question. Just purchased Damage 2 and my wife and I are used to mixing drums in separate tracks (lows, mids, highs) to get the EQ just right. This guys playing the entire spectrum of frequency all on one track? Will this muddy the mix? We're composing with synth tracks, risers, bass, vocals. I'm concerned the immense power house of Damage 2 and all of its imbedded reverb will create a challenge regarding the entirety of our compositions. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi Johnny, thanks for writing in. You can certainly use one D2 instance and then use the Master FX to shape the overall sound since these drums were programmed and designed to work well both in solo or ensembles. Assuming you are referring to “low, mids, and highs” as the different drums - you can program each stem (low, mid, and high) on a different instance of D2 (3 in this case) to have dedicated processing over each group of instruments. Additionally, you can always edit the Tone Low and Tone Hi controls on each individual drum to further shape them in the ensemble. Hope this helps!