With sensational drum & percussion sound, mix-ready straight out of the box, Handy Drums are the most practical, professional virtual drum instruments for your recording project.

PRE-MIXED, READY-TO-USE LATIN PERCUSSION

Spend more time making music instead of trying to find a decent drum or percussion sound. Accomplishing great drum sound requires significant effort, even when you are highly skilled for the task and have the best quality drum recording to start with. 

We spent hours upon hours painstakingly editing and carefully mixing drums from multitrack recordings, so you don’t have to.

Taking a perfect blend of close, overhead, and room-miked drums, then expertly sculpting them for a robust, punchy, natural-sounding drum and percussion set, are bound to fit 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

 

EASY TO USE AND MANIPULATE

Load the drum & percussion plugin, drop in your favorite midi drum or percussion beat, and voilà!- you are ready to groove! We did the heavy lifting for you—a completed drum and percussion sound right out of the box. You are free to focus on the musical aspects of the drum & percussion tracks.

You can then make tweaks using the intuitive interface.

Handy Drums reminds a bit of the Drummer VST baked into Apple Logic Pro. Namely, there is a similar simplicity and immediacy to the results.
– RECORDING MAGAZINE

I could easily imagine a Handy Drums instrument making a no‑fuss sound module, whether in the studio or live.
– SOUND ON SOUND

CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DRUM SOUND

Drum sounds behind the hit drum machine are here for your DAW!

Goran Rista, the producer of Handy Drums, used similar 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.

However, the various percussion kits are worth particular attention. All offer some very interesting options and, individually, they are an absolute steal given just how good they sound. These could complement any conventional virtual drum instrument.

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A veritable platter of beefy drum kits and vibrant percussion instruments that are ready and eager to slot themselves into your musical world, the Handy Drums series is a no-brainer for those who need a solid rhythm section – no questions asked.

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Handy Drums give you access to quick and great-sounding drum tracks in your DAW of choice.

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Handy Drums – Perhaps The Simplest Drum VI Around

UNBEATABLE VALUE

We believe that top quality should not be limited only to those with deep pockets. We priced the Handy Drums range to be affordable to anyone. These virtual drum & percussion instruments are the best value you’ll find anywhere.

In summary, great value, great sounds, and great usability.
– SOUND ON SOUND

3RD PARTY SAMPLERS NOT REQUIRED

One of the best features of our sampled instruments, including the Handy Drums LATIN PERCUSSION, is that you don’t need any additional samplers to load them. They are self-contained and come with multiple powerful samplers built-in. Use them like any standard VSTi/AU plugin or a stand-alone app.

Be up and running in mere minutes.

PERFECT COMPANIONS- HANDY GROOVES

Use them as they are or as a starting point for your own beats. 

Pair Handy Drums VST’s with one of our Handy Grooves, MIDI drum loop packages, for an instant WOW. All of our midi drum & percussion loops have been produced by world-class drummer-producers and tailored to work specifically with Handy Drums plugins.

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

PRACTICAL, INTUITIVE, EASY-TO-USE INTERFACE

“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

MULTIPLE DYNAMIC LEVELS

Each drum, percussion instrument, and cymbal was sampled at multiple dynamic levels to ensure the instrument’s fullest dynamic range when played back. Handy Drums Latin Percussion contains up to 13 dynamic levels per instrument.

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

24-BIT SAMPLES

All Handy Drums samples come in 24bit wav file format for the ultimate resolution and sound quality.

IMMACULATELY-SAMPLED ACOUSTIC DRUMS

To achieve larger-than-life yet authentic natural-sounding drums and percussion, every step of the sampling process is critical. Starting with the instrument tuning, every component was carefully treated before even a single note was played.

They are recorded using the highest-quality microphones, preamps, and A/D converters to preserve every minor detail.

UNPARALLELED REALISM FROM VIRTUAL DRUMS

Sound so natural; you can almost touch them.

Handy Drums sound like an actual real instrument being played right in front of you in a room instead of a bunch of individual components sounding in their own isolated spaces. 

We achieved realism by recording the full breadth of acoustic drums and percussion and their natural ambiance, then meticulously edited and mixed 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

VARIETY OF FORMATS

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.

INCLUDED DRUM ELEMENTS

AUTHENTIC LATIN PERCUSSION