User Manual

Chapter 4: Overview 9
chapter 4
Overview
Strike is an RTAS plug-in instrument that can be
used to add realistic drum tracks to any
Pro Tools session. Using proprietary technology,
Strike goes beyond the boundaries of conven-
tional MIDI and sampling when it comes to
computer-based playing, arranging, and mixing
of drums.
Strike provides a “professionally-skilled drum-
mer” and a number of drum kits set up in a
professional recording studio. Each instrument
was recorded with up to three close, two over-
head, and two room microphones. Strike also
provides a complete mixing console with built-
in effects.
Strike puts you in the producer’s chair, provid-
ing quick and easy global control, as well as
access to all the nuanced details that influence a
drum track and make it come alive. Use Strike to
play a perfect seamless crescendo, switch the
mix from ballad to crushed punk, or just tweak
the tuning of the snare drum.