Fleer
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Toontrack AOR Midi packs
When bands like Boston, Journey, Toto, The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan rose to international fame in the late ’70s, someone had already coined the divider Adult Oriented Rock (AOR) to set this new, lush and often technically inclined genre apart from its more rowdy sibling, classic rock. With its huge hooks, slick, layered productions and musical prowess, it became the new, widely accepted soundtrack to not only mainstream USA, but the world. Suddenly, rock wasn’t all about being loud. Now, songwriting, performance and skill were front and center, not least in terms of drummers. Players like Jeff Porcaro, Bernard Purdie and Steve Gadd would go on to inspire a whole new generation of drummers around the world. ( https://www.toontrack.com)
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 09:08:43
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/12/08 15:15:20
A EZ Keys midi pack and an EZ Drummer midi pack. These are an easy decision for me. And... Bapu doesn't have everything,wait... now he has everything again. Well played, my man.
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bapu
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 09:33:14
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☄ Helpfulby BassDaddy 2015/12/09 11:02:44
Yep. Had my last EZKeys serial. Gone. I had two MIDI serials. Only Juan left now.
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bapu
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 09:34:04
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Gonna have to buy new dual 6 packs next month.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 09:44:50
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/12/08 11:07:57
Could be useful 😊 But isn't "Adult Oriented Rock" the worst name for a genre ever?
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 10:21:26
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These are really good. Album Oriented Rock is what I have always known it to be!
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 10:27:46
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someone that purchases this pack please give a rundown review.
I listen to that AOR music all the time - I like Boston and Kansas as well as hardcore trance so sue me.
the demo's for this really.....well to me they suck, they sound like someone practicing drums, honestly. to me, sorry. maybe I am missing something here.
enlighten me.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 10:49:12
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A few have a definite Steely Dan feel. I can't write like that, but it's fun to jam to.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 10:58:11
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MachineClaw
enlighten me.
It's like they say about asking what the price is on something. If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 12:16:16
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/12/08 12:42:32
soooooo because I don't "get it" your saying I don't get it.
hmmmm well, okay, then there is that.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 12:45:30
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MachineClaw
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the demo's for this really.....well to me they suck, they sound like someone practicing drums, honestly. to me, sorry. maybe I am missing something here.
enlighten me.
Keep in mind these are two separate products, the EZKeys and the Midi Grooves (drums) pack. Sounds like you were listening to the latter. The Keys' demos are all keys (no drums).
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 13:07:27
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I'm a bit with you MC. The keys sounded like a recording of me (non-pianist) playing the piano wearing oven gloves.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 13:09:22
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strikinglyhandsome1
The keys sounded like a recording of me (non-pianist) playing the piano wearing oven gloves.
Isn't that what all keys players did in the 70s or did I just have an acid flackbash?
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 13:15:19
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Think you're right. There was some kind of muffled sound to it all. I'm thinking even Hendrix on guitar didn't have a fuzz box. He just wore a pair of these to play in. 
post edited by strikinglyhandsome1 - 2015/12/08 16:11:52
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yorolpal
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 13:30:17
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Welp...I noted that the first demo is the famous "Purdie Shuffle" Played by Bernard Purdie for Steely Dan and Jeff Porcaro for Toto...and many, many more.
But I think they should have called it "Yacht Rock". Much better name.
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bapu
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 13:33:58
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 13:35:45
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Since I buy the generic 6 Pack serial numbers for EZD and EZK I find that ~$12.50US per pack is not a waste of money.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 13:44:43
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/12/08 14:06:47
bapu
Since I buy the generic 6 Pack serial numbers for EZD and EZK I find that ~$12.50US per pack is not a waste of money.
I've got a six pack! 
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 14:00:02
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/12/08 14:13:28
Er...that's a party ball, ol pal.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 14:36:51
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bapu
strikinglyhandsome1
The keys sounded like a recording of me (non-pianist) playing the piano wearing oven gloves.
Isn't that what all keys players did in the 70s or did I just have an acid flackbash?
Yes...and yes.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 14:43:22
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Me Two  The pink wrist band on his right wrist seems to indicate this guy may have been living at a state run facility.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 14:46:26
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I think I'm going to buy this one. I'm a Steely Dan and Doobies fanatic, and I also like Toto, but frankly, I never thought of Kansas or Boston as AOR, they are much harder-edged, and guitar oriented, where SD, Doobies, and Toto had much stronger keyboard presence--and as a pianist, I'm partial to that, heh heh. Either way, I'm glad to see TT getting into this genre, whatever you want to call it. I'm not a Metal guy at all, and lately they've had a lot of new releases geared to Metal--not for me.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 15:02:19
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eeeeeer last month was metal month. hence lots of metal releases last month.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 15:09:10
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I could go for a Donald Fagen type EZ Keys and A Steve Gadd EZ Drummer thingy. The line forms behind me on those two, ladies.
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 16:31:39
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"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 16:36:02
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 22:54:56
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What's the latest, greatest deal on a six pack?
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Re: Toontrack AOR Midi packs
2015/12/08 23:06:16
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Fleer
Would love a Floyd pack.
Yeah, we could use a pack for us and them.
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