The Defining Sound of a Pioneer
At the cutting edge of modern drumming — dizzying rhythmic freedom, endless flow, jaw-dropping precision and unshakable groove — Matt Garstka stands as one of the greatest to ever sit behind a kit. From his work in Animals As Leaders and Tigran Hamasyan, to Victoria and beyond, Matt pushes boundaries with fearless creativity, delivering performances that are as explosive as they are inventive.
Built on our new standalone platform, Matt Garstka Signature Drums is filled with many powerful features to step up your production, no matter your experience level. From our proprietary Fluid+™ technology, humanization features and robust mixing tools, there is much to explore.
Fluid+™ technology is a proprietary feature of our sampler engine, that realistically models the way that drums, cymbals and recording spaces react during live drum performance.
Nolly runs through the features and sounds available in Matt Garstka Signature Drums
Misha Mansoor's playthrough of their original track
Connor Kaminski and Adam 'Nolly' Getgood's playthrough of their original track
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Captured in breathtaking dynamic detail, Matt's sonic identity leaps from this virtual instrument: Organic punch across the kit, short expressive cymbals, and his signature dry, articulate snare tone.
The collection features Matt's custom DW Collectors kit in two drumhead and tuning configurations, five of his favorite snares, and his hand-selected Meinl cymbals — including all of his signature models. Recorded in the world-class live room at Gray Box Studio in Nashville, the kit offers two distinct ambiences: Warm and intimate up close, and dangerously explosive from afar.
Matt Garstka Signature Drums marks the first GGD virtual instrument to feature two separate kick drums. Process and shape both kicks together utilizing the kick link functionality or explore unique sound design options to widen the palette of available sounds.
Matt Garstka Signature Drums features a powerful mixer with built-in studio quality effects which has allowed us to create a wide and varied collection of presets.
Explore the 100+ presets created by the biggest names in rock and metal production so that you can quickly load and utilise incredible professional drum mixes for your recordings.
Our flagship instrument features a powerful one-shot sampler to reinforce your kick and snare channels.
With the possibility of loading and blending 4 samples simultaneously, you can meld your ultimate kick and snare one-shots to create unbelievable impact and consistency.
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On Grooves
This kit sounds great, and is extremely realistic sounding. All the routing flexibility and options in the GGD plug-in make it super fun to play around with and dial in unique tones!
Dan Braunstein
Spiritbox, Dayseeker, ERRA
Really vibing on the warmth with clarity this kit delivers. The tom sounds are magic and the unique variety of cymbals is refreshing!
Forrester Savell
Karnivool, Twelve Foot Ninja, Dead Letter Circus
You guys did a fantastic job really capturing Matt's sound, especially with the stacks and accent cymbals, I almost couldn't tell them apart from the ones in the AAL album. The toms also basically didn't really need EQ... kinda already just sounded mixed.
Nick Morzov
Animals As Leaders, Travis Barker, Cartographer
The dynamics and energy captured in this new library is soo unreal. It truly feels like Matt is playing drums in my computer. Along with the natural tones and the mixer features, you don't even need to mix inside your DAW. Amazing stuff!
Lance Prenc
Alpha Wolf, Polaris, Dealer
A wonderful combination of powerful and organic. This kit can sit in both my "prog" template and my "modern metal" template without any fuss. The cymbal selection is a great addition too!
Adam Bentley
Arch Echo, Plini, Absentia
Besides the fact these drums sound absolutely incredible, they are inspiring, and that's where creativity starts!
Mendel bij de Leij
Aborted, Haliphron, Atonement
