Drumforge Matt Greiner has been updated - Now with New Features!

April 17, 2025

Drumforge Matt Greiner, made in collaboration with Matt Greiner from August Burns Red, as well as Atrium Audio. This amazing Drum Sampler Plugin has been updated with New Features & Samples! Along with our standard compatibility updates and bug fixes.

What's New:

New drum samples added
- 3 Kicks, 5 Snares, 2 Sets Of Toms, 2 Chinas, 1 Ride, 1 Hi Hat Cymbal.
Now including 'The Messenger China'! The very same make & model of the China that was used on the record!
The newly added DW “True Cast” Bell Bronze Snare is a Major Collectors Item - #12 of only 100 made worldwide and Extremely Sought After!
New Presets!
Compatibility fix for Fusion DLC-protected software running on Apple M4
systems.
Updated Logo.
Support for protected products running in the Apple Sandbox.
Resolve incompatibility issues between wrapped Audio Units plugins and
recent GarageBand versions on Intel-based systems.
Added Audio Preview on regular click in Drumshotz loader (Ctrl+Click still supported).

Bug Fixes:

Fix updater to support the latest macOS version.
Fix misstriggers on articulations that don't have alternate articulations when using alternate mode.

Installation Instructions:

We wanted to make updating as quick and easy as possible, without having to download and install the entire library again. Please follow the steps below to update the plugin and get all the great new samples.

MAC:

Download the v1.0.9 Mac Updater Installer.
Run the Installer. This will install a new version of the updater application.
IMPORTANT! If you have installed the library to a different location than the default, you will need to go to Applications > Drumforge > Drumforge-MattGreiner folder and copy the Updater application file to your library folder and delete the old updater.
Run the new updater application.
Select Add/Remove Components, leaving all options checked/selected.
Restart the application, select Update Components and Update there.

Windows:

Locate the Updater file application in the following directory:

Windows: OS(C:) > Program Files > Drumforge (this is the default install location. If you have installed or moved, navigate to your custom location for the Drumforge-MattGreiner folder)

Launch the Updater application and select “Add/Remove Components” and select only 'Sounds'. Be sure that all DAWs are closed before updating!
Just let it do its thing until Complete.
Once run, click Restart.
Select Add/Remove Components again and leave all options Checked and click Next.
When Complete Click 'Finish'.

Important: If you have any custom maps or presets, please BACK UP before running the updates.

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