Tight Studio Drums by Ugritone drum kit plugin interface

Tight Studio Drums: Drum Kit Plugin by Ugritone

Tight Studio Drums is a drum instrument plugin from Ugritone that provides a compact, multi-kit set of acoustic drum samples. It includes 9 hand-crafted kit presets and runs as VST2, AU or AAX on Windows and macOS.

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01Overview

Tight Studio Drums is a virtual drum instrument from Ugritone built around a single, compact studio kit. Its drum set combines Gretsch and Ludwig shells with Meinl and Zildjian cymbals, covering kick, two snares, five toms and a wide cymbal selection. Ugritone also includes nine kit presets as starting points for different genres and styles, so producers can audition sounds quickly before tweaking them to fit a track.

Best for

Pop drum grooves
Funk drum breaks
Metal drum tracks
Punk drum parts
Rock drum production
Studio drum sketches

Developer: Ugritone
Category: Virtual Instruments
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Gretsch Catalina 22x18 kick drum
Two snares: Ludwig Supraphonic 14x5 and Gretsch Catalina 14x6
Five toms ranging from 8x7 to 16x16
Meinl HCS, Zildjian A Custom and Wuhan cymbal selection
Nine hand-crafted kit presets
Available as VST2, AU and AAX
Runs on Windows and macOS, including Apple Silicon
Download size of about 600 MB

03In depth

Drum Sounds and Kit Components

The kit is built from a kick drum, Gretsch Catalina 22x18, and two snare options, a Ludwig Supraphonic 14x5 and a Gretsch Catalina 14x6. The toms span from 8x7 up to a 16x16 floor tom, giving you a range from high rack sounds to deep floor sounds.

The cymbal section is the largest part of the library. It includes hi-hats in 14 and 16 inch sizes from Meinl, rides and crashes from Zildjian A Custom, two China cymbals, several splashes, and a Meinl HCS trash crash. This variety lets you build different cymbal textures within one instrument.

Presets and Genre Starting Points

Tight Studio Drums ships with nine presets: A Taste Of Compression, Grunge Heaven, Modern Metal, Modern Punk, Nickel Rear, Noob Metal, Ringy Studio Kit, Straight Outta Nashville and Weedy Day. Their names point to different tonal directions, from compressed and studio-focused kits to heavier metal and punk-oriented sounds.

Ugritone describes the presets as starting points for each genre and style. If you are unsure how a drum sound was built, loading a preset gives you a reference to work from.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	Ugritone
Type	Plugin
Category	Virtual Instruments
Formats	VST2, AU, AAX
Operating systems	Windows, macOS

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What formats does Tight Studio Drums support?

Tight Studio Drums is available in VST2, AU and AAX formats. It runs on Windows and macOS.

Does Tight Studio Drums work on Apple Silicon?

The system requirements list macOS 10.9 and higher with Apple Silicon support, so it can run on Apple Silicon Macs.

What do I need to use Tight Studio Drums?

The plugin needs a supported DAW, such as Pro Tools 11 or higher, Reaper 3.4 or higher, Cubase or Nuendo 8 or higher, Logic Pro X 10.2.1 or higher, Studio One 3 Professional, Ableton Live 9 or higher, or Digital Performer 9. Minimum hardware is 6GB RAM, a dual-core CPU and 4GB of hard drive space.