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Analogue Drums has announced the release of Fat Stacks, a new sampled drum library for Native Instruments Kontakt.

Fat Stacks is a natural sounding vintage club kit. With small drums for a big sound, this kit can set the tone for a range of styles that need an organic, lively beat. We think it sounds good for R’n'B, hiphop, funk, raw drum’n'bass, and even acoustic tracks.

With several mic layers to blend, the sound of the kit can go from snappy and clean to gritty and lofi with the twist of a knob. There are 4 snare variations and two kick variations to keep things interesting.

Fat Stacks features

• Multi-sampling: each kit component contains up to 8 velocity layers for expressive detail and dynamics.
• Mic layers: 6x individually controllable mic layers: Close mics, Overheads, Room mics, Smash mic, Kick Sub, and Snare-Bottom
• Round-robin: natural performance thanks to round-robin hits.
• Layouts: Keyboard and eKit/V-Drum optimised mapping layouts provided. The layout is General MIDI (GM) compatible.
• Output routing: stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.
• Kontakt instrument interface: with instrument volume, mic layer, pan and input device controls.
• Sensitivity control: increase the sensitivity of the kit for more intricate and subtle performances or leave it set to full dynamic range for heavier tracks.
• Presets: for quickly dialing up different sounds.
• eKit mode switch to ‘eKit’ mode when using a Roland V-Drum kit, or leave set to ‘Keyboard mode’ for direct MIDI sequencing.
• Trigger maps: for sound replacement – kick, snare, toms – each with separated mic layers.

The Fat Stacks kit is available to purchase for $19 USD. Fat Stacks is compatible with Kontakt full version (v3+), and mappings for Slate Digital Trigger are also provided.

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Analogue Drums has launched a Black Friday sale, offering a free sample library with the any purchase.

Buy any product from this website and get another for the same price or less for free. Bundles and single kits included.

Just purchase the first product (make sure it’s the more expensive of the two) and then send an email to service@analoguedrums.com to let us know which product you would like for free.

We expect to get your second kit to you within 24 hours.

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Analogue Drums has announced version 1.6 of Plastique, a Kontakt sample library featuring a vintage 1970s Ludwig Vistalite in Bonhamesque configuration and tuning.

For all Plastique owners there’s a free update for the Kontakt mapping available. It’s a small download (270kb) and a big improvement for mix control so well worth downloading – please note the requirement to have the v1.53 library update first if you don’t already have it.

Plastique Mapping Update v1.6

• Greatly improves mix and dynamics control with:
  • 3x additional instrument volume knobs: Hihat, Ride, Crashes.
  • Separated mic layer controls for Close mics, Overhead mics, and Room mics.
  • Improved multi-channel output, with separate output for Kick, Snare, Tom1, Tom2, Tom3, Hihat, Ride, Crashes, Overheads (drums), and Room.
  • Additional dynamics options, now with Dynamic, Detailed, Light, Heavy.
• Note: This update changes the overall volume output, and preset balances are also different, these changes may impact any existing mixes based on previous mappings for Plastique. It is recommended that you retain copies of your old mappings in case you need to keep an existing mix exactly as-is.

The Plastique library is available to purchase for $39 USD.

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Analogue Drums has announced Big Mono Redux, a drum sample library.

After numerous requests from users of Big Mono, we revisited the original recording session from 2003!

We’ve come up with a new drum library with the same sweet sound as the original Big Mono, but now with loads of options for sonic control.

Round-robins, controllable mic layers, adjustable sensitivity and even panning controls are provided to fit the kit into your track. With the same heritage as the original Big Mono, it’s a vintage Ludwig kit, tracked through killer mics and a ’70s Neve directly to 2″ tape.

Big Mono Redux features

• 4 Kontakt instrument files for stereo/multi-out, Keyboard & V-Drum mappings.
• 1,234 sample sound files in unencrypted 24bit, 44.1khz WAV format (814MB unzipped).
• Multi-sampling: each kit component contains up to 8 velocity layers for expressive detail and dynamics.
• Mic layers: 5x individually controllable microphone perspectives: Coles 4038 in Decca front-of-kit position, Coles 4038 Decca – overhead; Neumann U87 Decca – side, Close mics, and snare-bottom.
• Round-robin: natural performance thanks to round-robin hits.
• Layouts: Keyboard and eKit/V-Drum mapping layouts provided. The keyboard layout is General MIDI (GM) compatible.
• Output routing: stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.
• Kontakt instrument interface: with volume, mic and pan controls.
• Sensitivity control: increase the sensitivity of the kit for more intricate and subtle performances or leave it set to full dynamic range for heavier tracks.
• Presets: for quickly changing sounds.
• Trigger maps: for sound replacement – kick, snare, rack tom, floor tom – each with separated mic layers.

The Big Mono Redux sample library is available for Kontakt (full version v3+ required), and mappings for Slate Digital Trigger are also provided. It can be purchased and downloaded directly from the Analogue Drums website for $9.95 USD.

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Analogue Drums has been releasing drum sample libraries for some three years now. The product catalog already includes 10+ titles, providing drum sounds suitable for funk, rock, pop, urban and many other genres.

Our process is simple: we take sought-after drumkits, and record them through killer signal chains directly to tape. We then convert the recordings into digital samples through premium converters, and finally map the samples to virtual instrument patches for you to use in your favorite software sampler.

The recently released Tape Series Two Bundle features four drum kits for Native Instruments Kontakt.

• Kingpin – Vintage Gretsch with Bosphorus cymbals
• Plastique – Ludwig Vistalite with Paiste 2002 cymbals
• Monotown – Vintage Rogers Big-R with vintage Zildjian & Paiste cymbals
• Gorilla – Vintage Gretsch concert-tom with Sabian cymbals

If you are looking for some natural, organic, and ‘real’ sounding drum kits these might be perfect for you. Check the Analogue Drums website for some music and drum solo demos.

Interested? I am pleased to announced that Analogue Drums is offering rekkerd.org readers the chance to win a copy of the Tape Series Two pack!

All you need to do is post a comment below before May 5th, 11.59pm CET, and we will randomly pick a winner shortly after. Note: you will need Kontakt full version version 3 or greater.

Good luck!

Update 7 May, 2012: Congratulations to “Koalaboy”, the winner of this contest!

Analogue Drums has announced the release of Monotown and Gorilla, two new drum sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt.

Inspired by the drums of Motown, Stax and sweet R’n'B from yesteryear comes Monotown. It will drive home the beat to old school funk, soul, rhythm and blues. It’ll also fit the bill for current indy and pop where organic production qualities are desired.

Monotown features

• Multi-sampling: each key contains up to 8 velocity layers for expressive detail and dynamics. Hihats are extensively sampled for convincing realism with 9 articulations (tip, tight, closed, loose, looser, semi-open, open, pedaled, footsplash).
• Mic layers: 5x individually controllable microphone perspectives: Coles 4038 front-of-kit; Coles 4038 over kit; RCA 44 over kit, RE20 underside, and Neumann U67 room.
• Round-robin: natural performance is possible thanks to 6 round-robin hits for each dynamic layer on every instrument.
• Layouts: Keyboard and eKit/V-Drum mapping layouts provided. The keyboard layout is General MIDI (GM) compatible.
• Output routing: mono and multi-channel output versions provided.
• Kontakt instrument interface: with volume and mic controls.
• Instrument swap: instantly change the snare drum and tambourine sounds at the press of a button.
• Sensitivity control: increase the sensitivity of the kit for more intricate and subtle performances or leave it set to full dynamic range for heavier tracks.
• Presets: for quickly changing sounds.
• Trigger maps: for sound replacement.

Inspired by the likes of Phil Collins and other pioneers of the gated room sound, we present Gorilla – a classic Gretsch rock kit, with an authentic gated room feature that creates a vibe like no other. Complete with concert toms and Sabian cymbals, this kit will lay down a solid and distinctive foundation for any track.

Gorilla features

• Multi-sampling: each key contains up to 8 velocity layers for expressive detail. Hihats are extensively sampled for convincing realism with 7 articulations (tip, tight, closed, loose, semi-open, open, pedaled).
• Round-robin: each and every hit has 6 unique round-robin samples to avoid the mechanical machine-gun effect.
• Mic layers: 4x separately controllable microphone perspectives: close mics, snare bottom, overheads and room mics.
• Layouts: Keyboard and eKit/V-Drum mapping layouts provided. The keyboard layout is General MIDI (GM) compatible.
• Output routing: stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.
• Kontakt instrument interface: with volume, pan, and mic mix controls, instant snare-swapping button.
• Gated room control: switch room gate to various degrees or leave ungated.
• Sensitivity control: increase the sensitivity of the kit for more subtle performances or leave it set to full dynamic range for rock and heavier tracks.
• Presets: for quickly changing sounds.
• Trigger maps: for sound replacement.

Both Kontakt libraries are available to purchase for $39 USD each.

Analogue Drums has also announced the Tape Series Two Bundle, a collection of all four kits from the Tape Series Two:

• Kingpin – Vintage Gretsch with Bosphorus cymbals
• Plastique – Ludwig Vistalite with Paiste 2002 cymbals
• Monotown – Vintage Rogers Big-R with vintage Zildjian & Paiste cymbals
• Gorilla – Vintage Gretsch concert-tom with Sabian cymbals

Introductory pricing: $99 for the rest of March. Get in quick before we figure out how much more to charge for it. Further discount for Plastique and Kingpin owners: if you own one the bundle is only $74, if you own both it’s only $49 – for all of March. Discounts applied at checkout.

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