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XLN Audio has announced the release of Metal ADpak and Diabolic MIDIpak for Addictive Drums.

You don’t own the Metal ADpak. It owns you! Featuring a new Ludwig drum kit recorded by Metal guru Ross Robinson (Korn, Slipknot) in Los Angeles, this ADpak brings a totally new sound to Addictive Drums.

With thunderous toms, a heavy kick drum, a sharp but balanced snare drum and vicious Zildjian cymbals this kit really delivers in any kind of style in metal. Ross Robinson is widely known for his raw, powerful drum productions and dedication to details. For the recordings he brought in his A-team consisting of engineer Steve Evetts (Sepultura) and drummer Jeff Freidl (Ashes Divide, Puscifer).

Metal ADpak features

• 18 piece Ludwig Metal Drum Kit.
• 30+ Metal presets tweaked by professional metal producers and musicians such as Roberto Laghi and Björn Gelotte (In Flames), David E.K. (Fuge), Martin Preikschas and many others.
• Recorded By Ross Robinson (Korn, Slipknot).

Diabolic MIDIpak is a collection of MIDI drum parts played by Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy, In Flames, Eucharist), one of the most powerful and skilled drummers in the Metal genre.

The Diabolic MIDIpak gives you more than 300 live recorded Metal MIDI beats and grooves played exclusively by Daniel Erlandsson. Both shorter Metal Grooves with different variations such as ride, open hh, closed hh, china, with triggers, without triggers etc and longer Master Metal Grooves arranged like ready-to-go songs are included. Also you get 6-8 time signature Metal Grooves, Metal Tom Grooves and lots of Metal Fills in different lengths.

Diabolic MIDIpak features

• 300+ MIDI Beats and Grooves.
• Recorded by Arch Enemy´s Daniel Erlandsson.
• Many different tempos, varations and legnths.

The Metal ADpak is available to purchase for 59 EUR / $59 USD; The Diabolic MIDIpak is 25 EUR / $25 USD. A bundle of both paks is available for 69 EUR / $69 USD, or as part of the Master Metal Bundle (Addictive Drums, Metal ADpak, Diabolic and Metal MIDIpaks) for 299 EUR / $299 USD.

More information: XLN Audio

Analogue Drums has released Grandioso, a drum sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt and Logic EXS24.

Grandioso is about as big as it gets. Turn up the room mic, hit it hard and it will deliver explosive beats with resounding impact. Or back off the room mic and use more moderate dynamics for smooth, subtle and detailed grooves.

The kit is a vintage 1970s Ludwig Vistalite with the toms tuned low for growl, the kick unported for added weight, and two vintage Ludwig Supraphonic snares in medium and high tunings. Accompanied with classic Paiste 2002 cymbals.

Grandioso features

• Multi-sampling: each key contains 24 velocity layers for expressive detail. Hihats are extensively sampled for convincing realism with 6 articulations (tight, closed, loose, semi-open, open, pedaled).
• Layers: separately controllable layers for close and room mics.
• Layouts: General MIDI (GM) and Extended Mapping (EX) layouts provided.
• Kontakt instrument interface^*: with volume and pan controls for individual drums and room mics. Instant snare-swapping button.
• 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.

Grandioso is available to purchase for $24.95 USD.

More information: Analogue Drums / Grandioso

^* Features only available when using Kontakt.

Voxengo has updated AcuDrums, a professional sound sample library that captures acoustical sound of various drum and cymbal instruments.

The main idea behind AcuDrums library is to capture a maximally pristine and unprocessed contemporary drum kit sound. Library as a whole contains more than 11000 WAV files and takes more than 8 GB of disk space. Instruments of this library have multiple velocity layers with each velocity layer having 5 sample variations reducing the “machine gun” effect greatly.

Voxengo AcuDrums – New Ludwig and Pearl snares + Sabian cymbal

New in AcuDrums

• Snare Drum 1465 PL-RSS-A
  14-inch (6.5-inch deep) steel snare drum with a massive punchy sound, naturally panned to the right side a bit. 1405 WAV sample files total.
• Snare Drum 1450 LW-BB6-A
  14-inch (5-inch deep) nickel-plated brass snare drum with a cutting-through light sound, naturally panned to the right side a bit. 1335 WAV sample files total.
• Crash Cymbal 19 SB-HHX-X
  19-inch crash cymbal with a big dark rough sound, naturally panned to the left side a bit. 745 WAV sample files total.

AcuDrums sample packs are available to purchase as individual instruments or in custom bundles (a discount may apply), with prices ranging from $8.95 USD to $18.95 USD per instrument.

More information: Voxengo / AcuDrums

Analogue Drums has released Kingpin and Plastique, two drum sound libraries for Native Instruments.

Kingpin is a punchy vintage kit combining classic vintage tone and modern snap. This kit can dish out everything from R’n'B and urban grooves through to rock, pop and indy tracks.

Plastique is a hard hitting rock kit with tone and punch for miles. This kit will drive a classic rock track with authority and add flavour to fusion and pop pieces.

Kingpin & Plastique features

• Round robin: each velocity layer contains 6 round-robin samples, played randomly to ensure realistic performances.
• 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).
• Kontakt instrument interface: with separate volume and panning controls for individual drums, overhead mics, and room mics.
• Sensitivity control: increase the sensitivity of the kit for more subtle performances or leave it set to full dynamic range for rock and heavier numbers.
• Presets: for quickly dialing up sounds.

The Kingpin and Plastique sample libraries are available to purchase for $39 USD each.

More information: Analogue Drums

Drum Werks has announced the release of Studio B Ludwig Snares, featuring over 675MB of downloadable snare drum samples for a wide range of musical applications.

With natural and unprocessed tones, the Studio B Ludwig Snares sample library offers a versatile and powerful mix-ready snare drum sample collection for use in a wide range of musical mixes.

The snare drum sample library features three different Ludwig snare drums (Acrolite, Supraphonic, and Black Beauty Ludwig snares), and is available for instant download in 24-bit WAV format.

Studio B Ludwig Snares features

• 12 unique snare sample sets featuring Ludwig Acrolite, Supraphonic and Black Beauty snare drums.
• 983 multi-velocity samples, 675 MB total in entire Studio B library.
• 24-bit, 44.1khz stereo snare drum samples include stick, cross-stick, and flam samples.
• Wide variety of snare tunings, from dry and aggressive, thick and punchy to open and bright.
• Natural and unprocessed live ambience and pure drum tones.
• Clean, unprocessed sounds allowing users complete control over processing.
• Snare sounds to fit all styles of rock, alt rock, pop, and metal for ultra versatility and variety.
• Royalty-free.
• Use in any DAW (ProTools, Cubase, Sonar, ACID), software sampler (Battery, Kontakt), sequencing program (FL Studio, iDrum) or drum replacement software (Drumagog, Slate Trigger).

The Studio B Ludwig Snares sample library is available as an instant download for $19.99 USD. Individual snares are $4.99 USD.

More information: Drum Werks

Loopmasters has released an updated version of Disco Drops, a sample library by Drumdrops.

Drumdrops go back to the Disco roots with 22 Disco Drum tracks of Four to the Floor classics ranging from 106-137 bpm in multi-track and Loop pack formats.

Recorded and mixed on a 1970s Neve console, analog tape, vintage microphones and outboard gear including multiple Pultec equalizers, Fairchild compressors, Ludwig and Gretsch kits were used with vintage Zildjian cymbals and snares by Ludwig, Rogers and Slingerland.

Disco Drops features

• 6 download packs.
• 22 multi-track drum sessions, 24 bit quality.
• Maximum flexibility, works with all modern music software.
• Tempo map and MIDI file.
• Available in Wav and Apple Loop versions: 22 full long drum tracks, 508 Apple loops/Acid Wav loops, 519 Rex2.

Disco Drops is available to purchase for £39.95 GBP. Individual packs are available to purchase £14.95 GBP.

More information: Loopmasters / Disco Drops