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Native Instruments has announced the release of Abbey Road Vintage Drummer, a new Kontakt instrument that features the sound of two vintage drum kits from the 1940s.

Both kits were recorded with a combination of state-of-the-art equipment and period microphones at Abbey Road Studios in London, providing a natural, open sound suitable for contemporary productions. For the first time in Native Instruments’ successful ABBEY ROAD Series, VINTAGE DRUMMER includes brush articulations especially recorded to provide the authentic sound and style of the swing/big band era.

ABBEY ROAD VINTAGE DRUMMER features extremely rare instruments from the earliest period of trap kit recording. The first kit consists of a 1940 Leedy 26″ bass drum, and two late-1930s tom toms once owned and used by the legendary percussionist James Blades. This combination delivers an earthy, wide open sound that lends itself to recordings where bigger, but less focused, low end is desired. A classic 1940s Slingerland Radio King was also sampled for this release. The Slingerland’s smaller 22″ bass drum and 13″ and 16″ toms provide more focus than the James Blades kit, but still deliver a warm, chunky timbre to any producer seeking a unique, natural drum sound. To add to the authenticity of this KONTAKT instrument, both kits were recorded with original calfskin heads, period snare drums dating back to the 1920s and original Trans Stamp and First Stamp Zildjian cymbals.

The drums, the studio, the drummer: Ultra-rare drums with the authentic sound and feel of a golden era. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London.

VINTAGE DRUMMER was recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios in legendary Studio Two, originally constructed in the 1930s for big band recording. Alongside traditional microphone techniques, two extremely rare vintage microphones manufactured by EMI in the 1930s were used to add unique tonal color to VINTAGE DRUMMER. Users can mix in these ‘vintage channels’ with the modern state of the art equipment for a wide variety of unique tones not found with modern kits and equipment alone. Any combination of modern and vintage equipment can be dialed in, allowing users to customize the sound in unique and powerful ways.

VINTAGE DRUMMER also features brush articulations – a first for an ABBEY ROAD Series release. Users get inspiring brush techniques, alongside traditional snare sounds played with sticks. All articulations also come as grooves in the included groove library, which contains patterns from ragtime, swing, and jazz as well as a wealth of modern soul, funk, and indie styles. Regardless of genre, producers looking to add original flavor to their productions will find unique textures in ABBEY ROAD VINTAGE DRUMMER.

Abbey Road Vintage Drummer is available to purchase for $119 USD / 99 EUR.

More information: Native Instruments / Abbey Road Vintage Drummer

StaryWorx has announced DruMOD, a sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt with an alternative approach to drum kits.

There is an incredibly vast range of drum and snare samples on the market, some better, some worse. The most important common characteristic is all of them have been recorded in sets, and consume gargantuan amounts of HDD space, memory, and are often very complicated to manage, and set up their proper ‘sound’.

An alternative approach to drum kits

We have applied an alternative method to record drum samples: bodies and hi-hats have been recorded one by one with three separate microphones, while snare got a nice four-mike treatment.

All drum units have been recorded with 2 close- and one overhead microphone – easy to route output signals
Volumes and panning can be modified separately, and all signals can be sent to individual outputs. You can completely customize the drum’s sound experience by setting the appropriate balance between the three microphones’ signals, each representing individual audio characteristics. You can also apply your favorite effects to create an entirely personalized and unique percussion support.

The DruMOD sample library for NI Kontakt features Gretsch and Zildjian pieces.

DruMOD features

• Modularity – units can be individually loaded, an entire set as a complete drum kit, load the „multi-patch”, and create your entire drum track.
• Low memory and CPU need.
• Features dynamic sample loading and memory management.
• 11 drums/cymbals included – Gretsch Broadkaster drum bodies (20×16 Kick, 14×5.5 Snare, 10×8 High Tom, 12×8 Low Tom, 14×14 Floor Tom), Zildjian K series hi-hats (14K hi-hat, 16K Crash, 17K China, 18K Crash-Ride, 20K Ride, 22k Istanbul).
• Standard general midi drum map.
• Extra articulation for all drum units.
• Custom scripting – multiple round robin and velocity levels.

The DruMOD sample library is available to purchase for $16 USD. Requires full version of Kontakt 4.2.4 or newer.

More information: StrayWorx / DruMOD

Straight Ahead Samples has announced the release of Straight Ahead! Jazz Drums, its flagship sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt, featuring the first sampling of authentic and playable classic jazz loops and samples.

Channeling the essence, sound, and the swing of great jazz drummers like Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Phillie Joe Jones, Billy Higgins, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb and other legends, SA!JD features the amazingly swingin’ skills of young jazz phenom Billy Williams Jr. Straight Ahead! Jazz Drums gives you the tool you’ve been waiting for to create genuinely swingin’ jazz tracks.

One of the main features of SA!JD is that we conceived of a way to separately sample ride/hi-hat loops and authentic snare comping patterns to create truly playable variations in swing grooves. We’ve also included fills and other specialty loops, like kick-feathering, for example, to allow the composer to create truly genuine jazz drums tracks to use in his/her compositions. As well as a fully sampled set of drum hits, that includes such elements as rolls, triplets, snares on/off, side sticks, etc.

Straight Ahead! Jazz Drums features

• Authentic classic jazz drum sound.
• Playable ride patterns.
• Playable snare/tom/kick comping patterns.
• Authentic swingin’ loops played by young jazz drummer phenom Billy Williams.
• 4/4, 3/4, 6/8, and latin/straight eighths (in all tempos – synced to your DAW).
• Fills.
• Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Noveau Drums.
• 12,500 Samples, 24 bit/48k.
• Compatible with Full Kontakt 5.0.1 or higher.
• As much as 6 velocity layers and 4 round robins.

The sample library is available to purchase for $179.99 USD. Requires Kontakt 5 full version.

More information: Straight Ahead Samples

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.

More information: Analogue Drums

FXpansion has announced BFD Eco 1.5, an upgrade to software instrument for acoustic drums, based on the award-winning BFD2 engine.

The v1.5 upgrade has native 64-bit support for Windows 7 and OSX, alongside a new kit and bonus kit-pieces from the BFD2 library recorded at London’s Air Studios.

Changes in BFD Eco v1.5

• Now includes 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows 7 and Mac OSX.
• BFD Eco 1.5 comes with 2 sets of kick/snare/toms, 4 cymbals and a hihat.
  All kit-pieces are taken from the original BFD2 library.
  • Orange County: Kick, Snare, Tom Floor, Tom Hi, Tom Mid
  • Rogers XP8: Kick, Tom Floor, Tom Hi, Tom Mid
  • Sabian: Crash AAX 14, Hihat AAX 14
  • Trick: Snare
  • Zildjian: Crash K Custom 22, Crash Ride K20, Ride Breakbeat 18

The BFD Eco 1.5 upgrade is available to purchase for $20 USD/15 EUR/£13 GBP until 31 March, 2012. New purchases registered after 1 January 2012 are eligible for a free upgrade.

More information: FXpansion / BFD Eco