Sonokinetic has released Sultan Drums, a sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt.

Sonokinetic Sultan Drums

Spanning a wide variety of Middle Eastern percussion instruments, Sultan Drums was recorded on location in the Middle East with dedicated, schooled and highly talented percussionists.

With a focus on a balanced collection, Sultan Drums offers multi-articulated, round robin, multi-dynamic layered sampled instruments. Each instrument that can be found in 1 of the 10 styles is extensively multi-sampled to provide a complete composing tool. Sultan Drums ships with a 1.3+ GB sample pool, a user-friendly interface and contains almost 20 percussion instruments ranging from Darbukas to shakers to TamTam.

Sultan Drums features

  • 1.3+ GB sample pool, 1300+ samples.
  • Instruments: Asma Davul, Bass Darbuka, Bendir, Darbuka, Def, Erbane, Hollo, Kabuk, Kup, ParmakZili, Shaker, Cymbals, Seadrums, rainmaker, rattle, goat bells, chimes, TamTam.
  • Performance styles: Arap, Azari, Ciftetelli, Deve, Halay, Misket, Roman, Sufi, Turker, Wahde.
  • FX: 100+ unique and cinematic percussion sound effects.
  • Tempo-synced & ITM based grouping and mapping for all melodic performance elements. Available for Kontakt 4 Time Machine 2 and Kontakt 5 with Time Machine Pro.
  • 3 band EQ adjustment.
  • Custom Impulse Response reverb setting with adjustable size and wet/dry.
  • Open Kontakt format for complete user customization.
  • All files in 44.1 kHz, 24 Bit AIFF format. Programmed for Kontakt 4.2.4.

The sample library is available to purchase for 99.90 EUR (+VAT where applicable).

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