If you want this legendary sound, it will cost you 159 Euros. Meistersaal setup is recorded at 5.1 surround, whilst others are stereo, and what’s also included is the extra stereo ambience captured in Hansa staircase corridor. This expansion features all four individual room configurations for each drum kit, so you get a lot of creative freedom to create your own sound. What you get is 6 complete drum kits with many options for custom configuration, for a total of 12 snares, 7 kick, and a vast collection of cymbals and hi-hats. With a broad and handpicked collection of drums captured in all four available rooms on the studio premises, this expansion truly showcases an incredible width in regard to both tonal range and ambience. This pack features drums produced by Grammy Award-winning recording/mixing engineer Michael Ilbert. ‘The Rooms of Hansa SDX’ is a massive 122GBs worth of drum samples recorded at legendary Hansa studios in Germany. Toontrack – The Rooms Of HansaĪnother ‘Toontrack’ entry to this list comes in the form of a really great expansion pack for ‘Superior Drummer 3’. In order to own ‘Ferrum’, you will need to lighten your wallet by $299. Everything is sampled and recorded with several mic positions and velocity layers for maximum realism. ‘Ferrum’s’ instruments are divided into 23 patches, with a total of 550 notes, with up to 16 round robins per note.
‘Ferrum’ is the name of the library and it features some pretty massive drums and percussion, from epic and massive cinematic hits, punches, anvils, door impacts, over to cymbals, bells, metals and metallic Foley FX.Īside from this abundance of sounds, ‘Ferrum’ features a built-in step sequencer, stage placement module similar to what you can see in ‘Damage 2’, multiple playback modules which include doubling and ensemble options, a really useful FX rack for processing of sounds, and of course, a whole bunch of snapshot presets inside Kontakt 6 engine. ‘Keepforest’ are well-known for their sound designed trailer instruments for Kontakt, and it was expected of them to create a big trailer percussion library at some point. The library comes in at roughly 25GBs of samples with a price tag of $399. There is a whole bunch of Kontakt Snapshots (over 200) divided into 20 categories, so there are a lot of options to choose from. Featuring well over 1600 unique sources & ensembles, this library packs quite the punch with its massive drum sounds, loops and face-melting Damaged FX.Įnsemble Designer, Kit Designer and Loop Designer are the three new instruments that deliver next-gen workflow, enabling you to create your very own custom kits and loops. ‘Damage 2’ is the ultimate epic drum sample library, recorded at legendary Skywalker Sound studio. ‘Damage 2’ is the true successor of the first iteration that has been around for almost 8 years or so, and is loved by every composer out there. ‘Heavyocity’ is a company that has been around for many years, and they are mostly noted for their aggressive sounding Kontakt libraries for cinematic sound. Really, this one is hard to refuse at a price of 160 Euros. You also get custom-made presets designed by Eddie Kramer himself. This sample pack also includes two orchestral timpani, 36” and 60” gongs as well.Īll of the kits were individually sampled and played with sticks, brushes, mallets and fingers (hands), both in stereo and 5.1 surround.
You get five full drum kits, each tailored after a significant era of Eddie Kramer’s career, but you also get three extra recorded kicks, six snares and a wide variety of cymbals. This sample pack was recorded by Eddie Kramer at AIR Studios (Studio 1) and then carefully edited and programed by the creative minds at ‘Toontrack’. This sample pack for ‘Superior Drummer 3’ is a perfect marriage of one of the greatest producers in rock history and one of the greatest developers of sampled drum kits. If you are a rock producer, then you don’t need any introduction to Eddie Kramer, nor do you need any introduction to ‘Toontrack’.
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So we’ve scouted for some really great drum sample collections for everyone’s taste in no particular order. Drums come in various sizes, collections and kits, and every producer, beat-maker and composer out there knows that drums are an essential part for your rhythm and groove.