'Drum Tools 2' is the definitive drum sample library for electronic music production. A labour of love spanning two years, this pack delivers over 4,000 ground-breaking electronic drum samples and percussive hits, each carefully crafted by hand from the ground-up using a huge array of drum machines, analogue synths, foley recordings and acoustic sound sources.
'Drum Tools 2' is the definitive drum sample library for electronic music production. A labour of love spanning two years, this pack delivers over 4,000 ground-breaking electronic drum samples and percussive hits, each carefully crafted by hand from the ground-up using a huge array of drum machines, analogue synths, foley recordings and acoustic sound sources.
Processed individually on a sound-by-sound basis using a boutique collection of high-end outboard gear, this pack pushes the boundaries of contemporary sound design. 'Drum Tools 2' delivers a unique collection of next-generation, production ready drums for modern electronic music production, an essential toolkit for Techno, EDM, DnB, Dubstep, Deep House, Trap, Electronica and everything in between.
For added character, warmth and punch, selected samples have been re-recorded to both half inch analogue tape via an Ampex ATR-102 analogue tape machine, and 12” Vinyl via a classic Neumann VMS 70 vinyl mastering lathe.
4,025 24-Bit, 100% Royalty-Free drum hits are arranged into four main sections. Identical in folder structure to the processed drum section, the 'tape drums' folder includes a selection of samples bounced through half inch Analogue Tape for added character, tone, warmth and punch. 1,528 tape processed drum samples with multiple saturation levels and vari-speed pitches, recorded via a classic Ampex ATR-102 analogue tape machine
468 24-Bit vinyl processed drum and percussive hits are identical in folder structure to the processed drum section, the 'vinyl drums' folder includes a selection of samples bounced through 12' vinyl for added grittiness and warmth.
468 Vinyl processed drum samples recorded via a classic Neumann VMS 70 vinyl mastering lathe
The drum kits folder contains a number of ready-to-play drum kits, conveniently mapped to the following software sampler formats:
• Battery 3: 79 kits
• Halion: 79 kits
• Kontakt: 79 kits
• NN-XT: 79 kits
• SFZ: 79 kits
• EXS24: 79 kits
• Ableton Live 9 Pack
36 pre-mapped drum racks for Ableton live 9, carefully mapped with full Push compatibility, 32 'modular' drum selector modules for bass drums, claps, crash cymbals & rides, hi-hats, percussion (acoustic), percussion (electronic), percussion (glitch), snares, toms & tones. Each drum sound has eight pre-assigned macros for quick editing and tone shaping with tune/pitch, gate/decay, tone, multiple distortion parameters and volume. Produced by Dan Byers of Wave Alchemy, with additional production by Matt Urmenyi and J. Rowland.