Kick Drum Sample Library (99 Sounds Free Kontakt Library)

Design label 99Sounds has launched Kick Drum, a free assortment of key-labeled kicks in 24-bit WAV format with pre-made patches for Native Devices Kontakt 5 and all SFZ suitable sampler devices.

The included kicks had been created by Drew Lake aka Eight-bit Logic, a gifted sound designer and music producer from Hampshire, UK. He produces atmospheric trance music primarily based on traditional Roland TB-303 acid traces. You possibly can hear his newest tracks on his SoundCloud web page and comply with him on Twitter. Drew did a superb job with this 99Sounds launch, offering a superb set of digital kicks that may assist fellow music producers give you higher sounding tunes.

The library accommodates 120 key-labeled kicks in 24-bit WAV format, sorted into three classes: Minimal, Subby and Conventional. The included kicks are very properly made, with a stable low finish, clear and punchy assault transients, and sufficient sonic selection throughout the gathering to suit a variety of digital music types. For those who produce something from techno and trance, to accommodate, electro, dubstep and any related style, you’ll positively discover some strong kicks on this pack.

The most effective factor in regards to the 99Sounds Kick Drum pattern library is that the samples are key-labeled, which means that it’s very straightforward to match them to your undertaking’s key. Merely load the WAV recordsdata in your sampler instrument of selection and transpose them to the specified key. For those who map one of many included kicks throughout a variety of notes (with the foundation not set to the one labeled within the filename), you’ll be able to even play it as an instrument utilizing your MIDI keyboard or your digital audio workstation’s piano roll. This manner, your kicks may even comply with your bassline, if you wish to completely keep away from clashing frequencies within the low finish (not an enormous fan of this technique myself, although).

For those who use a SFZ appropriate sampler reminiscent of Grace, Zampler, or TX16Wx, you should utilize the supplied SFZ patches to rapidly play the kicks in your DAW with virtually no further setup. Merely drop a SFZ patch in your sampler of alternative and also you’re good to go – the kick will already be set to the right root notice and mapped throughout a few octaves.

When you personal Kontakt 5, you may take full benefit of the customized scripted NKIs which are included within the library (one for every kick), offering direct management over a set of parameters like amplitude and pitch envelopes and HP/LP filters. You too can apply a number of built-in results to your kick drum and management the output quantity.

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