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present to you another fine release !!!
Feel the funk and do it anyway
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.
Five individually controllable mic perspectives let you dial the sound between 60s, 70s, trashy, indy or anything in between.
The kit sampled is a vintage 1970s Rogers USA-made "Big R" maple, with vintage '60s Zildjian and Paiste cymbals, and tambourines. The kit comes with two switchable snare options - Rogers Dynasonic and Ludwig Supraphonic, and two tambourine options.
And one more thing... it's in mono.
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
You get
4x Kontakt instrument files for stereo/multi-out, Keyboard & V-Drum mappings
Reference manual (PDF)
3695 sample sound files in unencrypted 24bit, 44.1khz WAV format, and Trigger maps
Kit Details
Kick: vintage 1970s Rogers "Big R" maple
Dimensions: 20" x 14"
Treatment: unported resonant head, moderate dampening, traditional felt beater.
Articulations: center hits
Multisampling: 6 velocity layers abd 6 round robins per velocity layer. Total 36 hits.
Snare A: vintage 1970s Rogers Dynasonic
Dimensions: 14" x 5 1/2"
Treatment: medium tension, minimal dampening
Articulations: separate keys for left-hand center, cross-stick.
Multisampling: 7 velocity layers for center hits, 4 velocity layers for cross-sticks. Total 66 hits over 2 keys.
Snare B: vintage 1970s Ludwig Supraphonic
Dimensions: 14" x 5 1/2"
Treatment: medium tension, open
Articulations: separate keys for left-hand center, cross-stick.
Multisampling: 7 velocity layers for center hits, 4 velocity layers for cross-sticks. Total 66 hits over 2 keys.
Toms: vintage 1970s Rogers "Big R" maple
Dimensions: 12" x 10" , 13" x 11", 16" x 16"
Treatment: medium tension, open
Articulations: center hits
Multisampling: 7 velocity layers, 6x round-robins for a total of 42 hits per tom, 126 tom hits in total.
Hihats: vintage 1960s Paiste 602 hats
Dimensions: 15"
Articulations: tip, tight, closed, loose, looser, semi-open, open, pedaled, footsplash
Multisampling: 6 velocity layers and 6 round-robins for each articulation, other than Footsplash which has a single velocity layer. A total of 294 hihat hits over 6 keys.
Crash 1: vintage 1950s Zildjian medium crash
Dimensions: 16"
Articulations: Edge, Bell, Choke
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers for Bell and Edge articulations, 3 velocity layers for Chokes, 6 round-robin hits for each velocity layer, for a total of 66 hits over 3 keys.
Crash 2: vintage 1970s Zildjian medium crash
Dimensions: 18"
Articulations: Edge, Bell, Choke
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers for Bell and Edge articulations, 3 velocity layers for Chokes, 6 round-robin hits for each velocity layer, for a total of 66 hits over 3 keys.
Ride: vintage 1960s Paiste 602 ride
Dimensions: 22"
Articulations: Bow, Bell
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers for each articulation. Total 48 hits over 3 keys.
Tambourine A: vintage open tambourine
Dimensions: 10"
Articulations: swing-left, swing-right, accent, trill
Multisampling: single velocity layer and 6 round-robins per articulation. Total 32 hits over 4 keys.
Tambourine B: skinned tambourine
Dimensions: 8"
Articulations: swing-left, swing-right, accent, trill
Multisampling: single velocity layer and 6 round-robins per articulation. Total 32 hits over 4 keys.
Instalation:
unzip the file to a hard disk. You will need a minimum of 2.5GB free disk space to successfully unzip and use the files.
Loading:
1) Open Kontakt either in standalone mode or via a sequencer. In the files tab of Kontakt browse to the
Analogue Drums / Monotown folder and select a mapping file to load.
2) You may see a message that says: “Samples Missing” - if so click on the Browse for folder button. Then
browse to the Analogue Drums / Monotown / Samples folder and click OK. Kontakt will then locate all of the
files. After the kit has loaded you should save the kit to avoid having to locate the samples again. You should
save as Patch Only.
The kit will now be loaded. Depending on which sequencer you are using there may be additional steps
before the kit is ready to use on your track, please refer to the documentation for Kontakt or your sequencer
or MIDI setup to enable Kontakt to be used on your track.
-Enjoy this fine release !!! |
