Kingpin KONTAKT

02-05-2012 | DISCOVER | KONTAKT | 1.16 GB

Kingpin is a punchy vintage kit combining classic vintage tone and modern snap. This kit can dish out everything from R’n’B and urban grooves through to rock, pop and indy tracks.

The kit itself is a 1970s vintage Gretsch USA maple comprised of two rack toms, two floor toms, two kick drum variations and two snares. The drums are accompanied with Bosphorus cymbals for a dark, dry and smooth finish. The kit was sampled in a controlled enclosure for a tight and direct sound. As usual we’ve used nothing but the finest gear to capture the kit, including Neumann mics, a vintage Neve desk, API and Chandler preamps and a roll of 2″ tape.

Analogue Drums – Kingpin

Features:

• Multi-sampling: each key contains up to 8 velocity layers for expressive detail.
• Round-robin: natural performance 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 sound 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

Kit Details:

Kick: Vintage Gretsch USA maple shell
Dimensions: 24″ x 14″
Treatment: unported resonant head, traditional felt beater, dampened and open variations
Articulations: separate keys for controlled sound and resonant sound
Multisampling: 7 velocity layers * 6 round-robins. Total 84 hits over 2 keys.

Snare 1: Vintage Gretsch USA maple shell
Dimensions: 14″ x 6 1/2″
Treatment: medium-tight tension, open
Articulations: separate keys for primary snare and cross-stick
Multisampling: 8 velocity layers on primary snare center hits and 4 velocity layers on cross-stick * 6 round-robins. Total 72 hits over 2 keys.

Snare 2: Vintage Gretsch USA Chrome-over-Brass (CoB) shell
Dimensions: 14″ x 5 1/2″
Treatment: medium-low tension with moderate dampening
Articulations: separate keys for primary snare center hits and cross-stick
Multisampling: 8 velocity layers on primary snare center hits and 4 velocity layers on cross-stick * 6 round-robins. Total 72 hits over 2 keys.

Toms: Vintage Gretsch USA maple shell
Dimensions: 10″ x 8″, 12″ x 10″, 14″ x 12″ , 16″ x 16″
Treatment: medium tension, tone control
Articulations: center hits
Multisampling: 6 velocity layers * 6 round robins. Total 36 hits per tom.

Hihats: Bosphorus Traditional series
Dimensions: 14″
Articulations: tip, tight, closed, loose, semi-open, open, pedaled
Multisampling: 6 velocity layers * 6 round robins per key. A total of 252 hihat hits over 7 keys.

Crash 1: Bosphorus Traditional series
Dimensions: 17″
Articulations: Edge
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers * 6 round robins totalling 24 hits.

Crash 2: Bosphorus Traditional series
Dimensions: 18″
Articulations: Edge, bell
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers on edge and bell * 6 round robins per key totalling 48 hits over 2 keys.

Ride: Bosphorus Masters Vintage
Dimensions: 21″
Articulations: Edge, bell
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers on edge and bell * 6 round robins per key totalling 48 hits over 2 keys.