RockStock is a monster 6-piece Drum Workshop kit with a mix of Zildjian and Sabian cymbals. With close mic and room mic options tight or spacious sounds can be achieved. Tracked through a '74 Neve desk, and as always onto a nice thick roll of tape.

Specs

You get: 752 discrete samples, quick-Reference card (PDF), sampler mapping files

Sample format: 24bit, 44.1khz, Stereo, Wav format

Compatability:
Native Instruments Battery 3
Native Instruments Kontakt 2 & 3
EXS24 / Logic

Total download size: 659MB Zip file

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Kit Configuration

Instrument: Dimension: Articulations: Velocity layers:
Drum Workshop Maple Kick 22" x 18" Left-foot
Right-foot
12
12
Pearl Steve Ferrone Snare 14" x 6.5" Dynamic left-hand
Dynamic right-hand
Heavy left-hand
Heavy right-hand
Cross-stick
16
16
8
8
8
Drum Workshop Maple Mounted Tom 10" x 10" Dynamic left-hand
Dynamic right-hand
16
16
Drum Workshop Maple Mounted Tom 12" x 12" Dynamic left-hand
Dynamic right-hand
16
16
Drum Workshop Maple Floor Tom 14" x 12" Dynamic left-hand
Dynamic right-hand
16
16
Drum Workshop Maple Floor Tom 16" x 14" Dynamic left-hand
Dynamic right-hand
16
16
Sabian AA Fusion HiHats 14" Closed left-hand
Closed right-hand
Loose
Open
Pedalled
16
16
16
16
8
Sabian AAX Splash 10" Dynamic 8
Zildjian Avedis Splash 8" Dynamic 8
Sabian AAX Xplosion Crash 17" Dynamic 8
Sabian AAX Xplosion Crash 19" Dynamic 8
Sabian AAX Studio Crash 16" Dynamic 8
Sabian HHX Evolution Crash 16" Dynamic 8
Sabian HH Chinese 18" Dynamic 8
Zildjian Advedis China High 18" Dynamic 8
Zildjian K Medium Ride 22" Ride
Bell
16
16
Total velocity layers     376

Tracking notes

Recorded through a 1974 EMI Neve desk at York St Studio. Recorded in stereo, directly to tape. Converted using Apogee Rosetta converters.

System Requirements

Minimum:

  • Hard drive with 2 Gb of available space
  • Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, PIII/Athlon 500 MHz with 1GB RAM
  • Mac OS X 10.2, G3 500 MHz with 512 Mb RAM
  • A software sequencer or virtual instrument host
  • Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Battery 2 or Native Instruments Kontact 2.

Recommended:

  • 7200 rpm hard drive with 2 Gb of available space
  • Windows XP or better, PIII/Athlon 1.8 GHz with 2 Gb RAM
  • Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher, G4 1.25 GHz with 1 Gb RAM
  • A sequencer or virtual instrument host capable of handling multiple outputs
  • Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Battery 2 or Native Instruments Kontact 2
  • A high quality audio soundcard with ASIO or CoreAudio driver
  • A midi interface and external controller such as keyboard, drum pads or electronic drumkit

Tags: Analogue Drums = Royalty free drum samples from tape. Vintage Ludwig Slingerland DW Zildjian Sabian Neve Neumann Tape Apogee. Virtual drum library compatible with EXS24, Battery and Kontakt. Kick samples, snare samples, cymbal samples, crash samples, ride samples, hihat samples, tom samples, splash samples. 60s drum sound, 70s drum sound, authentic drum sound. Multisampled, velocity layers, multiple articulations.