Overview
Inspired by its own bad self, Big Mono Redux brings you the classic sound of Big Mono and gives you a new level of artistic control. If you enjoyed the sound of the original Big Mono but wished you could tweak it, now you can. With volume controls for individual kit components, mic layer adjustments, and even panning, you can now hone the sound of the kit to suit your track.
The kit is a vintage 1970s Ludwig maple, with a Rogers Dynasonic snare, classic Zildjian and Sabian cymbals.
Demos
Features
Mic layers
Individually controllable mic layers - Close mics, Overheads, Room mics, Smash mic, Kick Sub, and Snare-Bottom.
eKit mode
Switch to ‘eKit’ mode when using a Roland V-Drum kit, or leave set to ‘Keyboard mode’ for direct MIDI sequencing. The layout is General MIDI (GM) compatible.
Output routing
Stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.
Trigger maps
Enhance your live drum recording: kick, snare, toms – each with separated mic layers.
Round-robin
Each and every hit has 6 unique round-robin samples to avoid the mechanical machine-gun effect.
Package contents
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Formats
Kontakt, Wav
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1234 sample files
in unencrypted 24bit, 44.1khz .wav format
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User manual
AD33-BigMonoRedux-Manual (PDF)
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Total package size
613.5 MB download
775.5 MB unzipped
Sampling Details
Tracked in a big room through a vintage EMI Neve console, directly to 2″ tape.
KICK
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers |
|---|---|---|
| 22″ x 16″ 1970s Ludwig maple | Center hits | x12 |
SNARE
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers |
|---|---|---|
| 14″ x 5″ 1970s Rogers Dynasonic maple | Left-hand Center hits | x16 |
| Right-hand Center hits | x16 | |
| Left-hand Rimshots | x8 | |
| Right-hand Rimshots | x8 | |
| Cross-stick | x8 |
TOMS
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers |
|---|---|---|
| 13″ 1970s Ludwig maple | Left-hand center hits | x16 |
| Right-hand center hits | x16 | |
| 16″ 1970s Ludwig maple | Left-hand center hits | x16 |
| Right-hand center hits | x16 |
HIHATS
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers |
|---|---|---|
| 13″ Zildjian Advedis Mastersound | Closed | x16 |
| Loose | x16 | |
| Open | x16 | |
| Pedal | x10 |
RIDE
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers |
|---|---|---|
| 20″ Sabian HHX Evolution | Bow | x16 |
| Bell | x16 |
CRASHES
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers |
|---|---|---|
| 16″ Zildjian K Crash | Edge | x8 |
| 17″ Zildjian K Dark Crash | Edge | x8 |
System Requirements
- Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Full version version 4 or greater
- Hard drive: free storage space available (to download and then unzip)
- RAM: 1GB
- Processor: 1GHz
- OS: Windows Vista/7/8/10, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
Compatability notes
- NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player. The kit will stop working after a 15 minute total time restriction imposed by Kontakt Player. The kit is NOT able to be activated for continued use in the Player.
- The wav format audio files supplied with this product can be utilized with many other sampler and sound replacement products, however no ‘mappings’ are provided or support is given for this.