Royale is a vintage jazz kit played with mallets. Based around a mint ’70s Rogers kit with select vintage Paiste and Zildjian cymbals, Rogers Dynasonic, Ludwig and Gretsch snares. Royale delivers a toneful foundation for jazz and other genres, and is versatile enough to go from delicate to raucous. The mix of the kit can be taken from crisp and intimate through to roomy and spacious with a few fader adjustments.
Three snares, two separate pairs of toms (high tension and open, medium tension and controlled), two kick drums with open and dampened options, two pairs of hihats, and two rides give you plenty of options to fit the kit into your track.
Demos
Features
Multi-sampling: each kit component contains up to 7 velocity layers for expressive detail, dynamics and realism – check the details at the bottom of this page.
Round-robin: natural performance with 6x round-robin hits for every zone.
Switchable instruments: 4x kick variations, 2x tom variations, 2x swappable hihats and 2x rides.
Mic layers: 6x individually controllable mic layers: Close mics, Overheads, Two room mics, 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.
Dynamic Range 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 accessing different sounds.
Also check out the MIDI files page to download free MIDI files compatible with this kit.
Package Contents
- Sampler mapping instrument files
for Kontakt, Trigger, Wav - 3984 sample files
in unencrypted 24bit, 44.1khz .wav format - User manual:
AD41-Royale-Manual (PDF) - Total package size:
3 GB download, 3.9 GB unzipped
Sampling Details
Tracking Notes
The kit was sampled at The Manor through a selection of fine vintage and modern recording pieces.
Kicks
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers ’70s Maple 20″ x 16″ | open | x6 | x6 |
| dampened | x6 | x6 | |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 22″ x 16″ | open | x6 | x6 |
| dampened | x6 | x6 |
Snares
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Dynasonic 14″ x 5.5″ CoB | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Ludwig Super-Sensitive 14″ x 6.5″ | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Gretsch Maple 14″ x 6.5″ | center hits | x7 | x6 |
Toms
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers ’70s Maple 12″ (high tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 15″ (high tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 13″ (medium tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 16″ (medium tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
Hihats
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zildjian Constantinople 14″ Hihat | Top Tight | x3 | x6 |
| Top Closed | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Loose | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Semi-open | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Open | x3 | x6 | |
| Pedal | x3 | x6 | |
| Footsplash | x1 | x6 | |
| Paiste Formula 602 Vintage 15″ Hihat | Top Tight | x3 | x6 |
| Top Closed | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Loose | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Semi-open | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Open | x3 | x6 | |
| Pedal | x3 | x6 | |
| Footsplash | x1 | x6 |
Crashes
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zildjian Constantinople 16″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 | |
| Choke | x3 | x6 | |
| Swells | x9 | x1 | |
| Zildjian Constantinople 18″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 | |
| Choke | x3 | x6 | |
| Swells | x7 | x1 |
Rides
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zildjian Constantinople 20″ Medium Thin Low Ride | Bow | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 | |
| Paiste Formula 602 Vintage 22″ Ride | Bow | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 |
FX Cymbals
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zildjian K 10″ Splash | Edge | x3 | x6 |
| Choke | x2 | x6 |
System Requirements
- Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Full version version 4 or greater
- Hard drive: 6.9 GB 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 be 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.