In this demo video, from KeyfaxNewMedia‘s Drum Programming Secrets DVD, Dave Polich shows you how to play drum beats on your keyboard in the style of Keith Moon. As far as I know, Keith Moon never did any drum programming – but, Polich’s take on it is still pretty impressive to see.
Voxengo has released a collection of cymbal samples: This is a set of raw one-shot 96 kHz 24-bit stereo audio files that contains cymbals and a high hat samples, each in 4 levels of stroke power, stroked with regular sticks. The set contains the following samples: China Cymbal 14″ China Cymbal 18″ Crash Cymbal 16″… Read More Free Cymbal Samples
The Marimba Lumuna is a unique MIDI percussion instrument, designed by synth pioneer Don Buchla. Absolute Deviation recently purchased the remaining stock of Marimba Lumina parts from Nearfield Systems. Absolute Deviation was founded by long-time Buchla technician, Joel Davel. Joel has worked for Don Buchla since 1993. The company offers replacement chips and parts for the Marimba Lumina. It also plans to offer… Read More Absolute Deviation Marimba Lumina
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Nine Volt Audio has released Action Drums – a collection of 100 new loops designed to convey movement, power and excitement. Action Drums One Hundred is FREE through August 31st with the purchase of any Nine Volt Audio. Video demo Action Drums One Hundred can also be purchased separately for $9.99. Specifications: The Download contains… Read More Action Drums Loop Library
Tim Prebble demonstrates effects made with bowed cymbals. Bowed cymbal sounds interesting forward and backwards, as the video shows. The question I have is this: if you play a cymbal with a bow, is it still a percussion instrument? More at the Substation site.
Submersible Music has announced two new drum libraries featuring the grunge rock sound of Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden) and the R&B grooves of Jonathan “Sugarfoot” Moffett (Michael Jackson, Madonna). The new CameronPack I and SugarfootPack I DrummerPacks are designed for DrumCore and the free DrumCore LT DrummerPack player. The DrummerPacks feature drum loops (plus… Read More Submersible Intros Matt Cameron and Sugarfoot Moffett DrummerPacks, KitPacks
Submersible Music is now shipping KitCore Deluxe, which bundles KitCore (a MIDI drum instrument based on DrumCore) with the drum/percussion sounds and MIDI grooves found in DrumCore Deluxe. KitCore Deluxe gives MIDI-based musicians (on both Mac and PC) access to the drumkits and MIDI beats found in DrumCore Deluxe at an affordable price. It works… Read More Submersible Ships KitCore Deluxe MIDI Drum Plug-In
TP Works has released Drumhound, a VST instrument for Windows that offers 128 drumkits with 2048 sounds sampled from a huge range of vintage machines. Features: 16 voices 16 Stereo drumchannels Extensive filtering options Over 2.000 drumsounds included Range of controls on every channel: Gain [Volume adjust] Release [Release time] Tune [Tune the sound one… Read More Buy One Drum Machine, Get 128
Sinevibes has introduced a new sample library called Beat Constructor, a large collection of distinct and highly inspiring sounds for professional rhythm composition. The library features over 500 samples which include everything the most demanding music-making lover needs: loads of kicks, snares, hats, drums, percussion, as well as a wide range of effects, hits, scratches,… Read More Sinevibes Releases Beat Constructor Sample Library
