A cafe kit on steroids with dry natural tone, Arabica adds crisp RnB flavour to acoustic, singer/songwriter and pop tracks.
Arabica is a 4.32GB download
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KONTAKT MAPPINGS
Stereo and multi-out mappings
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TRIGGER MAPPINGS
4 kick, 4 snare, 4 snare cross-stick, 4 tom - supplied as TCI files
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5537 ONE-SHOT SAMPLES
24bit, 44.1khz unencrypted wav files
Features
Multi sampling
All drums sampled at multiple dynamics for natural realism.
6 Mic layers
Close mics, Overheads, Room mics, Smash mic, Kick Sub, and Snare-Bottom.
e-Kit mode
Switch to ‘e-Kit’ mode when using a Roland V-Drum kit.
Output routing
Stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.
Sensitivity
Adjustable to suit intimate performances or heavier tracks.
Presets
Select from a range of mix-ready sounds.
Mixer interface
Volume, mic layer balance, pan and tuning controls.
Round-robin
7 randomised round-robin hits avoid the machine-gun effect.
Sampling Details
Kick
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Gretsch ’70s vintage maple 18″ x 16″ kick | A: Tight | x7 | x7 |
B: Legato | x6 | x7 |
Snare
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Pearl maple 10″ x 3″ custom micro “Crisp” tuning | center hits | x8 | x7 |
cross-stick | x4 | x7 | |
Pearl maple 10″ x 3″ custom micro “Tangy” tuning | center hits | x7 | x7 |
cross-stick | x4 | x7 | |
Pearl maple 10″ x 3″ custom micro “Fat” tuning | center hits | x8 | x7 |
cross-stick | x4 | x7 | |
Pearl maple 10″ x 3″ custom micro Snares-off | center hits | x7 | x7 |
cross-stick | x4 | x7 |
Toms
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Gretsch ’70s vintage maple 8″ tom | center hits | x6 | x7 |
Gretsch ’70s vintage maple 10″ tom | center hits | x6 | x7 |
Gretsch ’70s vintage maple 12″ tom | center hits | x6 | x7 |
Gretsch ’70s vintage maple 14″ tom | center hits | x6 | x7 |
Hihats
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Paiste 70s vintage 602 15″ Hihat | Tip Tight | x6 | x7 |
Tip Closed | x6 | x7 | |
Tip Semi-open | x6 | x7 | |
Tip Open | x6 | x7 | |
Edge Tight | x6 | x7 | |
Edge Closed | x6 | x7 | |
Edge Semi-open | x6 | x7 | |
Edge Open | x6 | x7 | |
Pedal | x3 | x7 | |
Footsplash | x1 | x7 |
Crashes
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Zildjian 70s vintage Avedis 16″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x7 |
Bell | x3 | x7 | |
Choke | x3 | x7 | |
Zildjian 70s vintage Avedis 18″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x7 |
Bell | x3 | x7 | |
Choke | x3 | x7 |
Ride
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Zildjian 70s vintage Avedis 20″ Ride | Edge | x3 | x7 |
Bow | x3 | x7 | |
Bell | x3 | x7 |
FX Cymbals
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Zildjian K 10″ Splash | Edge | x4 | x7 |
Wuhan traditional 14″ china stacked with 10″ K splash | Edge | x4 | x7 |
Arabica system requirements
Compatible software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Full Version (4 or greater), Slate Trigger, or Logic ESX24 (depending on the product, not all of these are supported).
Storage: You’ll need a minimum of 11GB free space to download and unzip Arabica (Arabica is a 4.32GB download and unzips to 5.9GB)
RAM: 1GB
Processor: 1GHz
OS: Windows Vista/7/8/10/11, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher