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Monotown 2

Harking back to the golden era of R&B, Monotown 2 nails old school funk, soul, and earthy rhythm and blues. And one more thing… it’s mono.

kontakt player

Monotown 2 is a 1.7GB download

Features

Monotown 2 Manual
  • clear_all

    Dynamic sampling

    Each drum is sampled at many dynamics for realistic and expressive performance.

  • mic

    5 Mic layers

    Adjustable mic layers: Coles 1, Coles 2, RCA44, RE20, Room.

  • equalizer

    Sensitivity

    Adjust the sensitivity of the kit to suit more intimate performances or heavier tracks.

  • list

    Presets

    Quickly select from a range of mix-ready sounds.

  • tune

    Mixer interface

    Intuitively fine tune to your taste with volume, mic layer balance, pan and tuning controls.

  • shuffle

    Round-robin

    6 randomised round-robin samples alternate to avoid the machine-gun effect.

Tracking Monotown

York Street Studios main room with rogers kit hiding behind a gobo. Rogers kit front on with RE20 pointed at the bottom of the snare. Over the shoulder shot of the Rogers kit Rogers kit in the gobo miced up with Coles 4038s Close up of the Rogers snare drum Two tambourines ready for tracking A gorgeous RCA ribbon mic hovering above the Rogers drumkit. Recording the Rogers kit without a gobo

Sampling Details

Kick

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers Round-robins
1970s Rogers “Big R” maple unported 20″ x 14″ felt beater x6 x6

Snares

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers Round-robins
A: 1970s Rogers Dynasonic CoB 14″ x 5 1/2″ center hits x7 x6
cross-stick x4 x6
B: 1970s Ludwig Supraphonic 14″ x 5 1/2″ center hits x7 x6
cross-stick x4 x6

Toms

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers Round-robins
1970s Rogers “Big R” maple 12″ center hits x6 x6
1970s Rogers “Big R” maple 13″ center hits x6 x6
1970s Rogers “Big R” maple 16″ center hits x6 x6

Hihats

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers Round-robins
1960s Paiste 602 15″ hats Tip Tight x6 x6
Edge Tight x6 x6
Edge Closed x6 x6
Edge Loose x6 x6
Edge Semi-open x6 x6
Edge Open x6 x6
Pedal x6 x6
Footsplash x1 x6

Crashes

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers Round-robins
1950s Zildjian 16″ Advedis Medium crash Edge x4 x6
Bell x4 x6
Choke x3 x6
1970s Zildjian 18″ medium crash Edge x4 x6
Bell x4 x6
Choke x3 x6

Ride

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers Round-robins
1960s Paiste 602 22″ ride Bow x4 x6
Bell x4 x6

Tambourines

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers Round-robins
A: Vintage open 10″ tambourine Swing-left x1 x6
Swing-right x1 x6
Accent x1 x6
Trill x1 x6
B: Skinned 8″ tambourine Swing-left x1 x6
Swing-right x1 x6
Accent x1 x6
Trill x1 x6

Monotown 2 system requirements

Compatible software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Player (free) version 7.5 or later. Requires Native Access with an active user account for installation.

Storage: Monotown 2 is a 1.5GB download (2.1GB unzipped), so you’ll need a minimum of 3.6GB free space to get started.

Monotown 2 system requirements

Compatible software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Player (free) version 7.5 or later. Requires Native Access with an active user account for installation.

Storage: Monotown 2 is a 1.5GB download (2.1GB unzipped), so you’ll need a minimum of 3.6GB free space to get started.