A hard-hitting rock kit with tone for miles. Plastique will drive classic rock, hard rock and fusion pieces with authority.
Plastique is a 1.37GB download
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Kontakt mappings
Stereo and multi-out mappings.
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Trigger mappings
1 kick, 2 snare (plus 2 separate cross-stick), 3 tom mappings.
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1614 sample files
24bit, 44.1kHz wav files
Features
Multi sampling
Every drum is sampled at many dynamics for realistic and expressive performance.
3 Mic layers
Adjustable mic layers: Close mics, Overheads, and Room mics.
e-Kit mode
Switch to ‘e-Kit’ mode when using a Roland V-Drum kit, or leave set to default ‘Keyboard mode’ for General MIDI (GM) use.
Output routing
Stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.
Sensitivity
Adjust the sensitivity of the kit to suit more intimate performances or heavier tracks.
Presets
Quickly select from a range of mix-ready sounds.
Mixer interface
Intuitively fine tune to your taste with volume, mic layer balance, pan and tuning controls.
Round-robin
6 randomised round-robin samples alternate to avoid the machine-gun effect.
Sampling Details
Kick
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Ludwig 1970s Vistalite 24″ x 14″ | Felt beater | x6 | x6 |
Snares
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Vintage Ludwig Supraphonic 400 14″ x 5 1/2″ – tight and open | center hits | x7 | x6 |
cross-stick | x4 | x6 | |
drag | x1 | x6 | |
Vintage Ludwig Supraphonic 400 14″ x 5 1/2″ – dampened | center hits | x7 | x6 |
cross-stick | x4 | x6 | |
drag | x1 | x6 |
Toms
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Ludwig Vistalite 1970s 14″ | center hits | x6 | x6 |
Ludwig Vistalite 1970s 16″ | center hits | x6 | x6 |
Ludwig Vistalite 1970s 18″ | center hits | x7 | x6 |
Hihats
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Vintage Paiste 2002 Soundedge 15″ | 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 |
Crashes
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Paiste 2002 18″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x6 |
Bell | x3 | x6 | |
Paiste 2002 19″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x6 |
Ride
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Paiste 2002 24″ Ride | Bow | x4 | x6 |
Bell | x4 | x6 |
Plastique 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: Kingpin is a 1.45GB download (1.82GB unzipped), so you’ll need a minimum of 3.27GB free space to get started.
RAM: 1GB
Processor: 1GHz
OS: Windows Vista/7/8/10/11, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
Software compatibility
This product is 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 full version of Kontakt is required for use of the supplied Kontakt mappings.
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.