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Popsticks

PopSticks

A played-in vintage pop kit. Popsticks works in a contemporary mix, or pull up the room mics to go retro.

kontakt exs24 battery wav

PopSticks is a 360MB download

  • KONTAKT MAPPINGS

    Stereo, and multi-out mappings.

  • EXS24 MAPPINGS

    Separate mappings for close mics or room mics

  • BATTERY MAPPINGS

    Separate mappings for close mics or room mics

  • 536 ONE-SHOT SAMPLES

    Unencrypted 24bit, 44.1khz .wav format

Features

PopSticks Manual
  • clear_all

    Multi sampling

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

  • mic

    Mic layers

    Individually controllable mic layers: Close mics, Overheads, Room mics, Smash mic, Kick Sub, and Snare-Bottom.

  • table

    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.

  • swap_calls

    Output routing

    Stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.

  • 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.

Sampling Details

Kick

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers
22″ x 16″ Slingerland ’60s Maple Kick Felt beater x12

Snare

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers
14″ x 5″ Slingerland ’60s RadioKing Maple Snare Center Hits x48*
Cross Stick x8

* Legacy mappings have less velocity layers and sepearate keys for left/right/dynamic and hard hits.

Toms

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers
Slingerland ’60s Maple 12″ x 10″ rack tom Center Hits x32*
Slingerland ’60s Maple 16″ x 16″ floor tom Center Hits x32*

* Legacy mappings have 16 velocity layers and sepearate keys for left/right hand hits.

Hihats

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers
Zildjian K 14″ Hihats Closed x32*
Loose x16
Open x16
Pedaled x8

* Legacy mappings closed hits have 16 velocity layers and sepearate keys for left/right hand hits.

Ride

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers
21″ Zildjian Advedis Sweet Ride Bow x16
Bell x16

Crashes

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers
Zildjian A Custom 15″ Crash Edge x8
Zildjian A Custom 17″ Crash Edge x8

FX Cymbals

Instrument Articulation Velocity layers
Zildjian A Custom 8″ Splash Edge x8
Zildjian Advedis 18″ China High Edge x8

PopSticks 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.

PopSticks 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.