Vintage jazz kit played with mallets. Royale delivers a toneful timbre for folk, jazz, acoustic, unplugged and more.
Royale is a 3.18GB download
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Kontakt mappings
Stereo and multi-out mappings.
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Trigger mappings
4 kick, 3 snare, 4 tom mappings.
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3984 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.
Round-robin
6 randomised round-robin samples avoid the machine-gun effect.
e-Kit mode
MIDI input modes: ‘e-Kit’ when using a Roland V-Drum kit, ‘keyboard’ for GM.
Output routing
Stereo and multi-channel output versions provided for Kontakt.
Sensitivity
Adjustable to suit intimate performances or heavier tracks.
Presets
Quickly select from a range of mix-ready sounds.
Mixer interface
Fine tune the sound to your taste by adjusting volume, mic layer balance, pan and tuning controls.
Sampling Details
Kicks
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 20″ x 16″ | open | x6 | x6 |
| dampened | x6 | x6 | |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 22″ x 16″ | open | x6 | x6 |
| dampened | x6 | x6 |
Snares
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
| Rogers Dynasonic 14″ x 5.5″ CoB | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Ludwig Super-Sensitive 14″ x 6.5″ | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Gretsch Maple 14″ x 6.5″ | center hits | x7 | x6 |
Toms
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 12″ (high tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 15″ (high tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 13″ (medium tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
| Rogers ’70s Maple 16″ (medium tension) | center hits | x7 | x6 |
Hihats
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
| Zildjian Constantinople 14″ Hihat | Top Tight | x3 | x6 |
| Top Closed | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Loose | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Semi-open | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Open | x3 | x6 | |
| Pedal | x3 | x6 | |
| Footsplash | x1 | x6 | |
| Paiste Formula 602 Vintage 15″ Hihat | Top Tight | x3 | x6 |
| Top Closed | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Loose | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Semi-open | x3 | x6 | |
| Top Open | x3 | x6 | |
| Pedal | x3 | x6 | |
| Footsplash | x1 | x6 |
Crashes
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
| Zildjian Constantinople 16″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 | |
| Choke | x3 | x6 | |
| Swells | x9 | x1 | |
| Zildjian Constantinople 18″ Crash | Edge | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 | |
| Choke | x3 | x6 | |
| Swells | x7 | x1 |
Rides
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
| Zildjian Constantinople 20″ Medium Thin Low Ride | Bow | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 | |
| Paiste Formula 602 Vintage 22″ Ride | Bow | x4 | x6 |
| Bell | x3 | x6 |
FX Cymbals
| Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
| Zildjian K 10″ Splash | Edge | x3 | x6 |
| Choke | x2 | x6 |
Royale 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.