Vintage kit played with HotRods™ and a laid-back feel, perfect for acoustic, folk and indy tracks.
SplitSticks is a 180MB download
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KONTAKT MAPPINGS
Stereo, and multi-out mappings.
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EXS24 MAPPINGS
Separate mappings for close mics or room mics.
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BATTERY MAPPINGS
Separate mappings for close mics or room mics.
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1456 ONE-SHOT AUDIO SAMPLES
24bit, 44.1kHz unencrypted wav files.
Features
Dynamic sampling
Each drum is sampled at many dynamics for realistic and expressive performance.
2 Mic layers
Adjustable mic layers: Close mics, 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.
Presets
Quickly select from a range of mix-ready sounds.
Mixer interface
Fine tune the mix to your taste with volume, mic layer balance, pan and tuning controls.
Sampling Details
Kick
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers |
Slingerland 22″ x 16″ ’60s Maple Kick | Felt beater | x12 |
Snare
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers |
Slingerland ’60s 14″ x 5″ RadioKing Snare | Center Hits | x34* |
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″ Tom | Center Hits | x16* |
Slingerland ’60s Maple 16″ Tom | Center Hits | x16* |
* legacy mappings have 8 velocity layers and sepearate keys for left/right hand hits.
Hihats
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers |
Zildjian K 14″ Hihat | Closed | x16* |
Loose | x8 | |
Open | x8 | |
Pedaled | x8 |
* legacy mappings closed hits have 8 velocity layers and sepearate keys for left/right hand hits.
Ride
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers |
Zildjian Avedis 21″ Sweet Ride | Bow | x8 |
Bell | x8 |
Crashes
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers |
Zildjian A Custom 15″ Crash | Edge | x4 |
Zildjian A Custom 17″ Crash | Edge | x4 |
Splash
Instrument | Articulation | Velocity layers |
Zildjian A Custom 8″ Splash | Edge | x4 |
SplitSticks 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.