FAQ

Yes you need the full version of Kontakt to use Analogue Drums kits within Kontakt. Our kits do NOT work with the free Kontakt Player.

No, our products are offered as downloads only.

Because we’ve sampled drumkits of varied shapes and sizes, they can not all be arranged on a keyboard in the same way. To make the kits as consistent as possible, there are ‘blanks’ on the keyboard so that the smaller kits can generally match the layouts of the larger kits. This helps you switch between kits more easily after you’ve programmed your drum parts.

Yes. And in fact there are many creative possibilities to explore within the samplers. To minimise problems we recommend that you save your own mappings with different filenames, rather than overwrite the ones that we provide.

A compatible software sampler (Native Instruments Kontakt, Battery, Apple Logic EXS24, or Slate Trigger – check the relevant product page for compatibility). The mapping files we supply allow you to use Analogue Drums as a virtual instrument.

Adobe Acrobat Reader (or an equivalent) is required to view the reference manual. You can download Acrobat Reader for free at the Adobe website.

No.

The end user license agreement permits you to use our drums in your musical work with no royalties due.

Yes. All of the samples are provided as unencrypted .wav files and are ideal for drum replacement. Many of our kits are supplied with mappings for Slate Trigger.

Once you’ve downloaded the .zip file, you will need to unzip (extract) the files to your hard drive. For best performance we recommend that you use an SSD drive, ideally a non-system drive. Once you have extracted the files, you can open the mappings directly from your software sampler.

Compatible software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Full Version (4 or greater), Slate Trigger, or Logic ESX24.

Storage: Grandioso is a 0.5GB download (1.79GB unzipped), so you’ll need a minimum of 2.29GB free space to get started.

RAM: 1GB

Processor: 1GHz

OS: Windows Vista/7/8/10/11, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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.