A super-dampened retro pop kit. DeadBeat is made for funk, R'n'B, soul, folk, indy, pop, skiffle.
Deadbeat is a 1.89GB download
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KONTAKT MAPPINGS
Stereo, and Multi mappings, with mixer interface
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TRIGGER MAPPINGS
3 snare, 3 kick and tom mappings
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3456 ONE-SHOT AUDIO SAMPLES
24bit, 44.1kHz unencrypted wav files.
Features
Multi sampling
Sampled at many dynamic levels for realistic expressive performance.
6 Mic layers
Close mics, Overheads, Room mics, Smash mic, Kick Sub, and Snare-Bottom.
e-Kit mode
Switch to ‘e-Kit’ mode when using a Roland V-Drum kit.
Output routing
Stereo and multi-channel output versions provided.
Sensitivity
Adjust to suit more intimate performances or heavier tracks.
Presets
Select from a range of mix-ready sounds.
Mixer interface
Fine tune volume, mic layer balance, pan and tuning.
Round-robin
6 randomised round-robin samples avoid the machine-gun effect.
Sampling Details
Kick
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Ludwig ’70s maple 26″ x 14″ Kick | staccato | x6 | x6 |
legato | x6 | x6 |
Snares
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
A: Ludwig 14″ x 6.5″ ’62 Super Sensistive – high and open | center hits | x7 | x6 |
cross-stick | x4 | x6 | |
B: Ludwig 14″ x 5″ ’70s Supraphonic – medium and open | center hits | x7 | x6 |
cross-stick | x4 | x6 | |
C: Ludwig 14″ x 5″ ’70s Supraphonic – medium-low dampened | center hits | x7 | x6 |
cross-stick | x4 | x6 |
Toms
Instrument | Articulations | Velocity layers | Round-robins |
Ludwig ’70s maple 14″x10″” tom | center hits | x6 | x6 |
Ludwig ’70s maple 15″x14″ floor tom | center hits | x6 | x6 |
Ludwig ’70s maple 18″x16″ floor tom | center hits | x6 | x6 |
Deadbeat 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.