Plastique is a hard hitting rock kit with tone and punch for miles. This kit will drive a classic rock track with authority and add flavour to fusion and pop pieces.

The kit itself is a vintage 1970s Ludwig Vistalite in Bonhamesque configuration and tuning, including two vintage Ludwig Supraphonic snares and Paiste 2002 cymbals. The kit was sampled in a big room with plenty of character imparting an expansive sound on these samples. As usual we've used nothing but the finest gear to capture the kit, including Neumann mics, a vintage Neve desk, API and Chandler preamps and a roll of 2" tape.

Sonic references: Led Zeppelin, John Bonham, Them Crooked Vultures, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The Secret Machines, Thunder







Features

Round robin: each velocity layer contains 6 round-robin samples, played randomly to ensure realistic performances.

Multi-sampling: each key contains up to 8 velocity layers for expressive detail. Hihats are extensively sampled for convincing realism with 7 articulations (tip, tight, closed, loose, semi-open, open, pedaled).

Kontakt instrument interface: with separate volume and panning controls for individual drums, overhead mics, and room mics.

Sensitivity control: increase the sensitivity of the kit for more subtle performances or leave it set to full dynamic range for rock and heavier numbers.

Presets: for quickly dialing up sounds.

Layout: General MIDI (GM) and Extended Mapping (EX) layouts provided.

You get

Kit Details

Kick: Vintage Ludwig Vistalite
Dimensions: 24" x 14"
Treatment: unported resonant head, traditional felt beater
Articulations: center hits
Multisampling: 7 velocity layers * 6 round-robins. Total 42 hits.

Snare 1: Vintage Ludwig Supraphonic 400
Dimensions: 14" x 5 1/2"
Treatment: medium-tight tension, 42-strand snare
Articulations: separate keys for primary snare and cross-stick
Multisampling: 8 velocity layers on primary snare center hits and 4 velocity layers on cross-stick * 6 round-robins. Total 72 hits over 2 keys.

Snare 2: Vintage Ludwig Supraphonic 400
Dimensions: 14" x 5 1/2"
Treatment: medium-low tension, 20-strand snare
Articulations: separate keys for primary snare center hits and cross-stick
Multisampling: 8 velocity layers on primary snare center hits and 4 velocity layers on cross-stick * 6 round-robins. Total 72 hits over 2 keys.

Toms: Vintage Ludwig Vistalite
Dimensions: 14" x 12" , 16" x 16", 18" x 16"
Treatment: medium-tight tension, open
Articulations: center hits
Multisampling: 6 velocity layers * 6 round-robins. Total 36 hits per tom.

Hihats: Vintage Paiste 2002 Soundedge
Dimensions: 15"
Articulations: tip, tight, closed, loose, semi-open, open, pedaled
Multisampling: 6 velocity layers * 6 round-robins per key. A total of 252 hihat hits over 7 keys.

Crash 1: Paiste 2002
Dimensions: 18"
Articulations: Edge, bell
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers on edge and bell * 6 round-robins per key totalling 48 hits over 2 keys.

Crash 2: Paiste 2002
Dimensions: 19"
Articulations: Edge
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers * 6 round-robins totalling 24 hits.

Ride: Paiste 2002
Dimensions: 24"
Articulations: Edge, bell
Multisampling: 4 velocity layers on edge and bell * 6 round-robins per key totalling 48 hits over 2 keys.

System Requirements
* Minimum
* Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Full Version 2 or greater
* Hard drive with 2 GB of available space
* 2GB RAM
* 1GHz processor
* Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/VIsta/7, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Recommended
* Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt version 4
* 7200 rpm hard drive with 2 GB of available space
* 4GB RAM
* 2GHz processor
* Windows XP or later / Mac OS 10.3.9 or later
* A high quality audio interface with ASIO or CoreAudio driver

Note
* This product (Plastique) is not currently compatible with EXS24 or Battery due to limitations in these products.
* The wav format audio files supplied with this product can also be utilized with many other sampler and sound replacement products, however no 'mappings' are provided or support is given for this.
* This product can be loaded with free Kontakt Player however there is a 15 minute time restriction imposed by Kontakt Player. There is no restriction when using the full version of Kontakt.

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