Free Drums Created On A Korg MS-20

US Wave Alchemy releases MS-20 mini Drums 02/12/14

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Following on from their Synth Drums library, Wave Alchemy has announced MS-20 mini Drums, which theydescribe as a free collection of unique drum and percussive samples, each skilfully synthesized with a Korg MS-20 mini, and processed on a sound-by-sound basis using their extensive collection of high-end hardware processors and sound shaping tools. Here's the details direct from Wave Alchemy...

What's included in the sample pack?
483 24-bit, 100% royalty-free drum hits arranged into 3 main sections:

Processed Drum Section

268 processed drum and percussive hits - enhanced individually on a sound-by-sound basis using our extensive collection of high-end hardware processors and sound shaping tools
31 kick drums
69 snare drums
56 cymbals - closed hats, open hats, ride and crash cymbals
33 percussion sounds – rim shots, blocks, claves and cowbells
27 congas
32 toms
20 processed drum sounds from our example patch sheet & synthesis videos (click here to watch videos)
Gear list - Empirical Labs Fatso & Distressor, A-Designs EM-PEQ, Elysia Xpressor, Spectra Sonics 610, Thermionic Culture Vulture, Valley People 610, API 512c, SSL E-Series EQ & Compressor, Schippmann Ebbe und Flut

Unprocessed Drum Section

215 24-bit unprocessed drum and percussive hits
Identical in folder structure to the processed drum section, the unprocessed section includes all of the raw unprocessed source samples as they were recorded, straight from the MS-20 mini

Drum Kits
The drum kits folder contains 8 ready-to-play drum kits, conveniently mapped to the following software sampler formats:

Battery 3 – 8 kits
Halion – 8 kits
Kontakt – 8 kits
NN-XT – 8 kits
SFZ – 8 kits

Synthesise your own drum sounds!
Sound designer, Matt Urmenyi has created a series of informative videos and a comprehensive PDF guide to accompany this library. He offers invaluable tips and advice on the best ways to create your own drums from the MS-20 mini.

Pricing and Availability:
Free

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