East West Quantum Leap Stormdrum, a Native Instruments Kompakt/Intakt based sample library instrument featuring sample content produced by Nick Phoenix, is now available.
Stormdrum all started when producer Nick Phoenix decided to go down to the Record Plant in Los Angeles to record some big film grooves for movie trailers he was working on. He hired some the best percussionists in the world (Tal Bergman, Richie Garcia, Michito Sanchez), and filled up Studio A with hundreds of drums. The Record Plant said they had never seen anything like it. After a complex setup, they were ready to roll. Everything was recorded through Neuman mics into an SSL Console to 2 inch analog tape and later transferred to 24 bit, 88.2 digital. Now, after years of recording, editing, and programming, Stormdrum has arrived!
You get 2 libraries when you purchase Stormdrum. The Intakt loops and the Kompakt multi-samples. There are 2 separate interfaces, so that each category includes all of the features needed.
Kompakt has disk streaming and multi-timbral capability, as well as a host of other multi-sample parameters like auto sample alternation whereas Intakt is a loop manipulation tool, and syncs the loops to the tempo of your sequencer. It has real-time time compression, lo-fi effects, and lots of other features like legato looping.
Everything has 10-24 way velocity switching with left and right hand samples and the sound is BIG and sometimes AMBIENT when necessary. There are 32 GM drumkits with automatic alternation of left and right hand samples built into each kit (snare, hats and toms). To access the full drum library, users can load up all the individual elements and make up their own 88 key kits, no combination of kicks, snares, hats, toms and cymbals ever overlaps. Load one of each, using 5 of the 8 multi-timbral parts and set the 5 programs to the same MIDI channel, instant custom 88 key drumkit! The 88 Key drum setups don't utilize automatic alternation of samples, but rather give users direct control.
The electronic samples are all derived from the acoustic samples in the library and as a result, they are very original sounding, but also quite familiar. There is even an organic velocity switching tech kit and other goodies like metal shop and prepared piano.
Overview:
- Produced by award-winning Quantum Leap producer Nick Phoenix.
- 6 Gigabytes of Loops and Multi-Samples from 3 world-class percussionists and 1 lunatic producer with enough taiko drums to fill an 18 wheeler!
- Thousands of completely original, evolving drum beds, featuring some of the largest and most impressive drums on the planet.
- Multi-sampled drum kits and percussion with up to 20-way velocity-switching, organic tech percussion, metal shop, big hits.
- Recorded at the Record Plant, Studio A.
- Includes special versions of Kompakt (with Direct-from-Disk streaming) and Intakt Samplers from Native Instruments (plug-in or standalone) for MAC and PC.
Stormdrum's MSRP is $399.95 USD and is available for Windows (VSTi, DXi, RTAS (later)) and Mac OS X (VSTi, AU, RTAS).