NUSofting have announced a forthcoming Drum Sampler plug-in instrument, the official name and graphics are not yet available. They are currently working on the graphics and the drum kits for the release, which should be around October 2004.
They are also having a drum kit contest (see below for details).
"Drum Sampler" Features:
They are also having a drum kit contest (see below for details).
"Drum Sampler" Features:
- Excellent sound quality, thanks to the 64 bit internal mixer.
- 24 drum pads.
- 3 on-board analog-sounding compressors.
- 3 separate stereo outputs (6 mono using Pan).
- 4 mute groups.
- Cross-velocity support, 4 layers per pad.
- 32 voices of polyphony, with smart polyphony handling.
- Pitch-bend support.
- Note on/off support, off switchable per pad.
- MIDI velocity re-mapper to match the Master Keyboard touch. It can also be used to make the drum machine insensitive to velocity.
- Gentle low pass filter sensitive to MIDI velocity.
- Automatically learns note as trigger.
- Panning 100% mono compatible.
- Built-in audio meters.
- Almost every parameter can be controlled via MIDI.
- Low CPU usage even with old processors.
- Sample precise synchronization.
- Can export and import drum banks in its own format or as FXB.
- Can import LM-4 drum banks (with some limitations).
- Supports 8, 16, 20 and 24 bit and 32 bit floating point wave files.
NUSofting "Drum Sampler" Big Crazy Contest!
What you have to do:
Submit one or more drum/percussion kits for the upcoming NUSofting "Drum Sampler".
What you win:
A 50% discount bonus for every useful kit you make! up to four bonuses for each participant in the contest! You may add up your bonuses and get free plugins, anything of your choice from the NUSofting and Dash catalogue, if you win 4 bonuses you get two products for free!
Contest Rules:
Full details available here.