Room Sound Kurt Ballou Signature Series Drums
Drum Kit Virtual Instrument for Kontakt Player
Natural, aggressive drums recorded by Kurt Ballou at the legendary God City Recording studio in Salem, MA. Featuring MIDI grooves by Ben Koller of Converge / Mutoid Man
- FREE Kontakt Player compatible (no demo-mode timeouts)
- Recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Recording
- MIDI grooves by Ben Koller of Converge / Mutoid Man
- 26 individual kit pieces
- Full microphone bleed
- DAW multi-out for every microphone position
- Over 18,700 individual samples
- Effects rack based on Kurt's gear at God City Recording
- Mix-ready presets by Kurt Ballou
Kit Select
Choose from 26 different kit pieces from Kurt's personal drum collection. You've heard these drums on many of the most popular recordings from God City. Now you can have them in your mixes.
Every drum and cymbal was sampled in exhaustive detail at God City with Kurt's high-end converters and outboard gear.
Mixer / Effects
Fourteen individually-controllable close, overhead and room mic channels with full bleed controls allow you to mix the audio just as if you had recorded it yourself. It sounds real because it is real!
Load up a great-sounding drum mix with Kurt's presets created entirely using the internal mixer and effects - no additional plug-ins required!
Each channel can be multi-output routed to individual DAW channels in all popular recording software with our included templates.
MIDI Grooves
Not a drummer? Look no further than our included MIDI groove library! Kurt Ballou Signature Series Drums comes with a large library of customized grooves performed by Converge drummer Ben Koller.
Audition within the interface and then simply drag-and-drop to your DAW's timeline. The grooves will automatically conform to the tempo of your song. It's perfect for demos or for jamming!
Custom Keymap
Our customizable key mapping page makes working with alternate MIDI mappings and electronic drum kits fast and easy.
Kurt Ballou Signature Series Drums comes with keymap presets for many of the most popular software drum instruments built-in.
System Requirements
- Mac: OS X 10.12, 10.13 or 10.14 (latest update), Intel i5 or better processor.
- Windows: Win 7, 8 or 10 (latest service pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
- 10 GB free hard drive space
- A high-speed Internet connection and a graphics card that supports OpenGL 2.1 or higher is required to download and activate this product. Once installed and activated, the product can be used offline.
Supported Plug-In Formats
Kontakt Player 6
- Mac OS X: (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, AU, AAX
- Windows (32/64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, AAX
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