¡¡¡¡A Complete Drum and Cymbal Resource for Rock, Pop, and much, much more. Feed your favorite sampler or software well! 

¡¡¡¡Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Construction Kits Acoustic Drum and Cymbal  Samples CD contains five sampled recording kits,  with nearly 900 (595 MB) individual drum and  cymbal hits, painstakingly recorded to capture  all the beauty, character, and nuance they  possess. Beta[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Monkey’s Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Construction Kits  is a comprehensive collection of acoustic drum  and cymbal samples created with some of the most  -known and sought-after drum sets and cymbal  lines. The recorded drum sets include drums from  DW Pearl  Tama  and Yamaha with cymbals from  Sabian and Zildjan.

¡¡¡¡The sample CD-ROM is well-suited and designed for genres and styles including rock, pop, R&B, drum & bass, world beat and more. Designed for songwriters and producers alike, Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Construction Kits features multiple-velocity hits of each drum, cymbal and percussive element making the samples highly playable, expressive, and authentic.Beta[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Monkey's Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Construction Kits offers:

¡¡¡¡Acoustic Kit 01 - Very dry, in your face, close-mic'ed kit. The drums are all very open and have natural overtones. Good versatile kit for multiple genres. Brush hits, stick clicks, cowbell and tambourine hits as well as 10", 12"" and 14" toms round out this groove construction kit. Pearl Kit with Zildjian and Sabian cymbals. 149 total samples. Sample GCK_01 Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý A and Sample GCK_01 Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý B

¡¡¡¡Acoustic Kit 02 - Darker sounding with natural room ambiance. Kicks are more low-end and solid pop on the snares. A versatile kit for all styles, particularly with a bit more edge or grit to them. All drum components, including 12", 14", and 16" toms, rim shots and snares with multiple mic'ing approaches included. Pearl Kit with Zildjian and Sabian cymbals. 123 total samples. Sample GCK_02 Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý

¡¡¡¡Acoustic Kit 03 - Very classic sounding kit, dry and with natural and expressive decays. Excellent kit for rock, pop, blues, and funk grooves, with its natural snare sounds and thick kicks. Very natural sounding kit drawing its textures from more room/overhead mics in the mix. Cymbals, cymbal swells, and percussive block also unique to this construction set. Yamaha recording set with 14" Pearl free-floating snare and 13" piccolo snare comprise the major instruments. 176 total samples. Sample GCK Kit_03 Groove[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý

¡¡¡¡Acoustic Kit 04 - Another classic and natural sounding kit, with almost Motown sounding components. This would be an excellent kit for funky grooves, with its dry, papery snare sounds and low thick kicks. Very natural sounding kit that has more room/overhead mics in the mix. This kit could yield some very funky natural grooves. This sample set is very similar to Acoustic kit 3 in terms of applications. DW Kit with Zildjian and Sabian cymbals. 34 total samples.

¡¡¡¡Acoustic Kit 05 - Very lively rock kit sound. Kicks and snares have tasteful compression for the punch to cut through in the mix while the roomy air to the drums overall will allow them to mix in any track needing a live feel. The toms are tuned very open and have a lot of sustain, very reminiscent of rock and fusion kits of the seventies. In some ways, very retro yet very contemporary for any rock, pop, or bluesy type material. Pearl Session kit with Zildjian cymbals. 62 total samples.

¡¡¡¡Supplemental Kicks and Snares - In addition to the dedicated construction kits, the CD also features 87 kicks and 157 snares taken from various recording sessions. The names and types of drums vary greatly from DW, Pearl, and Premier kicks to Pearl, Yamaha snares (maple, birch, steel) and are too numerous to list (see disc table of contents for more detail). These samples comprised a huge number of recording sessions and recording techniques. The sounds are also varied, from the subtle and subdued to the outright obnoxious - all natural sounds and no processing added.

¡¡¡¡Supplemental Cymbal Samples - 106 (173 MB) total cymbal samples in this folder (in addition to the cymbals found in respective construction kit folders). These will allow a great variety of cymbal sounds (8 different cymbals recorded) as well as cymbal attacks (soft, medium, hard hits as well as different attacks of the stick on the bells, shoulders, and other cymbal locations). There are 16 and 24 bit bit samples in this folder.

¡¡¡¡Supplemental Beta[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Monkey Drum Loops - 267 drum loops taken from recording sessions using these groove construction kits as well as other Beta[ÔÚÈüÒòÍøËÑË÷¸ü¶à½á¹û>>£Ý Monkey releases, including several as of yet unreleased. The styles range from pop to rock to very heavy grooves.

¡¡¡¡Technical Information: All samples are were recorded at 16-bit and 24-bit/ 44.1 Khz resolution and are WAV file format. This ISO-9660 format CDROM is for use with the CDROM drive in your Mac or PC. Programs that read .wav format include: FruityLoops, ACID, Cubase, Cool Edit, Soundforge, Reason. Samplers that read .wav format samples: AKAI: Z SERIES, S5000, S6000; ENSONIQ: ASRX-PRO; KORG: TRITON; KURZWELL: K2000, K2000VP, K2500, K2600R; ACID, , All PC PROGRAMS; ROLAND: SP 808EX, W-30, XV5080, VP 9000; YAMAHA: RS7000, MOTIF 6, MOTIF 7, MOTIF 8, A3000, A4000, A5000, SU700, TX16W, EX5; and many others.