- Heavyocity Master Sessions Ensemble Drums Collection Kontakt Download
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- Heavyocity Master Sessions Ensemble Drums Collection Kontakt Centar
- Heavyocity Master Sessions Ensemble Drums Collection Kontakt Vst
Master Sessions (MS from now on) is apparently what seems to be a new series from Heavyocity. First in the release line we have Ensemble Drums which is available as a 'Kits' library or a 'Loops' library as well as a collection of both. This review is about the Master Sessions Ensemble Drums Collection. Ensemble Drums - Kits. I’m of course talking about the second release in Heavyocity’s Drum Ensemble series, Ethnic Drum Ensembles Collection. I won’t go as deep in this review as I did in the last one covering Master Sessions Ensemble Drums Collection, because much of what is said there applies to this release as well.
- Heavyocity Master Sessions: Ensemble Drums Collection gives you a scoring toolkit with seven unique multi-sampled drum ensembles and over 300 tempo-synced loops. Each ensemble includes up to ten different drums - roto toms, taikos, field snare and bass drums, floor toms, concert bass drums, and big containers - and is performed by five percussionists.
- Sep 29, 2014 Price: Collection: $149. MS Kits only: $89. MS Loops only: $89. More information: Every time Heavyocity releases something new I’m eager to see what they have been up to. I hold them in high regard when it comes to creating interesting and good sounding Kontakt libraries.
- Master Sessions is Heavyocity’s boutique line of scoring tools for the pro composer. Recorded in New York City, the Master Sessions series focuses on specific instruments and ensembles housed in Heavyocity’s award-winning engine (powered by Kontakt). Master Sessions ensemble drums collection delivers an epic sound without the epic price!
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The Master Sessions Suite is a collection of percussion instruments by Heavocity, makers of Damage (currently included with Komplete 11) among other great libraries. The Kontakt-based suite includes:
Ensemble Woods: 11 multi-sampled wood ensemble kits and over 300 tempo-synced loops.
Ensemble Metals: 12 multi-sampled metal ensemble kits and over 300 tempo-synced loops.
Ensemble Ethnic Drums: 6 multi-sampled drum ensemble kits and over 375 tempo-synced loops which include taikos, daikos, bongos, congas, frame drums, djembes, dumbeks, and more.
Ensemble Drums: 7 multi-sampled drum ensemble kits and over 375 tempo-synced loops which include a mixture of concert drums and taikos.
This outstanding collection offers a huge array of percussive cracks, clinks, thumps, and booms performed and recorded at the Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, NY using various mic positioning and round-robin performances.
Each instrument comes with three types of interfaces depending on how it’s instantiated:
Kits: multi-sampled drums featuring a three channel mixer that allows level adjustments for three recorded microphone positions.
The Kit instruments also includes a Stage window, that allows you to place each key triggered sound in a different location (left to right and front to back) by altering gain and panning.
Loops Suites: key triggered tempo-synced loops.
Single Loops: sliced and spread across the keyboard.
Although similar at first glance, there are significant differences and functionalities offered by the three available interfaces.
Loop Suites: including a Mutator section.
Single Loops: include both a Mutator section and an Advance Loop Edit window.
The Mutator sections in the Loop Suite and Single Loop instruments have four step sequencers for modulating velocity, length, loop transposition (or slice for Single Loop) and amplitude.
All three instruments types have basic EQ, Filter, Distortion, LoFi, Panning and Delay controls which can be key-triggered.
Hitting the Advanced button at the bottom of one of the effects exposes two step sequencers for modulating the two main controls of the effect.
Heavyocity Master Sessions Ensemble Drums Collection Kontakt Download
All three instruments also include Twist (animated tone-altering) and Punish (compression and saturation) effects which can be used to quickly and drastically change the color and stability of the sound if desired.
The four collections included in the suite have the identical three interface choices, which look suspiciously like the interfaces for the Aeon instruments and Damage, the awesome industrial-flavored percussion instrument from Heavyocity, also available as part of the Komplete 11 Suite.
The Master Sessions percussion suite is loaded with aggressive and pristinely recorded sounds that are sure to impress right out of the box. These instruments are ideal for orchestral punctuations as well as organic groove-based material. The collection of loops and presets is formidable, and the included effects and substantial modulation possibilities provide the potential for limitless customization of existing sounds. The current price of $399 for this amazing set of libraries seems well within reason. You can find numerous examples and video tutorials here.
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