ML Sound Labs have released ML Drums, a FREE modular drum sampler which ships with a basic ‘essential’ kit and the option to expand the instrument at the intro price of €29.99, increasing to €39.99 after the promotion.
ML Drums features a free drum kit that includes:
- Kick T SCWB B91A 22″x16″
- Snare T SCWB Mid 14″x5.5″
- Tom T SCWB 12″x8″
- Floor Tom T SCWB 14″x12″
- Hihat S AX Stage 14″
- Ride S HH Rock 22″
- Crash S AX 18″
- China S HX 20″
ML Drums Essentials expands your drum kit with:
- Kick mics: B52A, M250 & P52G
- Snare tunings: Low & High
- Tom T SCWB 10″x7″
- Floor Tom T SCWB 16″x14″
- Crash S AX 19″
- Crash S AX 20″
- China S AX 19″
- Splash S AX 10″
- Splash S AX 8″
- Stax C
- Bell C
- Mini China C
You’ll never run out of options with ML Drums Essentials. Whether you need a beefier kick, a snare tuning that fits your song better, or if you just want more toms and cymbals, ML Drums Essentials has you covered.
One of the biggest bottle-necks for drum samplers is the lack of realism. The ML Drums engine combines as many velocity layers and samples as needed for realistic round-robin playback.
The drum samples are handled in a smart way, measuring their loudness and placing them on a realistic volume curve referenced from actual drum playing. This means you can use MIDI velocity to realistically control how hard your virtual drummer is hitting without getting unrealistic volume changes, which is a problem with many drum samplers.
ML Drums comes with several mix-ready presets to get you going, but also features a mixer for more experienced engineers. Each channel has a volume fader and a 3-band EQ designed specifically for each use case. You can also control the amount of kick, snare, tom, hihat and ride bleed going into the overhead and room channels for a multidimensional drum sound.
The mixer also includes smart one knob compressors for the kick, snare, toms, room and master channels designed to fit each use case. ML Drums also comes with an inbuilt reverb that you can modify to fit your needs by setting the length of the tail and your own mix of kick, snare, toms and room sends.
ML Drums is available to PC and Mac users.
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