MPC Samples have released The Modern Session Kit, available at the intro price of £22.49, increasing to £29.99 after the promotion. The offer ends November 19th.
The Modern Session Kit is the latest release in our popular ‘MPC Drummer ‘ series of acoustic drum kit expansions, featuring a professionally multisampled studio-quality drum kit, ready-to-play ‘snapshot’ kits covering a wide range of musical styles and an extensive multi-genre MIDI groove library.
The expansion is built around a rare 2010 Gatton ‘Corian’ drum kit , famed for its deep, warm sound, with a crisp attack and highly expressive dynamics. We recorded a total of 48 unique drum articulations, each presented with up to 12 velocity layers to allow for creation of incredibly detailed and realistic sounding acoustic drum performances in the MPC and Akai Force.
The kit itself comprises of the following instruments:
- 24” Kick Drum – huge and heavy kick, recorded both ‘damped’ and ‘open’, with and without snare bleed
- Four Toms– Two tightly tuned rack toms (12” and 13”) and two deep and booming floor toms (16” and 18”)
- Two Snares– a meaty 14” Gatton snare and tight 10” (‘piccolo’) Gatton snare, each recorded with eight different articulations (centre, halfway, rimshot, cross stick, flam, drag, rim only, wires off)
- Two crash cymbals– 20” and 18” Meinl Soundcaster crashes recorded with edge, centre, bell and choke articulations
- 22” Ride– Meinl Soundcaster Fusion ride, recorded with edge, centre, bell and choke articulations
- 14” Hi Hat– Meinl Soundcaster Fusion Hi Hat recorded with10 different articulations
- 18” China Crash– Meinl Byzance China recorded with edge and choke
- 8” Splash– Meinl Byzance Splash with edge and choke articulations
The kit was played by legendary drummer Bobby Arechiga at Mu Studios in England using 12 mics recorded directly through an Amek ‘Big By Langley’ desk, the same recording set up used in MPC Samples’ 1977 Session Kit and Downbeat Kit expansions.
The 48 articulations were then edited and organised into two different kits, each with its own unique character utilising velocity switching and ‘round robin’ techniques, along with an additional 15 pre-built FX ‘snapshots’ tailored to many different musical genres such as Vintage Soul, Rock , Hip Hop, Neo Soul, Alt Rock, Funk, Drum & Bass, Chill Hop, Pop, Indie, Blues and Metal.
MPC Samples have also matched all the snapshots with an extensive collection of original MIDI grooves all recorded by real drummer and converted into MPC MIDI data, perfectly capturing the original feel and vibe of a live drum performance.
The Modern Session Kit is fully compatible with any modern standalone MPC running MPC 2.11 or greater, including the MPC One / One+ , MPC Live (I & II), MPC X, MPC X SE, and MPC Key. It also fully supports the Akai Force (3.1+), MPC Software and MPC Beats. We’ve also included legacy versions of the two primary kits for the MPC1000 , MPC2500, MPC500 and MPC5000.
Watch the demo video HERE.
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