After many weeks of work, we here at Soundiron are proud to announce the release of Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Version 2.0. This major upgrade completely overhauls APE to make it more playable and versatile than ever before as well as adding almost 10 GB of additional content. APE 2.0 is available now for the special introductory price of $229. Owners of the original version of APE should receive an e-mail soon about how to update for the low price of just $39; if you own APE but don't get an update e-mail, please contact us so we can get it sorted out. The prices return to $249 full/$49 upgrade after October 31, 2013. Click here to buy now!
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What's New in 2.0
- Added the Far mic position to over 60 articulations.
Added Gong articulations.
Added Hi-Hat articulations in a range of pedal positions.
Added suspended Ride Cymbal articulations.
Added a variety of Ting Shag articulations in a range of open and mute positions (Tibetan Finger Cymbals).
Added a variety of Ensemble Snare flam articulations.
Fully re-mixed and re-mastered all Ensemble Snare articulations.
Added a variety of Midi drum loops.
Added flexible Midi Groove loading and playback system.
Added mic mixing options to all presets (output re-routing feature only in master presets).
And Much More!
Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble is a massive collection of aggressive scoring and concert percussion that is unmatched in terms of scope, detail, sound quality and flexibility. This mammoth all-purpose professional drum and cymbal solution has over 40 different drums and nearly 200 articulations. Now weighing in at nearly 25 GB and over 25,000 individual samples Ape features: ensemble and solo bass drums, ensemble and solo toms of varying sizes, an 8-member snare ensemble, 6 different solo snares, clicks, clacks, hi-hats, stick and mallet rides, splashes, crashes, gongs and more.
Each instrument features three independent microphone positions which can be easily mixed and enabled/disabled completely using the pop-up mixer panel. In the main Master presets, each microphone position can also be routed to different Kontakt outputs for external effects processing and complete mixing freedom. The new version of APE features a range of different presets to give users a variety of options depending on their workflow. "Standard" presets allow access to the full library in a classic percussion array layout while "Mixers" sub-group the articulation for even more sound-shaping control. The Tuned Dual-Layer presets are great for sound design as they provide users with the articulations in tuned, configurable layers. Finally, our much improved Megamixer system is now a kit-building powerhouse that allows any articulation to be loaded into any of 8-slots, each with fully independent controls, saving on both RAM and CPU while providing unprecedented flexibility. All presets feature a wide variety of control via our new custom user interface, ranging from swell, attack, offset, velocity attenuation, stereo panorama, pitch, humanization and even independent room release time control.
New to this version are the Ensemble All preset type (both standard and lite) which features all of the main articulations (including microphone positions) accessible through a single nki. Every articulation available can be custom mapped to different keys allowing for complete functionality. APE v2 ships with a number of mapping layouts designed for use with many popular virtual drum programs. Users can change these presets as they like and save off custom mappings for future use. This new mapping system was designed to be used with our new Midi playback system which can load and playback midi grooves. This midi playback system in conjunction with the custom mapping system allows for use of existing midi loops from other virtual drum libraries to be played back in APE v2.
APE ships with 400 hand-crafted midi grooves by a variety of talented composers and producers to get you started. Midi grooves can be customized during playback by switching to half-time or double-time, add swing and tighten or loosen quantization based on a configurable grid. Additionally, we included our complete FX Rack that exposes Kontakt's built-in effects via an automatable user interface and integrated 70 of our custom convolution reverb impulses.
Click here for the complete User Manual
Features
- Ensemble and Solo Snares
Ensemble and Solo Bass Drums
Ensemble and Solo Toms
Ensembles Doumbeks
Ensemble Riqs
Ensemble Dhols
Ensemble and Solo Frame Drum
Ensemble and Solo Cymbals
Solo Bongos
Solo deep-sampled Hi-Hat
Solo deep sampled Gong
Solo Cajon
Rolls and Crescendos for solo snares, toms and cymbals
3 Fully Independent Microphone Positions including separate mixing and routing
Midi Loop Playback and Custom Mapping System
And much more!
- 25,171 Samples (standard pcm wav)
60 .nki files (unlocked Kontakt 5.1 format)
400 Midi Loops
24.8 GB installed (12.9 GB Download)
24 bit / 48khz stereo PCM wav format
