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Big Fish Audio has released Drums Overkill, a Kontakt 2 Player based drum and percussion library.

Drums Overkill includes more than 27,000 drum & percussion sounds: 10,000 samples assigned to 1,200 drum kits for all musical styles, 5,400 original drum machine samples, 3,800 bass drums, 4,100 snare drums & rim shots, 750 claps & snaps, 480 toms, 1600 hi-hats, 300 cymbals, 670 analogue synth drums & electronic percussion, 340 mixed special effects and 1500 percussion instruments from around the world.

Drums Overkill's more than 1,200 drum kits are classified in 16 different musical styles like: 1980's Pop & Dance, Club, House, Dance, Techno, Garage, Trance, Hardcore, Drum & Bass, Electronic, Experimental, 80's Rap & Old School, Hip Hop, RnB, Pop, Vintage & Oldies, Big Beat, Pop Ballads.

Overview:

  • 10000 samples assigned to 1200 drum kits for all musical styles
  • 5400 original drum machine samples
  • 3800 bass drums
  • 4100 snare drums & rim shots
  • 750 claps & snaps
  • 480 toms
  • 1600 hi-hats
  • 300 cymbals
  • 670 analogue synth drums & electronic percussion
  • 340 mixed special effects
  • 1500 percussion instruments from around the world

Drums Overkill is based on Kontakt 2 Player so it is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU, RTAS and DXi plug-in formats, plus the samples can be used in Kontakt 1.5 & 2, EXS 24 and HALion (and any other sampler that supports .wav).

Drums Overkill is now shipping with an MSRP of $299.95.


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