AcousticsampleS releases DrumTaste Brush for Kontakt

AcousticsampleS has announced the release of DrumTaste Brush, a Brush Kit for Native Instruments' Kontakt (2 & 3) featuring "a 22 bassdrum, a 12 hi tom, a 14 low tom, a 14' piccolo snare, two 22' rides and a 13' hihat" (see the manual for the drum models). It costs €49.

Features / specification:

• 3382 samples, 1.42 GB of samples recorded at 24 bits, 96khz down-sampled to 44.1khz, no loops.
• 3 mic positions for each drum that you can mix and/or disable from the interface.
• About 20 velocity layers X 4 round robins (so about 80 samples per drums per position) and only 6 vel layers for the two ride cymbals.
• Custom mapping, you can assign every element to any key simply by pressing a key and assigning a sample.
• Mappings presets: GM, V-DRUMS, IMAP, NSKIT (NDK) or default one.
• Separated compression module for each element.
• Hihat with 5 levels on openess and triggering from one key depending on a controller value (any controller) and automatic closing sound (hear it at the beginning of the demo 4).
• Playable instrument, right hand and left hand mappings (mapping repetition customizable).
• Detailed snare, 6 different hit positions and multiple brush actions.
• 4 different brush actions and a script that allows an easy playability on a keyboard or on an e-drum.
• Kontakt 2 and 3 format to benefit from the interface, the multiple mic position mixing and the custom mapping. Easy to use Kontakt interface. Other formats are coming.
• Includes the demos MIDI files.
• Download the Manual to see the detailed functionality.