Breath & Beat Box

Breath & Beat Box is a thorough bundle of vocal percussions of great precision and sensibility.

It features a main kit, inspired by a drumset, made of 4 kicks, 2 snares with different playing techniques, chromatic toms on 3 lengths, 2 hi-hats, 5 cymbals, 4 shakers and 3 woodblocks and a few complementary instruments designed to help you create even more diverse and detailed rhythms and textures.

A continuous fader control between a close position large membrane microphone and a stereo couple in semi-proximity position makes it easy for you to pick the tone color that best suits your production.

Whether you want a delicate rhythmic arrangement for your compositions, or fancy a live human presence to get your electronic productions warmer, if you wish for an unusual and unheard percussions, Breath & Beat Box is just the kit you need.

Technical informations:

• more than 1850 samples.
• 48kHz / 24-bits (recorded and processed in 96kHz).
• up to 6 layers of velocity.
• up to 5 round robins.
• 2 microphone positions:
  • close position cardioid large membrane (mono).
  • semi proximity omnidirectional short membrane couple (stereo).
• A complete main kit featuring:
  • 4 kicks.
  • 2 snares (rim shots, rolls...).
  • Chromatic toms on 15 half tones and 3 different lengths.
  • 2 hi-hats.
  • 5 cymbals.
  • 4 shakers.
  • 3 wood-blocks.
• Precise volume, fading between the microphone positions and pan controls to up to 19 elements simultaneously.
• A mixing console and general commands to control elements together or sorted by sub-groups.
• Complementary aerial structures and breathings in separate .nki files.
• Requires Kontakt 5.8.1 or later.