City of Drums and Beats

City of Drums and Beats is an expander for Geist2, Geist and GURU featuring an exclusive suite of sounds from Mike Acosta, a.k.a. DJ Michael Trance. Its hard-edged sounds and loops are perfect for high-intensity hip-hop, grime, house, dubstep and other urban beats.

The included slab-like bass drums, cutting hats and crunchy snares are mashed and twisted through a through a variety of processors for more thick grime and lo-fi flavour. Other highlights include a chromatic 808 bass kit and a selection of ready-made patterns full of groove and feel.

City of Drums and Beats comes with Geist2, Geist and GURU-format kits and pattern banks, as well as the original samples in industry-standard .WAV and .REX2 files. Mike Acosta's prolific career as a DJ and producer includes a host of releases for labels such as SHR Recordings, Aqua Boogie, Miswax and Priority Records, remixes for numerous best-selling artists and a string of residencies at top west-coast clubs.

Highlights:

• Urban sounds for Geist2, Geist and GURU.
• 5 Full Geist presets (Geist2 and Geist format only).
• 30 drumkits (kick/snare/hihat/other).
• 16 menu kits (each containing only kicks, snares or hit sounds).
• 11 loop kits (GURU format only).
• 3 Pattern banks.
• 63 Rex loops and 440 drum hits in WAV format.

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