Hammr Growler

Hammr Growler is the filthy brother of the not particularly demure Hammr+ and a part of the Hammr Suite, a classic tonewheel organ sample set developed with Oasis/Sheryl Crow keyboard player Mikey Rowe and recorded at the Toyroom Studios in Brighton.

The Growler is a 3GB monster that captures from 4 mic positions the full tilt sound of Mikeys favourite 888000000 setting on his 1959 B3 through a cranked up Leslie cabinet, and frankly it is one heck of a sound.

The science bit:

• 5 x 15 second Round Robin samples per note for a total of 3.2GB of samples compressed to a 2.7GB download.
• 4 mic positions using classic Neuman mics and Grace preamps.
• Individual control of volume, pan, ADSR and vibrato per mic.
• Percussion 2nd and 3rds available at the same time, with control of octave and decay time.
• Note off volume and decay control.
• Velocity sensitivity control.
• CC11 hardwired to volume for expression pedal swells.
• Leslie simulator with speed, treble/bass balance and distance controls.
• 69 specially recorded reverb impulses from a variety of real spaces and classic gear.
• Cabinet re-micing through a choice of 11 speaker cabinets.
• Dirt, morphing EQ and master EQ effects.
• Dirty contacts control adds small amounts of timing variation to note on /off to mimic the effects of ageing key contacts.
• 24 presets.
• Master/slave control system for quick adjustment of group controls.
• Built in user manual.
• €10 discount link for MVintageRotary an excellent Leslie simulator by Melda Production.
• Discount code for £10 off Hammr+.

The Hammr Growler is a downloadable Kontakt instrument that works in the FULL version of Kontakt 4.2.4 and above.