Samples have been specially recorded and processed to make them ideally suited for use in pop, rock and metal productions.Īs early as during microphoning of the set and recording of individual samples, we took great care to replicate realistic circumstances. The MT Power Drum Kit is a free drum sampler offering the powerful, high-quality sounds of an acoustic, realistic drum kit. Multi Layer Drum Sampler AU / VST Instrument. The product was priced at $39 when it was officially released back in January 2012.
Originally released as a commercial plugin, the instrument is now available for free download on the developer’s website.
MT Power Drum Kit 2 is a high quality acoustic drum kit in VST/AU plugin formats for Windows and Mac OS X. In particular, the innovative functions for creating fills generate very smooth and realistic drum tracks (see video).īecause we used high-quality cymbals and microphones for the recordings, the crash, ride and hi-hat cymbals sound especially refined and pleasant at various velocities. You can choose from thousands of assorted rhythms in the comprehensive Groove Library and compose your own drum accompaniment. The compressors built into the channels give you even more control over the level of compression. Its kick and snare drums come through clearly in any mixing situation – and still sound natural and not overly compressed. But this is exactly where the MT Power Drum Kit is strongest.
Either the kick drum suddenly sounds much too slack or fuzzy in the mix, or the snare drum, which initially sounds natural and dynamic in solo mode, suddenly gets lost in the background in the overall mix, drowned out by the guitars and other instruments. Some of the expensive plugins available on the market deliver a highly natural and dynamic drum kit sound as a solo instrument, but many fail as soon as they are supposed to be used for a complete mix in a powerful pop or rock production. This is precisely where many drum sample programs fail. The MT Power Drum Kit Sampler differs from other, expensive drum samplers in that we have already pre-processed the sounds with compressors and EQs to make them a perfect fit for any mix. Samples have been specially recorded and processed to make them ideally suited for use in pop, rock and metal productions. Enter the original e-mail address you used when you made a donation or purchased the plugin in the past.